Top Coverage Highlights from Interop

Show 69 - HP Talks Tech at Interop NYC on OpenFlow, Optical Backplanes, IRF, and IPv6
By Ethan Banks
October 31, 2011
Packet Pushers
At Interop NYC held the first week of October 2011, HP invited several network engineers engaged in social media to attend at HP's expense. Ethan Banks was one of those in attendance, and he captured several hours worth of audio from the event. This podcast is not the typical "let's gather around the virtual conference table and chat" format, but is instead a compilation of the most interesting technical audio from the event, focused on discussions HP held with the bloggers.

Industry execs warn of stormy weather for those working with the Cloud
By Penny Jones
October 28, 2011
DataCenter Dynamics
A week earlier, at the HP-sponsored event Interop, HP's cloud advisor Lee Kendrie, who is responsible for ensuring the vendor has its approach to cloud in the marketplace right, said he has spoken to many operational staff that are scared of losing jobs as a result of the introduction of cloud computing.

OpenFlow demystified
By Omar Baldonado
October 28, 2011
PC Advisor
OpenFlow, the exciting new networking technology recently bursting out of academia and into industry, has generated considerable buzz since Interop Las Vegas 2011, which has been called "The Coming Out Party For OpenFlow."

snom Webinar to Focus on Microsoft Lync, snom IP Phones
By David Sims
October 27, 2011
http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/ip-phones/articles/234462-snom-webinar-focus-micr
Last week TMC (News - Alert) noted that it was a busy week for snom on the road, but all survived to tell about it, rest up and count the successes.snom executives fanned out to Interop (News - Alert) 2011 in New York, Comptel Plus Fall 2011 in Orlando and the Metaswitch Forum in Las Vegas to promote the company and its offerings, reporting "strong attendance and engagement at each "The number one topic of discussion was the release of the snom UC line of phones, designed for unified communications and qualified for use with Microsoft Lync 2010 and including snom's new Lync phone, the snom UC600.That was pretty much constant. There were some different points of interest at the various shows.

Cloud Storage: Diskeeper Sheds Light on V-locity Release at Interop
By Carrie Schmelkin
October 26, 2011
TMCnet
While at Interop (News - Alert) in New York City earlier this month, Diskeeper couldn't help but bask in its 30th anniversary celebration.To commemorate the occasion, Diskeeper recently unveiled the latest version of its Virtual Platform Optimizer, V-locity 3, a virtual platform disk optimizer that is allowing the company to make headway into the virtual sphere. V-locity is touted as having the ability to improve the overall IT efficiency and service level agreements while lowering cost of ownership as well as offering critical benefits to virtualization and private cloud implementation not otherwise obtainable.

My Latest Thoughts on OpenFlow
By Jon Oltsik
October 26, 2011
Network World
I've seen the "plugfests" and know that OpenFlow works. I spoke with Broadcom at Interop and understand how it is being supported in silicon.

Mobility at InterOp New York
By Michael Finneran
October 24, 2011
UC Strategies
Once again this year I got to participate in the mobility track at InterOp New York, which provided the opportunity to talk with a lot of the opinion shapers on the mobile front.

WildPackets Talks Application Performance Management, WatchPoint 2.0 Release with TMCnet
By Carrie Schmelkin
October 14, 2011
TMCnet
For over 20 years, WildPackets (News - Alert) has been in the business of making the process of packet analysis a whole lot snazzier."The key identifier is our speed to resolution, our ability to take packet information - which isn't very interesting - and to look at and pull out anomalies and visualizations," Joe Habib, director of global sales for WildPackets, told TMCnet at Interop (News - Alert) 2011 in New York City last week.

Interop Outfits Wireless Carriers with Rich Messaging Solution - IMS Not Required
By Paula Bernier
October 13, 2011
TMCnet
This week at CTIA, Interop (News - Alert) Technologies came out with an RCS-e solution that can enable wireless service providers to offer feature-rich messaging without the time and investment requirements of IMS. The solution is slated for general availability in the first quarter of next year.

