ipoque, provider of professional solutions for Internet traffic management and analysis, will participate at the CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia in Istanbul for the first time this year. After the successful participation at the CeBIT in Hanover ipoque decided to use the sister exhibition CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia as well to open up new markets abroad. There ipoque will be present from 2 to 7 October as part of the German joint presentation in the exhibition hall 3 of the CeBIT Business World, stand 3-220-H.

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Committed to delivering the world’s leading system-health software for computer systems to value-added resellers (VARs), system builders, IT organizations and service providers, PC-Doctor Inc. (www.pc-doctor.com) will demonstrate for the first time, PC-Doctor Factory Express for Windows® at the CompTIA Breakaway event in Las Vegas next week.

The company also will showcase PC-Doctor Service Center 6™ and PC-Doctor BTO Support Center™ at the event, which will be held at the Mirage Resort and Casino (booth number 214) July 31 to August 2.

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The Philip Johnson Glass House, a National Trust Historic Site, celebrated its public opening with an Inaugural Gala Picnic on June 23, 2007, allowing 500 + guests an uprecedented opportunity to experience to the visionary 47-acre site. The $750,000 raised from the inaugural events will go towards an adjacent land purchase to protect the Glass House viewshed. Oldcastle Glass is the Inaugural Opening Sponsor.

Glass House Tours
Regular tours of the Philip Johnson Glass House are sold out through 2007. Tickets for tours in 2008 are now available online or by calling 866.811.4111. Patron Tours of the Glass House are still available for 2007. These personalized and guided Glass House tours include a gourmet lunch provided on the grounds of the site for $500 per person. Please contact Meri Erickson to book a Patron Tour.

July 16-17: American Printer’s Variables Conference East
The Hilton Charlotte Center City
Charlotte, North Carolina
More information

July 18: The Printing Industries of New England (PINE) is hosting “Multi-Channel Workflows” about how to leverage Creative Suite 3 tools.
Southboro, MA
Visit the PINE education site for more information.

July 19: Printing Industries of the Carolinas (PICA) Webinar: Pre-Flight Fixups with Adobe Acrobat 8 See the PICA website for more information.

July 22-26: PIA Affiliate Manager’s Annual Meeting
Rockport, ME

August 1-3: Alphagraphics User Conference
Las Vegas, NV

August 2: PIA Georgia

August 8: PIA Michigan

August 9: PIA St. Louis

August 16: PICA eSeminar: Collaboration Tools
See the PICA website for more information.

With ColdFusion’s track record for helping developers create first-rate Internet apps, the July 30th release of Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 is sure to turn heads. Now faster than ever, ColdFusion 8 means fewer lines of code and easier fine-tuning. The result is better apps in less time, as well as improved integration across the enterprise.

Naturally, developers are going to need training to get up-to-speed on the new release. With your help, they can look forward to out-of-the-box performance gains—without changes to existing code. Highlights of the new release include an improved Server Monitor to fix bugs and bottlenecks before deployment, PDF document and form integration features, plus freedom to create personalized, multimedia-rich applications in Adobe Flex or Ajax.

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PDF hiccups can be both time-consuming and costly, whittling away at your bottom line. To discover how to use PDF files in every  aspect of print production— from proper creation, preflighting, editing, and repair, to discovering how to take advantage of the new tools in Acrobat 8—attend PIA/GATF’s Advanced PDF for Print Production and Beyond workshop, July 31-August 2, in Pittsburgh, PA.

With an advanced knowledge of PDFs, you can streamline your workflow and save more time and money than ever before. For more information and to register visit the Advanced PDF for Print Production and Beyond workshop page (or call 800-910-4283, ext. 755).

Acronis, Inc. (www.acronis.com), a leading developer of storage management software, announced today its July schedule of free webinars instructing prospective customers and partners on protecting valuable data.

