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Week ahead: Conference time

Gaming, customer relationship management and data engineering will be on the agenda at technology gatherings. Also on tap: Earnings from EchoStar, National Semiconductor.

Dawn Kawamoto Former Staff writer, CNET News
Dawn Kawamoto covered enterprise security and financial news relating to technology for CNET News.
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Following are some of the notable tech-related events scheduled for the week of March 2.

Beam me up, Scotty. EchoStar Communications, owner of Dish Network satellite TV services, will be among the few tech notables this week announcing quarterly earnings.

Joining EchoStar on the earnings lineup will be chipmaker National Semiconductor--which, like EchoStar, expects to post a loss for the three-month period.

The information was gatheredfrom FirstCall, ="http: www.hoovers.com="" "="">Hoover's Online,CCBN's StreetEvents and ="http: investor.cnet.com="" "="">CNET Investor.

Events scheduled this week:

Tech Events

Monday, March 3

  • Untangling the tangle. Topics ranging from rescuing and reinventing a failed customer relationship management (CRM) project to negotiating vendor contracts will be discussed at the="http: 2003="" www4.gartner.com="" 2_events="" conferences="" crs3="" crs3.jsp="" "="">CRM Summit: Results You Can Measure. Success You Can Bank On, March 3-5, Chicago.

Tuesday, March 4

  • Gamers galore. Game enthusiasts and industry players are expected to tap into a plethora of information in areas from design to audio development at the ="http: www.gdconf.com="" "="">Game Developers Conference, March 4-8, San Jose, Calif.

  • Searching for? Tips on raising visibility by using search engine marketing will be discussed at ="http: www.jupiterevents.com="" sew="" boston03="" index.html="" "="">Search Engine Strategies 2003, March 4-6, Boston.

    • Wednesday, March 5

    • Engineers and researchers will get a glimpse into the evolving tools and practices of data engineering to problems of its practical applications at the ="http: www.aztecsoft.com="" icde2003="" "="">International Conference on Data Engineering, March 5-8, Bangalore, India.

    Thursday, March 6

    • Analyze this. Academic papers and commercial research and development on performance analysis of systems and software will be shared at the ="http: www.ispass.org="" ispass2003="" "="">2003 IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software, March 6-8, Austin, Texas.

  • Let's all work together. After purchasing CRM, ERP and other software, how do you make it all work together? Software developers and designers will converge at the ="http: www.ltt.de="" omg-days.2003="" copenhagen.shtml="" "="">ObjectManagement Group Information Days 2003 on "Integrating the Enterprise", March 6, Copenhagen, Sweden.

    • Earnings

    Tuesday, March 4

    • ="http: investor.cnet.com="" investor="" quotes="" quote-fast="" 0-9970-1041-0-dish.html"="">EchoStar Communications provides satellite TV service. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter loss of $1.03 a share.

    Wednesday, March 5

    • ="http: investor.cnet.com="" investor="" quotes="" quote-fast="" 0-9970-1041-0-icpt.html"="">InterCept develops a suite of e-commerce products and services. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter profit of 14 cents a share.

    Thursday, March 6

    • ="http: investor.cnet.com="" investor="" quotes="" quote-fast="" 0-9970-1041-0-dsln.html"="">DSL.net provides high-speed Internet access service. The company is expected to report a fourth-quarter loss of 17 cents a share.

  • ="http: investor.cnet.com="" investor="" quotes="" quote-fast="" 0-9970-1041-0-nsm.html"="">NationalSemiconductor makes semiconductor chips. The company is expected to report a third-quarter loss of 3 cents a share.

    • Economic Reports
    Monday, March 3
    • Auto and Truck Sales is the total of domestically produced vehicles sold. February auto sales are expected to decline to 5.8 million, from 5.9 million the previous month. Truck sales are expected to rise to 7 million, from 6.9 million the previous month.

  • Personal Income measures income from all sources. January growth is expected to remain unchanged at 0.4 percent from the previous month.

    • Thursday, March 6

    • Initial Claims is the weekly total of new claims filed for unemployment compensation. The total is expected to fall to 400,000 for the week ended March 1, from 417,000 the previous week.
    • Factory Orders is the total of durable and nondurable goods orders. The August total is expected to increase slightly to 0.5 percent, compared with 0.4 percent the previous month.
    Friday, March 7
    • The Unemployment Rate is the percentage of American workers looking for jobs. The February rate is expected to grow to 5.8 percent, from 5.7 percent the previous month.