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Top Innovations and Technologies in Networking to Run the World's Largest Short-Term, Real-Time Network - The InteropNet
PR Newswire - October 15, 1998 13:40
Voice Over IP, Remote Connectivity & Small Office Home Office, VPNs, Plus Video Technologies to Be Featured
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Ziff-Davis (NYSE: ZD) announces that the InteropNet at NetWorld+Interop 98 Atlanta will be the focal point of new innovations in networking as over 130 vendors contribute emerging networking technologies to the largest mobile network in the world. NetWorld+Interop 98 Atlanta will be held October 19-23, 1998 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.
The InteropNet is the premier example of multivendor, multiprotocol interoperability in the industry. This sophisticated network provides highly reliable and leading-edge connectivity to over 600 exhibitors and supports local and remote site connectivity. The InteropNet presents an excellent opportunity for exhibitors and attendees to experiment with how different technologies and manufacturers of equipment interoperate and to test-drive some of the latest technologies.
"The spirit of the InteropNet is most prevalent as the contributors leave their competitive caps and marketing spin behind and work side-by-side for the advancement of technology and open standards networking," said Jim Martin, lead engineer for the InteropNet. "The InteropNet addresses today's solutions in perhaps one of the most demanding networking environments -- the NetWorld+Interop event."
Key features of the InteropNet in Atlanta:
* Voice over IP
* Remote Connectivity -- wireless, xDSL, cable modems running side-by-side
* IPSec, the open standard for IP security
Additional Technical Highlights include:
* 802.1Q VLAN standard to deliver multiple networks over a common uplink
* Deployment of MPOA and LANE 2.0 over ATM at 622Mb (OC-12)
InteropNet Applications Forum sponsored by Network Computing
In its second year as a feature of the InteropNet, the Applications Forum has matured into a comprehensive investigation as it provides live vendor demonstrations of existing and emerging networked applications. This year's Applications Forum will feature the following:
* Small Office Home Office (SOHO)
This real office of the future will feature remote connectivity. On display will be ISDN, Cable Modems and xDSL solutions with a demonstration of IP telephones-actual phone receivers that plug directly into the network.
* Workplace Video Center
The Workplace Video Center will showcase various video technologies available to networks. Solutions such as Motion JPEG over ATM, different streaming media broadcast and on-demand solutions, and security video over data networks will be demonstrated.
* Interactive NOC:
Modeled after the InteropNet Network Operations Center, the Interactive NOC makes available the applications running live on the InteropNet. InteropNet Team Members will be on hand to give demonstrations of these applications including network management tools and VPN solutions.
InteropNet Technology Tours sponsored by Network Computing
The tours will provide both a basic and a more in-depth look at the technologies being showcased on the InteropNet. These free tours are led by a NOC (Network Operations Center) Team Member and are conducted every hour, on the hour during the exhibition. To sign-up for a tour, visit the InteropNet Kiosk located adjacent to the InteropNet.
Network Operations Center (NOC)
The NOC is the mission-control center of the InteropNet where teams of experts (NOC Team Members) deploy and manage the network during the event. NOC Team Members use a variety of tools for performing protocol analysis, configuration management, fault determination and resolution.
Network Operations Center (NOC) Team Members
The NOC Team Members and InteropNet Team Members (ITMs) are world-class, industry and academic, engineers who champion network and telecommunications technology by volunteering their time in the design, implementation and operation of the InteropNet. Their diligence and commitment in melding together different products and technologies provides a test bed that is unmatched. The NOC Team Members pool their expertise to keep the InteropNet smooth, coherent and reliable.
InteropNet Contributors:
As with any network of this magnitude, all types of equipment, applications and services are needed to design, build and manage the InteropNet. By giving competitive organizations the opportunity to work together through human resources and product contributions, the InteropNet Contributors bring to NetWorld+Interop one of the most complex and relevant networks to date.
About NetWorld+Interop ...
NetWorld+Interop provides networking, Internet and telecommunications professional buyers with a uniquely comprehensive forum for education and evaluation of products and services in order to make critical purchase decisions. NetWorld+Interop affords buyers from enterprises, carrier/service providers, and resellers/integrators the opportunity to experience live technology demonstrations first-hand. It's this focus on advanced, multi-vendor, multi-protocol, multi-service interoperability technologies and solutions that makes NetWorld+Interop the definitive networking event.
About ZD Events...
ZD Events is the world's leading producer of information technology events, with products ranging from the IT industry's largest exhibitions to renowned educational programs, custom seminars and specialized vendor marketing programs. It brings together the high-profile, high-impact COMDEX and WINDOWS WORLD brands with the educational focus and depth of NetWorld+Interop, Seybold Seminars and other leading industry events. ZD Events serves more than 5,000 exhibiting companies and two million attendees through over 50 events in 18 countries. These events have revolutionized the way computers are bought, sold and distributed. ZD Events is the events group of Ziff-Davis.
About Ziff-Davis...
Ziff-Davis (NYSE: ZD) is a leading integrated media and marketing company focused on computing and Internet-related technology, with principal platforms in print publishing, tradeshows and conferences, online content, market research and education. The Company provides global technology companies with marketing strategies for reaching key decision-makers.
