Top Coverage Highlights from Interop New York 2007

Six kind-of-enterprise wireless conferences to consider
By Steve Stroh
January 31, 2008
TechRepublic
I was updating my list of wireless-related conferences, and here’s a short list of some conferences to consider attending that relate (in some way) to the use of wireless in the enterprise

5 Things You Didn't Know About Software as a Service
By Fredric Paul
December 3, 2007
bMighty
In an effort to get to know "him" better, I attended a session at the recent Interop New York conference called "Software As A Service: Will It Work This Time?" Jeffrey M. Kaplan, managing director of THINKstrategies and Software-as-a-Service Showplace, took us all up close and personal with SaaS.

The Flaw in Femtocells
By Craig Mathias
November 26, 2007
NetworkWorld
I recently ran into Paul Callahan at Interop New York. I've known Paul for a long time; he was one of the founders of AutoCell Labs, who developed a technology for automatically configuring and optimizing Wi-Fi that I consider to be sheer genius. It really works, but it so far has not caught on; something about added cost, non-standard elements, and other mostly-valid but completely short-sighted considerations. Anyway, Paul is now VP of Business Development at Airvana, a company best known for EV-DO base stations but which really has a much broader view of the wireless world. Paul is a huge fan of femtocells, and said some fairly negative things about public-access Wi-Fi. I still think the latter is going to be a major success, and Paul didn't change my mind. But he did invite me to visit Airvana to see what they're doing in femtocells, and I was quick to take him up on the offer.

8 Essential Questions on Unified Communications
By Frederic Paul
November 26, 2007
bMighty.com
For many small and midsize companies, UC is still a lot of hot air. The experts offer a unified communications reality check. Vendors love to tout the concept of Unified Communications (UC) -- the real-time integration and redirection of voice, text, email, and other communication methods and business processes -- but for many small and midsize companies, it's all hot air -- lots of talk, without a lot of products. The truth is, actually implementing a full UC solution is still difficult and rather rare, especially for smaller companies. Nevertheless, UC continues to be heavily promoted by vendors, who are trying to convince smaller businesses that it's something they need, want, and can actually have. At the recent Interop New York 2007, a conference on business and technology, Blair Pleasant, president and principal analyst at COMMfusion LLC, a market research firm, led a panel titled "Unified Communications Reality Check," that attempted to clarify what's really going on in the world of unified communications by answering some basic questions about UC, explaining what it can mean to the smaller company, and forecasting what businesses can expect from UC in the future. bMighty's editor in chief Fredric Paul was there.

Disconnect on VM management
By Paul Weinberg
November 18, 2007
eChannelLine
Corporate IT specialists want virtualization management tools in their x86 server based IT environments, but they are not buying them yet, software company ScienceLogic discovered in a survey of 100 network and systems administrators at last month's Interop New York trade event.

Study: IT Wants More Virtualization Management Tools
By Laurianne McLaughlin
November 16, 2007
CIO
As enterprises continue to embrace virtualization, IT staffers see a need for better management tools for this key new technology. 75 percent of IT managers call virtualization management important to their operations, according to an October survey of 100 IT managers done at the Interop New York 2007 tradeshow by technology vendor ScienceLogic. Among that 75 percent, 39 percent call virtualization management "very important."

Interop: A Time to Digest
By Sean Michael Kerner
October 26, 2007
Internetnews.com
Reporter's Notebook: Sometimes an Interop show will herald a new technology that represents the entire event. Or sometimes someone will deliver a revolutionary keynote announcing an equally revolutionary approach that will achieve the same effect. Not this time. This time, the gem came in a panel.

Color Interop green - Interop keynotes, vendors and sessions focus on energy efficiency
By Jim Duffy
October 26, 2007
Network World
It wasn’t St. Patrick’s Day, but there was plenty of green to be found at Interop New York 2007.

AT&T Punts MediaFLO Proving Mobile TV Still Isn't Ready For Primetime
By Stephen Wellman
October 26, 2007
InformationWeek - Over the Air
While I was at Mobile Business Expo this week, my colleague, Eric Zeman, was out at [another conference] in San Francisco. In previous years mobile TV was all the buzz at [this show]. But this year, all the mobile TV buzz was gone. The industry started turning against mobile TV in February at 3GSM and now it looks like this trend is starting to peak. That can't be a good sign for the future of this technology.

