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FiReGlobal : West Coast to Spotlight SKYFIBER's Wireless Light Technology
| Source: Strategic News Service
FRIDAY HARBOR, WA--(Marketwire - October 6, 2009) - FiReGlobal : West Coast is proud to
announce that SKYFIBER™ has been selected as a FiReStar company to be
featured at the FiReGlobal : West Coast conference. FiReStar companies,
both local and global, are pre-selected based on their potential to bring
positive change to the world. These companies will be showcased throughout
the conference, and at a FiReStar reception, during which local and global
investors will be given the chance to meet company officers.
SKYFIBER is a wireless light network solutions company providing its
clients with the most secure network transmission technology available
today. Featured as a FiReStarter at the 2009 Future in Review conference,
SKYFIBER allows organizations to transfer vast quantities of information at
a low cost, with greater simplicity, and at a greatly mitigated risk of
compromise. SKYFIBER wireless light technology consists of innovative,
patented technologies and network designs that can economically augment or
extend traditional fiber optic and microwave technologies to meet customer
needs for mobility backhaul, enterprise and campus area networks, last-mile
connectivity, secure private data networks, and emergency response
networks.
"Impacting the world in a positive way through technology is a key part of
SKYFIBER's core vision, and we are proud to be a chosen as a FiReStar
company. One of SKYFIBER's long-term goals is for our low-cost
high-bandwidth solutions to bring broadband to unconnected and underserved
parts of the world," said CEO David Achim.
The FiReGlobal : West Coast conference will take place October 15th at the
Seattle Four Seasons Hotel. It is the first regional version of the
renowned Future in Review™ annual global technology conference, which
the Economist calls "the best technology conference in the world."
FiReGlobal : West Coast will showcase a world-class gathering of local and
global thought leaders in technology and economics, through a series of
interviews and onstage conversations. In a move beyond current tech
conferences, FiReGlobal : West Coast has overlaid regional problems
nominated by local leaders, to be solved through the collaboration of
local Chief Technology Officers prior to the conference.
"SKYFIBER is turning a long-term dream into reality, providing a new
version of fixed wireless that promise to bring broadband to an unserved
segment of both urban and rural users. We look forward to having them with
us at FiReGlobal, and to working with them in the future as they succeed,"
said Mark Anderson, CEO of SNS, Chair of FiRe and FiReGlobal : West Coast.
Other speakers will include Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell; Irwin
Jacobs, Founder of Qualcomm; RealNetworks Founder, Chairman and CEO Rob
Glaser; Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell, President and Director of the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Steve Reynolds, CEO of Puget Sound
Energy; Washington State Commerce Department Director Rogers Weed; Larry
Smarr, John Delaney, and Mark Anderson.
To register, go to www.futureinreview.com/global/wc.
Strategic News Service was founded by Mark Anderson in 1995 as the first
paid online news service. Since its inception, SNS has proven the most
accurate predictive newsletter covering the computer and telecom
industries. Its subscribers include top managers at technology companies
across the globe, including Microsoft, Dell, HP, Cisco, Intel, Sun, Google,
and Telstra.
SNS has been operating the annual FiRe Conference for seven years. The
Economist calls FiRe "the best technology conference in the world." FiRe
exposes world experts and participants to new ideas, producing an accurate
portrait of the future and focuses on creating technology solutions to
current local and global problems. FiRe 2010 will take place May 11-14,
2010 at Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, CA. For more information to go
www.futureinreview.com.
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