Top Coverage Highlights from Interop

UC and VoIP Are Only as Good as the Networks that Carry Them
By Carl Weinschenk
November 4, 2008
IT Business Edge
Network World goes into some of the details of what needs to be done in order for a network to support UC and VoIP. The writer - reporting on a presentation at the Interop Show in September in New York City - says that switches, routers and bandwidth levels have to be optimized to simultaneously support multimedia and data traffic. This, the writer says, is leading vendors to embed more intelligence in these devices. He singles out vendors Foundry Networks, HP, Enterasys, Force10 and Cisco as those who have upgraded their products for this purpose.

Security Weathering Economic Storm
By Tim Wilson
October 28, 2008
Dark Reading
A straw poll conducted by network performance management vendor NetQoS at the Interop conference last month in New York seems to support Ernst & Young's findings. About half of those polled indicated spending on network performance management and security would increase in the coming year

Video Conferencing Becomes More Things to More People
By Chris Payatagool
October 22, 2008
Telepresence Options
It is a sign of great change that an Interop panel last week expressly dedicated to video conferencing spent far more time discussing telepresence and other sophisticated platforms than the rudimentary desktop systems many people associate with the sector.

Intelligence on Tap
By Jim Frey
October 20, 2008
PC World
At the recent Interop 2008 show in New York, I visited with four vendors that happened to be exhibiting - NetOptics, Gigamon, Anue Systems, and Network Critical. There are lots of other tap vendors out there, but these were representative of the current state of the art. I looked at their most fully functional intelligent tap products, sometimes also know as matrix switches -- the Anue Systems 5200 Series Tool Aggregator, the Gigamon GigaVUE-2404 Data Access Switch, the NetOptics Director, and the Network Critical SmartNA 10G Filtering TAP. Show floor conversations cannot be considered a full review or complete comparison, but here are some key observations:

Economy Up? Down? IT? What?
October 10, 2008
Network Performance Daily
Over the past few weeks we released the results of two surveys we conducted - one at Interop New York in mid-September, and one at IP '08 Expo in London early in October. Both of our results showed that, despite (or because of?) the economy exploding like a common household appliance on Mythbusters, network management spending would still increase for most companies in 2009, and only a few companies would cut IT spending overall.

8 Hot New VoIP, UC Wares
October 9, 2008
ChannelWeb
Many new IP telephony products centered around voice and unified communications were brought out to the market recently. A host of new solutions, highlighted at last month's Interop New York 2008, are poised to take the market by storm. Here are of some of the latest VoIP and unified communications solutions that could better your business.

Multicasting will be the next major trend
By Jennifer Kavur
October 3, 2008
Network World Canada
Manfred Arndt, distinguished technologist and convergence solutions architect for HP ProCurve, sat down with Network World Canada at the Interop business technology event in New York City to share his 20-year insight on SMB and enterprise networking.

Interop NY 2008: What is Cloud Computing?
By Linda Johnson
October 2, 2008
Webgrrls International
Interop NY was essentially a conference for IT people-those dealing with the nuts and bolts of application development and delivery, infrastructure development and network support. In short, it was a place for Really Smart People.

Notes from Interop New York
By Richard Tubb
October 1, 2008
Tubblog
Here's some notes and links I gathered from my recent trip to the InterOp Expo in New York, in no particular order! One of the keynote speeches was from the always interesting Tim O'Reilly where he spoke on mobilising people and devices to aid world issues - a topic I found fascinating. He gave some really interesting examples including Washers and dryers at universities Twittering their availability, and Plants instrumented to alert you when they're dry and it's time to water them. He suggested that we can all contribute, and mentioned that Developers may spend less time developing "applications to throw sheep at one another" and more time developing positive ideas for communication

Network World Coverage of ScienceLogic at Interop
By David Link
September 24, 2008
ScienceLogic
We were all really excited to have the opportunity to talk with Rebecca Wetzel of NetForecast and the Application Performance blog on Network World about ScienceLogic's value proposition at Interop. Yesterday, she posted a terrific blog post about Interop NY highlights and included a blurb about ScienceLogic that I wanted to include here. I have written earlier posts about how difficult it has been to gain smart, insightful coverage for our solutions with technology media. And I have to say that Sevcik and Wetzel get it!