For more information about NetWorld+Interop Atlanta 98, visit interop.com.
For media/analyst registration call Gael Sandoval at 650-372-7068.
For hotel reservations, call 800-962-6513.
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InteropNet Contributors...
Diamond: Nortel Networks
Platinum: 3Com Corporation; Cisco Systems Inc.; Fluke Corporation; FORE
Systems Inc.; Frontier GlobalCenter Inc.; Icon CMT Corporation; Lucent
Technologies; LAN-hopper Systems Inc.; NetScout Systems Inc.; Texas
Instruments; Wandel & Goltermann Inc.
Gold: American Power Conversion; Concord Communications; Dell Computer
Corporation; Extreme Networks; Hewlett-Packard Company; IMC Networks;
Innovative Workflow Engineering Inc.; Interphase Corporation; Liebert
Corporation; NBase Communications Inc.; Network Associates Inc.; Remedy
Corporation; Silicon Graphics Inc.; Sun Microsystems Inc.; University of New
Hampshire, Interoperability Lab
Silver: Accelerated Networks Inc.; AG Communication Systems; AG Group
Inc.; Alteon Networks; AMP Inc.; Aperture Technologies Inc.; ARK PC Technology
Inc.; Artecon Inc.; Ascend Communications Inc.; Axis Communications Inc.;
BreezeCom Inc.; Castle Rock Computing Inc.; CLARiiON Advanced Storage
Solutions; Compaq Computer Corporation; Computer Associates; Crystal Group
Inc.; Cybex Computer Products Corporation; DeskTalk Systems Inc.; Digi
International; Digital Link Corporation; E-COMMS Inc.; EDGE Technologies Inc.;
Empire Technologies Inc.; Emulex Corporation; Exabyte Corporation; Foundry
Networks; GADZOOX Networks Inc.; Ganymede Software Inc.; HAL Computer Systems;
HIP Enterprises; Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.; Hummingbird
Communications Ltd.; I.S.T. isdn-support technik GmbH; IEC Interface & Cable
Solutions; Inlet Corporation; Intel Corporation; Interactive Networkx;
InterTrust Technologies Corp.; Ipswitch Inc.; IRE/SafeNet; KarlNet Inc.;
LANCAST Inc.; Larscom Incorporated; Linksys; Loran International Technologies
Inc.; Manage.Com; Martin Gear Consulting Ltd.; Microplex Systems Ltd.;
Microsoft Corporation; Net Optics Inc.; Netcom Systems; NetSuite Development;
netViz Corporation; Network Appliance Inc.; Network Peripherals Inc.;
NextPoint Networks Inc.; Novell IncOlicom Inc.; Packet Engines; PairGain
Technologies Inc.; Paradyne Corporation; Perforce Software;
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; RADCOM Equipment Inc.; RADGUARD Inc.; RealNetworks
Inc.; Rutgers University Computing Services; Selsius Systems Inc.; Server
Technology Inc.; Service Metrics Inc.; Shomiti Systems; SolCom Systems Inc.;
Solid Information Technology Ltd.; StarBurst Communications; Sysnet Inc.;
Telamon Inc.; TELES Corporation; Telexis Corporation; Tivoli Systems Inc.;
Transcend Inc.; Transition Networks; Triticom; TrueTime Inc.; TTC; University
of Florida; University of Oklahoma; Vero Electronics Inc.; Virginia Tech
Computing Center; Visio Corporation; Visual Networks Inc.; Vixel Corporation;
Xedia Corporation; XLNT Inc.; Xylan Corporation
NOC Team Members: Alex Latzko, Rutgers University Computing Services
TD:NOG Research & Development; Andy Shoemaker, Innovative Workflow Engineering
Inc.; Bert Lindgren, LAN-hopper Systems Inc.; Bill Jensen, University of
Wisconsin-Madison; Brian Poynor, 3Com Corporation; Carl Zwanzig, InterTrust
Technologies Corporation; Chris Elliott, Cisco Systems Inc.; Chris Stradtman,
Sysnet Inc.; Christine Pecina, Nortel Networks; Clemens Schrimpe, Interactive
Networkx; Craig Watkins, Transcend Inc.; Dave Pokorney, University of Florida-
Northeast Regional Data Center; Demetrios Coulis, Nortel Networks; Dennis
Smith, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Doug Moeller, Nortel Networks; Ed von
Adelung, Interphase Corporation; Eric Christensen, Oznog Internet; Hadriel
Kaplan, University of New Hampshire-Interoperability Lab; Helen Garey,
Accelerated Networks Inc.; Jeff Taylor, University of Oklahoma; Jim McGowen,
Inlet Corporation; Karl Auerbach, Cisco Systems Inc.; Ken Krieger, HIP
Enterprises; Marty Gear, Martin Gear Consulting; Matthew Liste, Nortel
Networks; Neal Allen, FLUKE Corporation; Ron Jarrell, Virginia Tech Computing
Center, Ron Pashby, Wandel & Goltermann Inc.; Steve Hultquist, Service Metrics
Inc.; Tracy Gatton, NetScout Systems Inc.; Tripp Lilley, Innovative Workflow
Engineering Inc.
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