Networking and Services at Interop

The shift from network technologies to network services continues. But what services should your IT organization offer? And what do you need to ensure top-notch application performance today and in the future?

Conference: Two of 17 tracks will provide you the answers, latest solutions and technical requirements of next generation network services.
Networking and Services Track: Learn the technical requirements of the next generation of network services. Network Services: Which Ones and Where? Gotchas When Choosing and Implementing MPLS Services Implementing Policy and Control What You Need to Know about TelePresence and High Definition Video Evaluating New WAN Services Open Source Networking: An Insanely Smart Idea? Learn more...
Application Delivery Track: Learn how emerging management technologies allow IT organizations to identify and eliminate faults. Managing and Controlling Application Performance Optimizing the Performance of Enterprise Applications What SOA and Web 2.0 Means to the Network Branch Office Optimization Breaking Down the Technology and Organizational Silos The Future of Application Delivery Learn more...

Conference: Two of 17 tracks will provide you the answers, latest solutions and technical requirements of next generation network services.

Networking and Services Track: Learn the technical requirements of the next generation of network services.

Network Services: Which Ones and Where?
Gotchas When Choosing and Implementing MPLS Services
Implementing Policy and Control
What You Need to Know about TelePresence and High Definition Video
Evaluating New WAN Services
Open Source Networking: An Insanely Smart Idea?

Learn more...

Application Delivery Track: Learn how emerging management technologies allow IT organizations to identify and eliminate faults.

Managing and Controlling Application Performance
Optimizing the Performance of Enterprise Applications
What SOA and Web 2.0 Means to the Network
Branch Office Optimization
Breaking Down the Technology and Organizational Silos
The Future of Application Delivery

Learn more...

Workshops: Get in-depth information on key networking and services topics.

Troubleshooting Ethernet and Switched Networks
Developing an Enterprise Network Architecture
Analyzing Application Performance
Infrastructure Planning and Management for Wireless LANs
Network and Application Security for Managers

Free Sessions and Events: All attendees can take advantage of free networking and services-related sessions and events throughout the week.