Exinda Talks WAN Optimization, Future Developments with TMCnet at Interop
By Carrie Schmelkin
October 13, 2011
TMCnet
WAN optimization solutions provider Exinda was busy celebrating its news at Interop (News - Alert) last week that it has unveiled a virtual appliance that delivers the key benefits afforded by its Unified Performance Management solution, with its hardware-based WAN optimization solutions in a virtualized software load.

The art - and science - of 'active defense' security
By Info Security
October 12, 2011
Info Security
At last week's Interop show in New York, former US Army Col. Barry Hensley took the audience inside several adversarial attack techniques so "defenders" could gain a better understanding of what they are up against.

Hello World from InterOp in NYC
By Ed Sarausad
October 11, 2011
Cedexis
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at InterOp Enterprise Cloud Summit in New York City. Hats off to Alistair Croll from Bitcurrent for putting together a thought-provoking session of workshops in which we presented Comparing Public Clouds: The State of On-Demand Performance.With 28 million measurements (across 34,000 networks ad 185 countries) in hand, we asked ourselves: How do the major cloud providers perform across the world? We used response time (the 2nd connection to a test object) to answer this question.

Slide Show: Carrier Cloud Forum, Fall 2011
By Craig Matsumoto
October 7, 2011
Light Reading
NEW YORK -- Carrier Cloud Forum -- The cloud continues to be a rich topic of discussion, as Wednesday's forum, colocated with Interop, was rich with discussion about how carriers are adjusting to new cloud business models.

Security Upgrades Needed With Growing Cyberwar Threats
By Agam Shah
October 7, 2011
PCWorld
Some suggestions on how to secure data in the cloud were also proposed at the Interop trade show this week in New York.IT managers can set up rights for mobile devices to access certain documents in the cloud based on location, said Sujai Hajela, vice president and general manager of Cisco's wireless networking business unit in the network services group.

HP Extends FlexNetwork For Multimedia And Cloud
By Eric Doyle
October 7, 2011
eWeeK Europe
HP Networking has extended the FlexNetwork architecture it introduced last May. At Interop New York, the company announced new products for virtualisation, multimedia applications and enterprise mobility support to simplify migration to the latest Internet protocols (IP), 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) networking and virtualised branch services.

Interop New York 2011: Enterprises Embrace Cloud Computing
By Michael J. Miller
October 7, 2011
PC Magazine
Cloud computing is changing the enterprise computing landscape and at yesterday's Interop keynote, representatives from Amazon, Rackspace, and Terremark shared their visions of how big companies can use cloud services to become more cost effective and agile. These changes, which Amazon CTO Werner Vogels called a "crucial shift" in enterprise computing, bring a variety of opportunities and challenges.

IT Security & Network Security News & Reviews: Enterprise Security Products Grab Spotlight at Interop NYC
By Fahmida Y. Rashid
October 7, 2011
eWeek
While Interop is primarily a networking showcase, security vendors showed off existing products or launched new security software, platforms and appliances at the Oct. 5-7 show in New York. Organizations are becoming increasingly concerned about ways to secure their cloud and virtualized infrastructures. To supply this need, vendors were on hand with mobile-device management, data-security protection, password-security and advanced Web security filtering tools. Mobile-device management was a hot topic at the show as vendors discussed how best to protect the data being stored on mobile phones and tablets.

Interop NYC 2011 Presentation Theater
By Riverbed Blog
October 7, 2011
Riverbed Blog
One of the most popular things that Riverbed does at Interop in both Las Vegas and New York each year is our Presentation Theater. Some of our best presenters share a handful of slides and then give a live demo of a Riverbed product. A typical presentation starts with about 10-12 people sitting in, but by the time we're done roughly 10 minutes later, we've gathered a crowd that can be as large as 50 or 100 people. And we do these presentations throughout the day.

Interop: The Cloud Finds Firm Footing in Hybrid Networking
By Michael J. Miller
October 7, 2011
PC Magazine
Networking technologies tend to evolve slowly, so this week's Interop show didn't contain a lot of entirely new ideas. Some trends did stand out to me at the show, however.I was impressed by how many vendors talked about "hybrid networks," where enterprises connect their own data centers to cloud-based services. I heard a lot more about "virtual networking" and more about managing mobile devices.

