<CFSOUTH> Conference,
February 3
<CFSOUTH> is a one-day ColdFusion conference taking place on February 3, at the DoubleTree Orlando Resort and Conference Center in Orlando, Florida. It's organized by Rae Hanson of OCFUG and Michael Smith of TeraTech, who ran the CFUN-2K conference in Washington, DC , last summer.

In addition to keynotes by Steve Drucker, Steve Nelson, and Hal Helms, there will be a Sponsor Exhibit Area and 16 forums throughout the day. The $100 conference fee includes breakfast, lunch, an evening reception, and all conference materials. Register online at www.cfsouth.org/.

Allaire Receives Award for Personalization Technology
(Newton, MA) - Allaire Corporation was presented with an Appian Laurels Award during the Personalization Summit in San Francisco. Presented by Appian Corporation, a personalization consulting company, this semiannual prize is awarded to both software vendors and businesses that employ personalization solutions on their Web sites. Allaire received a Platinum Award for Allaire Spectra.

"We are very pleased to receive an Appian Laurel Award and consider this to be a great tribute to the work that Allaire has put into Allaire Spectra," said Todd Boes, senior director of product marketing for Allaire Corporation. www.allaire.com.

SYS-CON Names Agnes Vanek Corporate VP of Circulation
(Montvale, NJ) - Veteran magazine industry executive Agnes Vanek has joined SYS-CON Media, Inc.,as corporate vice president of circulation.

"We are delighted to have Agnes Vanek on board," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and CEO. "Agnes will have a critical role in the launch of our most recent and largest title, Wireless Business & Technology. She will redefine an aggressive circulation strategy for our existing titles including Java Developer's Journal and XML-Journal and help us successfully launch a number of new world-class titles."

"I am very excited to join the SYS-CON team and look forward to being part of the group that has created the most successful technology magazines in recent years," said Vanek. "Wireless Business & Technology aims to be the world's leading publication serving the wireless industry and Internet technology developers."

Vanek started her high-tech career in 1983 at Ziff-Davis as senior circulation manager for PC Week and MacWeek. Her 18-year professional accomplishments include managing CommunicationsWeek and CommunicationsWeek International at CMP. During Vanek's eight-year tenure at IDG, her circulation strategy played a key role in making Federal Computing Week the lead publication in the government IT market. In 1996 Vanek successfully launched FCW's sister publication, civic.com.