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Tuesday, April 29
10:15 am–11:00 am	Sponsor Sessions Managed Services: The Real-Time Tipping Point - Sponsored by LSI Corp. (Location: Reef F ) As enterprises look to reduce their IT costs, and restructure their IT operations for greater business agility, service providers with the right approach are well placed to make the most of this business opportunity. The rise of "application aware" networking technology enables a whole new range of network and application services that escalate the service provider from network supplier to trusted business partner. This session examines the process of making the network application aware, and looks in detail at some of the new services this enables. Speaker - Charlie Kawwas, VP of Marketing, LSI Corporation Charlie Kawwas is the vice president of segment marketing for the Network and Storage Products Group of LSI Corporation. LSI is a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together. Prior to his current role, Dr. Kawwas was the Senior Director for Enteprise and Service Provider Marketing at LSI. Before coming to LSI, he was the Leader of Product Line Management for Optical Multi-service Edge portfolio at Nortel Networks. Dr. Kawwas received his BS in Computer Engineering, MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Speaker - Tony Pereira, Business Leader Business Communications Portfolio , Nortel Tony Pereira's 20 year career with Nortel spans Service Provider Networks, Enterprise and SMB business units in Europe, Asia and North America. His broad industry and market experience in technology, marketing, sales, business development and product management gives him a great insight and capability to define and drive market needs for the next generation of business communication solutions that customers are seeking. His current role in Nortel is to lead the Business Communication Portfolio to drive new emerging business opportunities such those in the Multi Services Gateway market segment with Nortel's Business Services Gateway (BSG), to address the SMB/E markets. He is also responsible for managing Nortel's SIP PBX, SCS 500 built on Open Source platform and Fixed Mobile Convergence portfolios. He is currently located in Richardson, Texas and holds a BSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a MPhil in Communications Networks, both of which were obtained from universities in the UK. The Video Ready Network - Sponsored by Cisco (Location: Breakers L ) From Youtube to TelePresence, digital video is transforming the way people interact. People are consuming video at unprecedented rates, and producing it professionally and recreationally. This session demystifies the impact that video will have on your LAN and provides strategies to manage video. We will discuss how the Campus Communications Fabric provides a framework for deploying this revolutionary technology. Speaker - Kumar Srikantan, Director, Campus Switching, Cisco Speaker - Marie Hattar, VP, Network Systems & Security Solutions Marketing, Cisco The Network Systems and Security Solutions team is responsible for partnering with CDO and the field to develop the strategic vision and marketing plans that integrate technologies across key solution areas. Marie has extensive marketing, product management, and technology experience in both Enterprise and SP networking infrastructure including Routing, Switching, L4-7 Load Balancing, Subscriber Carrier Services Aggregation, Subscriber Policy Management and Security both inside and outside of Cisco. Prior to joining Cisco, Marie held leadership marketing, technology architecture and solutions management positions at Nortel Networks, Alteon and Shasta. Marie has an MBA from York University and a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto
1:15 pm–2:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Forensics are Not Enough! Case Studies in Proactive Network Defense Using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Technology - Sponsored by Trigeo Network Security (Location: Reef F ) Learn how SIEM and real-time, in memory, analytics combine to capture, correlate and respond to network attacks and insider abuse. See automated responses to network attacks, policy violations, inappropriate web browsing and USB device usage. Hear how mid-sized enterprises use SIEM to meet regulatory compliance initiatives and gain network control. Speaker - Michelle Dickman, President & CEO, TriGeo Network Security Michelle Dickman is President & CEO of TriGeo Network Security. She is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of sales, marketing and management experience in the high tech sector. She leads a team of cyber security experts and software engineers committed to delivering a new generation of enterprise security information and event management (SIEM) designed specifically for the needs of the mid-market.
2:15 pm–3:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Autonomic WAN Optimization Systems (AWOS): The Next Generation for Application Performance Acceleration - Sponsored by Ipanema (Location: Mandalay Bay L) Enterprises have tactically deployed Wan Optimization Controllers at sites to improve application performance. While this approach may provide immediate relief, it will not address the application performance control that a global enterprise needs. This session will show how an AWOS is particularly suited for large organizations with hundreds of branches and scalable application-aware managed services. Speaker - Mark Burton, Product Management Director, Ipanema Mark Burton more than has 20 years pre and post sales IT experience, primarily in systems and network management at a variety of companies including IBM/Tivoli and Riversoft. He joined Ipanema four years ago as their first UK technical consultant and has been a key team member helping in the establishment and growth of Ipanema in the UK. Mark has recently become Director of Product Management within Ipanema. Empowered Branch: The Platform for Business Success - Sponsored by Cisco (Location: Breakers L ) With the increased proliferation of branches, the quality of customer experience is vital to drive loyalty and increased business. Learn how to address