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Top Coverage Highlights from Interop Las Vegas 2007

News from Interop filters out to several publications in the world of technology media. Check out the links below to see how Interop is being covered in the news.

June 1

IDG News Service
On tap for Interop: Security, Web 2.0, Green Tech
Organizers expect 20,000 attendees at this year's Interop networking trade show, an increase that speaks to the show's broader focus…The Interop networking trade show is growing bigger by getting broader…This week's event in Las Vegas, one of two in the U.S. and five worldwide this year, should draw nearly 20,000 attendees, according to General Manager Lenny Heymann. That's up from 17,500 last year. More companies are showing up, too: more than 475, an increase of about 100 over last year's list, Heymann said….Interop's made a comeback because networking is not just healthier than it was a few years ago but also is being woven into other parts of IT, including security, application performance and telephony.

Network World
Interop Las Vegas 2007 Planning Guide
Whether you own a five-employee business or are CIO of a Fortune 500 company, almost everything you need to know about running your network can be learned at Interop…From wireless optimization, storage and service-oriented architecture (SOA) to collaboration, VoIP and something called “enterprise 2.0,” Interop, with its top analysts and vendors, should have your interests covered.

Internet.com
Interop 2007 Buzz: Security to Web 2.0
Interop is back…This year, there is real buzz once again – and by buzz I don’t mean hype lacking substance. This year’s show features 475 vendors, 100 more than last year, and Interop organizers estimate that there have been 20,000+ attendees, also well up from recent years….NAC is making news at the show in a big way. Enterprises are waking up to the fact that perimeter security isn’t enough. Employees, partners, and customers enter the network from a variety of locations on any number of endpoints. To prevent intrusions and maintain network integrity, end points must be vetted as stringently as users. Well, more so, since user authentication is only now moving beyond single-factor.

InformationWeek
Interop Preview: 10 Things To Do And See At The Conference
"Interop has grown to reflect the power of the network, as well as the breadth of it," said Interop General Manager Lenny Heymann, in an interview with InformationWeek. "It's about all the things needed to help companies communicate with each other and their customers. For the last few years, though, the enterprise has been heavily influenced by what's happening in the consumer market. People want information in anyplace, anytime, on any device."

Current Analysis
Analyst News Flashes From the Show
Interop Las Vegas continues to be the premiere event where networking vendors, IT buyers, executives, press, and analysts come together to exchange knowledge and hawk solutions across the entire enterprise IT market. Interop Las Vegas 2007 will come alive with the highest levels of energy, showmanship, and marketeering seen since 2000. Vendors will be out in force, jockeying for eyeballs at the exhibition hall, but the real action at this year's Interop will happen off the show floor, in the individual tracks and break-out rooms.

Network World
Web 2.0 Meets the Enterprise : Complications Ensue
Web 2.0 meets the enterprise, complications ensue: As corporate networks adopt collaboration and social networking tools, network infrastructure must adapt…"Web 2.0 creep" going on inside the corporate firewall is challenging enterprise networks to handle the real-time demands and bursty nature of the latest collaboration and social networking software, according to IT executives attending Interop.

TechTarget
Network access control truths a bit blurry at Interop
Network Access Control (NAC) remained a key discussion point at Interop Las Vegas, where it reigned last year and the previous winter at the show's New York venue. But this year, NAC talk has taken a different tack. Vendors now tout interoperability and the potential for standardization in response to users' feeling uneasy about NAC because of possible vendor lock-in.

Network World
Interop Means You See
I am at Interop this week at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Probably one of the largest , Interop served this year as a love-in for Unified Communications, all UC all the time.

InformationWeek
Interop Preview: Microsoft Vs. Linux, Security To Share Vegas Spotlight
Though the show has branched off to cover a number of pressing IT topics, events related its eponymous theme -- system interoperability -- will be center stage at this year's show. And as dry as those words might sound on paper, there will be no shortage of controversy as vendors and users square off to define what interoperability means, who's responsible for it, and why it's still more theory than practice in today's IT world.

TechTarget
NAC, collaboration to be highlights at Interop Las Vegas
Interop general manager Lenny Heymann said this year's Interop, like those of previous years, will focus strongly on a breadth of topics that help leaders in IT put technologies together to drive business. Everything from security, collaboration, network management and wireless will be covered for all facets of IT, including large enterprises, SMBs, the channel, government and service providers. "Business solutions require interoperability," Heymann stressed, reiterating Interop's main focus.