Gigamon® unveils G-SECURE-0216 Inline Traffic Distribution Switch
October 7, 2011
DataCentre Solutions
Gigamon has announced the release of the G-SECURE-0216 Inline Traffic Distribution Switch; the newest addition to the industry leading G-SECURE product family. The G-SECURE-0216 enables intelligent distribution and management of traffic within Enterprise DMZs - an area that exists between the public internet and the private, secure enterprise network - helping ensure reliable and secure environments as the volume of information continues to grow. This announcement was made at Interop New York 2011 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.

Windows 8 To Dish Up Azure Services
October 7, 2011
DABCC
"We think about Windows Azure as the next generation of operating systems," said Robert Wahbe, Microsoft's VP for server and tools, during a keynote address Wednesday at the Interop technology conference and expo, a UBM TechWeb event, in New York City.

HP readies client networks for Virtualization, Multimedia and Mobile Devices
October 7, 2011
DataCentre Solutions
Introduced at Interop New York, the new HP Networking solutions for virtualization, multimedia applications and enterprise mobility simplify migration to newer Internet Protocols, the 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) networking standard and virtualized branch services.

The new Cisco WAAS Appliances, a game changer?
By Larry Chaffin
October 7, 2011
Network World
Everyone has been waiting to see my reaction to the next generation Cisco WAAS appliances that were announced at Interop. Could these be the game changers that Cisco needs to compete with Riverbed and also stop losing deals to Blue Coat and Certeon? Well they are really pretty boxes, they have a lot of memory and a very big WAN card. But they are not what the doctor called for, sorry Cisco.

News round-up from Interop New York
By Bryan Betts
October 7, 2011
Cloud Pro
A survey of the new products shown at this year's Interop New York placed the cloud right at the forefront of the networking industry.Of course, many of them were actually applicable to any network, but the importance of cloud in driving network bandwidth and utilisation makes it a prime use-case.

Microsoft, Cisco Talk Mobile Network Explosion at Interop
By CIOinsight
October 7, 2011
CIO Insight
A panel of speakers honed in on the changes increased mobility is bring into the enterprise at the Interop conference in New York.The three keynote speakers, Carole Post, commissioner of NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Robert Wahbe, corporate vice president of the server and tools marketing group at Microsoft, and Sujai Hajela, vice-president and general manager of the wireless networking business unit at Cisco, discussed cloud computing, mobility and wireless networking trends on the first day of the Interop conference on Oct. 5.

Interop NY: Innovation Addressed New York #Interop
October 7, 2011
NYConvergence
The fall Interop show taking place in NY this week featured Carole Post of the NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Robert Wahbe of Microsoft, and Sujai Hajela of Cisco, who all discussed technological advances and prospects. The highlights include:

Does Your Enterprise Need An App Store?
By Paul McDougall
October 6, 2011
InformationWeek
"If it's not officially BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), it is anyway," said Cimarron Buser, VP for product marketing at Apperian, during a panel discussion Thursday at the Interop technology conference and expo in New York City, a UBM TechWeb event.

Clouds, Consumerization, And The IT Toolbox
By Art Wittmann
October 6, 2011
InformationWeek
When Werner Vogels takes the stage, you know you're going to hear a lot about Amazon cloud services. You could ask him to talk more generally about cloud trends, but what good would it do. As far as Vogels is concerned, Amazon is the cloud and the cloud is Amazon. He led off the keynote speakers on the main stage at Interop New York, a UBM TechWeb event, on Thursday, and was followed by execs from RackSpace, Terremark, and Hauwei. While Vogels was the big name draw for the day, he was upstaged by John Roese of Hauwei, who challenged the audience to rethink the IT toolbox in fascinating ways.

HP To Launch Networking-Specific Channel Program
By Chad Berndtson
October 6, 2011
CRN
"We have some things coming that are going to be very positive for our channel partners," said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president and general manager, HP Networking, in an interview with CRN at Interop New York this week. "We've carved out a segment of [HP channel program] PartnerONE just for HP Networking partners."