Web 2.0 trends, globalization and collaboration needs while monetizing on IT as a strategic asset. This session addresses branch trends and innovations. Speaker - Rahul Tripathi, Manager, Access Routing Technology Group, Cisco Speaker - Shashi Kiran, Senior Manager, Network Systems, Cisco Systems Shashi Kiran leads the Access Routing team for the Network Systems group at Cisco. In this capacity, he is also spearheads Cisco?s solution initiative for the branch as a place in the network focusing on routing, unified communications, security, mobility and WAN optimization. Kiran has 13 years of experience in designing, architecting and building networks for hosted businesses, service providers and enterprise networks. Previously he worked as a Senior Product Line Manager with Nortel focusing on the areas of VPNs, Security services and Metro Ethernet products. Kiran has published hundreds of columns as an honorary consultant and columnist to various technology magazines and was instrumental in launching India?s first e-mail based course on Networking in the mid-1990s, which was subsequently syndicated. Shashi Kiran holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering and an MBA degree in Strategic marketing. He has been an active contributor to various standards bodies and a speaker at industry events
3:15 pm–4:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Telepresence Accessible to Everyone - Sponsored by Lifesize (Location: Mandalay Bay L) Companies are eager to adopt video to reduce travel and increase efficiency. At a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars per room, some telepresence systems cannot be extended beyond key nodes. Hear how a multinational business established hundreds of high definition video endpoints for less than the cost of few telepresence suites. Speaker - Peter Brockmann, President & Research Director, Brockmann & Company Building Hybrid Wired and Wireless Networks for Businesses - Sponsored by NETGEAR (Location: Reef F ) Wireless is increasing complementing wired infrastructures in SMBs. For wireless to work reliably, there are benefits that a controller-based architecture brings to the SMB over the prevalent stand alone AP architecture. Learn how a controller-based architecture provides a wireless network experience that delivers seamless connectivity for reliable coverage, provides a single point of management for the entire wireless network, and offers security policies that can be rolled out across all Access Points in seconds. Speaker - Peter Newton, Director, Product Marketing, Security and Business Wireless, NETGEAR
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Wednesday, April 30
9:00 am–9:45 am	Sponsor Sessions WAN Optimization for the Virtual Enterprise - Sponsored by Expand Networks (Location: Mandalay Bay L) Infrastructure virtualization is no longer a trend, but a business imperative for providing improved ROI and operational simplicity. To succeed, virtualization projects must also address application performance and security issues derived from deployment over the WAN. This session provides an in-depth look at enterprise virtualization strategies, as well as solutions to overcome virtualization challenges. Speaker - Efi Gatmor, CTO, Expand Networks Efi Gat mor is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and VP Product Managment of Expand Networks and is responsible for leading the Company's roadmap, technology strategy, system architecture and design. Before Mr. Gat mor was promoted to CTO his key responsibilities at Expand focused on the design and management for the development of key products. Mr. Gat mor has more than 20 years of experience in the field. His areas of expertise include Object Oriented and IP networking and Multi Platform development. Before joining Expand, Mr. Gat mor worked for New Dimension Software which was acquired by BMC in 1999; there he led a group that was responsible for the definition, design and implementation of the company's new communication and database infrastructure. Mr. Gat mor graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tel-Aviv University, where he earned a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics.
10:15 am–11:00 am	Sponsor Sessions Intelligent IP Address Management - Sponsored by BlueCat Networks (Location: Mandalay Bay L) IP address based infrastructure has become the cornerstone of today's method for global digital communications. DNS and DHCP are critical services that dictate an organization's presence in the global Internet Theater. The presentation focuses on how we manage these complicated networks through intelligent IP address management solutions to reduce cost and increase reliability. Speaker - Richard Hyatt, CTO and Co-Founder, BlueCat Networks As co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of BlueCat Networks, Richard Hyatt has applied his visionary approach to leading product development efforts for the company. With a focus on creating affordable, scalable and easy to use technology solutions to address complex business challenges, Richard set an industry benchmark with the introduction of BlueCat Network?s flagship product, the Adonis DNS/DHCP server. Under his direction, the company has continued to expand its portfolio of world-class network management and security appliances, including the most recent addition to its product portfolio, the Proteus IP Address Management appliance. A testament to Richard?s innovative designs and technological expertise, today BlueCat Network?s appliances are used by Fortune 100 organizations and classified government agencies around the world. Prior to founding BlueCat Networks with his brother and business partner, Michael Hyatt, the duo co-founded Dyadem International in 1994. Dyadem has grown to become a world leader in advanced risk assessment and reliability software for the engineering industry. Both Richard and Michael were finalists in the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Before embarking on a career in software development, Richard trained in Materials Engineering at the University of Toronto. Since that time he has remained a business entrepreneur and has instigated numerous innovative development projects. Richard is a frequent speaker at industry events on topics related to network management and security, and his byline has appeared in numerous technology trade and industry publications.
