FOSE 2005 Grows and Prospers as Government Technology Spending Soars

1 January 1970

FOSE 2005 kicked off government's spring buying season with the event's highest impact conference and exposition in its 29 year history. FOSE 2005, which took place on April 5-7 at the Washington DC Convention Center, attracted nearly 20,000 public sector information technology professionals to the Washington DC Convention Center for the largest technology conference and exhibition for government. Over 531 companies exhibited, and public and private sector leaders delivered major policy addresses.

"FOSE 2005 is the industry's premier resource for the nearly 531 technology companies presenting their wares to the most stable and growing market in the country," said Lorenz Hassenstein, Vice President, Events, PostNewsweek Tech Media. "In 2004, the government awarded over $155 billion in technology contracts -- a 60% increase over 2003 -- and FOSE 2005 delivered on industry's expectation of being the quality venue where both government and industry explore technology and exchange best practices."

Highlights of FOSE 2005 included:

* Number of exhibitors increased 6% over FOSE 2004, and exhibitor re-sign
rate for FOSE 2006 was 59%.

* Over 150 new products were introduced at FOSE this year.

* Industry leading keynotes included Paul Otellini, CEO, Intel
Corporation; Kevin Rollins, CEO, Dell; Martin I. Cole, Group Chief
Executive-Government, Accenture; Bill Nuti, President and CEO, Symbol
Technologies; and Bill McDermott, CEO, SAP America.

* Clusters of demonstrations centers were filled to capacity, with
government agency technology professionals showcasing military
applications in the DoD Center; electronic government in E-Town;
business transformation in the Showcase of Excellence; and systems
assisting in the global War on Terrorism in the Homeland Security
Center. In addition, there were packed Linux, Small Business and Data
Center Storage Pavilions providing specialized demonstrations and
training.

* Partnership with the country's largest information technology companies
remained strong with Accenture, HP, Lockheed Martin, IBM, Cisco Systems,
Apple, AT&T Wireless, CDW Government, and hundreds of other suppliers.

* International countries touted 53 companies from the UK, Australia,
Canada, Northern Ireland and Korea who demonstrated leading-edge
technologies to the military, homeland security and Federal agencies
that combed FOSE's exhibit floor for technology solutions.

* FOSE's national reputation continues to drive significant editorial for
its exhibitors through television broadcast affiliates such as News
Channel 8, FOX 5, NBC4, WTTG, and the United States' middle east
station, Alhurra, radio stations such as the Voice of America, WTOP,
WMAL, and National Public Radio's WAMU; national print publications such
as The Washington Post, Newsweek, Barron's Weekly, Knight Ridder and US
News and World Report; trade publications including Government Computer
News, Washington Technology, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, CIO magazine as
well as hundreds of technology and government-focused publications.

* Government thought leaders made major addresses at FOSE, including
addresses by Dr. Linton Wells, CIO, Department of Defense; CIO Council
Chair Karen Evans, Director, E-Gov, OMB; Rear Admiral Mark D.
Harnitchek, Vice Director, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dr. Jonathan Perlin,
Undersecretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs; Sam Mok, CFO,
Department of Labor; Rosa Parkes, CIO, Department of Energy; Dan
Matthews, CIO, Department of Transportation; Ambassador W. Robert
Pearson, Director General of the Foreign Service; Glenn Perry, Chief
Acquisition Officer, Department of Education; and Terrazzia Martin, CIO,
US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security, plus dozens of other government executives.

* Best of FOSE Awards were a highlight of FOSE 2005. Judges from
Government Computer News and Washington Technology scoured hundreds of
products on the floor of the Washington Convention Center and
representatives of the GCN Lab handed out the Best of FOSE awards.
Products and corporations who were awarded the Best of FOSE Awards were
Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server, Adobe Systems Inc.; Altova XMLSpy 2005,
Altova Inc.; Apple Remote Desktop 2, Apple Computer Inc.; Comet 12,
Tadpole Computer Inc.; Gateway 9415 Server, Gateway Inc.; HP ProCurve
3400cl series switches, Hewlett-Packard Co.; HP xw9300 Workstation,
Hewlett-Packard Co.; Intel Centrino mobile technology, Intel Corp.;
Kodak i660 Scanner, Eastman Kodak Co.; MPC Transport X3100, MPC
Computers LLC; Telkonet PLC, Telkonet Inc.; and VoteFiler, Comfidex
Corp.

PostNewsweek Tech Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, is the leading media company in the government technology community; offering focused national publications, web sites, trade shows, and conferences for the government information technology market. PostNewsweek Tech Media produces Government Computer News, a controlled-circulation magazine published 30 times per year for government managers who buy information technology products and services; Government Leader, a quarterly controlled-circulation magazine focused on the important issues in public management, human resources, financial management and technology; Washington Technology, a twice-monthly controlled-circulation magazine for government information technology systems integrators; and FOSE, the premier technology exhibition and conference in the government market. For further information about PostNewsweek Tech Media, go to http:/www.postnewsweektech.com.

FOSE 2006 will take place at the Washington DC Convention Center on Tuesday-Thursday, March 7-9, 2006.

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Source: PostNewsweek Tech Media