New Xirrus XR Wireless Array Debuts At Interop New York
By Jim Rapoza
October 6, 2011
Informationweek
Wireless technology vendor Xirrus, whose previous generation of wireless arrays helped to provide Wi Fi access to Interop attendees, released their new wireless Array at the NYC edition of the show.

Amazon Tech Chief: Steve Jobs Was A Showman
By Paul McDougall
October 6, 2011
InformationWeek
Amazon chief technology officer Werner Vogels was among the many tech industry leaders to praise Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer."I don't feel I'm particularly worthy to be mentioned in his company," Vogels said Wednesday, as he kicked off a keynote address at the Interop technology conference and expo, a UBM TechWeb event, in New York City.

Forensic analyst clicks 'dislike' button on Facebook, social media security
By Info Security
October 6, 2011
Info Security
At this week's Interop show in New York, the always entertaining and sometimes controversial Paul Henry shared with attendees some of the most prevalent malware delivery methods over social networks, in addition to some specific criticisms of Facebook itself.

snom Tradeshow, VAR Training Sessions for Autumn Announced
By David Sims
October 6, 2011
TMCnet
Currently snom representatives are at three different conferences and tradeshows, continuing the tour of the new snom UC series desktop phones, launched in September. You can find them at Interop (News - Alert) 2011 in New York, COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2011 in Orlando and Metaswitch Forum in Las Vegas.

Benioff's Private Cloud Bluster: Can It Last?
By Laurianne McLaughlin
October 6, 2011
InformationWeek
At the same time Wednesday, cloud luminaries gathered at Interop New York debated Benioff's self-proclaimed nemesis, the private cloud. Salesforce's party line, of course, continues to be "beware the false cloud." Or as Peter Coffee, Salesforce's director of platform research, put it to an Interop panel Wednesday, buying into private cloud equals buying into "wildly over provisioned capacity that's rarely used."

Foundation to be Formed to Shepherd OpenStack
By Colleen Miller
October 6, 2011
Data Center Knowledge
At Interop New York, Big Switch Networks,an OpenFlow company bringing the benefits of virtualization and cloud architecture to enterprise networks, announced its participation in OpenStack, to enable Networking-as-a-Service.

Cloud buyers 'must learn from the automakers'
By Bryan Betts
October 6, 2011
Cloud Pro
Users moving to the cloud should take lessons from just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing and supply chain management."Cloud is JIT for IT," declared Alistair Croll, principal analyst at Bitcurrent, speaking at Interop in New York.

HP expands on FlexNetwork capabilities
By Penny Joney
October 6, 2011
DatacenterDynamics
HP announced FlexNetwork in May this year at the Interop event in Las Vegas and used this year's Interop in New York to announce its updated network architecture offering.

VDI without the performance hit
By Bryan Betts
October 6, 2011
Cloud Pro
With the promise of VDI too often mired in performance problems, Interop saw two new approaches to desktop virtualisation that did not take the usual route of hosting virtual PCs on a standard server coupled to a greatly upgraded LAN and SAN.

What Does Dell's Force10 Buy Mean for Its Channel Partners?
By The Var Guy
October 6, 2011
The Var Guy
While at Interop New York 2011, The VAR Guy sat down and spoke to Larry Hart, Dell's senior director of worldwide networking marketing, about Dell's position in the networking space. In a nutshell, Hart said Dell's presence in the data center has never been more prominent, especially with its expanding data portfolio and recent acquisition of Force10. Here's The VAR Guy scoop on where Dell is headed and how the channel can go there with Dell ...

New York Seeks To Turn Ideas Into Mobile Apps
By John Foley
October 6, 2011
InformationWeek
New York City is getting ready to launch its third annual mobile apps competition, the latest in a series of initiatives aimed at "unlocking" the city's data, CIO Carole Post said in a keynote presentation at the Interop technology conference and expo, a UBM TechWeb event, in New York City.

