Network Management Strategies for the CIO
Keep up with what's happening at Interop Las Vegas 2009 in this conference coverage. Interop takes place May 17-21, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, and our editors will be there. Read all the biggest news stories, interviews, and blog tidbits, download podcasts and watch exclusive videos from one of networking's biggest annual events to find out the latest Interop news on network management, network security, networked application delivery, automation, WAN performance, unified communications, virtualization, wireless, the networking channel and more.
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TOP STORIES
Interop:
Reinvent data center networks by smashing silos
In order to get the most out of next-generation data center networking technologies such as Fibre
Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), IT departments must not only conquer interoperability issues, but
also break down organizational silos within the data center. That was the view of some of the
world's leading network equipment vendors at an Interop keynote panel Wednesday titled "Reinventing
the Data Center."
VMware
CTO talks virtual server networking at Interop
Virtual server networking can be challenging because of the lack of visibility into the virtual
machines. But, as companies creep closer to 100% virtualized environments, virtualization software
leader VMware is aware of these challenges and is working to address them through APIs, new
products and partnerships. VMware CTO Stephen Herrod sat down with SearchNetworking.com at Interop
Las Vegas to discuss virtual server networking. Herrod described the challenges that networking
professionals face with server virtualization and what VMware and others in the industry are doing
to solve those challenges.
MORE NEWS
Talking
cloud computing networks and 10 Gigabit Ethernet with Arista
Top executives from cloud computing network switch vendor Arista Networks, which specializes in
high-density 1 rack unit 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, discuss their vision for the company.
Enabling
unified communications, measuring WAN performance ROI top Interop agendas
Two prevailing themes wafting through the Interop conference rooms this week were unified
communications and the challenge of measuring the return on investment (ROI) of WAN performance
fixes like optimization tools, accelerators and data compression technologies.
Nortel's
VSP 9000 switch takes on Cisco, skeptical customers
Nortel Networks comes to Interop Las Vegas this week with an announcement of a new data center core
switch designed to go toe-to-toe with Cisco Systems' Nexus 7000. But Nortel faces a hard sell
trying to convince enterprises to invest in infrastructure from a company in Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection.
Cost-effective
WAN fixes, not buzzwords the challenge at Interop 2009
Affordable WAN solutions that cut costs rather than vague buzzwords and trend talk will need to be
the focus at Interop 2009, where crowds will likely be thin.
EXPERT PREVIEWS
IT
automation, automated network management essential
IT automation and automated network management are becoming essential technologies for increasing
the value of IT and ensuring application performance in increasingly complex networked
environments. We caught up with Rick Sturm and Jim Frey of Enterprise Management Associates Inc.
(EMA) to discuss the current state and importance of automation technologies.
Jim
Metzler previews the networking track at Interop
Although Interop is much more than a networking show these days, it still has a strong program of
networking topics. Dr. Jim Metzler, of Metzler, Ashton & Associates, will chair the networking
track at this year's Interop Las Vegas. We talked to Dr. Metzler about some hot networking topics
that are up for discussion.
Network
security threats solved by risk management
Network security threats abound, and news of data breaches are constantly made public. Are
information security professionals doing something wrong? Interop IT security track chair John
Pironti, president of IP Architects, LLC, explains why we need to think of information security as
risk management.
Virtualization
Management at Interop; new focus for network managers
The addition this year of a Virtualization Management track at Interop signals the growing
pervasiveness of virtual technologies in the data center. Virtualization/Virtualization Management
Track Chairs Barb Goldworm and Anne Skamarock of FOCUS discuss what virtualization management means
for network managers today.
Joel
Snyder discusses Network Access Control Day
The NAC DAY mini-conference at Interop dives deep into all things network access control. The event
is an opportunity for networking professionals to get a solid technical understanding of this
maturing network security technology. NAC Day chairman Joel Snyder disucsses NAC trends and
"gotchas" in this Q&A.
Exploring
enterprise wireless trends at Interop
Wireless and mobility coverage has been expanded to three tracks this year, thanks to the expanding
presence of wireless and mobility in the enterprise. Track leader and Farpoint Group founder Craig
Mathias discusses enterprise wireless trends and the questions he hopes will be explored at
Interop.
Deploying
and managing video conferencing from the desktop to telepresence
Track chair John Bartlett of NetForecast Inc. discusses what companies should consider to get the
most from a video conferencing solution in terms of ROI, TCO and QoS, as well as the differences
between video conferencing solutions, such as HD video conferencing, telepresence and desktop
conferencing.
This was first published in May 2009
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