Interop New York 2006 Keynotes, Program to Address IT Themes Most Relevant to Business Success

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Interop®, produced by CMP Technology, today announced its keynote lineup for the 2006 New York event, featuring executives from Juniper Networks, CA, Inc., Symantec Corporation, Socialtext and Harvard Business School. These industry visionaries will be on hand to address the most pressing issues facing organizations that are demanding more from IP communications to drive business success. Interop New York (http://www.interop.com/) will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, September 18-22, 2006.

This distinguished list of speakers at Interop New York includes the following:

-- Scott Kriens
     Chairman and CEO
     Juniper Networks

  -- John Swainson
     President and CEO
     CA, Inc.

  -- Mark Bregman
     Senior Vice President
     Chief Evangelist
     Symantec Corporation

  -- Ross Mayfield
     CEO
     Socialtext

  -- Andrew P. McAfee
     Associate Professor
     Harvard Business School

The entire Interop conference will be powered by the InteropNet network, built to support voice, video and data for thousands of demanding attendees and sponsoring exhibitors throughout the week. The InteropNet serves as the Interop event network backbone that offers reliable, high-speed network services to all Interop exhibitors, conferences and meeting rooms. This unique network features industry-leading vendors working side-by-side with their peers to put the IT infrastructure industry's newest technologies to the test and share findings with other IT professionals. The InteropNet is made possible by bringing together leading experts, vendors, and companies in a forum that provides unprecedented access to the benefits and challenges associated with new networking technologies. InteropNet volunteers are currently assembling the InteropNet, and are describing their experiences building the InteropNet through their blog at: http://interop.com/blog/.

The InteropNet will also fuel the InteropLabs, the world's only real-time live interoperability test bed for the latest networking technologies. At Interop New York, the InteropLabs will showcase the various NAC frameworks being developed, allowing attendees to watch experts develop, implement and test new solutions in a live vendor-neutral, standards-based arena. As network access security approaches are beginning to leverage a number of established and emerging standards from IEEE 802 and the IETF including IEEE 802.1X, EAP and RADIUS, the InteropLabs will focus on new approaches for controlling access to vital IT infrastructure based on a wide variety of policy information.

For 21 years, Interop has helped IT and business decision-makers bring together the key components of a solid information strategy to drive efficiency and competitive advantage for their organizations. As business continues to drive the adoption of technology, and the converged network is creating new advantages, an emerging "IP for business" philosophy has woven itself into the fabric of business process applications that will be on display at Interop New York. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique InteropNet and InteropLabs programs, Interop® provides the forum for the most powerful innovations and solutions the industry has to offer.

Interop has held a unique place in the IP networking and infrastructure markets for over two decades, and is responsible for fostering the innovation that has fueled the revolution and evolution in IP networking. With network convergence now taking center stage as the key enabler of the latest technology innovations, Interop will continue to show how all of the pieces fit together to help IT organizations overcome their business challenges.

About Interop®

Interop®, now part of the CMP Technology family of global brands, has led the revolution and evolution in IP networking for the past twenty years, and is dedicated to promoting and demonstrating the interoperability of the converged network, applications and devices to seamlessly exchange and use information to address the full range of business challenges facing IT organizations today and tomorrow. As the leading destination for technology buyers and sellers, Interop has fostered the growth and evolution of the IT industry for the past two decades, and remains the most anticipated and only comprehensive IT event. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique InteropNet and InteropLabs programs, Interop provides the forum for the most powerful innovations and solutions the industry has to offer. Interop New York will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, September 18-22, 2006, and Interop Las Vegas will return to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, May 20-25, 2007. For more information about these events, visit http://www.interop.com/.

About CMP Technology

CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology, healthcare and lifestyles industries. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP Technology has earned the confidence of more professionals and enthusiasts in these fields than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in each of these industries in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

For more information visit: http://www.cmp.com/.

SOURCE: CMP Technology

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