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The way Networkings are designed and operated is changing in response to demands placed on IT from the organization. Nearly every facet of Networking design and management are being affected. The Networking Track at Interop New York is designed to teach you about new technologies that are impacting Networking designs such as lossless Ethernet and the impact in network design, improving Networking reliability, and the state of the art in unified compute, server, and storage.

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Wednesday, October 5
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM The Impact of Consumerization on Networking Location: Room 1E15 Consumerization is an unstoppable force that is redefining the modern network. Workers want to access more information, from more locations using a wider variety of end points. The tight, end to end control that IT used to have is all but gone and organizations need to find a way to let workers utilize the consumer tools they want for work but do so in a way that's scalable, manageable and secure. Zeus Kerravala, Senior Vice President of The Yankee Group, will moderate this panel that will look at the role the network will play in helping to consumerize the enterprise workplace. Topics to be discussed are wireless technologies, creating a secure environment and network architecture. Moderator - Zeus Kerravala, SVP, Enterprise Research, The Yankee Group Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president, leads Yankee Group’s Global Enterprise and Consumer Research Kerravala’s team analyzes the impact of connectivity transformation on the Anywhere Consumer and the Anywhere Enterprise, and probes the changes to behaviors, motivations and technologies that result. Kerravala manages the research and consulting agenda that enables clients to meet the demands of the global connectivity revolution. Kerravala’s expertise involves working with customers to solve their business issues through the deployment of infrastructure technology. Before Yankee Group, Kerravala was a senior engineer and technical project manager for Greenwich Technology Partners, a leading infrastructure consulting firm. Earlier, he was the vice president of IT for Ferris, Baker Watts, a mid-Atlantic brokerage firm, deploying corporate-wide technical solutions to support the firm’s business units. Kerravala was also an engineer and technical project manager for Alex. Brown & Sons, where he was responsible for the technology related to the equity trading desks. Kerravala holds a B.S. degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Panelist - Ram Appalaraju, VP Marketing, Enterasys Panelist - Robert Fenstermacher, Director of Product Marketing, Aruba Panelist - Steven Shalita, Vice President of Marketing, NetScout Systems, Inc. Steven Shalita has more than 20 years of industry and technology experience across service provider and enterprise markets with a strong background in enterprise networking, MPLS, and IP transformation projects. His wide range of experience includes service management and assurance to service delivery architecture including data center, LAN/WAN, core, edge and metro technologies as well as leading initiatives targeting convergence, mobility, triple-play and business services carrier environments. Mr. Shalita has held senior marketing leadership positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Redback Networks, HP and Cisco. He returned to NetScout in July of 2008, and was previously Director, Product Marketing from 1997 through 1999. Panelist - John Roese, SVP and GM, Huawei Enterprise John is an industry recognized Chief Technology Officer and ICT visionary. Currently John is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Futurewei, Huawei’s North American R&D organization. Huawei is the world’s second largest telecom solution provider serving over 2 billion people in more than 140 countries. Futurewei provides technical expertise across all Huawei products including wireless, wire line, core networking, silicon development, terminals, software and solutions. John is also the executive leader of Huawei’s Enterprise Global Competency Center, which provides Enterprise technology innovation and incubation as well as sales, marketing and operations support for Huawei’s Enterprise field sales and marketing teams worldwide. Prior to Huawei, John was CTO of Nortel, the senior technology and R&D executive globally for the corporation, with functional responsibility for 12,000 R&D staff and $1.7B annual budget. Prior to Nortel John was CTO for networking technologies at Broadcom Corporation. Prior to Broadcom, John was CTO, CMO and CIO of Enterasys Networks. John started his career at Cabletron Systems where he grew within the company ultimately becoming the global CTO. Panelist - Matt MacPherson, Director of Technical Marketing, Cisco
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM What are the Next Steps for WAN Optimization? Location: Room 1E15 Driven largely by the need to support the flow of information between branch offices and data centers, many IT organizations have implemented WAN optimization controller (WOC) functionality. On a going forward basis, IT organizations looking to implement WAN optimization have a couple of fundamental questions. One such question is should the implement WOCs themselves or acquire the functionality from a cloud provider. The other question is whether or not the current generation of WOCs can support massive file transfers between branch offices. The panelists on this session will take opposing views on these questions and give you the insight you need to plot the best course for your organization. Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Panelist - Haseeb Budhani, VP Product Management, Infineta Haseeb Budhani is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Infineta Systems' product marketing and management, customer and partner relationships, and overall product roadmap. Most recently, he served as Vice President for NET's Broadband Technology Group, spearheading the group's product marketing, program management and business development functions. Haseeb has previously held senior product management, marketing and engineering roles at Personal IT, Citrix Systems, Orbital Data, IP Infusion and Oblix. He has served in key advisory roles for startups such as Chegg Inc. and Gift Venture. Haseeb holds an M.B.A. from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California. Panelist - Damon Ennis, VP, Product Management and Field Engineering, Silver Peak Systems Mr. Ennis has over 14 years experience building enterprise and service-provider networking equipment. Most recently, he served as Senior Director of Systems Engineering and Chief Technologist at CIENA. Prior to CIENA, Damon was in senior management and technical roles at FORE Systems. Panelist - Jim Adreon, Vice President, Strategy, Virtela Jim directs Virtela’s product and market strategy. He is a successful innovator and leader of world-class technology service businesses with a diverse background spanning more than 30 years in information technology services. Prior to Virtela, Jim led multiple IT technical teams in the development of leading-edge platforms used in support of IBM’s strategic outsourcing, services and software businesses. As CTO of IBM’s Cloud Computing Operations, Jim was responsible for the design, development and management of IBM cloud data centers . Earlier in his career at IBM, Jim served as CTO of the Web Delivery Platform for SaaS initiatives and CTO for the Common Service Delivery Platform for managed business process services. He also was chief architect for IBM’s Universal Management Infrastructure platform and managed its worldwide deployment, for which he received the IBM Chairman’s award. Previously, he was chief architect for IBM eBusiness Hosting, where he led the business from start-up to more than $2 billion. Prior to these positions, Jim held a number of management roles in support of large scale systems, networking and data center operations across IBM, Advantis Network, IBM Global Network, and Sears. Panelist - Grant Asplund, WAN Optimization Evangelist, Blue Coat
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Breakthroughs in the WAN Location: Room 1E15 The consolidation of applications and servers out of branch offices and into centralized data centers has driven an increased amount of delay sensitive traffic over the WAN. Now the WAN is being challenged to support the adoption of desktop virtualization and to enable both SaaS and the dynamic movement of VMs. Unfortunately the WAN is not experiencing the same type of price reduction as is computing and storage resources. The panelists in this fast-paced session will discuss some of the most promising emerging WAN technologies and services that you can utilize to successfully support emerging requirements. Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Panelist - David White, VP of Business Development, Ipanema David is a seasoned senior executive with over 25 years’ experience in sales, marketing and business development. David has a strong background in WAN Optimization and has worked extensively in both enterprise and service provider markets. Previously, he served as VP of Business Development at Expand Networks where he was responsible for their OEM relationship with 3COM/H3C as well as their acquisition of NetPriva, an Australian SoftWOC startup. David also led Expand’s entry into the virtualization market and managed their global analyst relationships. Prior to Expand, David was the VP of Worldwide Sales at Procket Networks where he was part of the executive team responsible for Procket’s acquisition of by Cisco Systems. Prior to Procket, David was VP of Sales at several successful Silicon Valley startup companies such as Tasman Networks, CopperCom and Sentient Networks. He was responsible for OEM agreements with Lucent, DSC (Alcatel) and closed a $40M contract with Williams that led to Sentient’s acquisition by Cisco. Before working in Silicon Valley, David was part of the initial management team at FORE Systems. He started FORE’s OEM and channel business, developing relationships with companies like Nortel, Cabletron, HP (Grenoble) and Anixter. David was also responsible for starting FORE’s worldwide service provider sales where he closed volume sales agreements with companies such as Bell Atlantic, AT&T, Cox Cable, MCI, MetroNet (ATT Canada) and Sprint. As VP Global Business Development, David’s responsibilities will include development of strategic OEM and/or reselling partnerships with US based companies. He will also serve as the US interface for industry analysts. David’s role is a significant step forward as we increase our presence in the global market and develop new revenue channels with global US based networking companies. Panelist - Keith Morris, VP of Marketing, Talari Networks With more than 20 years in networking industry marketing and engineering roles, Keith provides Talari with his strong sense of strategic planning in leading the company's marketing, product management, and business development efforts. Prior to Talari, Keith was most recently vice president of marketing and customer engineering for multimedia routing technology vendor Ubicom. He formerly served as senior director of product management and marketing at Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC), where he was instrumental in developing AMCC's broadband access strategy and securing the company's position as the market share leader in the network processor market. Previously, Keith was director of marketing at network processor pioneer MMC Networks (acquired by AMCC) and also held positions in engineering and management at Fujitsu and GEC/Plessey. Keith holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) degree in Electronic Computer Systems and a Post Graduate Diploma in Engineering from the University of Salford, U.K. Panelist - Neil Cohen, Vice President, Product Marketing, Akamai Technologies, Inc. Neil Cohen is Akamai’s Vice President of Global Product Marketing where he develops the go-to-market strategy for application performance, web site optimization and digital media services. Over the past five years at Akamai, he has brought to market new services and partnerships applied towards strategic enterprise initiatives such as cloud computing, application acceleration, data-center optimization, virtual desktops, mobile web and Internet security. Neil has over 15-years of engineering, product management and marketing experience in the high-tech industry and a regular speaker and contributor for a variety of cloud computing technology forums and publications. Prior to joining Akamai, Neil worked at Mindspeed Technologies where he was the Director of Marketing specializing in internet infrastructure chipsets and software used in routers, VoIP gateways, wireless base stations and broadband access equipment. Neil has also held a variety of senior marketing and engineering positions at Conexant Systems, Compaq Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation in the areas of programmable network processors, circuit design and semiconductor processes. He holds an M.B.A. from Boston University and Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University. Panelist - Raghu Kondapalli, Director of Solution Architecture, Networking Components Division, LSI Corporation
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM The Impact of Cloud Computing on the Network Location: Room 1E09 The media is overflowing with discussions of the benefits of adopting cloud computing and enabling technologies such as virtualization. What has been missing from that discussion is an analysis of what has to happen to the network and the management of the network to enable them to support cloud computing. For example, the deployment of vSwitches will potentially result in IT organizations having to manage hundreds of new switches from multiple vendors. In addition, today’s WAN can’t effectively support the dynamic movement of VMs nor cloud bursting and most management tools and processes are focused on static not dynamic resources. In this session, Jim Metzler of Ashton, Metzler & Associates will describe in detail the set of challenges created by cloud computing and will also provide an overview of the emerging networking, optimization and management technologies that hold the potential to mitigate these challenges. Speaker - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
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Thursday, October 6
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM Great Debate: Is this the End of Physical Appliances? Location: Room 1E08 For well over a decade most IT infrastructures have relied on physical appliances including physical routers, WAN optimization controllers (WOCs) and application delivery controllers (ADCs). However, over the last few years, an increasing number of virtualized appliances have entered the marketplace. These appliances have the potential to provide dramatically lower cost and dramatically increase agility. That raises the question: Is there any longer a need for physical appliances? The panelists will discuss their stances on this question and will provide you the information you need to determine what makes the most sense in your environment. Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Panelist - Alan Murphy, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, F5 Networks Panelist - Mark Day, Chief Scientist, Riverbed Mark Day, PhD. came to Riverbed from Cisco Systems, where he served as technical lead for content networking product management. A senior member of the Office of the CTO, Dr. Day is part of the team responsible for Riverbed’s technology direction and strategy. He works closely with Riverbed customers, solving some of the most technically complex and challenging issues associated with application acceleration and Wide Area Network optimization. Dr. Day also invented the SSL optimization technique that is a core feature of Riverbed’s flagship Steelhead products. This development has that made it practical for enterprises to accelerate secure SSL traffic. He holds 19 patents in distributed systems, presence, streaming media, content networking, mobile communications, and telephony, and has chaired several Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working groups. Dr. Day has held an adjunct appointment at Harvard University teaching graduate computer science, and received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1995. Panelist - Grant Asplund, WAN Optimization Evangelist, Blue Coat Panelist - Kevin Murphy, VP of Product Management, Certeon Kevin Murphy has more than 15 years leading successful products into emerging markets defining and delivering distributed systems for telecommunications, CDNs, IT infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud solutions. Prior to Certeon, Mr. Murphy was the CTO of NEI where he was responsible for their software, cloud, and virtualization strategy as well as expanding the IP portfolio. Mr. Murphy also led the architecture, design, and implementation of GE Intelligent Platform's cloud and virtualization solution for the Proficy product line. Most recently Mr. Murphy was at VCE where he was responsible for defining the security and management of the Vblock Platforms. He holds 2 patents and a BSEE from UMass Lowell.
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Performance Issues and Optimization over Cellular and Wireless Location: Room 1E09 Mobile users on cellular and wireless LAN often have severe performance issues. In this session Eric Siegel of Gartner will first look at the actual performance of cellular and at the technical issues inhibiting both cellular and WLAN performance. He will present design recommendations to improve performance through appropriate use of WAN performance optimization and improvements to the network and the applications. Speaker - Eric Siegel, Research Director, Gartner
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Unifying Compute Storage, Networking, and Management Location: Room 1E08 Chassis servers are evolving from server blades in sharing I/O and power to centrally managed, hardware platforms designed to support virtualized applications and be flexible enough to enable both general purpose computing as well as specialized instances of hardware configurations. However, the decisions aren't just about hardware. The management and monitoring environment from pre-packaged management systems to exposed API's and SDK's for integration have to be considered since you will make the most of your virtualization strategy by automating virtual server deployments, moves, and teardowns. In this session, we will examine the cutting edge aspects of unified computing platforms with a focus on advanced hardware and management features. Speaker - Jake McTigue, IT Manager, Carwild Corp. Jake McTigue is the IT manager for Carwild Corp. and a senior consulting network engineer for NSI. He is responsible for IT infrastructure and has worked on numerous customer projects as well as ongoing network management and support throughout his 10-year consulting career. Jake has been involved in server virtualization since 2002 and has been a project lead on consolidation and virtualization projects for public safety, education and private-sector applications. He has been a guest speaker for a major virtualization vendor and has been instrumental in articulating the benefits of virtualization for organizations all over the Northeast.
