Over 55 Exhibitors Make Big Announcements at Interop Las Vegas 2009

Get a Sense of the Market and Who Is Making News at North America's Largest Business Technology Event

SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 -- Interop Las Vegas, produced by TechWeb, today announced more than 55 announcements will be made at next week's event, happening May 17-21, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Interop, North America's largest business technology event, offers the premier platform for IT business leaders to showcase new products and services to key audiences. Enterprise Cloud Summit and Mobile Business join the program for the first time this year, offering deep dives into business IT's most important topics: mobility and cloud computing.

"The economy hasn't slowed the pace of innovation and our exhibitors have chosen Interop Las Vegas as the venue to introduce their technological advances and make their stories heard," said Lenny Heyman, Interop General Manager. "We're looking forward to next week and taking the pulse of this exciting time."

The list of Interop Las Vegas 2009, Enterprise Cloud Summit and Mobile Business Conference exhibitors introducing new products or services or making news announcements will continue to grow throughout the event, and currently includes the following:

3Com introduces its broad, fresh H3C enterprise networking portfolio that delivers exceptional price/performance value. New products include: the H3C S12500, which redefines large-scale data-center core switching; the H3C S5800 "flex-chassis" switch, which can be deployed at any layer of the network; and IMC, a single-pane platform for managing heterogeneous networks.

A10 will announce a new high-performance Application Delivery hardware platform with innovative new features for Layer 4-7 load balancing, networking and security.

Advanced e-Tech of San Jose is releasing two 19" cabinets in INTEROP 09 - SAT serial for high end user and SSR serial for more economic usage. Both serials are designed and manufactured from AeT's China factory with Power/Energy and cooling features to support the "Green" Standard.

Aerohive Networks will showcase, for the first time, Dynamic Airtime Scheduling, a new feature of its HiveOS operating system that dramatically improves wireless LAN performance by scheduling client airtime based on its instantaneous data rate and IT policy. Aerohive will also demonstrate a new encryption and authentication solution.

Alcatel-Lucent enhances Enterprise Security Portfolio with OmniAccess 8550 Web Services Gateway rels3.0, and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Operating System with closer integration with InfoExpress's CyberGatekeeper host integrity check solution. These secure solutions enable a trusted web experience and enable businesses to authenticate and provide policy based user access control to networked resources.

ANDTEK shows the new AND Phone InOut module which enables you to integrate electrical components into your unified communications network. Now you can leverage your network to control lights, blends, door openers, air condition and various other types of equipment.

Anue Systems will showcase their next generation monitoring management tool, the 5236 10G Net Tool Optimizer. This new product offers a total of 24 10G ports and four 1G ports and significantly streamlines the deployment and use of multiple network monitoring tools in data centers with 10G and 1G networks.

APCON, provider of INTELLAPATCH(R) integrated switching solutions, extends its product offering with INTELLAFLEX(TM) - an innovative aggregation and filtering offering designed for enterprise networks. With APCON's combined switching, aggregation and filtering technology, users can electronically share expensive monitoring devices - often distributed across multiple locations - while preventing oversubscription and data loss.

Apposite will announce an XFP interface version of the Linktropy 10-G WAN emulator. The Linktropy 10-G simulates bandwidth, delay, loss, and other impairments at up to 10 Gbps to test applications in the lab. The new XFP version makes it easy to install the Linktropy 10-G on any fiber network.

Aquantia, leading developer of energy-efficient 10GBASE-T silicon, is launching the first quad-port 10GBASE-T solution based on the 40nm process node. It will enable volume implementation in the data center ecosystem, paving the way for LAN-on-Motherboard and lower power 48-port top-of-rack switching. Visit Booth 2103 to view the IC package/product brief.

Arista Networks will debut at Interop the industry's highest density 1 rack unit (RU) 10GBase-T switches for data center sever access. The switches further enable 1 and 10GbE virtualization and can accommodate infinite service integration possibilities with its Extensible Operating System (EOS) and will be shown in booth #1651.

Aruba Networks will be announcing extensions to its portfolio of remote networking solutions targeted at branch offices, clinics, home offices and telecommuters. The company will also introduce a "rightsizing" calculator that shows the monetary savings and CO2 reduction associated with downsizing expensive wired LANs in favor of adaptive Wi-Fi networks.