NAC Can't Weather the Storm
By Lisa Vaas
October 26, 2007
eWeek
Vendor representatives on a panel Oct. 25 at Interop boasted that behavior-based observations can stop Storm-infected clients, even after NAC has given them carte blanche admission to a network. Fat chance, an expert [Josh Corman] said, given the vendors' three-year-old detection methods… Corman on Oct. 23 gave a presentation at Interop on the challenge of evolving cyber-threats, emphasizing the threat from the Storm worm botnet.

It’s no iPhone killer. But then again Nokia’s E90 goes after a different target: the ‘Bizirati’
By David Berlind
October 26, 2007
ZDNet - TestBed
Interop mention

'We're not scared' of Storm, say researchers
By Gregg Keizer
October 26, 2007
ComputerWorld
Security pros spooked by Storm botnet's retaliation? Not exactly. Reports that security researchers are running scared from hackers responsible for the Storm Trojan are overblown, say some of the people who have dug into the complex malware.] They're afraid," [Josh Corman of IBM's Internet Security Systems Inc.] told attendees at Interop New York on Tuesday. "They find these things but never say anything about them."

Sprint Adds Mobile Laptop Security
By Tim Wilson -- Dark Reading
October 26, 2007
unstrung
Interop -- Sprint Nextel Corp. yesterday announced that it is adding an optional piece of hardware for its mobile broadband service users that will enable companies to secure, manage, and enforce policy on laptop PCs.

Coyote Point Unveils Equalizer Series V8.0
By K.C. Jones
October 26, 2007
InformationWeek
Coyote Point Systems has released its biggest upgrade for its Equalizer Series V8.0 of load balancing and acceleration appliances. The upgrades, announced at Interop New York this week, aim to improve user experience and the amount of resources needed to run the equalizers…

Storm Worm detects early threat, launches counter-attacks
By Ruben Francia
October 26, 2007
Tech.blorge.com
Josh Corman, host-protection architect for IBM/ISS, who led a session on network threats at Interop New York, said that “As you try to investigate [Storm], it knows, and it punishes. It fights back.

Interop Winners: Desktop Conferencing, Deep Security
By Tom Smith
October 25, 2007
Information Week
Smith gives "picks for most interesting and most needed technologies from Interop this week… Most interesting technology: Desktop videoconferencing system from Avistar Communications Corp... Most desperately needed technology:… Mobile Armor"

Cisco investing in WiMax to bring broadband to developing areas
By Elena Malykhina
October 25, 2007
Information Week
With Sprint forking out up to $5 billion for WiMax efforts, Cisco is the next big company investing in the technology in hopes of bringing high-speed broadband to developing areas, said a Cisco executive … during a session at … Interop …in New York...

Mobile Business Expo: Tips For Building Business Mobility Strategies
By Stephen Wellman
October 25, 2007
Information Week

Can Microsoft Catch Its Cool?
By Barbara Krasnoff
October 25, 2007
Information Week
Krasnoff questions the foundation for why Apple's "cool" factor seems to be slightly higher than Microsoft's. "At Interop this week, Microsoft didn't only tout its latest products; it debuted a Web site called Who Are You? especially tailored for an IT audience. Described as "a community for passionate professionals," the site is a place where the tech experts who are a large part of its user base can upload and view videos illustrating the kind of things they do when they're not at work."
Krasnoff says the campaign is "not a bad idea" and " At the very least, Microsoft could find out whether its user base … and staffers is as devoted to its products as those who use Linux or Macs -- or, at least, whether they are willing to play, as well as work, in Microsoft's back yard."

GMail now supports IMAP; check that off your wish list
By Steve Ragan
October 25, 2007
M & C
On Wednesday, at Interop New York, … product management director for Google Enterprise, announced the release of IMAP support in GMail.

On The Floor at Interop: Day 1
By Sean Ginevan
October 25, 2007
Network Computing
Mobile security initiatives, device management and much more highlight some of the buzz from day one at Interop 2007. Interop New York 2007 is in full swing at the Javits Convention Center in New York, and there's been a healthy buzz of people … it's been fun to see companies from all sides of the IT industry at the same place.

Web 2.0 inevitable in the enterprise, experts say
By Jim Duffy
October 25, 2007
Network World
The Web 2.0 phenomenon – wikis, RSS feeds, social-networking platforms and mash-ups – soon will become a common mode of operation for enterprise IT, experts at the Interop New York 2007 conference said here this week.

Is Storm Worm Losing Force or Gaining It?
By SP
October 25, 2007
CSI Blog

Storm worm can befuddle NAC
By Tim Greene and Jim Duffy
October 25, 2007
Network World
Interop attendees hear of new threats, countermeasures … and retaliation A newly discovered capability of the Storm worm could invalidate results churned out by NAC products, attendees at Interop New York learned last week.