NAC declared mature
By Tim Greene
September 23, 2008
Network World
A panel of NAC experts at Interop gave a broad overview of the status of the technology, which it declared mature, meaning that most vendors have a way to deal with devices that can't support a NAC client or per-session agent and support 802.1x enforcement

What we saw at Interop NY
By Sevcik and Wetzel
September 23, 2008
Network World
Last week's Interop in New York City was eerily normal considering the carnage Wall Street was experiencing just blocks away. Although attendance was modest, vendors told us there were enough qualified and savvy buyers to make the show worthwhile for them. Word is that IT budgets are not being frozen despite economic uncertainty-at least not yet.

Interview with Lenny Heymann, Interop General Manager
By Julia Lim
September 23, 2008
ScienceLogic
Interop General Manager Lenny Heymann, took some time out of his very busy show schedule to talk with us at Interop New York this year.

Interop: Wall St. Turmoil Won't Slow Network Spending
By David Gardner
September 22, 2008
Information Week
About half of the respondents at the New York show reported that their budgets for security and network performance management are slated for increases.

Interop New York: Cisco experts throw light on the virtualisation scenario
By Jochen Siegle
September 21, 2008
Tech Fever
As if we all aren't already in gusto talking about the several colours of virtualisation, Marie Hattar, Cisco Systems vice president of network systems and security solutions this week summarised our emotions calling virtualisation a "chameleon concept" at Interop in New York.

Insights from InterOp and Mobile Business Expo 2008
By Cascada Mobile
September 20, 2008
Blog
I had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion entitled "Software Platforms for Mobile and Wireless Computing" at the InterOp / Mobile Business Expo show in New York (next to the Web 2.0 conference) last week, and it reiterated what we've been seeing in the market as well.

Interop focuses on virtualization technology as financial world shakes outside
By Tim Greene
September 19, 2008
Network World
Users need to warily embrace virtualization was the message put forth by speakers at Interop New York, where attendees tried to sort out how to proceed with technology investments in the face of possible IT budget cuts prompted by the Wall St. financial crisis unfolding just blocks away (read our story about the crisis).

Interop: Cloud Computing Faces Many Management Challenges
By J. Nicholas Hoover
September 19, 2008
Informatiion Week
The cloud is in need of a much stronger regime of management tools and capabilities if cloud computing becomes a widespread enterprise information technology paradigm, cloud and management industry executives said at Interop New York on Friday.

Net mgmt, security spending safe from IT budget cuts, survey shows
By Denise Dubie
September 19, 2008
Network World
IT spending on network performance management and security technologies could weather the current U.S. economic storm, according to recent survey results that show a majority of respondents plan to increase budgets for the two IT disciplines in 2009.

Interop: Networkers Want Tools To Separate Network, App Issues
By W. David Gardner
September 19, 2008
Informatiion Week
Curious how sophisticated IT users view the gulf and links between networking applications availability and performance, Network Instruments surveyed 105 network engineers and IT executives at this week's Interop New York show and uncovered a wealth of data, some of it surprising.

Interop: Mobile Browsing Grows Up
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 19, 2008
Internetnews.com
According to Phillippe Winthrop, research director at Strategy Analytics, there are 172 million smart phones in use today, and that number will grow to 462 million by 2012. All of those users are going to want Web browsing capabilities, but what are browser vendors doing to support that demand?

Napera @ Interop NY 2008
By N/A
September 19, 2008
Napera Network
Interop NY has been a great show this year. Although always a little quieter than the West Coast event, there were plenty of familiar faces and the combination of Interop with the Web 2.0 conference in the same venue kept the Javits Center busy yesterday.

Cost Benefits of Virtualization to Be Leading Light of Interop
By Tim Greene and Jim Duffy
September 19, 2008
CIO
Users need to warily embrace virtualization was the message put forth by speakers at Interop New York, where attendees tried to sort out how to proceed with technology investments in the face of possible IT budget cuts prompted by the Wall St. financial crisis unfolding just blocks away. Interop shared space with Mobile Business Expo in an effort to bolster both events in an economy where trade show attendance is flagging, and together they hoped to draw a total of 13,000 people over the course of the four-day event, show officials said. Those who attended Interop heard that cloud computing will help companies accomplish more, but new security threats must be overcome in order to fully benefit from this new technology, speakers said.

