http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/business/article/hackers-still-strong-despite-soft-economy/ By Erna Mahyuni The Malaysian Insider October 15, 2010 KUALA LUMPUR - Not even a recession can stall the hacker institution that is Hack in the Box (HITB). In its eighth year, this year's Kuala Lumpur leg drew a 300-strong crowd from all over the world. Initially expecting lesser numbers, HITB's Dinesh Nair was pleasantly surprised at the turnout. "We had a full capacity crowd at the keynote, over 400 people turned up." HITB founder Dhillon Andrew Kannabhiran said the turnout was encouraging and bode well for future conferences. Though the Kuala Lumpur and Amsterdam HITB conferences saw good attendances, the Dubai leg will be scrapped next year due to low registration numbers. Dinesh attributed it to current economic challenges noting that the ICT sector in Dubai was far less vibrant than it was in past years. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Sun Oct 17 2010 - 22:35:55 PDT
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