RedSky Debuts 'E911 Anywhere' At Interop
By Elena Malykhina
October 25, 2007
InformationWeek
RedSky Technologies on Thursday at the Interop show in New York City launched a new service that tracks the location of IP phones and routes 911 calls to a public safety point.

The Joys of Business Travel
By Matt Glotzbach
October 25, 2007
glotzbach.com
After finishing an exhilarating day keynoting at Interop, and doing my best to make my 2 and a half year old daughter the talk of the tech industry...

A Microsoft Eye Toward Interoperability
By Sean Kerner
October 25, 2007
InternetNews
At a conference called Interop, it only makes sense to have a keynote on interoperability. That call went to Tom Robertson, general manager of interoperability and standards at Microsoft, who spoke of the topic this morning at the show in New York.

How to Fight The Onslaught of Security Threats
By Sean Kerner
October 25, 2007
InternetNews
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Storm worm going out with a bang, mounts DDoS attacks against researchers
By Jacqui Cheng
October 25, 2007
Ars Technica
IBM/ISS host-protection architect Josh Korman told Interop New York conference attendees this week that the worm has the ability to see who is probing its servers and launch a DDoS attack on that IP as retaliation.

Report From Interop: Mobile Instant Messaging Is Here To Stay
By Elena Malykhina
October 25, 2007
InformationWeek

Interop’s ‘dirty air’ makes a perfect testing ground for Fluke’s wireless EtherScope
By David Berlind
October 25, 2007
ZDNet - Berlind's Testbed
Berlind defines "dirty air" as someplace "where there are hundreds of access points competing for a limited amount of airspace ..." and where wireless connections have the potential to get hung up.

Avistar’s videoconf client does multiple streams, dynamically throttles bandwidth usage
By David Berlind
October 25, 2007
ZDNet - Berlind's Testbed
Here at Interop, I happened across a company called Avistar that, as far as I could tell, has three selling propositions that, when taken together, make the offering rather unique.

Sprint Adds Laptop Security to Mobile Broadband
By Tim Wilson
October 25, 2007
Dark Reading
Interop -- Sprint yesterday announced that it is adding an optional piece of hardware for its mobile broadband service users that will enable companies to secure, manage, and enforce policy on laptop PCs.

Google Says "Failing Wisely" Is Just Fine
By Doug Caverly
October 25, 2007
WebProNews
At Google, we really focus on failing wisely,” said Matt Glotzbach, Google Enterprise’s product management director, at the Interop New York conference. “There is no penalty for failure. In fact we encourage it because if you’re not failing it means you’re probably not trying.

VM Security Risks: Phantom or Menace?
By Lisa Vaas
October 25, 2007
eWeek
David Lynch, vice president of marketing at Embotics, a VM life-cycle management vendor, said during a presentation here at Interop Oct. 23 that a fundamental issue with VMs is that they've come into enterprises via the back door, thereby slipping past standard security hardening.

The Storm Worm’s Striking Back!
By Daniel Nicholas
October 25, 2007
eNews 2.0
The Interop New York’s audience has been able to find out on Tuesday that the Storm worm has just started to fight back against the security researchers that had wanted it dead already!

NAC Gets Knocked Around
By Cora Nucci
October 25, 2007
bMighty.com
The story, reported from the Interop networking show in New York, goes on to lament that although "most companies are getting network access control," they continue to be vexed by issues like "cost, complexity, and vulnerabilities."

Startup Unveils Reputation-Based Spam Fighter
By Tim Wilson
October 25, 2007
Dark Reading
Interop New York -- Anti-spam vendors have tried blacklists and whitelists, and we're still getting spam. Now a new vendor is offering a different approach.

Telepresence Doesn't Have To Cost A Fortune
By Elena Malykhina
October 25, 2007
InformationWeek
That's why one startup, called LifeSize, caught my attention at Interop when it showed off its affordable high definition videoconferencing system.

The IMAP Feature Hits Google’s Gmail
By Daniel Nicholas
October 25, 2007
eNews 2.0
Google announces IMAP feature at Interop New York

WAN optimization technology makes waves at Interop New York
By Ann Bednarz
October 25, 2007
Network World
WAN optimization players flocked to the East Coast this week for Interop New York…

Google brings device synching to Gmail
By Jennifer Hagendorf Follett
October 25, 2007
CRN

Mobile Business Expo: Mobile 2.0 Crosses Consumer Apps With The Business World
By Stephen Wellman
October 25, 2007
InformationWeek - On the Air
At a Mobile Business Expo panel, Wellman discovers that "Web 2.0 consumer trends are shaping business mobility more than [he] thought."