Does PCI Compliance Equal Security?
By Erin Joyce
September 19, 2008
Internetnews.com
The need for regulatory compliance is driving spending on security. Yet is it actually improving security overall?

Interop: Mobile Browsing Grows Up
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 19, 2008
Internetnews.com
According to Phillippe Winthrop, research director at Strategy Analytics, there are 172 million smart phones in use today, and that number will grow to 462 million by 2012. All of those users are going to want Web browsing capabilities, but what are browser vendors doing to support that demand?

Umberto Milletti interviewed at the Interop Conference on Web 2.0, socialprise, and the economy
By Insideview Blog
September 19, 2008
Insideview Blog
If the purse strings feel tight here in the Bay Area, imagine being in the hub of world finance: The Big Apple. But that's where Umberto was last week, taking part in the 2008 Interop conference. In addition to speaking on 'The ROI for Social Networking' panel, Umberto also met up with numerous journalists from a wide spectrum of beats: CRM, enterprise, and even finance.

Green Computing is Growing Pervasive
By Jacqueline Emigh
September 19, 2008
BetaNews
Although computer companies were among its earliest adopters, "green computing" is quickly spreading roots into a range of other industries, judging from comments raised today by CIOs at the Interop trade show in New York City.

Increasing Complexity: A Challenge For Mobile Developers
By Michael Miller
September 19, 2008
PC Magazine
Yesterday, I attended the InterOp and Mobile Business Expo show in New York (which was help alongside the Web 2.0 conference); and moderated a panel entitled "Software Platforms for Mobile and Wireless Computing." Basically, it was an opportunity to get together a bunch of smart folks with experience developing applications for multiple devices and talk about the challenges and opportunities posed by the proliferation of mobile platforms.

Reimage: The Domino's Pizza of PC repair?
By Keith Shaw
September 18, 2008
Network World
I'm here at Interop NY doing a couple of panels as part of the Mobile Business Expo, but I had time to stop by and meet with the folks from Reimage (think "re-image", not "ray-mage"), which launched its new online PC repair service, geared towards PC technicians and IT support staff. The company says it can "efficiently and effectively repair Windows XP issues in 30 minutes or less" without compromising the user's data or applications.

Interop New York: The Small Business Perspective
By Curtis Franklin
September 18, 2008
InfoWorld
I've been at Interop New York Wednesday and Thursday, and I've had the chance to talk with a lot of people who want to make small businesses happy. The conference itself is interesting, combining Interop, Web 2.0, and Mobile Business Expo under one roof. Looking down on the exhibit floor, I was struck by several trends that have implications for small businesses and the way they get things done:

Interop Goes Mobile: 9 Hot On-The-Go Solutions From The Show Floor
By N/A
September 18, 2008
ChannelWeb
Working together with the Mobile Business Expo, Interop New York 2008 offered a glimpse at a host of hot solutions enterprises are turning to for their mobility needs. Here we look at nine mobile solutions that had the show floor a buzz.

People a big security threat to virtualization, Interop speaker says
By Tim Greene
September 18, 2008
Network World
While VMware this week is holding its own VMworld party in Las Vegas, 2,200 miles away, attendees at Interop New York were told about the potential security risks of virtual environments, not the least of which are people.

Tim O'Reilly's Plea At Interop & Web 2.0: Create More Value Than You Capture
By David Berlind
September 18, 2008
Informatiion Week
I was live blogging Tim O'Reilly's keynote here at Interop and Web 2.0 Expo when FireFox "unexpectedly quit" according to the error dialog. So, I've relaunched and will attempt to capture some of what I lost. O'Reilly is on stage (photo below) talking about two major themes: First, how Web meets World and secondly how to create more value than you're capturing. "You better be working on something that can really make a difference" he just said (as my system was recovering).

Interop spotlights green IT
By Jim Duffy
September 18, 2008
Network World
Is green IT about saving money or social responsibility? The topic was tackled during two conference sessions at this week's Interop New York trade show. The consensus was that it could be both -- but the real driver towards a green initiative is greenbacks.

