(Fort Lee, NJ, July 29) -- John W. White, president of the Information Technology Group of Texas Instruments (TI), will explore "Networking Excellence in Supporting the Global Enterprise," as he delivers the NetWorld 92 Dallas keynote address on Oct. 13, at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, TX. The keynote opens the Seventh Annual NetWorld Dallas show and conference, October 13-15, with more than 475 companies showcasing the latest computer networking products and services. The NetWorld Seminar Series is comprised of 80 sessions, preceded by 11 Tutorials and a new Reseller Track on October 12. Mr. White will discuss the challenges of global competition and the emerging information technologies for meeting those challenges. He will discuss the business and technological forces that are driving network computing, and analyze the role of high speed data networks of the future. Within TI, global non-stop computing provides round-the-clock access to key business information, with resources independent of the location of the user and computing engine, according to Mr. White. Mr. White is responsible for overseeing TI's global information technology business which includes a worldwide computing and communications network, information management systems and the company's software thrust which is being built around its CASE (computeraided software engineering) tool, the Information Engineering Facility. TI's computer and communication network includes: 19 large mainframe computers, 3,800 distributed processors, and more than 83,000 computer terminals of which 50,000 are intelligent workstations. Mr. White joined TI in 1961; he was a member of the technical staff until 1969, when he left to work for Electronic Data Systems and TRES Utility Systems. In 1973, Mr. White returned to TI as Manager of Information Services, and was promoted to Manager of Information Systems and Services (IS&S) in 1977. Mr. White was named IS&S senior vice president in 1989, before assuming his current position later the same year. He earned a B.S. degree in physics and mathematics from Central Missouri State, and a M.S. degree in mathematics from the University of Kansas. NetWorld's exhibitors will include: 3Com Corp., Advanced Micro Devices, Apple Computer, Artisoft, AST Research, Banyan Systems, Borland, Cabletron, Chipcom, Compaq, Core International, Dell, Digital Equipment Corp., GTE, Hayes, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Lotus, Madge Networks, Microsoft, NCR, Novell, SMC, SynOptics, Thomas-Conrad, Tiara, Ungermann-Bass and WordPerfect. NetWorld Dallas is organized by Bruno Blenheim Inc., the leading international producer of conferences and exhibitions with more than 250 events worldwide. In addition to NetWorld Dallas, Bruno Blenheim also produces NetWorld Boston, PC EXPO in New York, PC EXPO in Chicago, NetWorld Europe and UNIX EXPO. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online - New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed from data provided by the | | above mentioned company. For additional details, contact the | | company at the address or telephone number indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+