2:00 PM – 4:15 PM Deep Dive: Architecting and Evaluating Technologies for Your Next Data Center LAN Location: Room 1E10 For years IT organizations have built three-tier data center LANs based on a number of broadly accepted best practices. However, trends such as the adoption of server virtualization are causing confusion relative to IT organizations understanding the current set of best practices. The panelists in the first part of this session will discuss a number of strategic topics that are central to the evolution of your data center LAN including: Architecture and scale, The convergence of the LAN and the SAN The pros and cons of having a single vendor vs. having multiple vendors. In the second part of this session, panelists will discuss a number of tactical topics that are central to data center LAN design including: How to best support a multi-tenant environment What are the alternatives to the spanning tree protocol? What is the best way to enable the growth in virtual machine mobility? Is it the right time to deploy OpenFlow? Do you shoot yourself in the foot by implementing pre-standard versions of emerging technologies? Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Moderator - John Repucci, Infrastructure Architect, Global Network Services, Boston Scientific Panelist - Shashi Kiran, Director, Data Center/Virtualization Marketing, Cisco Shashi Kiran is the Director for Cisco’s Data Center/Virtualization marketing strategy worldwide. In this position, he heads the architectural and Innovations team with a responsibility to drive Cisco’s architectural advantage as well as switching, storage, application delivery and WAN optimization areas. Previously, Shashi headed the the Enterprise Routing team at Cisco as part of Cisco’s Borderless Networks initiative. In this position he was responsible for defining the vision and strategic execution for the network as a platform focusing on various technologies that have a play in the branch and WAN. In his 15-year career, Shashi has held leadership roles in the areas of Product Line Management, Marketing and Sales engineering in areas of Security, Routing, Metro Ethernet and hi-touch services for Enterprise and Service Provider networks. Prior to Cisco he worked with Nortel, Euclid Networks and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC, Dept. of IT, Govt. of India). He was also an editorial consultant and columnist for the Network Magazine (Indian edn.) from 1997-2001 in a honorary capacity. Kiran has been involved in contributing to standards bodies primarily in security and frequently speaks at Industry events. He holds a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering and a Masters in Business Adminstration in addition to a few industry certifications. Follow Shashi Kiran on Twitter @ http://www.twitter.com/netkiran Panelist - Doug Gourlay, VP, Marketing, Arista Networks, Inc. As Vice President of Marketing Douglas Gourlay is responsible for product and solutions marketing, communications, and the strategic alliances of Arista Networks. Prior to joining Arista, Doug was the VP of Data Center Marketing at Cisco Systems where he held key roles in sales, product development, and marketing. Doug has filed or holds more than twenty patents in networking technologies. Prior to his work in the technology sector Doug served as a US Army Infantry Officer. Panelist - Mike Nielsen, Director, HPN Solutions Marketing, HP Panelist - Paul Unbehagen, Director, PLM Strategy and Standards, Avaya Paul Unbehagen is an active member of the IEEE and IETF. He has worked on the design, standardization, implementation, deployment, and support of many modern routing protocols (e.g., MPLS, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, and SPB)and currently has approximately 24 networking related patents. He has also participated in several IETF WGs to include IS-IS, BGP, L2VPN, and IPVPNs and is currently the author of the IP/SPB IETF draft. Paul is now participating in the design, standardization, implementation and productization of IEEE 802.1aq/Shortest Path Bridging. Previously Paul has worked in numerous diverse networking environments to include the US Military, Bloomberg, MCI, and Nortel as well as a few startups. Paul thus has 16 years of deployment, operational, network design and architectural experience in live networks ranging from Government, Enterprise and Carrier. Panelist - Dhritiman Dasgupta, Director of Product Marketing, Juniper Networks Dhritiman Dasgupta (aka DD) is Senior Product Marketing Manager, Fabric and Switching Technologies at Juniper Networks. DD has more than 12 years of experience in the networking industry with roles in product management, corporate marketing, software engineering and customer support. Prior to joining Juniper, he was at Cisco as a Senior Product Line Manager for campus and data center switching. He started his career at Nortel Networks, Canada in the network management team. DD has a bachelor degree in Computer Architecture and an MBA in Marketing and International Business. Panelist - Scott Martin, Principal Systems Engineer, Brocade As a Principle Systems Engineer with Brocade, Scott is responsible for designing data center solutions for storage and compute architectures which align customer’s business goals and challenges with technology solutions. He brings a wealth of real world experience in designing solutions for complex business issues with proven experience in key areas such as Data Center Design, Cloud Computing, Converged Storage, High Performance Computing, and Video Production over IP networks. Scott joined Brocade in 2010, bringing over 15 years of experience in the networking industry, having held senior architect, systems engineering and support positions in a number of networking companies and has consulted to many Financial Services and Sports Media Entertainment firms. Panelist - Steve Blake, Senior Principal Engineer, Extreme Networks, Inc. Dr. Steven Blake is a Senior Principal Engineer at Extreme Networks, where he is responsible for architecting solutions for data center network challenges, such as Virtual Machine mobility and service scalability. Blake joined Extreme Networks in 2008, bringing over 13 years of experience in networking technology, previously having held positions as a principal engineer and architect for IBM and Ericsson. He is a long-term participant in the IETF, having co-authored some of the core Diffserv RFCs, and currently serving as co-chair of the PCN working group. He is currently participating in the Open Networking Foundation, defining the evolution of the OpenFlow protocol.
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Friday, October 7
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Ready or Not… IPv6 is Here! Location: Room 1E15 We have reached a critical point in the future of the Internet. IPv4 addresses have now fully depleted from the IANA free pool, and it is imperative that companies adopt the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6, before time runs out and the global Internet community is fragmented. In order to avoid potential operability issues later, organizations everywhere are encouraged begin IPv6 adoption now, as consumers will start to expect IPv6 enabled websites. John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), will moderate a panel that will discuss the impact IPv4 depletion will have on the global Internet, including the dynamics that are driving this momentous change to IPv6. Along the way, the panel will cover best practices for making the overall transition as seamless as possible, as well as key considerations during an organization’s IPv6 adoption. Moderator - John Curran, President & CEO, ARIN John Curran is the President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), responsible for leading the organization in its mission of managing the distribution of Internet number resources in its geographic region. He was also a founder of ARIN and served as its Chairman from inception through early 2009. John’s experience in the Internet industry includes serving as CTO and COO for ServerVault, which provides highly secure, fully managed infrastructure solutions for sensitive federal government and commercial applications. Prior to this, he was CTO for XO Communications, and was integral in leading the organization’s technical initiatives, network architecture, and design of leading-edge capabilities built into the company’s nationwide network. Mr. Curran also served as CTO for BBN/GTE Internetworking, where he was responsible for the organization’s strategic technology direction. He led BBN’s technical evolution from one of the earliest Internet Service Providers through its growth and eventual acquisition by GTE. He has also been an active participant in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), having both co-chaired the IETF Operations and Network Management Area and served as a member of the IPng (IPv6) Directorate. Panelist - Brandon Ross, Director, Network Architect (Resident Expert on ISP), TorreyPoint Brandon Ross’s career started at the University of Florida, as student where he worked as Data Media Specialist to help create the campus’s backbone network architecture. After graduation, Brandon joined MindSpring. As a Director of Network Engineering at MindSpring, he was responsible for the management of the entire network infrastructure including the backbone architecture, the company-wide network security, and routing protocol architecture. In 2000, Brandon left MindSpring to join NetRail as the EVP of Engineering. He was responsible for the management of all aspects of technology including operations, provisioning, network design and development, and software design and development. In 2001, Brandon joined Sockeye Networks as the VP of Operations. As the VP of Operations, Brandon made some significant contributions by building an entire Operations department, solving several BGP issues that were required to operate the service and launched 24 hour support line. In 2003, Brandon left Sockeye and went over to Comcast as a Principal IP Engineer, where he designed and implemented 3 VOIP trial networks, After Comcast, Brandon joined Internap, as the Director of Backbone Engineering. He was responsible for leading a team of engineers on several projects including designing and managing large-scale networks, VoIP, and BGP. In 2007, Brandon joined Xiocom as the Director of Network Engineering, where he played an integral role in building and designing the backbone network for the Dominican Republic, from the south coast to north coast. In June 2010, Brandon