Ozzy Osbourne At Interop
By K.C. Jones
September 18, 2008
Informatiion Week
So, here's something I didn't expect from Interop: I met Ozzy Osbourne. I didn't realize he was standing just a few feet away from me, near theNokia (NYSE: NOK) booth, until he walked up and urged me to fill out a form that someone else had just handed me.

Interop: What Are Your Datacenter Metrics?
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 18, 2008
Datamation
In a session at Interop, Andreas Antonopoulos, senior vice president and founding partner at Nemertes Research, asked participants how they measure their datacenters metrics. He noted that the metrics people use tell you a lot about their role or how they think of the datacenter. It can be thought of in terms of servers, square footage, CPUs and the number of CPU cores. Yet there is another key metric that must always be put into the equation and measured against all the others -- power.

Interop panel: Finally finalizing 802.11n
By Jacqueline Emigh
September 18, 2008
BetaNews
You may think the 802.11n Wi-Fi networking standard is already here. The fact is, equipment manufacturers have been relying on drafts. At last, the final draft is on its way, and an Interop panel discussed its implications Wednesday.

Interop: It's All About Collaboration
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 18, 2008
Internetnews.com
Those networks you manage aren't just about moving simple data around any more. That's the message that leading executives from IBM, Cisco and Novell delivered at the Interop trade show today during the morning keynote sessions.

Interop: Network Management For SMB
By Mario Morejon
September 18, 2008
PC Mag
The theme at this fall's Interop Conference in New York, which I visited Wednesday, was network management: I found barely any hardware on the show floor, with the exception of the Interop lab at the back of the main showroom. But what was more surprising was the low pricing of networking management software and the emphasis on the SMB market.

Strong demand for NAC standards at Interop NY
By Steve Hanna
September 18, 2008
Juniper Networks
I'm in NYC for Interop NY today. I'll be speaking on a panel about NAC at 10:15 AM with Microsoft, Cisco, and Nokia reps and Mike Fratto as moderator. It should be entertaining and enlightening. At least, I hope it will be! I'll blog about it this afternoon. If you're at the show, please come by and say "Hi" or ask a question.

Interop: bMighty Takes Manhattan
By Benjamin Tomkins
September 18, 2008
bMighty.com
After a full day of sessions at the bMighty SMB Theater and Pavilion, we're ready to do it all over again on day two with another full slate of sessions for small and midsize businesses.

Web 2.0 Expo and Interop - Up front
By N/A
September 18, 2008
EKIVE
September 18th, The big key notes kick off in a few minutes at the Web 2.0 Expo. Interop and Web 2.0 are coming together for today's key notes.

Interop: What's the Future of the Phone?
By Eric Krapf
September 18, 2008
No Jitter
Allan Sulkin asked the bottom-line question to his panel here: When will 10% of users abandon desktop phones in favor of softphones, mobiles, or whatever else they come up with?

Interop: Green Strategies Needed For Storage
By J. Nicholas Hoover
September 18, 2008
Informatiion Week
Energy costs over the lifetime of storage devices have likely overtaken the initial price of that storage, SW Worth, senior standards program manager inMicrosoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s storage solutions division and a member of the board of directors of the Storage Networking Industry Association, said Thursday at Interop New York.

Interop: BlackBerry Says Voice Is Still The 'Killer App'
By Andrew R Hickey
September 18, 2008
ChannelWeb
"Cellular phone calls are the main motivating factor for carrying a mobile device with you," RIM CTO David Yach said during his keynote speech at Interop New York and the Mobile Business Expo.

Sweet Rides, Monkeys And More: 15 Scenes From Interop NY
By N/A
September 18, 2008
ChannelWeb
Technology vendors from around the globe converged on New York City's Javits Center this week for Interop New York and the Mobile Business Expo to show off their latest and greatest wares. A number of vendors also showed off a little more. Whether it was a hot car, a dude in a gorilla suit, flying monkeys or a group of booth babes dressed to hit the links, Interop had a lot of interesting scenes to offer. Here we take a look at 15 things, other than the technology itself, that caught our eye at Interop this week.