Astaro Corporation will announce the availability of the Astaro Web Gateway and Astaro Mail Gateway as virtual appliances. This alternative to software and hardware implementations consumes fewer resources and reduces the administrative costs of operating security solutions.

Barrier Security Software is proud to introduce MobileBARRIER, the solution to the problem of "SEXTING." This innovative program prevents sending, receiving or storing pornographic images via mobile phones. Totally transparent to the user, MobileBARRIER does not interfere with any phone function or application and works with all cell phone providers.

BLADE Network Technologies, the trusted leader in data center networking, will introduce its new BNT 10-port 10G Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter and a 1000 virtual port VMready switch for virtual machine aware networking, and hold a Power FaceOff between a BLADE RackSwitch and the competition.

Broadcom announced its entry into the enterprise WLAN industry at Interop 2008 with its BCM4342, a turn-key, single-chip 802.11n solution for enterprise wireless access points. This year Broadcom will be introducing new innovations in enterprise WLAN, as well as an offering that will enhance the company's switch chip family.

BT Diamond IP launches Managed IP Address Management Services. BT Diamond IP is the only IPAM-centric company offering managed IPAM service in the marketplace today. This new offer provides multiple tiers of service; all backed by BT DIP's expertise and leadership in developing, deploying and managing automated IPAM solutions.

Citrix will debut a new technology that will dramatically increase the performance and scalability of NetScaler MPX platforms.

Connectzone is proud to announce availability of data cabinets and racks to our product line. Be sure to stop by booth 2636 to see the display.

Corning Cable Systems, a leading manufacturer of fiber optic communications system solutions for voice, data and video network applications worldwide, will showcase its Plug & Play(TM) Universal Systems, a pre-terminated optical fiber cabling system that streamlines the process of deploying an optical network infrastructure in the data center environment.

DisplayLink introduces the next generation of their graphics technology to deliver even more performance and power to USB-connected docking stations, monitors, mini-monitors, projectors and adapters. DisplayLink USB graphics-enabled devices allow Macs, PCs, notebooks and netbooks to easily expand by one, two or more displays, while saving cost and improving productivity.

Eaton will debut the 9390IT UPS, offering the industry's smallest footprint at 40 kVA and delivering 99 percent efficiency with Eaton's Energy Saver Mode. Eaton representatives will give presentations titled, "How to Determine What Your Next-Generation Data Center Requires" and "Can Your Data Center Infrastructure Handle the Side-effects of Virtualization?"

Ecessa debuts the PowerLink 500 (PL500) and ShieldLink 500 (SL500) WAN link controllers, supporting up to one gigabit of bandwidth. Each intelligently distributes WAN traffic among several network links. SMEs gain multi-homing, automated inbound and outbound load balancing, site failover and fallback. The SL500 integrates firewall and VPN Gateway capabilities.

Electrorack will officially launch Scale-IT, the world's first scalable blanking panel, at Interop 2009. The patent-pending, lightweight design creates a seal to prevent airflow leakage, allows for stocking one size panel, and quickly scales up or down to fill open rack units of any size.

Emulex will preview the full reach of its groundbreaking OneConnect(TM) Universal Converged Network Adapters (UCNAs). The live demonstration will show support for IP and storage networking protocols, including TCP/IP, iSCSI, NAS and FCoE in a fully virtualized, converged networking environment that will become the cornerstone of future data centers.

Enterasys Networks, the networking division of Siemens Enterprise Communications, announces new enhancements to the Enterasys Wireless portfolio, also known as HiPath Wireless, including new hardware platforms and new software features. Upgrades include an enterprise-class dual radio 802.11a/b/g access point at a single-radio price point, and a next-generation, appliance-based wireless controller.

Fastsoft introduces the industry's first one-sided 10Gbps Internet accelerator. The E Series EX has 10Gpbs WAN interfaces and dramatically improves response times to database-intensive Web-based applications or other applications with non-cacheable content for targeted, dispersed user groups. Its 2U form factor maximizes power and space efficiency.

