IT pros and biz tech vendors converge at Interop Las Vegas this week

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Hear what's new, what's hot, and what to expect at Interop Las Vegas 2008 in this interview with Lenny Heymann, general manager of Interop, as part of the Tech Sanity Check podcast. [Read More] Posted By: Jason Hiner on 04/28/2008 @ 05:00:36 AM in Tech Sanity Check

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Nortel claims that it is siphoning network customers away from Cisco

Nortel is positioning itself up as a "green" networking vendor that has the right history and products to take market share from Cisco Systems, and Nortel has a new research study and a group of converted customers that it's using to help spread the message. [Read More] Posted By: Jason Hiner on 05/20/2008 @ 09:04:49 AM in Tech Sanity Check

Sanity check: The top four trends in IT from Interop Las Vegas 2008

I tried to sniff out big trends in the IT industry at Interop Las Vegas 2008 by looking at the booths getting the most traffic, the sessions that were most crowded, the topics that got the quickest rise out of attendees, and the buzz phrases coming out of the lips of the most people. Here are the top four trends that I found. [Read More] Posted By: Jason Hiner on 05/04/2008 @ 11:28:12 PM in Tech Sanity Check

Xirrus gets cocky about 802.11n and tells IT pros to "Ditch the switch"

At Interop Las Vegas 2008, Xirrus tried to convince IT pros that it was time to ditch their switches and replace them with the Xirrus 802.11n wireless arrays. See photos of the gimmicky props at their Interop booth and learn why the whole idea is pure fiction at this point. [Read More] Posted By: Jason Hiner on 05/01/2008 @ 05:28:09 AM in Tech Sanity Check

Energy Camp trades PowerPoints for user discussions to explore Green IT

On Monday, the day before the main events of Interop Las Vegas 2008 officially kicked off, a group of about 70 professionals from the technology industry huddled up for an unconference called Energy Camp, which used a free-wheeling, user-driven format to explore the issues of energy efficiency and Green IT. [Read More] Posted By: Jason Hiner on 04/30/2008 @ 10:56:28 PM in Tech Sanity Check

Implement 10 GB Ethernet over copper with planning

One clear theme from Interop Las Vegas 2008 is that 10 GB Ethernet is upon us. A demonstration that caught my eye in particular was related to crosstalk when using 10 GB Ethernet on copper cabling. [Read More] Posted By: Rick Vanover on 04/29/2008 @ 04:40:05 PM in Network Administrator

McAfee Total Protection for Network is an enterprise-class network security center

The McAfee Total Protection (ToPS) for Network product suite is designed to replace endless network appliances, while following a popular consolidation trend in enterprise computing by using blade server technology. [Read More] Posted By: Rick Vanover on 04/29/2008 @ 01:52:41 PM in Network Administrator

Splunk seeks to revolutionize IT change management using its IT search platform

Splunk, the pioneer of IT search, released its Splunk for Change Management package on Tuesday at Interop Las Vegas 2008. [Read More] Posted By: Jason Hiner on 04/29/2008 @ 10:18:33 AM in Tech Sanity Check