Interop: O'Reilly Says Think Big, Don't Just Thirst For 'Great Money River'
By K.C. Jones
September 18, 2008
Informatiion Week
We should assume we're going to hell in a handbasket and do what matters, according to Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media.

Interop: Lenovo Unveils Earth-Friendly Monitors
By Paul McDougall
September 18, 2008
Informatiion Week
PC maker Lenovo unveiled a series of monitors that the company said can help users save big bucks on energy costs.

Interop: 4G WiMAX and LTE to co-exist on laptops and cameras
By Jacqueline Emigh
September 18, 2008
BetaNews
Laptops and other consumer devices with 4G access are already on the way to widespread deployment, and some vendors will be supporting WiMAX and LTE within the same products, according to 4G experts today at the Interop conference.

Interop: It's All About Collaboration
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 18, 2008
Internetnews.com
Those networks you manage aren't just about moving simple data around any more. That's the message that leading executives from IBM, Cisco and Novell delivered at the Interop trade show today during the morning keynote sessions.

Today's NAC Panel at Interop NY
By Steve Hanna
September 18, 2008
Juniper Networks
Today's panel on NAC was a blast! Mike Fratto mainly took questions from the audience. When there were slow spots, he asked some tough questions of his own. I prefer this approach to panels. Customers have the most interesting, real-world questions!

Interop Survey Results: IT spending up in 2009?
By N/A
September 18, 2008
NetQoS
We were a bit concerned, what with the economic downturn and all, as to what would happen with spending in IT in the upcoming year. So NetQoS ran a survey polling 112 respondents who attended Interop New York about how much they would spend on network management disciplines and other IT initiatives in 2009.

Web 2.0 and Interop thoughts
By jgannonwp
September 18, 2008
Yet Another VC Blog
I spent the last couple of days between the Web 2.0 Expo and the Interop conference here in NYC. Here are some of my thoughts and observations:

Interop NY: The Big Migration: Moving the Data Center to On-Demand
By Joe Pendry
September 18, 2008
StackSafe: IT's About Uptime
StackSafe CTO Drew Gross participated on a panel at Interop New York this year in the cloud computing track.

Interop: Why CEOs should be more like hackers
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 18, 2008
Internetnews.com
In a session on compliance at Interop i just heard something that really resonated with me - CEOs should be more like hackers (in terms of security awareness).

Interop: Is NAC Interoperability a Myth?
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 18, 2008
Internetnews.com
Network access control, commonly referred to by its acronym NAC, has been one of the big buzzwords of the networking space for the last few years. At Interop, a panel of vendors argued that NAC has now reached a point of maturation, though audience members disagreed with the assertion claiming that interoperability doesn't yet exist.

Interop: What Are Your Datacenter Metrics?
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 18, 2008
Internetnews.com
Datacenters. Every big enterprise has them, but how many actually have solid metrics to determine the value of their datacenter?

Interop NY Keynotes: BlackBerry
By Valerie Barber
September 17, 2008
The ScienceLogic Blog
David Yach, Chief Technology Officer of Software at Research in Motion rounded out the final keynotes of the morning as part of the Mobile Business Expo (MBX). David focused on how enterprise and mobility are tied together today.

IBM to Unveil Social Software Center at Interop
By Clint Boulton
September 17, 2008
eWeek
In a move to be the Facebook or MySpace of the enterprise social software market, IBM unveils the IBM Social Software Center, which will enable IBM customers, business partners and other parties to work with IBM social computing engineers on new collaboration products. IBM Fellow Irene Greif, who is running the center, and IBM social software honcho Jeff Shick said the center will extend the capabilities from IBM's labs to a more global audience.

Interop: Cisco Pushes Private Clouds
By J. Nicholas Hoover
September 17, 2008
Informatiion Week
The emergence of virtualization and cloud computing are driving an explosive growth in demand for networking equipment of the same order of magnitude as seen during the early days of the public Internet

Interop: Novell CEO the future of IT is open source
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 17, 2008
Internetnews.com
Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian took the stage at Interop this morning and boldly told the capacity crowd that open source is for them. The gist of Hovsepian's talk was about making IT work as one, whether virtual, physical, Linux or Windows. It was a very high level talk sparse on details but he did take the time to promote his vision of open source and standards

Interop: Cisco VP on the reality of virtualization
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 17, 2008
Internetnews.com
Cisco VP Marie Hattar came to Interop this morning preaching the benefits of Virtualization, But first she started with a discussion of what Virtualization actually is and as it turns out it means alot of different things.