Beyond just backing up critical data, Acronis believes the recovery of it is most important, specifically how fast you can recover and become productive again. Disk based image backup and recovery has never been faster or easier. Webinar participants will learn what end users are saying about the challenge of reliable backup and recovery and how Acronis solutions can protect your company’s critical data.

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All local readers are invited to join Quark South Africa interactions 07 road show. Creative professionals are invited to attend a free event on either the 17 July or 18 July to see demonstrations on QuarkXPress 7 and Quark Interactive Designer.

Both events are specifically designed for customers currently using previous versions of QuarkXPress as well as anyone who has used QuarkXPress in the past and wants to experience the latest in page layout and design software for multi-channel publishing. If you’ve yet to make the move to QuarkXPress 7, register to attend today.

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The Canadian IT industry converged between April 30 and May 2, 2007 in Toronto for the inaugural year of the most comprehensive business technology event, IT360 Conference & Expo. In the climate of ever-accelerating change, business and technology professionals congregated at IT360 to ensure they are ahead of the technology curve. Attendees experienced a 360° circle of information through the multi-sectored forum which focused on the Network, Linux/Open Source, Security and Storage.

The trade show was a highly charged hands-on environment that featured high profile experts from leading vendor companies providing timely facts, future developments and live demonstrations.

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Step up your game.

In the world of sports photography, there’s always something to be learned. Even the pros know that the key to success is staying on top of your game. At Aperture in Action, you’ll hear the best sports shooters in the business discuss how they use Aperture to organize their field-to-studio workflows and manage the thousands of pictures they take every time they go out on a job. They’ll also share tips and tricks for using Aperture to create unforgettable, heart-stopping images.
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The third annual user conference of the Graphic Users Association of Kodak Solutions, focusing on prepress and 
in particular workflow and digital print, will take place from 
3 – 6 October 2007 at Le Meridien Hotel, Nice, France. The event will give all attendees the chance to network with fellow users in the commercial and digital printing fields, meet technical experts, and also hear an update on 
Kodak’s plans for the coming year from senior management. 

The conference agenda is driven by the users to serve their interests, and will give customers a chance to be heard as they share experiences and ideas. Meeting other graphic arts professionals and being able to have direct contact with technical experts was one of the most highlighted benefits of the previous events, and the reason that 98 per cent of delegates were satisfied with the conference and 80 per cent of the surveyed intend to return again this year. 

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The third annual user conference of the Graphic Users Association of Kodak Solutions, focusing on prepress and in particular workflow and digital print, will be taking place on the 3rd – 6th October 2007 at Le Meridien Hotel, Nice, France. The event will give all attendees the chance to network with fellow users in the commercial and digital printing fields, meet technical experts, and also hear an update on Kodak’s plans for the coming year from senior management.

The conference agenda is driven by the users to serve their interests, and will give customers a chance to be heard as they share experiences and ideas. Meeting other graphic arts professionals and being able to have direct contact with technical experts was one of the most highlighted benefits of the previous events, and the reason that 98% of delegates were satisfied with the conference and 80% of the surveyed intend to return again this year.

“The best part of the conference was the complete package,” said a 2006 delegate, “This is a pool of knowledge with all the right people attending, and that’s exactly what I was looking for. The standard of the sessions and the way Kodak’s technicians handled my technical queries and requests amazed me.”

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WebMetro, a leading Digital Marketing services agency, announced today that Michael Behrens, VP of e-Marketing, will be a featured speaker at PPC Summit New York. Scheduled for June 21st and 22nd, the event is being held at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge.

PPC Summit focuses on tips, techniques and emerging tactics to help companies better manage their paid search campaigns. “PPC Summit provides a great platform for PPC advertisers to stay abreast of the ever-changing PPC landscape. I look forward to my second speaking engagement with them.” stated Michael Behrens.

One topic of Michael’s presentation will be PPC strategies and tactics, specifically as they apply to MSN. According to Behrens, “MSN represents a great opportunity for search marketers to tap into a solid stream of clicks and resulting conversions. I hope to be able to shed some light on specific best practices as they apply to MSN.”