12:15 pm–1:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions FAN: An Architecture for Scalable, Service-Oriented Data Management - Sponsored by F5 Networks (Location: Mandalay Bay L) With the advent of Web 2.0 and Service Oriented Application architectures, file-encapsulation is rapidly becoming the pervasive means for storing, distributing, and managing business data by policy. However, until very recently, a unified scalable, light weight, policy-based file management architecture was not available. This session will explore how the file area network (FAN) leverages file virtualization, network-based policy enforcement, and globally distributed access, in an inclusive and open approach that not only "allows" but "calls for" multiple vendor technologies to interoperate. Speaker - Michael Myrick, VP, Global Storage and Backup Architecture and Design Engineering, Merrill Lynch Speaker - Richard Gillett, VP, Data Systems Architecture, F5 Networks Mr. Gillett joined F5 Networks (formally, Acopia Networks) with over 23 years experience in defining, designing, and introducing breakthrough products which have generated in excess of $10B in sales. With 22 patents to his credit, he has a broad range of technical expertise across storage, networking, and computing disciplines. Prior to joining Acopia, Rick co-founded and was CTO of Storigen Systems, a venture-backed startup company that pioneered solutions for remote facility information management. Rick has also served as Corporate Fellow and CTO of Avid Technology's Network and Storage Solutions Division, and as corporate consulting engineer and CTO of Digital Equipment Corporation's Alpha/VAX Server Division (now part of Hewlett Packard). He has a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of New Hampshire and has completed General Electric's Cooperative Engineering Program and Babson's Executive Education.
2:15 pm–3:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Content Management Interoperability: Access Enterprise Document Repositories Across Mixed Portal Environments - Sponsored by Microsoft and Interop Vendor Alliance (Location: Mandalay Bay L) Interoperability demonstrated by Meridio, Microsoft, Open Text, SchemaLogic and Vorsite software tools help improve the efficiency of your portals, connect data among different environments, and protect sensitive information; each tool builds on the functionality of the others, providing you with an integrated solution. Speaker - Andy Counts, Senior Solutions Consultant, Open Text Speaker - Lowell Anderson, VP Marketing, SchemaLogic Lowell Anderson -- Vice President of Marketing Lowell has more than 20 years of technology product development and marketing experience in enterprise software, professional services, business development, product planning, and go-to-market strategies. At SchemaLogic, Lowell leads a strong team focused on product management, marketing strategy, and investor and analyst relations. Prior to SchemaLogic, Lowell was Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Vallent Corporation where he was responsible for overall corporate positioning. Prior to Vallent, Lowell was Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at Metawave Communications Corporation. Lowell also spent 5 years in design engineering and development in the Aerospace industry. Lowell holds a bachelor?s degree in electrical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana and an MBA from Seattle University. Speaker - Sam Rosenbalm, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
3:15 pm–4:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Think Your Load Balancer is Enough? Think Again - Sponsored by Citrix (Location: Reef F ) Leading IT organizations are refreshing their legacy network infrastructures so they can optimize the delivery of key enterprise applications. In this session, you'll learn why companies are replacing traditional load balancers with integrated application delivery solutions to drive faster application performance, greater application security and lower network costs. Speaker - Greg Smith, Director of Product Marketing, Citrix Systems, Inc Switching Is Strategic - Sponsored by Cisco (Location: Breakers L ) When you buy a switch, you are buying--and buying into--the switching vendor's architecture. In other words, you are adopting as your own that switching vendor's concept and strategy for how business should be conducted.Know what kind of strategic decisions are you making when you purchase a given vendor's switch. In this session we will discuss four categories of switching architecture and the strategic decisions network managers make when they buy them. Speaker - Berna Devrim, Manager, Access Switching Marketing, Cisco
4:15 pm–5:00 pm	Free Sessions InteropLabs: Network World Testing - Knowing What to Test in a Modern Day Switch (Location: Breakers L ) Line-rate performance, once the Holy Grail for switch performance, is just table stakes now. As Network World's access switch tests show, it's the new features that differentiate switches now -- features that include multicast, 802.1X authentication, manageability, and IPv6 support. In this session, Newman will cover test results and buying guidelines. Speaker - David Newman, President, Network Test Network Test founder David Newman has been breaking computer networks for 20 years. Today he is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and an active participant in the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). As a member of Network World's Lab Test Alliance, Newman has conducted numerous tests of network infrastructure and security devices. He also is the author of RFCs 2647 and 3511, the IETF specifications for firewall performance testing, as well as RFC 4814 on the contents of test traffic. Prior to founding Network Test, Newman served for nearly 10 years as director of lab testing for Data Communications magazine. Newman is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and New York University.
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Thursday, May 1
