Business IT Leaders Make News in New York

Interop New York®, produced by CMP, today announced its preview of exhibitor news and product debuts set to unfold at this year's leading business technology event. Helping to grow the trillion-dollar business technology industry, Interop is the venue that industry leaders choose to showcase the latest technology innovations and news because it is the best way to reach the IT business community. Interop will colocate with Mobile Business Expo and VoiceCon at the Javits Convention Center in New York City, October 22-26.

"The technology industry is shifting faster than ever and Interop New York is proud to continue its tradition of leading this momentum and innovation," said Interop General Manager Lenny Heymann. "The business IT community attends Interop to see the latest technology, products and practices. Our exhibitors consistently deliver on these expectations."

More than 200 companies showcasing the full range of IT solutions will be exhibiting including Microsoft, IBM, APC, Cisco, Citrix, Foundry Networks, Juniper Networks, Nokia, ShoreTel, Siemens, Sybase and more.

The list of Interop New York and Mobile Business Expo 2007 exhibitors making news announcements or showcasing their products for the first time will continue to grow, and currently includes the following:

Abaca will introduce its Email Protection Gateway, including patent-pending technology ReceiverNet™, which offers an advanced approach in the fight against spam -- providing high levels of accuracy and guaranteeing 99 percent spam filtration.

Agito Networks will unveil the next generation of enterprise mobility products -- its RoamAnywhere™ Mobility Router. Agito's RoamAnywhere is a differentiated mobile convergence platform that uses RF-based, location-aware technologies to better mobilize voice and data applications, while remaining agnostic to mobile carriers and equipment vendors.

APCON, provider of physical layer switch solutions, will introduce its TITAN Appliance -- a rack-mount server pre-configured with its TITAN network device management software. The integrated software/server duo offers a centralized point of control for the connectivity of network devices used for test lab automation and in enterprise monitoring applications.

Avistar will introduce Avistar Hosted Video Services, an enterprise-strength, fully managed, turnkey, desktop video solution with low, predictable monthly fees. This new service provides comprehensive video communications and data-sharing capabilities without requiring companies to install and manage costly video infrastructure or forcing valuable IT resources to become video experts.

Broadrack Inc. will unveil its new detachable kvm console and switch, which features a multi-port console and Broadrack's snap-on modular kvm switch.

Coleconnect will launch OrderPad, designed for the mobile sales professional with a focus on driving real sales increases. Optimized for the Tablet PC, OrderPad makes extensive use of ink-to-text recognition and complete product catalogs, including product graphics to maximize customer orders.

Digital Tadpole will debut VirtuConnect, a new approach to the virtual data center. This technology allows the user to create and deploy virtual machines directly onto users' local networks, with the same advantages as a centrally managed data center and the reliability of fully redundant enterprise-class hardware.

Diskeeper Corporation will announce the launch of Diskeeper® 2008 with real-time defrag intelligence. New features include extreme defrag, which handles even the lowest 1% free space and the highest levels of fragmentation. Diskeeper defrags "on the fly" or as fragmentation occurs to ensure optimum PC performance and reliability.

DTS, Inc. will announce a new category of drive with the Platinum hdd, which combines 1GB of SDRAM cache and up to 160GB of conventional storage. Built-in capacitors and an intelligent UPS ensure data in memory is written to nonvolatile disk in the event of power failure.

Eaton Corporation will announce enhancements to Powerware® products that create highly flexible, adaptable power delivery architecture at the rack level. During the event, Chris Loeffler, product manager for Eaton's Data Center Solutions group, will present the "Top 10 Ways to Save Energy in Your Data Center."

Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) will introduce comprehensive consulting services for all disciplines within IT Service Management (ITSM), including the CMDB, Service Catalog, and the Service Desk. Our offerings are designed to support your needs throughout the lifecycle of your ITSM initiative -- from business case through implementation.

Endeavors Technologies Inc. will introduce Application Jukebox, a new generation of application virtualization, providing users with instant access to applications anytime, from anywhere. Powerful new features such as configurable virtualization, intelligent application packaging and state-of-the-art encryption provide flexibility and ease of management for secure, on-demand application deployment.

Fanfare will unveil iTest Team, built for developers, testers, and automation teams. It offers a unified approach for rapidly developing, automating, and maintaining test cases. iTest Team orchestrates complex system testing using multiple protocols and testbeds that include a range of technologies, such as data, video, voice, wireless, telephony, and storage.

Innovative Research, Inc. will introduce TileFlow, a new software product that allows users to model airflow and temperature distribution in Data Centers. TileFlow reveals the hot and cold spots in the Data Center, eliminating the trial-and-error process normally required to improve the cooling of the data centers.