VMworld cloud-pwned by Interop
By Dave Asprey
September 17, 2008
bitcurrent
By some sick twist of fate, Interop and VMworld are happening at the same time this week. That creates a real problem for those of us in the space where the application meets the network. Do we go to New York for Interop, which is conveniently next to the Web2Expo, or do we go to VMworld? Many companies, including Zeus Technology, split their executive teams, sending some to New York for stupidly expensive hotels and great food, and others to Las Vegas for slightly less expensive hotels and slightly inferior food, but better gambling. I ran into some of 3Tera's execs at Accel's reception at the Tao Opium Room, and they had the same problem.

Corning's high-speed offerings at Fall Interop
By N/A
September 17, 2008
Fiber Optic Cable Process
Again a fiber optic solution from Corning Inc. Not a surprsie when it is from Corning, our friends said. This is largely due to the image of Corning as a contributor to the fiber optic industry. Cornign lead the industry and guide others to walk the paths they walked! It is true especially for Optical fibers and fiber optic cables. Why to limit corning only to optical fibers and optical fiber cables. Corning over a period of time has become a synonym to the Optical fibers.

Interop: IBM Opens Social Software Research Center
By Paul McDougall
September 17, 2008
Informatiion Week
At the Interop technology conference and exhibition in New York Wednesday, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that it has opened a research center in Cambridge, Mass. dedicated to developing collaborative applications and other types of social software

Interop: IBM Puts Web 2.0 To The Test
By Andrew R Hickey
September 17, 2008
ChannelWeb
With Web 2.0 on the tip of everyone's tongue at Interop New York 2008, IBM (NYSE:IBM) unveiled a new catch-all to define its thoughts: 2morO@Wrk

Interop: Oracle Predicts Cloud Confusion To Continue
By J. Nicholas Hoover
September 17, 2008
Informatiion Week
Confusion about the definition of cloud computing will likely continue, Peter Laird, managing architect for Oracle (NSDQ: ORCL)'s WebCenter product group, said Wednesday in a session at Interop New York, where he laid out his own taxonomy of cloud computing

Interop: Novell Chief Uses Linux Desktop
By Paul McDougall
September 17, 2008
Informatiion Week
Novell (NSDQ: NOVL) CEO Ronald Hovsepian said Wednesday that he uses a Linux-based desktop while on the job and that Novell's use of open source software internally "has saved the company a lot of money." Hovsepian made the comments as he delivered a keynote presentation at the Interop technology conference and exhibition in New York.

Interop: Cisco Takes On Virtualization, Cloud Computing
By Andrew R Hickey
September 17, 2008
Informatiion Week
Calling virtualization a "chameleon concept," Marie Hattar, Cisco Systems (NSDQ:CSCO) vice president of network systems and security solutions, on Tuesday outlined the ins and outs of the emerging technology and how it evolves into cloud computing

Interop: Is anti-malware endpoint security?
By Sean Michael Kerner
September 17, 2008
Internetnews.com
Gotta love the New York IT crowd. In a session at Interop on Endpoint security a member of the audience accosted the panel made up of experts from McAfee, Sophos and Symantec arguing that none of them actually do endpoint security.

Novell CEO Zigs At Interop. Meanwhile, Web 2.0 (Across The Hall) Zags
By David Berlind
September 17, 2008
Informatiion Week
If you're not here at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, then what you may not know is that Interop and Web 2.0 Expo (both sisters to InformationWeek under the TechWeb umbrella) are running side-by-side with one another in the same building. What's really odd about this is that if you're at Interop, you can almost feel the Web 2.0 folks across the way disruptively changing the course of IT history while those here at Interop continue to evangelize the tried and true approach to IT. As evidenced byNovell (NSDQ: NOVL) CEO Ron Hovsepian's keynote, history is clearly repeating itself.