joined Torrey Point as a Network Architect. Brandon has a B.S. in Telecommunications from the University of Florida. Panelist - Fred Wettling, Bechtel Fellow, Manager of Architecture & Planning, Bechtel Fred Wettling manages architecture and planning for Bechtel Corporation, a global leader in engineering, construction, and project management. Fred is one of only 22 Bechtel Fellows, persons designated by Bechtel as world-class leaders in their field of expertise. He is also active within and outside of Bechtel promoting standards-based technology interoperability that support global enterprise business needs. Network World selected Fred as of the 50 most powerful people in networking in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. He is a member of the IEEE, North American IPv6 Task Force, and IPv6 Forum, and chaired the Network Applications Consortium for 5 years. He is a member of several industry Technical Advisory Boards and served on the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Fred has spoken at several conferences and is a co-author of the 2008 book “Global IPv6 Strategies”. Panelist - Yanick Pouffary, Distinguished Technologist & Chief Architect, Enterprise Services Office of the CTO, Hewlett Packard Yanick Pouffary is a Distinguished Technologist and Chief Architect in the Office of the CTO within HP Enterprise Services. Yanick draws upon nearly three decades of experience in the development of networking products and technologies. As Chief Architect, Yanick is tasked with developing network strategic vision and technology roadmaps for Network Services and Cloud Services offering. As HP IPv6 Global leader, Yanick is responsible for HP’s IPv6 strategy to adopt and deliver this technology. Yanick represents HP network technology interests in multiple industry standards development organizations and consortia. Yanick Pouffary is a founding member of the IPv6 Forum (www.ipv6forum.org), an IPv6 Forum Fellow, North American IPv6 Task Force Technology Director (www.nav6tf.org) and General Chairperson for the IPv6 Logo Programs (Ready & Enabled & Education). Yanick draws upon nearly three decades of experience in the development of networking products and technologies. Yanick is a strategic adviser to government agencies to assist in the deployment of IPv6 around the globe. Yanick is one of the distinguished recipients of the IPv6 Forum Internet Pioneer Award for her technology contributions to support the adoption and deployment of IPv6. In May 2009 Yanick was appointed member of the United Nations Strategy Council of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development. Yanick holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY, USA and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Nice, France.
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM User Experience: Monitor the Network or Monitor the Application? Location: Room 1E15 There has been a lot of discussion recently about assuring the user experience. While many vendors claim an ability to monitor and report on user experience, the question is what vantage point provides the most relevant view into what a user is actually experiencing? Does looking at synthetic transactions that are meant to “replicate” a user transaction provide such a view? Or does looking at how applications perform across multiple tiers within in the data center represent a user experience perspective. The panelists on this session will review the question of how best to assure the user experience and will provide you the information you need to determine what makes the most sense in your environment. Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Panelist - Steven Shalita, Vice President of Marketing, NetScout Systems, Inc. Steven Shalita has more than 20 years of industry and technology experience across service provider and enterprise markets with a strong background in enterprise networking, MPLS, and IP transformation projects. His wide range of experience includes service management and assurance to service delivery architecture including data center, LAN/WAN, core, edge and metro technologies as well as leading initiatives targeting convergence, mobility, triple-play and business services carrier environments. Mr. Shalita has held senior marketing leadership positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Redback Networks, HP and Cisco. He returned to NetScout in July of 2008, and was previously Director, Product Marketing from 1997 through 1999. Panelist - Rafi Katanasho, Global Director of APM Solutions, Compuware
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Network Management: Which Direction to Take? Location: Room 1E15 There are many choices facing network managers when choosing tools and techniques for planning and operating today's networks. Best of Breed or Integrated Suite? NetFlow or Packet Monitoring? Local or SaaS? Proactive or Reactive? Internal or MSP? And the stakes could not be higher - networks are returning to prominence as a critical infrastructure, and expectations for reliability and sustained performance are ratcheting upward. In this session, Jim Frey of Enterprise Management Associates will drive a lively session amongst management technology leaders who will look at the pros and cons of some of the major decisions points when selecting management approaches and strategies. Moderator - Jim Frey, Managing Research Director, Enterprise Management Associates Jim has 24 years of experience in the computing industry developing, deploying, managing, and marketing software and hardware products, with the last 18 of those years spent in network management, straddling both enterprise and service provider sectors.At Enterprise Management Associates, Jim is responsible for the Network Management practice area. Prior to joining EMA, Jim spent six years with NetScout Systems as Vice President of Marketing, where he was responsible for global programs including product marketing,solution marketing, field events, sales training, marketing communications, press & analyst relations, channel marketing, and competitive analysis. Jim also played a key role in planning and executing joint marketing projects with NetScout’s major alliance partners, including HP, Mercury, Riverbed, and OPNET. He also acted as communications director for NetScout’s acquisition and integration of Network General and the Sniffer line of performance management and troubleshooting products. Before that, Jim worked as Vice President, Strategic Marketing, at Micromuse, where he was responsible for product and solutions marketing, technology and product alliances,competitive analysis, and analyst relations. His prior experience includes four years in product marketing roles with Objective Systems Integrators and Agilent Technologies for the NetExpert family of OSS products and solutions. He also spent six years working for Cabletron Systems on the SPECTRUM line of products in program, product, and partner management positions, and played a central role in Cabletron’s first foray into telecommunications management solutions. Throughout his years in the network management sector, Jim has been a regular speaker at industry events around the globe and has been published in several journals, proceedings,magazines, and textbooks. Prior to working in network management products, Jim was responsible for developing,deploying, and supporting real-time data collection and analysis systems used in the petroleum exploration drilling industry. M. Sc., Computer and Information Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B. Sc., Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines Panelist - Loris Degioanni, Senior Director of Technology, Riverbed Technology Loris oversees strategic technology roadmaps for the Riverbed Cascade business unit, which brings to market industry-leading Network Performance Management solutions. Loris joined Riverbed after the acquisition of CACE Technologies, the company he co-founded in 2005. As CTO of CACE, Loris designed and led the development of the company's award-winning packet capture and network analysis product line. Prior to and during his tenure at CACE, Loris has been a pioneer in the field of Open Source network analysis through his work on WinPcap and Wireshark. These Open Source tools have millions of users worldwide. Panelist - Steven Guthrie, Advisor, Service Assurance, CA Steven Guthrie is an active participant in the management of IT-supported business services and service technologies as well as virtual systems management and cloud computing and the impact of new business and technology models these advancements bring to the market. As an Advisor, Service Assurance, he is responsible for understanding how enterprises, government agencies and service providers use application performance and infrastructure management solutions to improve the efficiency and cost of managing their networks, systems, databases and applications as well as business services and transactions that IT supports. With this insight, he communicates user experiences and industry best practices to help other organizations achieve exceptional customer experience, optimize their converged network investments, and provide reliable business services. Panelist - Steven Shalita, VP, Marketing, NetScout Systems Steven Shalita has more than 20 years of industry and technology experience across service provider and enterprise markets with a strong background in enterprise networking, MPLS, and IP transformation projects. His wide range of experience includes service management and assurance to service delivery architecture including data center, LAN/WAN, core, edge and metro technologies as well as leading initiatives targeting convergence, mobility, triple-play and business services carrier environments. Mr. Shalita has held senior marketing leadership positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Redback Networks, HP and Cisco. He returned to NetScout in July of 2008, and was previously Director, Product Marketing from 1997 through 1999. Panelist - Steve Whittle, Senior Product Manager, Infoblox Steve Whittle has over 15 years experience in the networking and network management industry, and has worked throughout his career to design, build, deploy, and support advanced networking technologies for both enterprises and service providers. At Infoblox, Steve is responsible for planning and guiding the development of the Network Automation product. His prior experiences include engineering and field roles with Intelliden (now part of IBM), Nominum, and Nortel Networks (formerly Bay Networks).