Interop New York 2011: Virtualization, Optimization, Cloud
By The Var Guy
October 6, 2011
The Var Guy
The VAR Guy predicted three big trends to hit Interop NYC: Network Virtualization, WAN optimization and IPv6. But the scene on the Interop expo floor reflected a slightly different vibe. Here's what The VAR Guy saw as he slipped and blogged between the booths ...

Interop Wrap: Huawei's Enterprising Campaign
By Craig Matsumoto
October 5, 2011
Light Reading
NEW YORK -- Interop -- The fall edition of Interop is usually overshadowed by its Las Vegas-based spring sibling, but some big-name companies have a lot going on in the enterprise space currently, so this week's show is going to be punching above its usual weight.Here are some highlights from the early hours of the show.

HP Readies Client Networks for Virtualization, Multimedia and Mobile Devices
By Kelly Dunst
October 5, 2011
Vadvert
Introduced at Interop New York, the new HP Networking solutions for virtualization, multimedia applications and enterprise mobility simplify migration to newer Internet Protocols, the 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) networking standard and virtualized branch services.

Interop 2011: Modernizing, Unlocking, and Innovating New York
By Michael J. Miller
October 5, 2011
PC Magazine
At the fall Interop show this morning, speakers talked about New York City's deployment of new network technologies. Representatives from Microsoft and Cisco promoted their visions of cloud technologies and management of mobile devices.

HP uncloaks 10GbE top-of-racker, IPv6 guidance
By Timothy Prickett Morgan
October 5, 2011
The Register
Interop 2011 HP is polishing up some new switches and gussying up some others, following up on a broad set of announcements that it made back in May. The company is also trotting out some services to help customers make the transition from IPv4 to IPv6.

KEMP Technologies Makes Dent with Load Balancer Technology in SMB Space
By Carrie Schmelkin
October 5, 2011
TMCnet
"What we saw was that there was a pretty big gap in that space," Peter Melerud of KEMP Technologies told TMCnet at Interop (News - Alert) 2011 in New York City on Wednesday. "You had your traditional vendors but they focused on enterprise markets and their products are pretty expensive to buy and implement. Some of these products started at $20,000 and moved into the $100,000 mark and most companies need to buy them in pairs. These were not inexpensive products to buy, but if you were a smaller company with less than 1,000 servers it's hard to justify that cost."

The Coming HotSpot 2.0 Revolution
By Mike Vizard
October 5, 2011
CTO Edge
Speaking at the Interop 2011 conference in New York today, Sujai Hajela, vice president and general manager for Cisco's Wireless Networking Business unit, said that end users should not expect a seamless wireless experience, but rather demand it.

Social Is an Enterprise Security Risk
By Kim Davis
October 5, 2011
Internet Evolution
This morning at Interop 2011, I had the opportunity to attend a seminar conducted by Paul A. Henry on social media's newly acquired status as the top vehicle for delivering malware.As with so many discussions of the current cybersecurity environment, the talk made me just a little more anxious and depressed than I was before I heard it. At the same time, at least Mr. Henry, a detection and forensics expert and head of vNet Security LLC, has some recommendations to make.

Huawei To Challenge Cisco With Bold U.S. Enterprise Channel Push
By Chad Berndston
October 5, 2011
CRN
The goal, according to Huawei's U.S.-based enterprise and channel team, is to do 100 percent of Huawei's enterprise sales here through channel partners. Huawei is making the official unveiling in line with Interop New York this week.

Google Apps Vs Office 365? It All Depends
By Paul McDougall
October 5, 2011
InformationWeek
Office 365 and Google Apps offer similar upfront pricing, starting at about $5 or $6 per user, per month. But there's much more to consider, according to panelists who spoke Wednesday at a session at the Interop technology conference and expo, a UBM TechWeb event in New York City.

Data Security Company I Think Security Unveils Cloud Offering at Interop
By Carrie Schmelkin
October 5, 2011
TMCnet
"We secure stuff," Jeannot told TMCnet at Interop (News - Alert) 2011 in New York City on Wednesday. "What we do is prevent cyber attacks, corporate espionage, and any threats to your organization."While I Think Security promotes state-of-the-art security, it is still easy to use and to deploy, something which makes the company unique, according to Jeannot.

