Second Annual Conference

September 28, 2000 at the Holiday Inn in Concord

Keynote

George Bald has been involved in Economic Development for many years. He was elected Mayor of the City of Somersworth, NH in 1978. He served three terms, leaving office in 1984. During this period, he was instrumental in the expansion of the Route 16 Industrial Park and the development of the Malley Farm Industrial Park.

After leaving Somersworth, he began the Economic Development department for the City of Rochester, NH. George directed efforts to retain existing companies and set up a program to attract new industries. He managed the development of the City's own Ten Rod Road Industrial Park and helped create a public/private development group to assist with the construction of a new industrial facility at the Granite State Industrial Park. From 1991-93 George served as City Manager. From 1984-95 Rochester gained over one million square feet of new manufacturing space and created 4,000 new manufacturing jobs.

George began his duties as Economic Development Director for the Pease Development Authority in August, 1994. The Authority is responsible for the redevelopment of the old Pease Air Force Base into a world class business park.

He was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Resources and Economic Development for the State of New Hampshire by Governor Jeanne Shaheen and confirmed by the Governor and Council in September 1998. George is a U.S. Navy veteran. He lives in Somersworth with his wife Candace Small and son Casey.

Session #1

Jim Isaak

Internet Standards Strategist - working as an independent consultant providing seminars and consulting on Internet Best Practices, Enterprise Web Strategy, Web Engineering, and the application of Standards for Business Impact.

Current Position(s) and roles:

Chair, IEEE P2001, Internet Best Practices: Web Page Engineering working group
Member Internet Society (ISOC) Advisory Council
Member IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors (1997-1999, 2000-2002)
Member of the IEEE U.S. Activities Board:
Committee for Communications and Information Policy.
Member, Hollis Computer & Communications Infrastructure Committee
Member, NH PUC Telecommunications Roundtable Legislative Ad Hoc
Adjunct Instructor: New Hampshire Community Technical College, Daniel Webster College

Affiliations:

Senior Member: IEEE; IEEE Computer Society; Internet Society

Publications:

Author of over 40 articles, and 45 papers/presentations world wide, most focus on Open Systems and Information Infrastructure standards efforts.
Co-author of: "Open Systems Handbook, A Guide to Building Open Systems", IEEE Standards Press, 1994
Current focus: Internet Best Practices, Business Impact of Standardization
Distinguished Visitor Program Speaker, IEEE Computer Society (1999-2001)
Selected speaker for Computer Society Chapter Tutorials Program (2000-2002)

Session #2

Scott Cavanagh is in the Business Development Group at CUseeMe Networks of Nashua, NH. He is the National Sales Manager for OEM Business, responsible for partnerships with strategic accounts involving OEM (technology integration) and sales channels. He has been with the company since December, 1996. He is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, earning a degree in Music Production and Engineering - a course of study involving the business aspects of the music industry focusing on live performance, recording sciences, and film/theatre. It's a unique blend of experience with audio, video, computers, and the Internet that led to a career in internet videoconferencing at CUseeMe Networks. He is happily married to his wife Bonnie, with a new 8 month old daughter, Riley. They make their home in Litchfield, NH.

Star Trek Technology Today: Integrating Videoconferencing into Existing Internet Strategies

Developments in IP video, hosting technology, and increased access to high-speed connections have made video a viable and affordable Internet communications tool. For years, companies have seen the time and cost saving benefits of conducting meetings online but have been hesitant to deploy and maintain the technology on internal networks. As bandwidth has caught up with video technology, videoconferencing has earned a second look from ISPs and traditional corporations. The new ease of deployment provided by hosted, web-based solutions has convinced many companies to add or expand the use of Internet video communication. This session will describe the current and future uses of videoconferencing technology (including collaboration and instant messaging) as well as explain how the technology is integrated into existing Internet strategies.

Session #3

Andrew Jaquith is Director of Services Marketing at @stake.

Andrew Jaquith is a founder and Director of Boston-based @stake, a digital security services firm which designs and builds strategic security solutions for the Global 2000. Mr. Jaquith has ten years of experience in information technology consulting. His professional experience includes systems integration, management consulting, application development, and program management, with particular domain expertise in supply chain management and eCommerce strategy. At @stake, he develops and manages the firm's services portfolio to meet the needs of its clients.

Prior to @stake, Mr. Jaquith was a Senior Project Manager at Cambridge Technology Partners, where he completed multiple assignments with Fortune 1000 and other corporate clients. Andrew's formative years were spent at the $600M logistics division of Federal Express Corporation, where he was an information technology analyst, project manager, and technology implementer.

Mr. Jaquith's past and present clients include Bertelsmann AG, Champion International, Dell Computer Corporation, Fidelity Investments, J.P. Morgan, and Philips Electronics. He possesses a BA from Yale University.

Session #4

Andy Champagne is a Network Architect at Akamai Technologies in Cambridge, MA

As a Network Architect at Akamai, a content distribution network, Andy is involved with the build out of the Akamai network in addition to working on developing future services.

Andy's background includes stints with regional ISP's overseeing network engineering, with a focus on IP routing and intelligent network design.

Edge Network Acceleration

Static content
- Classic proxies (squid, cacheflow, etc)
  A look at some of the classic approaches to caching user traffic and their good and bad points.
- Akamai "content distribution"
  An overview of the Akamai FreeFlow network and the Akamai approach to getting content close to the edge.
Streaming content
- Classic attempts
  Why proxying of streaming with classic methods just does not work.
- Akamai streaming services
  An overview of the Akamai streaming network supporting Real, Windows and QuickTime formats. Talk about future technologies (ie, satellite).

Session #5

Mark Mallett is President of MV Communications, Inc., one of the oldest ISPs around. He has been involved in computer communications since the mid-70's and has at various times been employed as software columnist, magazine editor, newspaper photographer, software programmer, and dishwasher.

Marc Evans is the Founder and CTO of The Destek Group, Inc. Beginning in the mid 1970's he has been involved in the development and architecture of networking software, and later in the deployment and operations of a variety of custom LAN/WAN environments.

The NHISPA Peering System: Ensuring Quality-of-Local-Service

The NHISPA Peering System currently involves seven ISPs, all routinely exchanging BGP route announcements. Believing in Metcalfe's Law (the value of a network increases with the square of the number of nodes) we are hoping to increase the Peering System to include all NHISPA members.

The NHISPA Peering System provides basic IP connectivity over fabric that stays in New Hampshire, ensuring low latencies. Pairs of ISPs may establish their own peering, or may use services which will become NHISPA member benefits, such as:

Routing services to ISPs that don't want to talk BGP to every other ISP;
Cacheing Proxy;
Usenet Peering.

We are planning to connect to the remaining NHISPA members using both Frame-Relay and SDSL at "nearly free" prices. Thus each ISP can afford to increase peering bandwidth as necessary to ensure fast service to New Hampshire sites.

This session will discuss reasons for peering, implementation and dependability of the current peering, and perceptions of peering by ISPs who haven't tried it.

Last updated 27 September 2000.