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Networking Workshops

Get in-depth Networking education in full day workshops on Monday and Tuesday before the conference.

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Monday, October 3
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Deep Packet Inspection with Wireshark Location: Room 1E07 Sometimes using tools like PING and Traceroute aren’t enough to isolate the cause of network problems. This class will take a hands-on approach to learning how to use the Wireshark protocol analyzer to capture packets and analyze network traffic. Numerous examples will be used throughout the day to walk the attendees though the process of filtering out those packets that are working well and drilling down to those that are at the root of the problem. Attendees will be provided with a CD containing a number of open source network troubleshooting tools, as well as the trace files used in the class. Laptops are required. Course Outline: Installing and Configuring Wireshark Using Display Filters Using Capture Filters Isolating the cause of slow data transfers Running Wireshark from the command-line Building a capture to disk appliance Who Should Attend: Network Administrators Network Analysts Server Administrators Desktop Administrators Network Managers Instructor - Mike Pennacchi, Owner, Network Protocol Specialists Mike Pennacchi is owner of Network Protocol Specialists, a network analysis and training company based in Seattle, Washington. His company specializes in analyzing network performance problems for companies throughout the United States. He has taught at Interop since 1997 and has received the event's Instructor Award as highest ranking instructor three of those years. Pennacchi brings his experience as a network analyst into the classroom and assists students in understanding how to fix problems in their own networks.
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Tuesday, October 4
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM The Big Fix: Application Performance Analysis and Troubleshooting Location: Room 1E07 Every company has one, the slow application. Whether it started that way, or slowed down over time, it has become unbearable for the customers. This course is designed to provide insight into what makes applications run poorly and what can be done to correct the problem. Attendees will leave this presentation with an understanding of how to troubleshoot application performance problems and how to recognize an application that was not designed to run in a WAN environment. As part of this course, we will examine a number of applications, including HTTP, SQL, and SMB. Course Outline Predicting Application Performance – Know how an application will perform before putting onto your network. Troubleshooting Multi-Tiered Environments – Learn how to track transactions through web, application and database servers. Impact of Bandwidth and Latency on Application Performance – Throwing more bandwidth at the problem doesn’t always make things faster. This presentation discusses the differences between a bandwidth dependent and latency dependent application. Monitoring Application Performance – After the application has been implemented it is important to ensure it is operating as it should. What makes a good WAN application? – The characteristics of a good WAN based application will be covered in this presentation. Who Should Attend: Network Analysts Application Developers Network Managers Server Administrators Instructor - Mike Pennacchi, Owner, Network Protocol Specialists Mike Pennacchi is owner of Network Protocol Specialists, a network analysis and training company based in Seattle, Washington. His company specializes in analyzing network performance problems for companies throughout the United States. He has taught at Interop since 1997 and has received the event's Instructor Award as highest ranking instructor three of those years. Pennacchi brings his experience as a network analyst into the classroom and assists students in understanding how to fix problems in their own networks.
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Networking Free Programs

All Interop attendees can choose from a full calendar of free programs, Wednesday through Thursday, including the following covering Networking:

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Wednesday, October 5
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM The Rise of the Machines: Extending Your Enterprise Network to the “Internet of Things” - Sponsored by Cisco Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 In 2008, the number of connected IP devices like ATMs, digital signage, and smart meters exceeded the number of people on Earth. With this exponential increase, how will you prepare your network for the future? This session will detail the market trends and challenges in this machine-to-machine market with specific use cases and solutions across verticals like financial services, public sector, retail, transportation, and utility. Speaker - Prashanth Shenoy, Senior Marketing Manager, Borderless Network Solutions Marketing, Cisco Prashanth Shenoy is a Borderless Networks solutions senior marketing manager at Cisco, leading Cisco's Enterprise Routing and WAN optimization solutions marketing. Previously he was responsible for marketing strategies and initiatives for key IOS technologies for enterprises and Service Provides, including technologies such as MPLS, IPv6, QoS, and multicast. Prashanth joined Cisco in 2000 as part of the core engineering team that designed and developed the routing and forwarding engines for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series of switches. Prashanth Shenoy holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from Texas A&M University and a MBA from University of California, Berkeley.
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Enterprise Networking Solutions…It’s Just the Beginning - Sponsored by Huawei Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 A new era in networking requires a new way of thinking. What are the next opportunities for enterprise networking, communications and cloud solutions? What was just the backbone supporting desktop and server connectivity has now evolved into the application platform of the future. In this session you will learn the leap forward that has been made in networking enterprise solutions. Speaker - Bradley Wilson, Huawei’s Global Enterprise Competency Center, Huawei Bradley Wilson is a senior level professional with 20 years of progressive experience in global sales, business development and service delivery within the ICT market. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, he brings his experience leading teams and business units for Jacobs Rimell (Amdocs), Alcatel-Lucent, Aprisma Management Technologies (Cabletron) and TTS Meridian Systems (Nortel) to the Huawei Technologies Enterprise Group.