Lantronix will introduce SecureLinx Spider and Branch Office Manager. Spider is a KVM over IP solution in a cable-friendly, compact 'zero-footprint' package. The Branch Office Manager combines console management, remote power management and an Ethernet switch into one, compact solution.

Microsoft will unveil the "Who Are You" Performance Lounge, where IT professionals step out of their day jobs and into their lives as entertainers, volunteers, comedians and artists. Who Are You is an online community sponsored by Microsoft, dedicated to discovering and celebrating the inner IT Professional.

Mitsubishi International will introduce a new patchcord concept aimed at reducing downtime costs and improving cable rack management with fail-safe identification cables, which can be implemented for both new and replacement situations. These products are compatible with all structured cabling systems and active components specified by EIA/TIA standards.

Passlogy Co., Ltd. will demonstrate its new "Passlogy ecomail," a spam blocking webmail system with the US patented idea of tagged address. "PassLogy! ASP" is the patented 2-way 2-factor OTP system without any hard token. This product won Special Prize at Interop Tokyo 2007.

Plat'Home will introduce PacketiX VPN 2.0, a new VPN solution that offers transparency through firewalls or NAT, like SSL-VPN, and flexibility like IPSec-VPN. It is already used successfully by more than 1,000 Japanese companies. Plat'Home will also introduce MicroServer, the palm-sized robust, heat resistant Linux Server for applications such as network surveillance.

Plustek Technology Inc will introduce Plustek MultiServer MFA 1000S, an integrated and creative innovation in network system, web host and VoIP areas. MultiServer is specifically designed for small and medium enterprises, SOHO, schools and internet-related product design industries.

SignaCert® will announce Verify™, a new hosted solution that measures and confirms that only approved applications and software are running in the DMZ. Based on SignaCert's patented technology, Verify, is an independent IT solution that compares what's actually running against a proven, trusted reference, and returns deviations found -- authorized or not.

SMC Networks will announce its new SMC Barricade™ N Pro Draft 11n Wireless 4-port ADSL2/2+ modem router and N Draft wireless 4-port broadband router (SMCWBR14S-N) with three months free use of the Panda Internet Security protection software. Designed for small businesses, the routers are all-in-one IEEE802.11n draft v2.0 networking solutions for sharing high-speed Internet connections.

SYS will preview dopplerVUE, its new network management product that delivers powerful features once available only in enterprise solutions, now packaged and priced for mid-sized and smaller networks.

Tethys Solutions will unveil Automation Anywhere Enterprise 4.0, an intelligent, innovative software that allows users to automate complex business and IT processes intuitively. It helps create automated tasks, then run, manage and remotely deploy them with little effort. Streamlined integration with any application facilitates endless usage possibilities for a single user or across the organization.

Uplogix, provider of next-generation secure remote management solutions, will announce significant market traction in defining a new technology approach to managing remote offices and other distributed IT infrastructure. Uplogix will also introduce its latest enterprise customer using this solution.

Verizon Business, a Platinum sponsor of Mobile Business Expo, will announce an unprecedented offering on Tuesday, October 23rd that will allow customers additional enterprise mobility options to keep business operations up and running from a multitude of locations around the globe.

Interop New York 2007 offers an unparalleled look into the most powerful innovations and solutions the industry has to offer and delivers a comprehensive array of cutting-edge presentations and live demonstrations that allow for business and IT professionals to interact with the technologies of tomorrow.

Focused on innovation, Interop has fueled the revolution and evolution in IP networking, including its very own InteropNet, the world's most intricate traveling network. Following a twenty-year tradition, progressive vendors, volunteers and IT professionals will come together at Interop New York in the spirit of collaboration to build the ultimate network to service the entire event.

Tours of InteropNet at Interop New York 2007 will be given at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Oct. 24 and Oct. 25. For more information go to: http://www.interop.com/newyork/event-highlights/interopnet/

About Interop®

Interop® drives the adoption of technology, providing knowledge and insight to help IT and corporate decision-makers achieve business success. Part of CMP's family of global brands, Interop is the leading business technology event series. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique InteropNet and InteropLabs programs, Interop provides the forum for the most powerful innovations and solutions the industry has to offer. As the meeting place for the global business technology community, upcoming Interop events include Interop New York, October 22-26, Javits Convention Center, New York City; Interop Berlin, November 6-8, Fairground Berlin; Interop Moscow 2008, April 23-24, 2008, Forum Hall, Moscow; Interop Las Vegas 2008, April 27-May 2, 2008, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas; and Interop Tokyo 2008, June 9-13, 2008, Mukahari Messe, Tokyo. For more information about these events, visit http://www.interop.com/.

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