EE Times
Interop's Renaissance
Interop was not just returning to life after years in the doldrums, it was loaded with demonstrations and testing linked to the InteropNet, ranging from data-center Ethernet implementations to secure-access systems and broadband wireless access tests. The show had not had such a hands-on feel since the days before its mid-1990s merger with NetWorld. And the Best of Interop winners included some long-time buddies of EE Times, including NetXen, Aruba, A10 Networks, and AirMagnet…One thing's for certain, NxtComm will be hard pressed to match Interop's aura of excitement.

Network World
Looking Ahead to Interop
Interop Las Vegas 2007 is almost upon us, and it looks like it will continue to act as the flagship trade show for the networking industry this year.

Network World
Security to Headline Interop Las Vegas
Security will dominate Interop Las Vegas next week as event organizers say more than a quarter of the vendors in attendance will hawk security-related products, and the “security zone” on the show floor is filled to bursting….In addition, the event is launching CSO Bootcamp, a crash course in how to become a CSO that is modeled after the show’s existing and popular CIO Bootcamp that brings in CIOs to reveal the true nature of the job and the skills needed to be successful.

Network Computing
Wireless Propagator: IEEE 802.11n and Architecture Redux at Interop
All the major enterprise WLAN vendors made their way to Interop Las Vegas 2007 last week, and I had the opportunity to meet with the majority of them.

Internetnews.com
Networking World Goes Neon For Interop
Networking World Goes Neon For Interop: Key topics this year will be NAC, 10GbE, VoIP, wireless, network acceleration, network security, remote access and general convergence.

InformationWeek
The Salesforce.com Effect Comes To Interop
In its 22-year history, the Interop trade show has been synonymous with networking, and this year's exhibitors are true to that heritage. But there's a recurring, software-oriented theme from many of the vendors I met with: the impact of Salesforce.com on the networking business.

InformationWeek
Interop Sets A High Bar For Tech Vendors
Large industry shows like Interop Las Vegas are a great place for vendors to launch new products, for end users to find what they need to improve their business processes, and for us journalists to gather story ideas and to network. But what became obvious to me this time around is that vendors use these shows to test the limits of their technologies.

InfoWorld
Dispatch from Interop: NAC's the word
The crowds are quite impressive; estimates say there may be 20,000+ here, and I wouldn't doubt it. NAC and security are big attention-getters, and VoIP interest is high.

CNET
Adios, Interop
I heard that there were 21,000 people in town for the Interop conference. Judging by the hoard of people leaving the Mandalay Bay convention center yesterday, I believe it. My takeaways from the show are as follows…The buzzwords this year were network access control, wide-area network optimization and security. Security is a must-have. NAC is real and will go from concept to strategy in the next 12 months. WAN optimization is also a requirement. Why? Enterprises networks and applications have been designed in isolation and don't work very well together. WAN optimization adds intelligence to bridge this gap.

InformationWeek
Small Business Is The Next Frontier For Telephony At Interop
Small Business Is The Next Frontier For Telephony At Interop: The small- to medium-sized business (SMB) market is big at this year's Interop as vendors scramble to find new markets. Are SMBs really ready to kick down for routers and IP PBX systems? Just about everyone here thinks SMBs are the next big thing for IP communications.

Network Computing
Las Vegas is for VoIP Lovers
There's oodles to see at Interop this week for voice lovers. With Microsoft coming out with Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 and Avaya, Cisco Systems and others pushing their VoIP wares, booth stops there are a must. There are also a few bits that bear calling out that might otherwise be missed.

May 24

Network World
Web 2.0 meets the enterprise: complications ensue
"Web 2.0 meets the enterprise, complications ensue: As corporate networks adopt collaboration and social networking tools, network infrastructure must adapt…"Web 2.0 creep" going on inside the corporate firewall is challenging enterprise networks to handle the real-time demands and bursty nature of the latest collaboration and social networking software, according to IT executives attending Interop."

TechTarget
Network access control truths a bit blurry at Interop
"Network Access Control (NAC) remained a key discussion point at Interop Las Vegas, where it reigned last year and the previous winter at the show's New York venue. But this year, NAC talk has taken a different tack. Vendors now tout interoperability and the potential for standardization in response to users' feeling uneasy about NAC because of possible vendor lock-in."