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Aliens, Androids, iPads and Transformers – Managing the Invasion - Sponsored by Xirrus Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 BYOD has breached the Enterprise and won’t be stopped. Businesses are taking advantage of the financial and social values it brings and IT departments must adjust. This means re-engineering the network infrastructure to account for client densities and diversity never previously expected. This session identifies the components required to be successful. Speaker - Bruce Miller, VP of Product Marketing, Xirrus Bruce Miller is Vice President, Product Marketing for Xirrus. He has over 20 years of experience bringing LAN and WAN technologies to market in both marketing and engineering roles. At Xirrus, he leads the product marketing and training functions. Prior to Xirrus, he held product management and engineering roles at companies including Ixia, Lucent Technologies, Cabletron, and NetVantage. Bruce holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
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Thursday, October 6
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Changing The Rules of Networking with the HP FlexNetwork Architecture - Sponsored by HP Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 Media-rich collaboration, mobility and cloud services are crushing the legacy network. With over 75% of data center traffic now server-to-server, nearly 25% of enterprise network traffic dominated by video, and the explosion of mobile devices, it’s more important than ever that Enterprises rethink their network architecture. Learn how a HP FlexNetwork Architecture can help simplify, accelerate, and secure enterprises from the virtualized cloud to the virtual workplace. Speaker - Mike Nielsen, Director, HPN Solutions Marketing, HP
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Enterprise IPv6 – Planning and Deployment - Sponsored by Cisco Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 This session focuses on Enterprise IPv6 deployment considerations for specific areas of the network such as campus, WAN/branch and data center. The session features best practices for deploying IPv6 with a variety of associated technologies. Speaker - Kumar Reddy, Director, Technical Marketing, Cisco
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Networking Exhibitors

All Interop attendees can meet exhibitors showcasing the full range of IT innovations including the latest in Networking:

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AdRem Software, Inc. AdRem Software provides network management solutions for businesses that seek affordable ways to maximize ROI on IT infrastructures. AdRem's products allow IT Departments to graphically represent network infrastructure, address problems in real-time, and perform capacity planning. Address 410 Park Ave 15th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States of America Website www.adremsoft.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered IT Management Networking Enterprise Software Performance Optimization Products AdRem NetCrunch - Multiplatform Network Monitoring Network Inventory 2 RC - Hardware & Software Inventory MyNet Toolset - Network Tool Companies Served SMBs	243
Afore Solutions AFORE is a leading provider of cloud security and networking software solutions. Our unique blend of the CloudLink™ network, storage and application security solutions and InterPort™ networking software enable enterprises, service providers and ICT vendors to accelerate innovation and deployment of advanced Cloud and networking applications. Address 2680 Queensview Drive Suite 150 Ottawa, Ontario K2B 8J9 Canada Website www.aforesolutions.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center Networking Information Security Storage Virtualization Consulting Services Enterprise Software WAN/Internet Services Products CloudLink™ InterPort™ Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel	423A
Altior Inc. Founded in 2004 as CebaTech, Altior™ offers a broad range of industry-leading hardware and software solutions for the networking and storage markets. Altior products deliver high performance, for increased throughput, energy savings and network and storage optimization. Address 444 Route 35 South Building B Eatontown, New Jersey 07724 United States of America Website www.altior.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Networking Storage Embedded Performance Optimization WAN/Internet Services Products AltraCores IP Cores AltraFlex Platform Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs International	148
Amazon Web Services Built upon the same world-class technology that powers Amazon.com, Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides businesses with a secure, reliable, easy-to-scale, low-cost computing platform “in the cloud.” Companies of all sizes, from all around the globe use AWS to build applications, store data, manage business processes, and more. Learn more: http://aws.amazon.com. Address 410 Terry Ave N Seattle, Washington 98109 United States of America Website www.aws.amazon.com Products/Services Offered Service Delivery Cloud Computing Data Center Networking Storage Virtualization Education/Training Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	401
BridgeWays BridgeWays with Microsoft Systems Center reduces your IT costs by delivering: 1. Staff Efficiency-with a single view of Windows, Linux and UNIX application monitoring 2. Tool Consolidation-by centralizing event, performance and the remediation processes 3. Performance Improvement-you can anticipate and recommends actions for improved response times Address Suite 200 515 Legget Drive Ottawa, Ontario K2K 3G4 Canada Website www.bridgeways.ca Social Networks Products/Services Offered Data Center IT Management Networking Virtualization Consulting Services Enterprise Software Performance Optimization Products VMware: Management Packs Data Base: Oracle , DB2, MySQL Management Packs JBoss, Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic Java Development Management Packs Management Packs Apache Http Management Packs Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	423B
Brocade Brocade® (Nasdaq: BRCD) networking solutions help organizations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere. Innovative Ethernet and storage networking solutions for data center, campus, and service provider networks help reduce complexity and cost while enabling virtualization and cloud computing to increase business agility. (www.brocade.com) Address 130 Holger Way San Jose, California 95134 United States of America Website www.brocade.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center IT Management Networking Virtualization Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility Enterprise Software Companies Served Large Enterprises Channel International	604
Candela Network CANDELA NETWORK is your source for new, used, refurbished networking hardware including Cisco routers, switches and accessories. We have one of the largest inventory of used Cisco routers, switches and accessories in the market for purchase with immediate delivery. For more information please visit our website www.candelanetwork.com Address 14 Village Park Rd Suite C Cedar Grover, New Jersey 07009 United States of America Website www.candelanetwork.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered IT Management Networking Reseller Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs International	642
CenturyLink Business CenturyLink™ is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States. The company provides data, voice and managed services to business, government and wholesale customers in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers. Visit www.centurylink.com/business Address 930 15th St Denver, Colorado 80202 United States of America Website www.CenturyLink.com/business Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Virtualization Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility WAN/Internet Services Companies Served Large Enterprises International	823
Cervalis Cervalis is a premier provider of IT infrastructure solutions including business continuity / rapid recovery, managed hosting, enterprise cloud computing, managed security, managed storage, networking & telecommunications and co-location. Address 4 Armstrong Rd. Shelton, Connecticut 06484 United States of America Website www.cervalis.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Virtualization Performance Optimization Products Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Managed Hosting Managed Hosting Cloud Computing Cloud Computing Colocation Colocation Managed Storage Managed Storage Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	810
Cisco Cisco is the leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. Cisco has led in the innovation of IP-based networking technologies, including routing, switching, security, TelePresence, unified communications, video, and wireless. The company’s responsible business practices help ensure accountability, business sustainability, and environmentally conscious operations and products. Address 3750 Zanker rd San Jose, California 95134 United States of America Website www.cisco.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center Enterprise 2.0 Green IT IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Video Virtualization Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	121
CXtec CXtec keeps your network up and your costs down with equal2new certified refurbished networking and voice equipment and CABLExpress brand cables and data center solutions. We also buy your used equipment at top dollar. Visit www.cxtec.com to find out why there's only one CXtec! Address 5404 South Bay Rd PO Box 4799 Syracuse, New York 13221 United States of America Website www.cxtec.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Data Center Green IT Networking Storage Wireless and Mobility WAN/Internet Services Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs International	617
Dell Dell listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. We offer a broad range of product categories including desktop systems, servers and networking products, mobility products, software and peripherals and enhanced services. Please visit www.dell.com to learn more. Address 200 Dell Way Round Rock, Texas 78682 United States of America Website www.dell.com Products/Services Offered Service Delivery Cloud Computing Data Center Enterprise 2.0 Green IT IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Virtualization Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility Consulting Services Education/Training Enterprise Software Performance Optimization WAN/Internet Services Products Network Your Way to an Efficient Enterprise Evolve to Fluid Data storage from Dell Build your brand using Dell’s manufacturing Powerful blend of server performance and value Advanced Infrastructure Manager Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	229 329