Some thoughts on the Mobile Business Expo
By Philippe Winthrop
October 25, 2007
Enterprise Mobility Matters
I had a great time, attending some very informative panels and had the opportunity to meet a lot of interesting people working for innovative organizations in the wireless and mobile space. There were a couple of things during the event that really struck me...

Mobile Business Expo: Mobile Business Applications Are Here And They're Delivering Value
By Stephen Wellman
October 25, 2007
InformationWeek - On the Air
Yesterday at Mobile Business Expo (MBX), we took the deep dive into mobile business applications. Not only are businesses deploying applications other than mobile e-mail, many of these applications are powerful and they deliver real ROI.

Podcast: Interop, Facebooksoft, Leopard and more…
By Dan Farber, David Berlind
October 25, 2007
ZDNet - Dan and David Podcast
Overall, the assessment of Interop in this podcast is very good. He makes the following comments: "when [Interop is] in New York, it's sort of a regional show …this is probably IT central in terms of the domestic US …it makes a lot of sense to have this show here … more IT managers here than in any other place in the country …great vendors here… all the major players here … a lot of neat products" However, the speaker begins his talk on Interop with the opinion that there are "no big deals here" and "no blockbuster announcements," at Interop.

This is why Google succeeds
By John C. Welch
October 25, 2007
technorati
Interop and Google keynote mention - Pick up from Bynkii blog: http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2007/10/this_is_why_google_succeeds.html

From Interop, video of Plat’ Home’s Linux Server that fits in the palm of your hand
By David Berlind
October 25, 2007
ZDNet - Berlind's Testbed
Within minutes of arriving on the Interop show floor this morning and beginning my search for something cool to videotape for publication here on ZDNet, we found Plat’ Home’s booth in the back of the exhibitor’s area with two very cool products — both of them tiny Linux servers, one of which fits in the palm of your hand.

Microsoft really wants to know you
By Larry Dignan
October 24, 2007
ZDNet
Adjacent to a booth hosting all of Microsoft’s software was a rather odd sight at Interop. A karaoke, guitar-laden extravaganza (exaggeration alert). Dignan calls one of the IT performances he witnessed "Good times."

At Interop, Enterprise Sometimes Follows The LIttle Guys
By Barbara Krasnoff
October 24, 2007
InformationWeek
While the big bucks in technology are dedicated to the development of enterprise solutions, occasionally it seems as though consumer-based apps can take the lead -- at least, as far as creativity is concerned.

Interop: Innovation is About 'Getting Out of the Way'
By Sean Michael Kerner
October 24, 2007
InternetNews.com
Companies' approach to information technology needs to become more flexible if they're to survive changing business models. That's the thinking behind this morning's keynotes here at Interop New York, where executives from XenSource and Google advocated that companies embrace greater flexibility in IT strategies.

Heading to New York today for Interop... speaking tomorrow on VoIP Security
By Dan York
October 24, 2007
Disruptive Telephony
In a few hours I'll be boarding a plane back to New York where I'll be attending Interop New York this afternoon and tomorrow.

Mobile Business Expo: Microsoft's New Mobile Platform May Be WinMo's Tipping Point
By Stephen Wellman
October 24, 2007
Information Week - Over the Air
Microsoft delivered a potential body blow to the mobile business market yesterday with a new mobility platform designed to make Windows Mobile the de facto standard for IT. Will this be Microsoft's mobile tipping point?

Mobile Business Expo: iAnywhere Brings Enterprise E-mail To The iPhone
By Stephen Wellman
October 24, 2007
Information Week - Over the Air
…get ready because soon you may be able to access your corporate network with your iPhone.

Mobile Business Expo: How To Craft A Mobile E-mail Strategy
By Stephen Wellman
October 24, 2007
Information Week - Over the Air
Yesterday afternoon at Mobile Business Expo (MBX) we tackled the issue of crafting a push e-mail strategy. Guess what, it's not just about e-mail anymore.

7 Steps To A Greener Data Center
By Paul McDougall
October 24, 2007
Information Week
Next to labor, energy represents the biggest expense associated with running a data center. On Wednesday, Interop attendees learned ways to reduce those costs and save thousands of dollars.