Internetnews.com
Enterprise 2.0 Generates Interop Buzz
"Is Enterprise 2.0 yet another over-hyped concept or is there some substance to this trend? As I’ve walked the Interop exhibition floor and sat through press meetings, this is the question I ask whenever buzzwords like collaboration or social networking come up."

InformationWeek
The Greening Of Interop
"My assumption has always been that the best way to get enterprises to go "green" -- to institute conservation policies via decreased energy use and technology recycling, for example -- was to hit them directly in the pocketbook (or via regulations, of course). It's the bottom line that counts."

Network World
Interop Means You See
"I am at Interop this week at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Probably one of the largest , Interop served this year as a love-in for Unified Communications, all UC all the time."

InformationWeek
At Interop, Security Talk Is Largely About Network Access Control
"Here at Interop, there's a lot of focus on security and a lot of that security attention is aimed right at network access control. It's a hot-button topic here. The question plaguing many IT and security managers, though, might be where to get started."

Network World
Green computing driven by cold, hard cash
"There is shareholder return to be gained,” Pat Tiernan, vice president of corporate, environmental and social responsibility for HP, said Wednesday during a panel discussion about green trends in IT at Interop Las Vegas. “Frankly, we just see it as a customer demand that we have to meet now and we know we’re going to have to meet in the future."

InformationWeek
The Salesforce.com Effect Comes To Interop
"In its 22-year history, the Interop trade show has been synonymous with networking, and this year's exhibitors are true to that heritage. But there's a recurring, software-oriented theme from many of the vendors I met with: the impact of Salesforce.com on the networking business."

CRN
Vendors Flood Market With New Wireless Gear
"LAN vendors will be out in full force at this week's Interop Las Vegas 2007, demonstrating how a market seemingly heading toward commoditization is still ripe for profit for solution providers. A variety of vendors -- from dedicated wireless players, like Aruba, BlueSocket, Meru Networks and Trapeze Networks, to broader players, like Nortel Networks and Netgear -- are rolling out new WLAN wares at the conference…
And it's not just a market for old standbys. The group includes startups, including Aerohive Networks and Ruckus Wireless, as well as new entrants to the space, such as Adtran."

CNET
Interop Interludes
"I heard that there were 21,000 people in town for the Interop conference. Judging by the hoard of people leaving the Mandalay Bay convention center yesterday, I believe it. My takeaways from the show are as follows:

The buzzwords this year were network access control, wide-area network optimization and security. Security is a must-have. NAC is real and will go from concept to strategy in the next 12 months. WAN optimization is also a requirement. Why? Enterprises networks and applications have been designed in isolation and don't work very well together. WAN optimization adds intelligence to bridge this gap.
Networking folks are really smart technicians, but few can talk about business processes and solutions. Cisco Systems sure can, and until another vendor can match John Chambers and Co. on business chops, it will continue to dominate."

CRN
Interop Las Vegas 2007 Update - New Wireless Gear
"LAN vendors will be out in full force at this week's Interop Las Vegas 2007, demonstrating how a market seemingly heading toward commoditization is still ripe for profit for solution providers. …Nortel Networks, Netgear and many others-- are rolling out new WLAN wares at the conference, which is run by CRN parent company CMP Media."

Forbes - picked up A10 press release
A10 Networks' AX Series Wins Best of Interop Las Vegas 2007 Award

InformationWeek
Nortel Promotes 'Hyperconnectivity' To Interop Crowd
"Nortel President reveals to Interop crowd it has a new strategy to become a more valued player and will increase R&D on businesses to 33 percent. "

NetworkComputing - The Daily Blog
The Best of Interop Award Winners
"The stakes were high and the action hot last night at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas -- the 2007 Best of Interop Award Winners were announced. "

NetworkWorld
Acquisition rumor mill continues to churn at Interop

May 23

Network World
Software bargains: Useful tools for under $1,000
"IT executives wandering around the Interop Las Vegas show floor this week found some software bargains on everything from network analyzers to emulation software to firewalls."