IBM's Bob Picciano Shows Off IBM's Forward Thinking On Social Networks
By David Berlind
September 17, 2008
Informatiion Week
I'm at Interop in NYC on the first day of the exhibition and, to kick the day off, there's a lineup of four keynotes in a row and I've planted myself in the front row of the keynote hall at the Jacob Javits Center to hear what each of the speakers has to say. First on stage wasIBM (NYSE: IBM) Lotus Software and WebSphere Portal general manager Bob Picciano, who showed how some of IBM's traditional solutions, such as its Sametime unified communications offering, are bridging the gap to social networking trend and how that can benefit the enterprise.

IBM set to roll Notes hosting service
By John Fontana
September 17, 2008
Network World
The announcements were made by Bob Picciano, the general manager of Lotus Software, during his keynote address at Interop. Picciano took over from former Lotus Software GM Mike Rhodin earlier this year.

Interop New York: The Small Business Perspective
By Curtis Franklin
September 17, 2008
InfoWorld
I've been at Interop New York Wednesday and Thursday, and I've had the chance to talk with a lot of people who want to make small businesses happy. The conference itself is interesting, combining Interop, Web 2.0, and Mobile Business Expo under one roof. Looking down on the exhibit floor, I was struck by several trends that have implications for small businesses and the way they get things done:

Interop: Juniper SRX Chassis Means Network Flexibility
By Mike Fratto
September 16, 2008
Informatiion Week
Juniper Networks (NSDQ: JNPR) on Monday introduced two SRX dynamic services gateways designed for network architects who need to scale integrated services and network capabilities on a single architecture.

Interop: IBM Licenses Avistar's C3 Technology For Lotus Sametime
By W. David Gardner
September 16, 2008
Informatiion Week
Avistar Communications reported Tuesday that IBM (NYSE: IBM) has licensed its C3 bandwidth management technology, which IBM plans to utilize for its unified communications (UC) and collaboration solutions

Interop: Lenovo Debuts SMB Servers, Energy-Efficient Monitors
By Andrew R Hickey
September 16, 2008
ChannelWeb
Lenovo used Interop New York 2008 as its launching pad for a pair of key product launches the ThinkPad maker said will vault it into new territories

Beating The NAC Standards Bush
By Mike Fratto
September 16, 2008
Informatiion Week
Halfway through NAC Day at Interop, I moderated a panel populated by representatives from the sponsors. What became clear during and after the panel is that attendees are very concerned about standardizing NAC. Who wants to buy a proprietary product that won't play well with others?

25 Must-See New Products At Interop NY
By N/A
September 15, 2008
ChannelWeb
Tech hungry masses will converge on New York City's Jacob Javits Convention Center this week to check out the latest and greatest in hardware and software as vendors unveil their new wares at Interop New York and the Mobile Business Expo, which runs Sept. 15 to Sept. 19.

Advanced switching grabs Interop New York spotlight
By Jim Duffy
September 15, 2008
ComputerWorld
(Network World) Switching will take center stage at this week's Interop New York conference, where vendors such as Foundry Networks, Enterasys Networks and Force 10 Networks will roll out new and enhanced products in defiance of a downcast IT spending environment.

Interop: WAN Optimization Key To Cutting Costs
By K.C. Jones
September 15, 2008
Informatiion Week
"Organizations are struggling to find the balance between providing branch offices with an effective IT infrastructure and reducing the operational and IT costs associated with supporting these needs," he said. "Our goal at Interop is to educate attendees on the Riverbed solution as enterprises look to develop a more efficient and collaborative work environment for employees in globally dispersed offices."

NAC day at Interop NY with Mike Fratto
By Mike Fratto
September 11, 2008
StillSecure
Just wanted to make sure you were all aware of NAC day at Interop NY this year, which is Sept 16th (next Tuesday). Joel Snyder usually runs Interop NAC events and does a great job. However it seems Joel had a scheduling conflict this year. The show organizers went to the bullpen and have none other than Mike Fratto as master of ceremonies. Mike I am sure will do a great job. You can read more about what Mike says about it here.

