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Status: U Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:57:18 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: John Quarterman Debates the Dangers of Internet Monoculture Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day1/221402573&ticker= BW2573 MAY 20,2002 10:27 PACIFIC 13:27 EASTERN ( BW)(MA-MATRIX-NET) John Quarterman Debates the Dangers of Internet Monoculture; Founder of Matrix NetSystems addresses the Digital Commerce Society of Boston at the Harvard Club Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2002--John Quarterman, founder and CTO of Matrix NetSystems is speaking at the next meeting of the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, June 4, 2002. His presentation, "Network Monoculture: Diversity, Survivability, and the Profitability of Internet Commerce" will look at the effects of natural and unnatural disasters on Internet performance. "An economy based on one crop is fragile, because a single disease, parasite or weather anomaly, could destroy both crop and the economy it supported. The same goes for monoculture communications providers," said John Quarterman. "On September 11, the one main telephone company in New York City suffered under excessive demand. The Internet survived, with several providers, keeping people in touch by email and IM." Quarterman describes the Internet as an ecosystem, composed of many interacting parts, ISPs, datacenters, enterprises, end-users, each of them drawing sustenance from the others and from raw materials. He explains how each of them needs to make informed decisions, to create a true market. "Diversity will enhance corporate, national and world security. Visibility enables differentiation and thus selection. Making Internet performance visible to ISPs, bandwidth traders and customers can enable evolution of the Internet ecology, and will make this market," added Quarterman. Matrix NetSystems measures Internet performance, verifies service levels and customer connectivity, and offers optimization recommendations. The Insight Management Suite is the first managed service able to quickly identify and isolate Internet performance problems down to the router IP address level globally, on a 24x7 basis. Formed in 1990 (as MIDS) Matrix NetSystems was the first organization to record Internet performance data, as well as create a daily topology and ISP ratings (ratings.matrixnetsystems.com) that are cited the world over. John Quarterman has written seven books related to the Internet, including `The Matrix', the first and only published work to describe all computer networks worldwide. He has consulted for Hewlett Packard, Digital Equipment Corp., MCI, AT&T and IBM. The event is taking place on Tuesday, June 4 from 12:00pm - 2:00pm at The Downtown Harvard Club of Boston, One Federal Street. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for tickets. About Matrix NetSystems Formed in 1990 (as MIDS) Austin, Texas-based Matrix NetSystems is harnessing its decade of intellectual capital and productizing it to solve today's Internet-related issues. Today the company offers Matrix Insight, a managed Internet performance measurement service. WithMatrix Insight, enterprise customers gain accurate performance information for the selection, monitoring and management of Internet infrastructure and service providers, resulting in lower costs, as well as improved customer retention. For additional information visit www.matrixnetsystems.com. --30--es/bos* CONTACT: LEWIS PR Alison Merifield 617 / 454 -1104 [EMAIL PROTECTED] KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS E-COMMERCE HARDWARE INTERNET NETWORKING SOURCE: Matrix NetSystems ©2002 -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with one line of text: "help". --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