InfoWorld
Dispatch from Interop: NAC's the word
"The crowds are quite impressive; estimates say there may be 20,000+ here, and I wouldn't doubt it. NAC and security are big attention-getters, and VoIP interest is high (perhaps a sign that enterprises really are becoming comfortable with sending voice traffic over their networks?)."

SMB Tech News Today; INTEROP Day 3
Product announcement recap.

IT Security
Interop keynote. Nortel - Why hyperconnectivity is leading the way forward

TechTarget - SearchNetworking.com
Branch office upgrade, WAN optimization hot topics at Interop
"Interop Las Vegas 2007 yesterday, panels of analysts and vendors offered tips and guidance on upgrading and optimizing the branch office to ensure smooth sailing in remote locations."

Channel Web Network
Interop: Security Execs Talk Up Threat Management
"The increasing complexity of threats is making it more important to simplify the management of IT security systems… That was the main theme of a Tuesday afternoon keynote at Interop 2007 in Las Vegas in which the chief executives of IBM Internet Security Systems and McAfee outlined challenges companies face in protecting their networks and data from a myriad of rapidly evolving threats."

IDG News - Picked up by: CIO, Computer World, PCWorld, InfoWorld
Interop: Cisco's Chambers Pushes Video, Web 2.0
"John Chambers has found a technology that can keep up with his fast-talking style, and it's at the core of Cisco Systems' push to bring Web 2.0 technology into enterprises. "

Information Week
Small Business Is The Next Frontier For Telephony At Interop
"Small Business Is The Next Frontier For Telephony At Interop: The small- to medium-sized business (SMB) market is big at this year's Interop as vendors scramble to find new markets. Are SMBs really ready to kick down for routers and IP PBX systems? Just about everyone here thinks SMBs are the next big thing for IP communications."

Interop Sets A High Bar For Tech Vendors
"Interop Sets A High Bar For Tech Vendors: Large industry shows like Interop Las Vegas are a great place for vendors to launch new products, for end users to find what they need to improve their business processes, and for us journalists to gather story ideas and to network. But what became obvious to me this time around is that vendors use these shows to test the limits of their technologies."

Network Computing
Las Vegas is for VoIP Lovers
"There's oodles to see at Interop this week for voice lovers. With Microsoft coming out with Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 and Avaya, Cisco Systems and others pushing their VoIP wares, booth stops there are a must. There are also a few bits that bear calling out that might otherwise be missed."

Network World
At Interop, networking is a religious calling; Future priest among the team of volunteers powering the InteropNet
"The InteropNet, which serves 475 exhibitors and nearly 20,000 attendees, has to provide a stable platform for vendors to demonstrate their technologies, and Internet connectivity for attendees, says lead network engineer Glenn Evans, one of three full-time CMP Events employees who oversee the network for the Vegas and New York Interop shows."

eWEEK Microsoft, TCG, Juniper Tie the NAC Knot
"A lot of vendors selling a lot of components that have to agree on how to measure a lot of things have to come together to make an effective Network Access Control system... At Interop in Las Vegas, the two are letting it be known that the TCG's TNC (Trusted Network Connect) NAC architecture will adopt Microsoft's NAP (Network Access Protection) protocol, which is primarily a client/server NAC spec. "

SMB Tech News Today
INTEROP Day 3

IT Security
Interop keynote. Nortel - Why hyperconnectivity is leading the way forward

Channel Web Network
Interop: Security Execs Talk Up Threat Management
"The increasing complexity of threats is making it more important to simplify the management of IT security systems. That was the main theme of a Tuesday afternoon keynote at Interop 2007 in Las Vegas in which the chief executives of IBM Internet Security Systems and McAfee outlined challenges companies face in protecting their networks and data from a myriad of rapidly evolving threats."

Information Week
Small Business Is The Next Frontier For Telephony At Interop
"The small- to medium-sized business (SMB) market is big at this year's Interop as vendors scramble to find new markets. Are SMBs really ready to kick down for routers and IP PBX systems?"

Interop Sets A High Bar For Tech Vendors
"Large industry shows like Interop Las Vegas are a great place for vendors to launch new products, for end users to find what they need to improve their business processes, and for us journalists to gather story ideas and to network."

