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This article provides information on the forthcoming workshops and conferences to be held from August to November in 1998. An international conference on very large database will be held from 24 to 27 in the month of August in New York. The fifth annual EDINEB international conference will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, from 2 to 5th of September 1998. Sponsor for this conference is EDINEB Networks. The 3rd Joint Conference on Knowledge-Based Software Engineering will take place in Smolenice, Slovakia, from September 9-11. A workshop on principles of abstract machine will take place in Pisa, Italy on September 19th. The contact address to gather more information is also provide. Fifth ACM conference on Computer and Communication Security will be held in San Francisco, from 2 to 5 in November. On November 7, the Information Industry Outlook Conference will take place in Canberra, Australia. This conference will be hosted by the Australian Computer Society.

The article presents several news briefs related to Information Technology industry. The Bunker-Ramo Corporation and Aniphenol Corporation announced that they have signed definitive agreements to combine the business of the two companies. The combined business will operate under the name Bunker-Ramo, with the various divisions of Amphenol and Bunker-Ramo operating under their respective names and present management. General Electric Company announced a new operating organization, the International Information Services Department, devoted to stimulating development of online computer time-sharing service businesses throughout the world. The new division will be headed by Paul R. Leadley, former general manager of the GE Information Service Department. Ampex Corporation has formed a new operating entity, the Videofile Information Systems Division, to handle the company's activity in information storage and retrieval. Randolph Computer Corporation and United Data Processing Services reached an agreement under which Randolph Data Services, Inc., a newly formed subsidiary of Randolph, will acquire the assets and business of United Data Processing Services.

The article presents a calendar of events about the computer industry. The "1967 Spring Joint Committee Conference," which will be held on April 18-20, 1967 in Atlantic City, New Jersey invites papers to be presented during the conference. The American Documentation Institute will hold a convention on October 3-7, 1967 in Santa Monica, California. The International Federation of Information Processing Societies will hold its "1968 Congress" on August 5-10, 1968 in Edinburgh, Scotland.