Emulex Emulex (NYSE:ELX) is the leader in converged networking solutions for the data center. Emulex provides a single framework that intelligently connects every server, network and storage device within the data center. Emulex's portfolio of controller chips, adapters, blades and connectivity solutions are trusted by the world's largest IT environments. www.emulex.com Address 3333 Susan Street Costa Mesa, California 92626 United States of America Website www.emulex.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Virtualization Performance Optimization Reseller Products 10GbE OneConnect Adapter Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	242
Exar Exar Corporation delivers highly differentiated silicon, software and subsystem solutions for industrial, networking and storage applications. For over 40 years, Exar’s comprehensive knowledge of end-user markets along with the underlying analog, mixed signal and digital technology has enabled innovative solutions that meet the needs of the evolving connected world. Address 48720 Kato Rd. Fremont, California 94538 United States of America Website www.exar.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Data Center Networking Information Security Storage Products Express DX 1800 Family 8200 Series Express DX 1700 Family Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs International	348
Exinda Exinda is a proven global supplier of WAN Optimization and Application Acceleration products. The company has helped over 2,000 organizations in over 80 countries worldwide improve the end user experience, manage application performance, manage congestion over the WAN and reduce network operating costs for the IT executive. Address 300 Brickstone Square Suite 201 Andover, Massachusetts 01810 United States of America Website www.exinda.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center Enterprise 2.0 Green IT Networking Video Virtualization Unified Communications Performance Optimization WAN/Internet Services Products Exinda Edge Cache User, Application and Network Visibility Application Control Application Acceleration Exinda Service Delivery Point Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	712
F5 Networks F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. Address 401 Elliott Ave W Seattle, Washington 98119 United States of America Website www.f5.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center Green IT IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Virtualization Wireless and Mobility WAN/Internet Services Products BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) F5® BIG-IP® Global Traffic Manager™ (GTM) F5 BIG-IP APM BIG-IP ASM BIG-IP Edge Gateway Companies Served Large Enterprises International	ER160
Gigamon Gigamon provide intelligent visibility into enterprise, data center and cloud-based networks, delivering the appropriate network traffic to the right network tools without impacting production traffic. GigaVUE® family of products eliminate SPAN port contentions, provide “any” to “any” connectivity, and enhance your network monitoring and security tools with unmatched visibility. www.gigamon.com Address 598 Gibraltar Dr. Milpitas, California 95035 United States of America Website www.gigamon.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center IT Management Networking Information Security Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	134
Global Crossing Global Crossing is a leading global IP, Ethernet, data center and video solutions provider with the world's first integrated global IP-based network. It delivers converged IP services to more than 700 cities in more than 70 countries. Address 225 Kenneth Drive Rochester, New York 14623 United States of America Website www.globalcrossing.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Service Delivery Cloud Computing Data Center Enterprise 2.0 Networking Unified Communications Reseller Products Global Crossing Security Solutions Global Crossing Ultra-low Latency Service Global Crossing SIP Trunking Service Global Crossing Communications as a Service (CaaS) Companies Served Large Enterprises Channel	237
HP As a world-leading information technology company, HP applies new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology. Our focus is to continuously improve the way our customers live and work through technology products and services. More information can be found at www.hp.com Address 8000 Foothills Blvd Roseville, California 95747 United States of America Website www.hp.com Products/Services Offered Service Delivery Cloud Computing Data Center Enterprise 2.0 Green IT IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Video Virtualization Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility Consulting Services Education/Training Embedded Enterprise Software Performance Optimization Reseller WAN/Internet Services Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	319 2D07 2D08
Huawei Technologies (USA) Huawei is a leading global ICT solutions provider. Through our dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships, we have established end-to-end advantages in networks, devices and cloud computing. We are committed to creating maximum value for operators, enterprises and consumers by providing competitive solutions and services. For information, visit www.huawei.com/enterprise. Address 5700 Tennyson Parkway Suite 500 Plano, Texas 75024 United States of America Website www.huawei.com/enterprise Products/Services Offered Service Delivery Cloud Computing Data Center Enterprise 2.0 Green IT IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Video Virtualization Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility Education/Training Performance Optimization Reseller Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	517
IPC Technologies IPC Technologies, founded in 1981 has been at the forefront of offering best of breed products and services to companies all over the world. Based in the Capitol Region, IPC is focused on becoming the leading provider of communications products with ShoreTel, Ruckus Wireless, LifeSize, Phybridge and TechFirst Cloud Services. Address 100 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017 United States of America Website www.ipctech.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center Green IT Networking Storage Video Virtualization Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility Education/Training Performance Optimization Products ShoreTel Ruckus Wireless Lifesize Phybridge TechFirst Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs International	446
IPeak Networks IPeak Networks is a privately held Canadian network technology development company. OEMs and ISVs can embed the company's IPQ™ products to add end-to-end carrier-independent QoS to any wired, mobile or WiFi network and optimize the performance of any realtime network application. Address 535 Legget Dr Suite 500 Ottawa, Ontario K2K-3B8 Canada Website ipeaknetworks.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Networking Wireless and Mobility Embedded Performance Optimization Products IPQ™ Companies Served Large Enterprises	423G
Ixia Ixia provides comprehensive converged IP services testing solution - from the wireless edge to the Internet core. Network equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises, and government agencies use Ixia's industry-leading test and simulation platforms to design and validate a broad range of wired, Wi-Fi, and 3G/4G networking equipment and networks. Address 26601 Agoura Road Calabasas, California 91302 United States of America Website www.ixiacom.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center Green IT Networking Information Security Storage Video Virtualization Wireless and Mobility Performance Optimization Products IxVeriWave Companies Served Large Enterprises Channel International	733
MAC Source Communications, Inc. MAC Source Communications, an Avaya Platinum Business Partner, is a complete solutions provider. Our core business is the design, installation and ongoing support of converged communications products and services. Additionally, MAC Source partners with industry-leading manufacturers in wireless networks, video, data switching, routing and security applications. Address 701 Erie Blvd West Syracuse, New York 13204 United States of America Website www.macsourceinc.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Data Center Enterprise 2.0 Green IT Networking Information Security Video Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility Consulting Services Education/Training Performance Optimization Reseller WAN/Internet Services Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	444
Microsemi Corporation Microsemi Corporation, headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, designs and manufactures analog-based components, modules and subsystems used to power and protect the most challenging applications found in commercial, industrial, medical, aerospace, security and defense markets. Microsemi products are recognized for their superior performance, reliability, innovation and power saving capabilities. Address One Enterprise Aliso Viejo, California 92656 United States of America Website www.microsemi.com Products/Services Offered Networking Information Security Wireless and Mobility Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	449
Net Optics, Inc. Net Optics, the leading provider of Intelligent Access and Monitoring Architecture solutions, delivers real-time IT visibility, monitoring and control for businesses to achieve peak performance in network analytics and security. 7,000 organizations—trust Net Optics' comprehensive smart access hardware and software solutions to plan, scale and future-proof their networks. Address 5303 Betsy Ross Dr Santa Clara, California 95054 United States of America Website www.netoptics.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center IT Management Networking Information Security Virtualization Performance Optimization Products Phantom Virtual Tap appTap xBalancer Director xStream Pro Director xStream Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	611
NetScout Systems, Inc. NetScout Systems, Inc. is the market leader in Unified Service Delivery Management enabling comprehensive end-to-end network and application assurance. IT staff at more than 20,000 of the largest enterprises, government agencies, and service providers use NetScout nGenius® and Sniffer® solutions to predict, preempt, and resolve service delivery problems. Address 310 Littleton Road Westford, Massachusetts 01886-4105 United States of America Website www.netscout.com Products/Services Offered Service Delivery Cloud Computing Data Center Enterprise 2.0 IT Management Networking Information Security Video Virtualization Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility Performance Optimization WAN/Internet Services Products nGenius Service Delivery Manager nGenius Performance Manager nGenius Subscriber Intelligence nGenius Trading Intelligence nGenius Intelligent Data Sources Companies Served Large Enterprises Channel International	342
