showNets joins IDG World Expo (www.idgworldexpo.com) and the Mac community in San Francisco by providing network and internet services for Macworld 2010 (www.macworldexpo.com). This year's conference and expo at the Moscone Center in San Francisco comes on the heels of the latest Apple® launch, the iPad. The five day event will showcase some of the leaders in Mac technologies with dozens of speakers, training sessions, and market symposiums throughout the week. showNets is providing high speed internet services for the exhibitors, show management, and wireless internet for the attendees. This year's event showcases the First Looks Program which highlights new-to-market products and innovations along with an iPad special event, Macworld Best of Show Awards, and the Macworld DEMO: Best of Show.

showNets caps the summer by providing network and internet services for OpenSource World. Held at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco, OpenSource World provides a space where IT people come together to exchange ideas and learn how open source, open standards, and open architecture can benefit businesses. There is a Solutions Showcase which allows vendors to showcase their open source, data center, and cloud computing technologies along with real world solutions. The conference schedule includes topics such as Desktops and Netbooks, Enterprise Application Infrastructure, Deployment and Management, Open Source in Mobile, and Security Systems Troubleshooting. showNets is providing wired and wireless coverage for all conference rooms as well as the Solutions Showcase.

showNets completes another E3 expo® event! The 2009 E3 expo® was a tremendous success. The exhibitor list included Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and many others. With online gaming at the forefront of the modern console experience it was imperative to have the network and bandwidth to handle the demands of gamers at this year's expo. G4 was also on hand to deliver real time coverage of the event. showNets provided the bandwidth for live streaming videos and constant coverage by the press. This year's pressroom was by far the largest ever at an E3 expo® and the network performed admirably as updates, videos, and images were pushed all over the world from the Los Angeles Convention Center. As the E3 expo® grows, so will the demands for bandwidth, and showNets will be there to ensure a successful experience for all who exhibit and attend.

The opening of the 2008 E for All Expo was a huge success.  People lined up outside the exhibit hall as early as 7:30 a.m. for the 10:00 a.m. opening.  Attendees ushered through the registration lines with their game faces on and the excitement was in the air.  With the network humming and the consoles readied the show opened up without a hitch.  Crowds for the Expo are expected to be larger this weekend as several vendors are hosting gaming competitions with prizes galore.  Other attractions for the show include the Gaming Bootcamp, the Game Developers Conference (GDC) Game Career Seminar, and the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival.  Some of the games that the attendees will be able to test drive include Ubisoft's Far Cry 2, Tom Clancy's End War, and Shaun White Snowboarding.  Activision's Guitar Hero World Tour is another highly anticipated release and should attract crowds all weekend.

showNets was chosen to be the Internet Services Provider for E for All  in 2008.  E for All is the place to be for the general public to check out hot new game products, gaming tournaments, and celebrity appearances.  showNets delivered another state of the art network gaming solution in the Los Angeles Convention Center.  The LACC is the logical choice of venue for the show and showNets maintained its presence as the premier service provider for network solutions for the entire event.  The continued success of the show depends on the performance of the network and its capability to provide gamers an exciting gaming experience.

Being the Internet Services Provider to the world’s largest gaming expo, E3, for the last 9 years made showNets the logical choice to provision the services for the newest game event in the industry geared for the general public. E for All  is the new consumer based event featuring hot new game products, gaming tournaments, and sneak peaks at some of the latest gaming products in the industry.  showNets delivered its state of the art network gaming solution in the Los Angeles Convention Center consisting of redundant outbound bandwidth, gigbit LANS throughout the building, IP Telephony, a secure wireless environment for multiple different end users, as well as public wireless throughout the convention center. “We are pleased to be in our 10th year providing networking services to the gaming industry," says Dave Bishop, Vice President of Operations for showNets. "Our experience in this industry and in the LACC makes us uniquely qualified to service this challenging event environment.”

showNets is proud to announce that IDG World Epxo has awarded them the contract to provide all High Speed Internet Services to the 2008 Macworld Expo to be held in January at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. MacWorld Expo  is the largest event of the year focusing on everything Apple. With hundreds of exhibits, conference sessions, special interest pavilions and learning centers it proves, year after year, to be one of the best attended events in the US. “showNets long relationship with IDG and MacWorld allows us to provide high quality, reliable network solutions that exceed the expectations of the Mac community.  We are excited to be selected, again, as the provider of Internet Services for the event," says Dean Fuller, President of showNets.