Viva Interop Las Vegas

Opinion
May 4, 20054 mins

* Breaking news from Interop Las Vegas 2005 * Upcoming trade shows * Free Network World Technology Tours

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If you couldn’t attend Interop this year, don’t worry because we have an army of reporters and editors at the show busy meeting with vendors, attending keynotes and technical sessions and reporting back what they saw and heard. Check back regularly at Network World’s Netflash page, where you will find up-to-the-minute stories from Interop. We’re also giving readers a voice at the show – we’re inviting readers to send in their photos of the show via Flickr, and readers can send in their audio comments about our Interop radio downloads. Also, don’t miss our “Interop Reporter’s Notebook,” where our team in Vegas report back on the weird and wonderful happenings on the show floor, as they occur.

Below are highlights from day 1 of the show. For the complete Interop headlines, updated throughout the duration of the show, please click here: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/interop.html .

For photos from the show, click here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/interop/ .

For Network World Radio reports, click here: http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0503radio.html .

For the Interop Reporter’s Notebook, click here:  http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0503notebook.html .

* BREAKING NEWS FROM INTEROP LAS VEGAS:

Cisco crams multiple security boxes into new appliance, 05/03/05

Playing off of Cisco CEO John Chambers’ security-themed keynote address at Interop Tuesday, Cisco this week introduced a security appliance that rolls multiple services into a single box, with the aim of making it easier for businesses to secure network borders.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0503cisasa.html?nl

eIQ ramps up compliance mgmt. software, 05/03/05

Security management vendor eIQnetworks announced this week at Interop 2005 an upgraded version of its security management software that now includes more tools to help IT managers deal with regulatory audits.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0503eiq.html?nl

AT&T rolls out hosted IP PBX service, 05/03/05

AT&T this week announced a suite of IP services that will include voice, conferencing, messaging and video.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0503attinterop.html?nl

Security is top issue, says Chambers, 05/03/05

Cisco CEO John Chambers kicked off Interop 2005 Tuesday, highlighting the importance of integrated security in corporate networks, and how businesses can use a secure network infrastructure as a productivity-boosting tool.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0503chambers.html?nl

* UPCOMING TRADE SHOWS (May, June, July):

Gartner Symposium/ITExpo

May 15-19, San Francisco

https://www.gartner.com/2_events/symposium/2005/spg7.jsp

G-Force 2005: Genesys User Conference

May 23-25, Miami, Fla.

https://www.genesysevents.com/gforce2005/

Gartner IT Summit

June 6-8, Washington D.C.

https://www4.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/sec11.jsp

Microsoft Tech Ed 2005

June 5-10, Orlando, Fla.,

https://www.microsoft.com/seminar/teched2004/default.mspx

HP Software Forum 2005

June 6-10, Denver, Colo.,

https://www.hpsoftwareforum.com/

Supercomm 2005

June 7-9, Chicago

https://www.supercomm2005.com/

Collaborative Technologies Conference

June 19-22, New York

https://www.nwfusion.com/nltradealert1597

2005 JavaOne

June 27-30, San Francisco

https://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/index.jsp

C3 Expo (formerly TECHXNY)

June 28-30, New York City

https://www.techxny.com/

Burton Group Catalyst North America 2005

July 13-15, San Diego

https://www.burtongroup.com/catalyst/

* FREE NETWORK WORLD TECHNOLOGY TOURS:

VoIP: Capitalizing on Convergence

June 7-16, various cities

https://www.nwfusion.com/events/voip05/index.html

At VoIP, you’ll gain valuable lessons and practical solutions through real-world data and case studies from Johna Till Johnson and six leading VoIP companies. At this one-day event, you’ll discover how to: turn VoIP into a productivity and collaboration megatool, manage voice as easily as you do data, repurpose existing infrastructure for key VoIP apps, and control expectations as well as expenses.

For links to presentations, white papers and other resources related to the previous Network World Technology Tours, pleasehttps://www.nwfusion.com/events/itseminars.html  

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