FibroLAN announces its new line of Synchronous Ethernet fiber NTUs-the Falcon SE series. New Falcon SE/SET will transport T1 and GigE services over IP networks, mainly for Cell Tower backhauling applications. The products implement newly introduced Synchronous Ethernet standard and can be soft configured, functioning as an Inverse Multiplexer.

Force10 Networks is introducing the new ExaScale(TM) E600 switch/router as well as a line-rate 90-port 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet line card. The ExaScale E600 delivers the industry's leading line-rate 10 GbE and GbE port densities in a midsize chassis as well as non-blocking scalability to facilitate deployment flexibility and optimize investment protection.

HP ProCurve will announce and demonstrate partner updates to the HP ProCurve ONE alliance program.

Intelligent Computer Solutions (ICS) introduces the Rapid Image(TM) Complete Solution Stations equipped with the fastest and latest technology in Hard Drive Duplication. These unique stations provide users the ability to remotely control several operations simultaneously; including copying and sanitizing up to 19 "Target" hard drives at speeds exceeding 6GB/minute.

iTrinegy unveils AppQoS Live! - A revolution in application performance monitoring. iTrinegy promises that traditional appliance-based solutions will become immediately extinct as AppQoS Live! can turn any laptop/desktop/rackmount into a fully functioning & high-powered networked application monitoring tool. Now anyone can have a world-class performance monitor right on their own PC!

MBX Systems, a leading server appliance manufacturer, will be announcing it can now build fully-configured server racks for application developers that deploy an appliance. Ideal for applications that require large-scale deployment, such as storage, SaaS, data centers and other scalable solutions, a fully-configured server rack saves money and simplifies installation.

Mellanox Technologies will introduce PhyX(TM), the industry's first high-density, multi-protocol Physical layer silicon device. PhyX supports all 10 Gigabit Ethernet physical layer protocols and functionality in a single device with an ability to be upgraded to support 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) to 2/4/8G Fibre Channel gateway functionality.

Meraki will unveil its new enterprise wireless LAN product line, bringing the benefits of cloud computing to wireless networking. Meraki's cloud-based approach, unique in networking, significantly reduces the cost and complexity associated with traditional wireless LANs, making them affordable and simple enough for organizations of any size to implement.

Microsemi will introduce the first IEEE 802.3at-draft4.1 compliant Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Midspans. Microsemi's single- and multi-port PowerDsine(R)Midspans support a broader range of terminals than previously possible, and pioneer features like midspan-to-midspan backup, energy-saving remote power management, and a breakthrough 60W on a single cable plus lower power dissipation in 30W-and-below systems.

MovinCool(R) will spotlight its new, enhanced controller for its OfficePro(R) and Classic Plus lines of portable spot air conditioners. The environmentally friendly, RoHS compliant controller provides increased functionality and ease of use. New features include a larger, brighter LCD screen, 24/7 programmability and tracking of a unit's total operating time.

NetQoS will launch version 5.0 of the NetQoS(R) Performance Center, which has new data collection, analysis, and reporting capabilities all integrated within one management console to give different groups in the IT organization, including operations, network engineering, and management, a common context for managing the network for application delivery.

Network Critical will introduce its new SmartNA Filterable TAP with a new easy to use web interface. These new features permit multi-layer filtering, providing the ability to send only the necessary traffic to an attached network tool. The web interface makes configuration and filter set-up simple and straight-forward.

NEXCOM will announce the NSA 7110, a high-performance networking appliance for enterprise environment. Featuring Intel(R) Xeon 5500 series, 4 swappable LAN module, 10G PCIe module and supports up to 25 GbE LAN ports, the NSA 7110 is built to be the most powerful security platform safeguarded against most security threats.

nMetrics is announcing the new Traffic Performance Manager, TPM 2010, a lightning fast, flow based correlation engine. This super fast database enables retrieval of performance and anomaly reports, in seconds!! Will coincide with the release of new appliances for small to large networks, Application Monitors 3001, 6001, 9001 and 9051.

Norman ASA, a leading innovator of proactive anti-malware solutions, will announce the release of Norman Network Protection (NNP) - Appliance version 3.6 --an anti-malware gateway. NNP delivers proactive, real-time protection for today's corporate networks and eliminates threats without affecting workforce productivity. For more information please visit www.norman.com.