Ontario cities prowl U.S. show for IT investment
By Howard Solomon
October 5, 2011
Network World Canada
Among the crowd checking out the booths at this week's Interop IT conference in New York City are two Ontario residents looking for business. Not to buy or sell products, but to get companies to set up shop in the province.

NYC Goes Wireless to Cut Costs, Expand Services
By Agam Shah
October 5, 2011
PCWorld
The city is expanding the use of a wireless network called NYCWin covering all five boroughs in New York, and installing more wireless devices in buildings and streets as it tries to contain labor costs and deliver services faster and more effectively, said Carole Post, commissioner of NYC's department of information technology and telecommunications, during a speech at the Interop trade show in New York.

HP Expands FlexNetwork Portfolio, Hits at Cisco
By Chris Talbot
October 5, 2011
Channel Insider
At Interop New York HP announced an expansion of its product portfolio for the FlexNetwork architecture it first unveiled at Interop Las Vegas in May. The new products are designed to solidify HP's strategy to create a two-tiered, next-generation converged network that it's pitting against competitors such as Cisco Systems.

Opengear Spreads the Word about Expanded ARMS Functionality at Interop
By Carrie Schmelkin
October 5, 2011
TMCnet
In addition to having the very important task at Interop (News - Alert) 2011 of helping manage all of the equipment at InteropNet - the high-speed network that serves all the exhibitors, conference rooms and attendees - Opengear (News - Alert) had another item on its agenda for the New York City trade show.

Interop Roundup: Cisco, HP Make Moves As Cloud, Mobile Discussions Dominate
By Chad Berndston
October 5, 2011
CRN
Cisco (NSDQ:CSCO) and Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ) are two of the major industry vendors making big product launches at Interop New York, which kicked off this week and in its first full day of keynotes, presentations and exhibits, kept the conversation focused squarely on cloud computing and mobility.

IPv6, WAN Optimization Top of Mind at Interop New York 2011
By The Var Guy
October 5, 2011
The Var Guy
The VAR Guy is headed to Interop New York 2011, which is conveniently located (at least for our resident blogger) at the Javits Center in midtown Manhattan. It's a refreshing change of pace from The VAR Guy's constant traveling outside his home turf. But while the Las Vegas version of Interop is inarguably the more important of the two events, the New York venue still has something to offer attendees (and we're not talking knishes).

HP gets cloudy with FlexNetwork
By Bryan Betts
October 5, 2011
Cloud Pro
HP Networking has updated its FlexNetwork family with new hardware and software, announcing the move at this year's New York Interop.The company claimed the new products would address the needs of cloud builders, simplify migration to 10Gig networking and make it easier to safely connect users' own mobile devices

Interop: HP announces new FlexNetwork products
By Chris Talbot
October 5, 2011
Channel Buzz
With an eye towards transitioning networks from the traditional three-tier style to a two-tier style (removing the middle tier), HP announced its new products at Interop and made several direct comparisons to its biggest competitor's products. According to HP, the FlexNetwork architecture, which is a standards-based open architecture approach, provides performance gains and cost reductions over competing products from Cisco. The battle between the two vendors' network architecture strategies is heating up, and HP is boasting switching market share gains while Cisco is losing ground.

F5 Launches IPv6 Professional Services
By Steve Wexler
October 5, 2011
Network Computing
F5 Networks, Inc., which focuses on application delivery networking (ADN), is looking to lend a helping hand with a professional services offering intended to help organizations address their need to establish a presence on the IPv6 Internet. Its BIG-IP solutions are deployed in the Network Operations Center (NOC) at this week's Interop New York, where IPv6 is a big part of the event.

InteropNet's IPv6 Network Evolves For Interop New York
By Jim Rapoza
October 4, 2011
Network Computing
At this week's Interop conference in New York, attendees will be able to see a wide range of technologies from many different vendors. But some of the most interesting technology at the show will be running inside of the show's InteropNet network.

