Interop 2008 Gears Up in Las Vegas

April 25, 2008

Interop 2008 is gearing up in Las Vegas. For the first time, Interop Las Vegas 2008 is collocated with Software 2008 and will be taking place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, April 27-May 2.

The complete list of keynote speakers planned for Interop Las Vegas includes:

-- David DeWalt, President and CEO, McAfee
-- John McNulty, Chairman and CEO, Secure Computing
-- Mark Templeton, President and CEO, Citrix
-- C.K. Prahalad, Distinguished Professor, Ross School of Business - University of Michigan
-- Jesper Andersen, Senior Vice President of Application Strategy, Oracle
-- Surya Kant, President, Tata Consulting Services - North America
-- Bob Muglia, Senior Vice President of Server and Tools Business, Microsoft
-- Kathy Paladino, President of Enterprise Mobility, Motorola
-- Jayshree Ullal, Senior Vice President of Data Center, Switching and Services Group, Cisco

"At this exciting time of innovation in the IT market, Interop's keynote speakers will address critical matters spanning the entire range of issues facing the industry today," said Lenny Heymann, Interop General Manager. "This year Interop delivers the richest variety and widest cross-section of vital business technologies leading the next big tech cycle, presenting our audiences with what's necessary to remain competitive in today's global market."

Other speakers at Interop Las Vegas that will be speaking on panels covering platforms, software trends and security in the Web 2.0 world include Abhijit Dubey, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company; David Knight, Vice President, WebEx Connect, WebEx Communications, Inc. - a division of Cisco; Vivek Luthra, Senior Vice President & Global Head of Services, Ramco Systems; Roger Burkhardt, President and CEO, Ingres Corporation; Stephen J. Mellor, Freeter, Integranova; and Philip Winslow, Vice President - Software Analyst, Credit Suisse; John McNulty, Chairman and CEO, Secure Computing Corporation; Gary Dobbins, Director - Information Security, University of Notre Dame; Gary L. Hodge CTO, U.S. Bank Scott Messina Director of Security Services, ESPN.

The list vendors exhibiting at Interop Las Vegas 2008 includes:

-- Amazon Web Services
-- APC
-- Cisco Systems
-- Dell
-- Google
-- Intel
-- McAfee
-- Microsoft
-- Motorola
-- Novell
-- Oracle
-- VMware