Omnitron Systems will introduce the iConverter XG 10 Gigabit media converter. The protocol-transparent iConverter XG features two pluggable transceiver ports that support fiber XFPs, copper CX4 XFPs and SFP+ transceivers. This flexibility enables the XG to function as a WDM transponder, a copper-to-fiber converter, a fiber repeater or mode converter.

OnRamp Access will unveil Dedicated Private Cloud solutions, an alternative to public clouds. OnRamp's Dedicated Private Cloud solutions offer a more secure, effective and realistic way to deploy server and application virtualization, making it possible to provide private cloud environments in the stable infrastructure of its Data Center.

PhihongUSA is introducing a Power-over-Ethernet midspan product line that offers the highest power per port available on the market. Currently available in 2- and 4-port versions, the POE240U-2MP and POE576U-4MP Gigabit-compatible midspans provide up to 95W of power per port, making them ideal for a variety of high-power applications.

Rhomobile will introduce RhoHub, the world's first web-based service to develop native enterprise apps for any smartphone (iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian or Android). Enterprise or ISV developers can develop their app from their web browser once and build for all smartphones. Development as a service comes to mobile! www.rhomobile.com

RMI will announce its next generation processor architecture and product family, developed on 40nm. This next generation processor will perform at frequencies greater than 2.0 GHz and will be the most advanced and most highly integrated multi-core processor in the industry while maintaining RMI's innovative multi-threading capabilities.

Sensaphone will introduce its Web600 remote monitoring system for computer rooms. The system allows IT managers to cost effectively protect equipment from damage and downtime by alerting staff of condition changes, including power outages, temperature and humidity. Users can program and monitor up to six sensors through a Web interface.

Splice Communications, a NSP specializing in custom data network design and deployment, will announce its new SpliceIMS offering. This Intelligent Managed Services outsourcing solution allows customers to reduce their costs of data network deployment significantly. In a tough economy, outsourcing critical data networking responsibilities help streamline internal resources.

SprinxCRM will feature demos and free versions of its new SprinxCRM Mobile for BlackBerry(R), for Windows Mobile(R), and for other products comprising their suite of CRM solutions. SprinxCRM features a powerful, web-based CRM that includes important sales management and reporting elements, enabling users to gather and analyze critical customer data.

Stampede Technologies is announcing the expansion of its WAN optimization solutions - FX Series 2000 and 4000 platforms. These solutions offer unparalleled application delivery, WAN optimization, and extensive remote side software WAN Optimization options in one software platform. The FX Series delivers unprecedented network application performance, optimization, transparency, and management.

Talari Networks(TM) unveils the Mercury T200, latest in its line of Adaptive Private Networking (APN) appliances. Talari's RAID-like approach to Enterprise WANs transforms corporate networks, enabling 30 to 100 times the bits per dollar, ongoing WAN costs reduced by 40% to 90%, and greater reliability than existing WANs.

TerraWave Solutions, a leading provider of wireless networking solutions needed to deploy, manage and secure enterprise-class wireless networks, will announce the release of its comprehensive suite of 802.11n antenna and enclosure solutions engineered to provide simplicity during deployment and security for multiple applications using many manufacturers' enterprise-class access points. www.terrawave.com

Trusted Computing Group will announce three specifications to extend the Trusted Network Connect architecture for network security. The group also is updating existing specifications, including IF-MAP that allows security applications and devices to talk to one another. Multi-vendor demonstrations of the new and existing specifications will be in Booth 869.

UBIqube solutions SA, a global integrated network and security management solution vendor, will announce a new, enhanced version of MSActivator that combines VoIP services with network and security services in one integrated platform. MSActivator 9.0 offers a unified solution for network, security, voice management and monitoring.

Wright Line, a leading provider of intuitive data center solutions, is showcasing its airflow management portfolio consisting of its Heat Containment System(TM) and products for cold aisle isolation including end-of-row doors and in-row ceiling systems. These airflow management solutions work with all third-party racks. Visit booth #1861 to learn more.

Xirrus will be showing for the first time its Rapid Deployment Kit, consisting of everything needed to quickly and securely deploy a high performance Wi-Fi network for a disaster, conference, or event. The kit will be on display at booth #1331.

For a complete schedule of all educational sessions, keynote addresses and participating exhibitors, visit http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/.

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