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Digital innovators, creative researchers, award-winning producers, provocative artists, energetic executives, and adventurous engineers. The worldwide SIGGRAPH community gathers in San Diego to explore the products, systems, techniques, ideas, and inspiration that are creating the next three generations of computer graphics and interactive techniques. SIGGRAPH 2007

OpenOffice.org has today released the Programme for its biggest ever annual Conference. The Conference – to be held in Barcelona, Spain between 19th.-21st. September – is the main event of the year for developers, proponents and users of OpenOffice.org software, the leading free software alternative to Microsoft Office.

The OpenOffice.org Community – responsible for the leading free software alternative to Microsoft Office – has published the draft Programme for its annual Conference. Following a big surge of interest, the Conference has been extended to three full days. Conference topics include technical presentations and workshops for developers, case histories from around the world, future product developments, how to get involved in the Community, and hints and tips for users. There is a special focus this year reflecting the growing interest in OpenOffice.org extensions and components – adding ‘plug in’ features to OpenOffice.org and using OpenOffice technology in other applications.

The draft Conference Programme provides abstracts and speaker biographies for the 60 conference sessions. With registration opening later this week, people interested in attending are urged to visit the Conference web site,
download the draft Programme, and start making their travel plans.

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Creativity is expected to abound at the 34th annual SIGGRAPH International Conference and Exhibition, where the interactive Guerilla Studio will be open for attendees to collaborate on imaginative concepts in 2D, 3D, 4D, and n-dimensional media.

The SIGGRAPH International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques will be held August 5-9 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Those who visit Guerilla Studio will have high-end workstations and software and the expertise of several artists, scientists, and engineers to help them create their concepts.

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Last year Flash on the Beach conference was the first major Flash conference in the UK for over 6 years.

Over 40 of the world’s most talented Flash designers, developers and artists presenting on 3 tracks over 3 full days, 2 full day workshops to get indepth training.

Flash on the Beach has brought together the most creative, technical, inspirational awe-inspiring, educational and entertaining industry leading speakers in the rich media industry.

If you are a designer, developer, coder, student, manager, game developer, artist, animator or a newbie, then this conference is for you!

Don’t miss this opportunity to see over 40 of the best minds in the industry delivering 3 full days of awe-inspiring sessions.

3rd Ward, Brooklyn’s dynamic, multi-dimensional workspace for artists and creatives is hosting an Open House Saturday June 9th and Sunday June 10th beginning at 2pm each day at our facilities at 195 Morgan Ave in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
 
The Open House will feature hands-on workshops in the many educational programs 3rd Ward offers including welding, wood-working, graphic design, video editing, loft building and more amidst the usual summer fun of live music, bbq, and beer. 
 
Please come join us for what promises to be a great weekend. www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org 

Are you unhappy with prints that don’t match your monitor? Confused by RAW file formats and ICC profiling? Not getting the best results from your inkjet printer or photo imager?
With an understanding of how to manage photographic color, you can solve these problems quickly and easily. X-Rite Color Services, in conjunction with Adobe, Epson and Fuji, is offering a seminar to help you perfect your digital photo workflow. 
 
• Digital basics & ICC color management  • Matching color to photographic printers
• Options for RAW processing  • Effective soft and hard proofing
• Adobe Photoshop and Bridge  • Prepping files for clients and printers
• Getting accurate color on screen  
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Jeff Miller, Director of Sales for in the Americas, has been invited by KBA North America to address the attendees of its Second Weeklong Lenticular Seminar. This educational event is taking place at KBA North America’s facilities beginning today, May 29th, and continuing for 5 days total.
Miller will introduce the audience to the new opportunities now available in lenticular content creation and production as made available to mainstream printers by HumanEyes Technologies.

In his session at this event, Miller will cover the major advances that have been made in lenticular design, processing and output; as well as dispel some of the misconceptions regarding these applications. “Lenticular is one of the most exciting and profitable areas of growth for print in the next decade,” Miller says.

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