About Vortex

Vortex is your front row seat to the revolution. While the Internet, telephone, and television networks have evolved along separate tracks, the future is pulling them into the same space. Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com, recognized this and came up with the innovative idea of bringing the leaders of these three colliding industries together in a relaxed and open atmosphere to promote communication, partnerships and innovation.

At Vortex, ideas and technologies are enthusiastically discussed, dissected and analyzed-while new industry policies are created, deals are hatched, and partnerships solidified.

Brought to you by the people who helped
start the revolution.
And no wonder. Vortex was founded by someone who literally helped pioneer the networking industry.

At Xerox PARC, Bob Metcalfe invented Ethernet that today connects over 100 million computers to the Internet. He went on to found 3Com Corporation, the $6 billion computer networking company. In 1992, Bob joined IDG first as Publisher/CEO of InfoWorld. Today, he serves as an IDG board member and Vice President, while writing columns, giving talks and working closely with IDG Executive Forums in producing conferences.

Recently, John Gallant, Executive Vice President and Editorial Director of NetworkWorld, Inc., was named as Associate Producer of Vortex. As the leader of one of the fastest growing media companies in the communications industry, John is well suited to the task of helping to shape the Vortex conference program as he's well aware of the critical happenings in network convergence. John has been recognized by Marketing Computers magazine as one of the 25 most influential people in computer journalism, and as one of the most visionary editors in chief by Press Access, a public relations trade organization.

Aside from learning what's what, meet the who's who at the Vortex conference.
As an invitation only affair, each Vortex conference seeks out the people who are creating the future, including senior executives from the Internet, telephone, television, equipment and service industries.

The result is nothing short of amazing.
Each conference generates a creatively charged atmosphere and throws off sparks that are blazing new trails in communications, e-commerce and more. And no wonder. Vortex is the original and still the only conference that gathers the leaders and innovators from these three rapidly converging industries.

Vortex.Net—today's most vital online resource.
The fact is that the Internet, telephone and television networking industries are evolving so fast, it's virtually impossible to keep up. That's why we created Vortex.Net—the world's first and most comprehensive source for news, information and analysis on the convergence of the Internet, telephone, television networking industries, as well as the equipment and service industries.

Vortex.Net provides high-impact, daily news updates from worldwide news sources, including NetworkWorld, Computerworld, CIO, The Industry Standard, InfoWorld, Lightreading.com and many others. No other Internet site offers such complete, in-depth coverage of this historic convergence.

But more than news, Vortex.Net also provides a virtual setting that brings together the ideas, opinions and commentary from the most influential people from the Internet, telephone and television industries, and convergence technology leaders. It's a forum that you simply won't find anywhere else in the world, and precisely the resource you need to keep up with this rapidly changing market segment.