Network Hardware Resale Network Hardware Resale (NHR) is an independent reseller of pre-owned Cisco, Foundry and Juniper networking equipment as well as an authorized reseller of resilient, scalable equipment from Force10 Networks. NHR also offers cost-effective network management, asset management, alternative maintenance and technical support services. For more information, visit www.networkhardware.com. Address 6500 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, California 93117 United States of America Website www.networkhardware.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Data Center Green IT Networking Virtualization Consulting Services Performance Optimization Reseller WAN/Internet Services Companies Served Large Enterprises International	120
Opengear Opengear is a leading provider of enterprise grade console servers, cellular routers and remote management solutions that enable our customers to easily tame IT complexity. Our commitment to simplify remote infrastructure management enables our products to deliver what IT professionals really need and want with unquestionable security and value. Address 630 West 9560 South Suite A Sandy, Utah 84070 United States of America Website www.opengear.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Networking Products ACM5004-G IM4200 CM4000 ACM5000 VCMS Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	655
Processor Processor is a bi-weekly print publication designed for people managing and purchasing equipment for data centers. Processor’s content is comprehensive but presented in a quick, easy-to-read format, so readers can keep up with new data center products and technologies. Address 120 West Harvest Dr Lincoln, Nebraska 68521 United States of America Website www.processor.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center Enterprise 2.0 Green IT IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Video Virtualization Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility Consulting Services Education/Training Enterprise Software Performance Optimization Reseller WAN/Internet Services Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	355
Rackspace Hosting Rackspace® Hosting is the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, the founder of OpenStack™, an open source cloud platform. The San Antonio-based company provides Fanatical Support® to its customers across a portfolio of IT services, including Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com. Address 5000 Walzem Rd San Antonio, Texas 78218 United States of America Website www.rackspace.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Green IT IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Virtualization Products Cloud Servers Cloud Files Cloud Load Balancers Managed Hosting Solutions Email & Apps Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	417
Safari Books Online Safari Books Online is a digital library providing on demand, subscription access to thousands of learning resources including books, videos, code snippets and practice exams. Our combination of vetted content and platform tools enables our users to quickly find, organize, manage, share and use information from the world’s best experts. Address 1003 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, California 95472 United States of America Website www.safaribooksonline.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center Enterprise 2.0 Green IT IT Management Networking Information Security Storage Virtualization Wireless and Mobility Education/Training Enterprise Software Performance Optimization Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	612
Simena Simena is an innovative leader of network monitoring, testing & measurement solutions with unique features driven from customers needs. Simena Packet Flow Switches are 10GE wire speed & industry's lowest latency aggregation switches for redundant & effective network monitoring. For more information visit www.simena.net or call 571.323.1500. Address 45999 Center Oak Plaza Suite 100 Sterling, Virginia 20166 United States of America Website www.simena.net Products/Services Offered Data Center Networking Consulting Services Products Simena Packet Flow Switch Simena Network Emulator Simena Traffic Generator Simena Network Taps Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	245
SmartOptics AS SmartOptics is proud to be the leading provider of optical networking solutions based on Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology. Our products allow telecom operators, SAN architects and ISP infrastructure providers to build simple, straightforward and cost effective solutions to fulfill their ongoing and future network capacity needs. Address Stålfjæra 9 Oslo0975 Norway Website www.smartoptics.com Products/Services Offered Data Center Green IT Networking Products m:series Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	628
Synology Synology America Corp. located in Redmond, Washington is the North American branch of Synology Inc. Synology has been delivering award-winning NAS devices to small business and home users since early 2000. Synology storage devices boast forward-thinking features at an affordable price. Address 2899 152nd Ave NE Redmond, Washington 98052 United States of America Website www.synology.com/us Social Networks Products/Services Offered Networking Storage Virtualization Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel	543
Telcombrokers Telcombrokers is an agency of telecom professionals representing 35+ carriers across the USA. Our portfolio includes a full range of telecom products from T1, DS3, OC3, MPLS and VOIP connections and more. With our industry expertise, we offer a one-stop source for unbiased advice, plus the best prices on services Address 6 Hutton Centre Dr #1230 Santa Ana, California 92707 United States of America Website www.telcombrokers.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center IT Management Networking Storage Video Wireless and Mobility Consulting Services Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs	145
TNET Technology TNET TECHNOLOGY is a hardware reseller founded in 2004. TNET TECHNOLOGY buys & sells IT equipment including Network, Server, Storage, Telecommunications, memory and more from top manufacturers. Please visit our website www.tnetus.com for more. Address 14 Village Park Rd Suite A Cedar Grove, New Jersey 07009 United States of America Website www.tnetus.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Networking Reseller Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs International	644
Transcend United Technologies Transcend United Technologies LLC combines cost-effective technology, experienced people, and world-class service to help organizations optimize their IT and communications infrastructure. Transcend delivers products and expertise in key technologies including unified communications, data infrastructure, data center management, and backup/recovery/availability. For more information, visit www.transcendunited.com or our blog at blog.transcendunited.com. Address 460 E Swedesford Rd. Suite 1080 Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 United States of America Website www.transcendunited.com Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center Networking Video Unified Communications Wireless and Mobility Consulting Services Performance Optimization WAN/Internet Services Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs International	251
Tripp Lite Tripp Lite offers more than 3,000 products, ranging from network-grade UPS systems to cables for every application. On the desktop, in the data center, or wherever power and information flow, products and services that solve customers' problems and meet their highest expectations are the hallmarks of a Tripp Lite solution. Address 1111 West 35th St Chicago, Illinois 60609 United States of America Website www.tripplite.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Data Center Green IT Networking Education/Training Enterprise Software Performance Optimization Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	551
Vyatta Vyatta delivers a software-based network operating system that is portable to standard x86 hardware, common virtualization and cloud computing platforms. From small enterprise to Fortune 500 customers, Vyatta provides a complete enterprise-class routing and security suite that uniquely addresses the next-generation infrastructure requirements of flexibility, on-demand delivery and platform independence. Address 1301 Shoreway Rd Suite 200 Belmont, California 94002 United States of America Website www.vyatta.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing Green IT IT Management Networking Information Security Virtualization Enterprise Software Products Vyatta Network OS Vyatta Network OS Virtual Machines Companies Served Large Enterprises Channel International	610
WatchGuard Technologies WatchGuard provides an extensive family of network security products to help you secure your network from zero day threats, prevent unauthorized data from leaving your network, filter spam, block social networking sites, prevent malicious intrusions, integrate in-the-cloud security services, and much more. Contact your reseller or visit us at www.watchguard.com. Address 505 5th Ave South Suite 500 Seattle, Washington 98104 United States of America Website www.watchguard.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Networking Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	643
WISP-Router, Inc. WISP-Router, Inc. is a family owned and operated business that strives to provide the most cost effective wireless networking solutions for individuals and companies around the globe. Address 264 N Industrial Dr Frontenac, Kansas 66763 United States of America Website www.wisp-router.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered IT Management Networking Information Security Consulting Services Reseller WAN/Internet Services Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	723
Xirrus, Inc. Xirrus manufactures the Wi-Fi Array which integrates up to 16 access points into a single device, providing more than enough bandwidth, security, and control to replace a workgroup Ethernet switch with 75% fewer devices, cabling, switch ports, power, space, and installation time compared with any other offering. Address 2101 Corporate Center Dr Thousand Oaks, California 91320 United States of America Website xirrus.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Enterprise 2.0 IT Management Networking Wireless and Mobility Performance Optimization WAN/Internet Services Products Wi-Fi Array Model XN4 Wi-Fi Array Model XN8 Wi-Fi Array Model XN12 Wi-Fi Array Model XN16 XMS Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel International	429
Zenith Infotech Zenith Infotech serves IT Service Providers. Zenith`s portfolio includes: Managed Services, Cloud Computing and Business Continuity. Zenith enables partners to spend less time on day-to-day operations and more time on business-building activities. Zenith proves its commitment to partners through educational programming, technical training, customizable marketing materials and aggressive pricing. Address One Williamsburg Place Suite 100 Warrendale, Pennsylvania 15086 United States of America Website www.zenithinfotech.com Social Networks Products/Services Offered Cloud Computing IT Management Networking Storage Virtualization Education/Training Performance Optimization Reseller Products NOC Service Miles SmartStyle Computing Managed Services Back Office MirrorCloud Companies Served Large Enterprises SMBs Channel	511