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Review: InteropLabs home in on VoIP, NAC
May. 16, 2007
This year's experimental portion of the Interop show network -- called InteropLabs (iLabs) – is about testing technology today that you'll likely be implementing next year. With a hundreds of products from dozens of ...
NAC players prove Interop on experimental show net
May. 16, 2007
You don't often see Cisco, Juniper, and Microsoft working together. But that's what happened last month as the superstars of NAC gathered in an industrial warehouse in Belmont, Calif., to prepare for InteropLabs (iLabs ...
Scaling and securing VoIP
May. 16, 2007
VoIP vendors say they deliver scalability and security. And InteropLabs (iLabs) testing mostly proved them right in multivendor settings. But testing also revealed some implementation gotchas in both of those areas, and ...
Microsoft plays up NAP at Interop
May. 29, 2007
Microsoft made a big deal at Interop of its network access protection (NAP) software working with other vendor's NAC gear.
Interop Las Vegas 2007 planning guide
May. 14, 2007
Whether you own a five-employee business or are CIO of a Fortune 500 company, almost everything you need to know about running your network can be learned at Interop.
Network World Video: Interop 2007 video notebook
May. 30, 2007
Network World's Keith Shaw tours the Interop 2007 floor looking for the best 70's game and talking with the booth "help."
Interop Nights: Parties and After-Hours Events | NetworkWorld.com Community
May. 14, 2007
Las Vegas is certainly a convention destination in no small part due to it's nightlife. Next week's Interop 2007 will be no exception. I imagine the expo floor will be 1 part business, 1 part hangover and 1 part ...
The real strength of Avaya's IP Telephony system, Part 2
Jun. 06, 2007
Last time, we discussed how the SMB office and the branch office both need IPT systems that offer affordability, usability, and manageability. Today, we'd like to highlight how the two environments are different.
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Keeping guests corralled
Jun. 05, 2007
In practice, the most common reason for using NAC has been to keep guest visitors corralled when they log in to corporate networks.
The real strength of Avaya's IP Telephony system, Part 1
Jun. 04, 2007
Last week, we highlighted an Avaya announcement about the company's new IP Telephony system called Avaya Distributed Office, designed to meet the challenges of smaller offices that are part of a larger enterprise. ...
Some of the gems at Interop
May. 31, 2007
Interop in Las Vegas two weeks ago featured the usual litany of big vendors, but it's fun to nose around to see what the smaller shops have cooked up.
Nortel, Trapeze diverge on Smart Mobile recommendations
May. 30, 2007
Trapeze and one of its primary OEMs, Nortel, don't quite see eye to eye on their recommendations for customers' use of distributed wireless switching.
Switch sales slip
May. 29, 2007
The robust activity around LAN switches that we saw at the Interop trade show this week was tempered by the release of market research that showed that the Ethernet switch market has shrunk.
Avaya targets IP at SMBs; Nortel unveils hosted IP telephony services
May. 28, 2007
Enterprise infrastructure suppliers timed several announcements last week to coincide with Interop 2007 held in Las Vegas. Today, we'd like to highlight news from Avaya and Nortel.
Can you afford to be strategic about mobility?
May. 28, 2007
At the Interop trade show last week, the sobering reality of IT budgets and cost containment mandates tempered the enthusiasm surrounding fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) — at least, during one panel session.
Interop 2007: No lonely cowboys here
May. 25, 2007
Interop 2007: No lonely cowboys here
Green computing driven by cold, hard cash
May. 24, 2007
If a chance to save the world from climate change isn't a compelling reason to embrace environmentally sound technologies, there is one incentive large corporations can't ignore -- money.
Microsoft donates its NAP software to the public
May. 24, 2007
Microsoft has donated part of its network access protection (NAP) software to the public, and it has been picked up by the Trusted Computing Group as one of its NAC standards.
Slideshow: Interop 2007 highlights
May. 24, 2007
Images and highlights from Interop 2007.
Wireless LANs gain controller improvements
May. 23, 2007
LAS VEGAS -- Wireless LAN vendors unveiled an array of software improvements to their core systems software at this week's Interop Las Vegas trade show.
Cisco, Nortel weigh in on switches of the future
May. 23, 2007
Ethernet switch makers Cisco and Nortel this week said network professionals should start paying a lot more attention to keeping their wiring closets cool and energy efficient as power consumption grows.
Don't sniff at used network gear, dealers say
May. 23, 2007
While many among the 400 exhibitors at Interop this week trotted out new network gear, members of UNEDA would rather talk about the old stuff. The United Network Equipment Dealer's Association, a group of used-equipment ...
Zoho Notebook released in public beta
May. 23, 2007
A free online notebook application used to create and aggregate content was made available in a public beta this week at Interop.
CSOs lasting longer, but still out after three years
May. 23, 2007
LAS VEGAS -- The life span of corporate CSOs is increasing, with the average stay about 36 months, up from 24 months just a few years ago, attendees of CSO Bootcamp at Interop Las Vegas' were told this week.
WAN optimization, VoIP and MPLS top IT managers' plans
May. 23, 2007
LAS VEGAS –WAN optimization, VoIP and MPLS are among the technologies most of interest to IT executives attending Interop this week, according to a survey conducted on the show floor.
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