Gigamon 10GigaTAP Eliminates Need For External Taps In Network Monitoring Systems
By N/A
September 11, 2008
Market Watch
During Interop New York, September 17 and 18, Gigamon is showcasing the GigaVUE 420 with 10GigaTAP from its exhibit, Booth 946 at the Javits Center. For more information, visit the Gigamon http://www.gigamon.com.

NAC Happenings At Interop
By Mike Fratto
September 10, 2008
Informatiion Week
Earlier this summer I was tapped for NAC Day 2008. It's a day-long event on the topic of Network Access/Admission Control at Interop NY held at the Javits Center. I'll agree to almost anything if I can get a trip to Manhattan out of the deal. I hope to cover nearly every aspect of NAC in 5 hours and 45 minutes.

Spiceworks to Present Top Small Business IT Best Practices at Interop New York 2008
By N/A
September 10, 2008
SpiceWorks
Spiceworks, Inc. today announced that company employees, including Director of Product Management, Tabrez Syed, and IT Administrator, Kris Bushover, will present at next week's Interop New York Conference taking place at the Javits Center September 15th-19th. The presentations will be part of the bMighty.com SMB Theater & Pavilion, which will provide a forum for small businesses to learn about new innovations in the area of networking and IT management. They will showcase the top IT best practices developed and voted on by the community of 400,000 users of the Spiceworks - a free collaborative IT management application and community designed for small businesses.

Interop players emphasize application performance
By Ann Bednarz
September 9, 2008
Network World
Tools and techniques for ensuring quality application performance will play a prominent role at Interop New York, which kicks off on Sept. 15. Jim Metzler of Ashton, Metzler & Associates and co-author of Network World's Wide-Area Networking newsletter is reprising his role as chair of an Interop session track dedicated to application delivery.

Do CIOs get their hands dirty
By Jim Metzler
September 9, 2008
Network World
Also, if you are going to be at the Interop conference in NYC in September, Jim will be moderating a roundtable discussion at the conference with three CIOs on both their role as well as the evolving role of the IT organization.

Join bMighty.com In New York, Sept. 17-18
By Fredric Paul
September 9, 2008
bMighty
If you're in the New York City area, be sure to head over the Javits Center, check out Interop NY to check our our series of exclusive presentations designed to help growing businesses capitalize on emerging technologies and say hello.

Over 30 Product and News Announcements to be Made at Interop and Mobile Business Expo
By N/A
September 9, 2008
Market Watch
Interop New York and Mobile Business Expo, produced by TechWeb, today announced 39 announcements being made at the collocated events happening September 15-19 in New York at the Javits Convention Center. Interop and Mobile Business Expo are choice venues for leading IT vendors to introduce the latest technology innovations and news to the targeted audience of technology professional and buyers. For more information visit http://www.interop.com/ and http://www.mobilebusinessexpo.com/.

Interop New York: The Ultimate A-To- Z Guide
By Paul McDougall
September 5, 2008
InformationWeek
Interop isn't only about big IT at big companies. The bMighty.com SMB Theater and Pavilion will feature ongoing exhibits and presentations aimed at helping small- and mid-sized businesses leverage information technology in order to run more efficiently, operate internationally, and present a larger face to the world.

More Blatent Self Promotion: DR Workshop At Interop NY
By Howard Marks
September 3, 2008
InformationWeek
Once again, on Monday, Sept. 15, for one day only, I will be performing my latest one-man show, The Disaster Recovery Cookbook: Recipes for Recovery, as a workshop at Interop at the fabulous Jacob Javits (a New York liberal, Republican senator, and Lantzman).

Small Is The New Large
By Fredric Paul
September 3, 2008
bMighty
bMighty is also spreading this "Small is the New Large" gospel in live events, both in person and virtual. We'll be hosting the bMighty SMB Theater and Pavilion at Interop on September 17 and 18 in New York City, and look for more of our award-winning virtual events -- like bMighty bConnected and last year's bMighty bMobile -- in the fall.

Interop New York To Shine Spotlight On Mobility, Cloud Computing
By Antone Gonsalves
August 1, 2008
InformationWeek
Interop 2008, a foremost business technology event tackling the biggest issues in computer networking, heads to New York in September with a strong lineup of keynotes, workshops, and other events covering the hottest IT issues, ranging from cloud computing and green IT to virtualization and videoconferencing.