F5 Networks Offers IPv6 Transitional opportunities for VARs
By The Var Guy
October 4, 2011
The Var Guy
The VAR Guy will be roaming the halls at Interop New York 2011 so he'll be sure to check in with F5 Networks and see how BIG-IP is handling the big IPv6 switch. Our resident blogger has also reached out to see if IPv6 transitional services will be available to F5 Network VARs and partners. If it is, the IPv6 scene will be the biggest booming opportunity since mobile device management, so hop on board when you can.

F5 Networks Launches New Solution to Ease IPv6 Migration
By Nicole Henderson
October 3, 2011
Web host Industry Review
According to the press release, F5's BIG-IP solutions are deployed in the Network Operations Center at Interop New York. The solutions will provide application and IPv6 connectivity in support of Interop vendors and attendees."In support of our NOC infrastructure for Interop New York 2011, we're pleased to have F5 provide an array of IPv6 and intelligent traffic management solutions," Lenny Heymann, Interop general manager said in a statement. "IPv6 migration strategies are top of mind for many of our attendees, so the availability of F5's IPv6 Solution Services offering is timely. We appreciate and applaud all participating InteropNet vendors, including F5, for helping us deliver the best possible experience for both attendees and exhibitors."

IT's Coming: Interop New York
By Cindy Humphrey
October 3, 2011
Think Gig
We love October here at ThinkGig. Not just because the temps start to cool down and we get closer to enjoying our Halloween candy, but because we get to go to the Big Apple for Interop New York! We look forward to this event with great anticipation, not only because we provide the gargantuan portable network, but because we get a firsthand look at what's hot in the world of IT and get to rub elbows with our fellow network geeks.

F5 Networks Launches New Solution to Ease IPv6 Migration
By Nicole Henderson
October 3, 2011
The Web Host Industry Review
"In support of our NOC infrastructure for Interop New York 2011, we're pleased to have F5 provide an array of IPv6 and intelligent traffic management solutions," Lenny Heymann, Interop general manager said in a statement. "IPv6 migration strategies are top of mind for many of our attendees, so the availability of F5's IPv6 Solution Services offering is timely. We appreciate and applaud all participating InteropNet vendors, including F5, for helping us deliver the best possible experience for both attendees and exhibitors."

Load Balancer: Riverbed to Showcase Hybrid Cloud Performance Solutions at Interop
By Anil Sharma
October 3, 2011
TMCnet
Riverbed Technology, an IT performance company, is gearing up to showcase its hybrid cloud performance solutions at Interop (News - Alert) New York 2011. Interop New York takes place from Oct. 3 -7, in New York, N.Y.

It's time for Interop Fall 2011. Let the networking buzz begin.
By Tim Swiader
September 30, 2011
HP Blog
People talk about the buzz in many different ways. I have referenced the buzz in past blogs more around HP's products and services. I was in the cab heading to the hotel when I realized there is a buzz in New York City that is like no other part of the world. This town NEVER stops. Things are always buzzing here. Good to be back in the Big Apple. (While you're at it, catch some Interop buzz right now.)

Riverbed Shows Hybrid Cloud Performance Solutions at Interop New York 2011
By Mandira Srivastava
September 30, 2011
TMCnet
The conference, Interop New York will take place at October 3 - 7, 2011 in New York, NY and Riverbed (News - Alert) Technology has confirmed its participation at the event. Riverbed will be available at booth number 409 and will showcase its hybrid cloud performance solutions, which help globally-connected enterprises to consolidate IT infrastructure and reduce costs while increasing employee collaboration and productivity.

Interop Video Previews
By Mike Fratto
September 30, 2011
Network Computing
Interop New York 2011 is upon us. Starting October 3rd and running through October 7th, UBM's Interop show sill be taking place at the Javits Center. It going to be a full week starting with pre-conference days on virtualization, cloud computing, and CIO boot camp. Wednesday through Friday, the conference kicks off with three full days of in depth sessions and panels covering virtually every aspect of IT. The expo hall will be open Wednesday and Thursday so you can meet with vendors and see the latest gear. We have compiled previews for the most of the conference tracks to highlight some must see sessions if you are strapped for time.