ZDNet
Berlind's Testbed
Interop ‘07: Cisco layers push-to-talk on top of VoIP
Podcast

Dan Farber & Larry Dignan
Video: The gospel according to John Chambers

eWEEK
Microsoft, TCG, Juniper Tie the NAC Knot
"A lot of vendors selling a lot of components that have to agree on how to measure a lot of things have to come together to make an effective Network Access Control system... At Interop in Las Vegas, the two are letting it be known that the TCG's TNC (Trusted Network Connect) NAC architecture will adopt Microsoft's NAP (Network Access Protection) protocol, which is primarily a client/server NAC spec."

May 22

CRN
ChannelWeb Network
Network Management In The Spotlight At Interop

ITNews.com
Mobility, networking highlight Interop product launches

Network World
Advanced net analysis wares on tap at Interop

Who stole Dave's notes?

eWEEK
(Podcast)
Mobility, Security Headline Interop

Interop broadcast Dlink

InfoWorld
Interop: Two-Factor Coolness from Positive Networks

PC World
On tap for Interop: Security, Web 2.0, Green Tech

ZDnet
Berlind's Testbed
Interop ‘07: First, Sun’s datacenter in a trailer. Now? Armarac’s wall-mounted datacenter

May 21

InformationWeek

Mobility, Networking Highlight Interop Product Launches

Security Companies Unveil Products, Updates At Interop

Computerworld
Networking vendors launch new goods at Interop this week
"Networking vendors launch new goods at Interop this week: The announcements are among a series of new product launches expected from many networking vendors during the six-day event, which also features keynotes later in the week from Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski, Cisco Systems Inc. CEO John Chambers, and Avaya Inc. CEO Louis D'Ambrosio."

Information Week
Mobility, Networking Highlight Interop Product Launches
"Mobility, Networking Highlight Interop Product Launches: This week's Interop conference in Las Vegas will feature more than 450 exhibitors, and among them are some of the biggest technology players in the networking and wireless industries. The first batch of news announcements slated for Monday focus on several key areas: transformation of the branch office, mobility, network security, and next-generation networks."

Information Week
Security Companies Unveil Products, Updates At Interop
"Several security companies are releasing new products to kick off Interop, a business-technology conference being held in Las Vegas this week. Security companies make up about a quarter of all the exhibitors at the conference, and news out of the sector includes database security, wireless security, and network behavior analysis. Here's some of what vendors announced on Monday…"

InfoWorld
SMB Tech News Today; INTEROP Day 1
Overview of exhibitors from blogger's perspective.

Network World
Foundry readies monster Ethernet switch
"Nortel targets application acceleration; 3Com, Avaya roll out new wares."

Network World
Wireless vendors target enterprise nets with 802.11n products
"One of the big surprises at this week's Interop show will be the number of new enterprise wireless LAN products supporting the high-throughput IEEE standard in waiting…"

Network World
3Com launches security boxes for SMBs
"X-Family devices combine firewall, VPN IPS/IDS"

Network World
Nortel's enterprise push brings branch-office WAN/VoIP and Web acceleration gear
"New gear advances Nortel's product offerings, but may come up short against established players Cisco, Juniper, F5."

Network World
Splunk upgrades IT search engine, will monitor network at Interop
"Personalized dashboards, expanded search language among new features."

Network World
Interop 2007 Edition, Part 1: Interop 2007 highlights
"Can you feel it? It's that time of year again. It's Interop Las Vegas 2007, baby."

Network World
Extreme Networks all over Interop
"Extreme's profile at Interop continues to be high."

InfoWorld

SMB Tech News Today; INTEROP Day 1

Network World

Foundry readies monster Ethernet switch

Wireless vendors target enterprise nets with 802.11n products

3Com launches security boxes for SMBs

Nortel's enterprise push brings branch-office WAN/VoIP and Web acceleration gear

Splunk upgrades IT search engine, will monitor network at Interop

Interop 2007 Edition, Part 1

Extreme Netwoks all over Interop

May 20

ComputerWorld

Networking vendors launch new goods at Interop this week

May 18

Whir News

GNi CEO to Present at Interop

May 15

Network World
Looking ahead to Interop
"Interop Las Vegas 2007 is almost upon us, and it looks like it will continue to act as the flagship trade show for the networking industry this year…"

May 14

Network World
Interop Las Vegas 2007 Planning Guide
"Whether you own a five-employee business or are CIO of a Fortune 500 company, almost everything you need to know about running your network can be learned at Interop."

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