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Week ahead: Tech for feds

Two conferences for government tech gurus are among the events planned for this week. Plus, former hacker Kevin Mitnick talks about security.

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 July 27.

Government technology gurus will converge on two events in the coming week, the Dell/Microsoft Connected Government Roadshow 2003 and the Accela Government Automation Conference.

And while government CIOs and tech managers get an earful at the Roadshow and Accela events, a tech figure well known to government intelligence agencies will be at another gathering. Former hacker Kevin Mitnick will be a guest speaker at the STI Knowledge Center Symposium, where he'll discuss security issues.

The information was gathered from First Call, Hoover's Online, and CNET Investor.

Events scheduled for the week of July 27:

Tech Events

Monday, July 28

  • Big Blue. Storage area networks and SAN management will be among the issues discussed at the IBM Storage & Storage Networking Symposium, July 28-Aug. 1, in Chicago.

  • Supportive support. The realities of enterprise support security and trends in outsourcing will be among the topics addressed at STI Knowledge Center Symposium, July 28-30, in Las Vegas.

  • Listen to the music. Music executives and industry players will discuss the business opportunities and legal wrangling around digital music at the Jupiter Plug.IN Conference & Expo, July 28-29, in New York.

    • Tuesday, July 29

    Earnings

    Monday, July 28

    • Sprint is a telecommunications company. It is expected to report a second-quarter loss of 11 cents a share.

    Tuesday, July 29

    • Onyx Software makes customer relationship management software. It is expected to report a second-quarter loss of 1 cent a share.

  • Pinnacle Systems is a digital media technology company. It is expected to report a fourth-quarter profit of 10 cents a share.

    • Wednesday, July 30

    • Akamai Technologies is a streaming media company. It is expected to report a second-quarter loss of 10 cents a share.

  • InfoSpace makes wireless and Internet software. It is expected to report a second-quarter loss of 5 cents a share.

  • Ingram Micro distributes technology products. It is expected to report a second-quarter profit of 11 cents a share.

  • Nextel Partners provides digital wireless communications services. It is expected to report a second-quarter loss of 16 cents a share.

    • Thursday, July 31

    • Comcast Holdings is a cable company. It is expected to report a second-quarter loss of 2 cents a share.

  • Cray develops supercomputers. It is expected to report a second-quarter profit of 4 cents a share.
    Economic Reports

    • Tuesday, July 29

    • Consumer Confidence tracks the results of a broad survey of consumer spending expectations. The July index is expected to rise to 85, from 83.5 the previous month.
    Thursday, July 31
    • Gross Domestic Product is the broadest measure of overall U.S. economic activity. Second-quarter growth is expected to be 1.7 percent, compared with 1.4 percent in the previous quarter.

    • Initial Claims is the weekly total of new claims filed for unemployment compensation. The total is expected to grow to 400,000 for the week ended July 26, from 386,000 the previous week.

    Friday, Aug. 1
    • Personal Income measures income from all sources. June is expected to remain flat at 0.03 percent, the same as the previous month.

    • The Unemployment Rate is the percentage of American workers looking for jobs. The July rate is expected to fall to 6.3 percent, from 6.4 percent the previous month.