Interop New York: Bright Lights, Big Network and How to Manage it All
By Marie Hattar
September 30, 2011
Cisco Blog
New York City always has lots going on, but if you're heading there next week, don't miss all the great activities we have going on at Interop 2011. We'll be focusing on several timely IT trends and issues, but our top billing will be Bring Your Own Device.In fact, if you saw my blog from the past week, Not Your Mother's Connected World, you might remember one of the statistics I cited from our 2011 Cisco Connected World Technology Report: Two-thirds of students (66%) and more than half of employees (58%) cite a mobile device (laptop, smartphone, tablet) as "the most important technology in their lives." This attitude, plus the overall proliferation of mobile devices up the ante for IT managers as they look to find new ways of managing the network.

A Look Forward at Interop NY 2011
By Aneel
September 28, 2011
Cisco Blog
As usual, Cisco will be at the Expo and represented in various sessions throughout the event. We'll have a big booth where Cisco representatives will be on hand to discuss and demo current Cisco technologies in: IPv6, UCS, MediaNet, WAAS, Secure-X, and more. We're also a premiere sponsor of InteropNet, where Cisco is leading the design of the show network, featuring 10 gig over copper connectivity and Cisco's Prime management system and wireless technologies - offering full IPv6 capabilities. Engineer-led booth tours will be available each day at the InteropNet NOC booth.

The Great Storage Protocol Debate
By Howard Marks
September 26, 2011
Network Computing
As the Great Debate: iSCSI Beats Fibre Channel session I'm moderating at Interop NY next month will demonstrate, passions run high when you get storage and server administrators talking about their favorite storage protocols.

Server Technology Hitting the Big Apple to Spread the Word about Data Center Power Monitoring
By Carrie Schmelkin
September 26, 2011
TMCnet
Just a few months ago, data center power monitoring company Server Technology (News - Alert) made a name for itself at Interop Las Vegas when the company powered the InteropNet. And, this time next week, Server Technology will again make its name heard when it attends Interop New York City for a second stab at the trade show.

Debating the next steps in WAN optimization
By Tony Thompson
September 23, 2011
Silver Peak
Interop New York is right around the corner, and with it comes a host of compelling panel presentations. In fact, independent analyst Jim Metzler of Ashton, Metzler, and Associates has invited Silver Peak to participate in a panel titled, "What are the next steps for WAN optimization?" Given all the recent advancements and progress being made in WAN optimization, this promises to be an exciting debate.

Is Mobile Device Management Dead?
By Craig Mathias
September 23, 2011
InformationWeek
I expect the SaaS community will adopt this direction big time, and, again, many IT managers are already sold on the cloud strategy and implementing it even in non-mobile settings. There may even be overwhelming cost advantages to the cloud approach, but I don't think anyone can point to a definitive study yet. OK, I must concede, in the near term a combination of both strategies is likely to be the solution of choice as the rush to implement mobility, largely due to user demand and the assumption of cost benefits via improvements in productivity, charges ahead. And the debate will continue--in fact, we're covering this very important topic (and many, many more) in detail at next month's Interop New York Conference. I hope to see you there.

CableSolve: Mobil App Supports Enterpirise IT Management
By Nicholas Mukhar
September 12, 2011
MSPmentor
"CableSolve already had a mobile component when we brought it to market in 2003," Goodison said. At the time it was strictly a Windows mobile component that helped companies manage their connectivity and related assets. In 2011, Cormant added support for BlackBerry, Android and various tablet devices. Next up, watch for Cormant to add support for virtualized server management. An announcement could emerge at Interop (Oct. 3-7, New York).

Cloud networking at Interop
By Jim Metzler
September 12, 2011
Network World
The early fall is a great time to be in New York. In September there is the US Open and in October there is the Interop conference. There is no doubt that Interop can provide a major assist to IT organizations that are grappling with the onslaught of new technologies and new products.

Interop to Feature Carrier Cloud Forum for Web Hosts at New York Event
August 30, 2011
Web Host Industry Review
Interop announced on Tuesday it will host the Carrier Cloud Forum, a first-time cloud services-focused program that will take place during Interop New York.