Google's Glotzbach Evangelizes 'Culture Of Collaboration' At Interop
By By K.C. Jones
October 24, 2007
Information Week
The product management director at Google Enterprise suggests companies need not only to push their ideas to market quickly but also innovate internally to survive.

XenSource Founder Outlines Virtualization's Road Map At Interop
By Elena Malykhina
October 24, 2007
Information Week
Simon Crosby hints at how his group at Citrix will spread hypervisors everywhere with the help of partnerships with Amazon.com, Dell, Microsoft, and Symantec.

Fluke Networks Previews Unified Performance Management System
By Elena Malykhina
October 24, 2007
Information Week
Fluke Networks …on Wednesday will preview its new unified performance management system at the Interop show in New York City.

InterOp New York Keynotes Highlight Web 2.0’s Influence on the Enterprise
By Adam Hirsch
October 24, 2007
Mashable
Fluke Networks …on Wednesday will preview its new unified performance management system at the Interop show in New York City.

XenSource CTO: Dell Deal Takes Virtualization Mainstream
By Jennifer Hagendorf Follett
October 24, 2007
CRN
XenSource's move this week to embed its technology into Dell servers marks a major step toward widespread adoption of virtualization, said the company's CTO Wednesday at Interop New York 2007.

Interop: Citrix XenSource Flys as Google Crashes
By Donna Bogatin
October 24, 2007
Inside Chatter
While calling Google's keynote address off-topic, Bogatin give kudos to Heymann for "seeking real information from the Google keynoter." Bogatin also calls XenSource's keynote as a "home run performance.

Interop NYC: Microsoft vs. Google Enterprise Showdown?
By Donna Bogatin
October 24, 2007
Inside Chatter
Will we hear the same old "Google love belongs in the enterprise” spiel at Interop, or will a newly Positini powered Apps team finally speak to the enterprise on the professional level expected?

XenSource preaches the joy of platform virtualization
By Paula Rooney
October 24, 2007
The Register
New management, new credo, same old enemy

From Interop: Geoage rapidly turns handsets into wireless structured data gatherers
By Berlind's Test Bed
David Berlind
October 24, 2007
ZDNet

Interop, Innovation and IMAP
By Pam Saenger
October 24, 2007
Google Enterprise Blog
Greetings from Interop, NYC.

The Daily Poll: Google Apps Enterprise
By Adam Hirsch
October 24, 2007
Mashable
Returning from the InterOp New York Keynote with Google Enterprise Head of Products Matthew Glotzbach, it’s apparent that innovation in consumer technology is outpacing business technology." Poll found that majority of survey takers thought that Google Apps is not up to par yet to use in the enterprise.

Microsoft gives interoperability progress report
By Paul Krill
October 24, 2007
InfoWorld
Different organizations are focused on issues in multiple technology areas, including security, systems management, and collaboration" Report given to Interop attendees

Interop: App Delivery Choices Abound
By Sean Michael Kerner
October 24, 2007
InternetNews
Enterprise IT shops are facing a multi-year trend toward having more employees in remote offices while trying to consolidate their datacenters. The goal is to connect all those disparate users with their applications as fast as possible. Attendees at the Interop show here hope to learn how to meet that goal.

Speaking at Interop New York tomorrow about VoIP security… and also ISC2 member reception
By Dan York
October 24, 2007
Voice of VOIPSA
Overview of leaders sitting on security panel at Interop New York

Storm Fights Back
By Lisa Vaas
October 24, 2007
eWeek
Yet another security researcher at Interop was warning attendees on Oct. 24 that the Storm worm botnet is fighting back, sending DDoS attacks to not only the researchers looking into it but to anybody on their subnet, within 5 seconds of initiating efforts to fight it or examine it.

Storm Worm Botnet Lobotomizing Anti-Virus Programs
By Lisa Vaas
October 24, 2007
eWeek
The … Storm worm botnet is adding yet another trick to its vast repertoire: Instead of killing anti-virus products on target systems, it's now doing a hot fix with a memory patch to render them brain-dead. The finding was made by Sophos and was mentioned by Joshua Corman, a principal security strategist for IBM Internet Security Systems, … in his presentation here at Interop on the challenge of evolving cyber-threats.

NetIQ enters IT process automation fray
By Denise Dubie
October 24, 2007
Network World
Systems and security management vendor NetIQ unveils IT process automation platform at Interop.