9:00 am–9:45 am	Sponsor Sessions Contextual Security for Your Application Delivery Network - Sponsored by F5 Networks (Location: Mandalay Bay L) Given widespread use of mobile devices and the increasingly dynamic nature of applications, today's enterprise security must be both flexible and contextual, taking into account more than just "who? and "what,? but also "when,? "from where,? "using what device,? "over what channel,? and "for what purpose.? This session will detail how to integrate contextual security into your existing application delivery infrastructure, illustrated by real-life customer examples and best practices. Speaker - Bill Podborny, Director of Information Security, Alliant Credit Union Speaker - Peter Silva, Product Marketing Manager, F5 Networks How Taking a Strategic Approach to WAN Optimization Supports Application Delivery - Sponsored by Ipanema Technologies (Location: Reef F ) Enterprises and Service Providers tend to offer WAN optimization as a tactical "quick fix" to performance problems in certain parts of the network. Taking a more strategic approach to WAN optimization can yield benefits across the enterprise that are not limited to fixing short-term performance and bandwidth challenges. This session will discuss the benefits of a strategic approach. Speaker - Mark Burton, Product Management Director, Ipanema Mark Burton more than has 20 years pre and post sales IT experience, primarily in systems and network management at a variety of companies including IBM/Tivoli and Riversoft. He joined Ipanema four years ago as their first UK technical consultant and has been a key team member helping in the establishment and growth of Ipanema in the UK. Mark has recently become Director of Product Management within Ipanema.
10:00 am–10:45 am	Sponsor Sessions Reduce Deployment and Operational Costs when Securing Endpoint Resources using NAP Interoperability - Sponsored by Foundry Networks (Location: Mandalay Bay L) Unauthorized client access to network resources is a growing problem. By marrying 802.1x and sFlow, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista customers can reduce deployment and operational costs when securing resources using NAP. In this session the audience will learn about real-time visibility and accounting into the network, enabling them to monitor user history and network resource usage to thwart attacks.
11:00 am–11:45 am	Sponsor Sessions (SAP) Bridging the Gap between SOA Applications and the Network - Sponsored by Foundry Networks (Location: Mandalay Bay L) With SOA applications on the rise, customers require optimized IT and application infrastructures to support critical business issues, like end-user response time, application server performance, security and reliability. The network has become the critical ingredient tying globally distributed business applications. Attendees will learn how new application delivery solutions increase performance, security, and reliability and availability across geographically dispersed networks. Smart Switches vs Managed Switches: Which is the Ideal Foundation for SMB Networks? - Sponsored by NETGEAR (Location: Reef F ) Smart Switches provide a path for growing businesses with relevant features, while being easy-to-manage and cost effective. Managed switches are powerful networking tools that provide extensive features and capabilities. A business with 50 employees has significantly different switching needs than a larger SMB of 200 employees, which in turn is different from a 500-employee company. Learn about these sub-segments of the SMB market and which category of switches best meets their needs Speaker - Sanjay Kumar, Director, Product Marketing, Switches, NETGEAR Sanjay Kumar is the Director for Product Marketing, SMB Switching Products at NETGEAR, Inc. He has extensive experience in the networking industry, and prior to NETGEAR he was at Cisco Systems, where he was the Product Manager for Desktop Switches and Access Routers. Sanjay holds an Undergraduate degree in Engineering from IIT Madras and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
1:00 pm–1:45 pm	Sponsor Sessions Transforming the WAN Edge - Sponsored by Cisco (Location: Breakers L ) During this session, we will describe in detail the services and framework needed at the WAN edge to meet global business demands for collaboration by delivering constant, reliable access to rich media and applications with uncompromising security and network performance. Speaker - Stefan Dyckerhoff, VP/GM, Midrange Routing, Cisco Systems Mr. Dyckerhoff is the Vice President & General Manager of the Midrange Routing Business Unit in Cisco?s Service Provider Group. In this role, he is responsible for managing a $1 Billion routing portfolio including the Cisco 7200, 7300, 7400 and 10720 router product lines as well as major next-generation developments targeted at both service provider and enterprise markets. In addition to running the Midrange Routing Business Unit, Mr. Dyckerhoff also has key cross-functional responsibilities such as setting the CPU strategy across business units, being the executive sponsor for some of Cisco?s biggest customers as well as being a senior member on the Enterprise and Service Provider Boards at Cisco. Mr. Dyckerhoff joined Cisco in 2004 as the director of product marketing for the Midrange Routing Business Unit. Mr. Dyckerhoff has eleven years of experience defining, developing and marketing leading-edge networking products. Prior to joining Cisco, he was a product line manager at Juniper Networks responsible for managing the Juniper T-series product line targeted at SP core networks. Also at Juniper Networks, Mr. Dyckerhoff was a senior engineering leader with technical leadership and senior management roles focusing on chip development and system architecture. As one of the first 25 employees at Juniper Networks, Mr. Dyckerhoff was instrumental in building the company?s foundation. His manifold technical and leadership contributions included three generations of Juniper packet forwarding ASICs and filing seven patent applications, of which five have been granted. Mr. Dyckerhoff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
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