Horn Group Clients Take the Stage at Interop NY/Mobile Business Expo
By Joe Ciarallo
October 24, 2007
Horn Group Blog
Horn Group was on hand at CMP’s largest IT show, which took place Oct. 23-25 in NYC. Clients Extricom and Vettro both spoke at Mobile Business Expo, a “subset” of the conference, which focused on, you guessed it, enterprise mobility. (Overview of event with accompanying photography)

News Today from Microsoft @ Interop NY
By Matusow
October 24, 2007
Matusow's Blog

Two years ago today, Blue Box podcast #1 was launched
By Dan York
October 24, 2007
Blue Box, the VoIP Security Podcast
Talks about connectivity at Interop: "great connectivity in some areas"

Google adds IMAP support to Gmail
By Darrin Olsen
October 24, 2007
Slippery Brick
Google announced today at Interop New York that Gmail will now support IMAP along with POP3 for synchronizing email across multiple mobile devices and computers.

Not Just India And China Vying For U.S. Tech Jobs
By OhioChick
October 24, 2007
Democratic Underground
At OutsourceWorld, a conference that's operating in conjunction with Interop this week at New York's Javits Center, the vendor booths added up to a virtual United Nations of offshoring.

Verizon Biz Offers Satellite
By Jim Duffy, Denise Dubie and Tim Greene
October 23, 2007
Light Reading
Verizon Business announces agreement to offer portable satellite service to enterprise customers. Announcement in conjunction with Mobile Business Expo.

Mobile Business Expo: Applications Lead Way In The Verticals
By Stephen Wellman
October 23, 2007
InformationWeek
Recap of Mobile Business Expo mobility panel. Wellman summed it up as a "great session."

Wireless, Video High On Interop Hit List
By Jennifer Hagendorf Follett
October 23, 2007
CRN
Article gives a brief overview of Interop, discussing wireless and video exhibitors at the show.

Verizon Business Expands Access To Satellite Broadband Services
By K.C. Jones
October 23, 2007
Yahoo News

Verizon Business Expands Access To Satellite Broadband Services
By K.C. Jones
October 23, 2007
InformationWeek
Verizon makes announcement at Mobile Business Expo. "Almost two-thirds of the companies interviewed by Forrester Research in 2007 expect to increase mobile data spending."

Test Center Tracker: Skinny Windows, Cool Servers, and Life Building Tradeshows
By Curt Franklin
October 23, 2007
InfoWorld
Interop Rises: It's fascinating watching a large network being installed in a convention center. It's even more interesting watching the network professionals who make it happen.

SonicWall announces larger UTM devices
By Tim Greene, Framingham
October 23, 2007
ResellerNews
Interop New York mention

Verizon Launches First Portable Satellite Service
By Prabhala Ranga Sai
October 23, 2007
TMCnet
Mobile Business Expo mention

LifeSize rocks the HD conferencing world with affordable 720p solutions
By George Ou
October 22, 2007
ZDNet
Now at Interop fall 2007 in New York, it appears that LifeSize has again rocked the video conferencing world by releasing 720p HD products at half the price of competing 720p solutions.

HP upgrades Network Node Manager; Interop NY Kicks Off This Week
By Podcast
October 22, 2007
NetworkWorld
The article covers key stats, messaging, themes and keynotes.

Interop’s little sister decked out for fall -New York show big on content, light on announcements
By Jim Duffy, Denise Dubie and Tim Greene
October 22, 2007
NetworkWorld
Yes, the little sister to the humongous show in Vegas in the spring begins this week, and while not as large or lavish, it nonetheless will host content key to enterprise network architects.

Road trip!!! Startup Camp, Mobile Expo, Interop pack into Manhattan next week
By David Berlind
October 19, 2007
ZDNet
…come Sunday afternoon, me and the boys will be packing into the SUV and heading down to NYC for three back-to-back events.

The Week Ahead
By Gina Smith
October 19, 2007
InfoWorld
"Fall means Interop time." The "ever-entertaining XenSource Founder Simon Crosby" will keynote.

Interop: Four Shows In One
By KC Jones
October 17, 2007
InformationWeek
Overview of exhibitors, collocation and themes.

Interop Keynoters Are Industry Standard Bearers
By Paul McDougall
October 17, 2007
InformationWeek
McDougall calls four keynotes at Interop "business computing veterans"

Vendors Ready Their Products For Interop Show In New York--Eye On Collaboration
By Elena Malykhina
October 16, 2007
InformationWeek
At next week's Interop show in New York, more than 200 companies will showcase their technologies, including Microsoft, Siemens, and Verizon Business. Plenty of announcements, mostly focused on making networks faster, safer, and more efficient, are also on tap.