IT Industry Leaders to Headline Keynote Lineup at Interop Las Vegas 2006

Interop®, produced by CMP Media, today announced its keynote lineup for the 2006 Las Vegas event, featuring executives from Cisco, Google, IBM, Avaya, Juniper, Extreme Networks, Siemens, Sybase and Internet Security Systems (ISS). These industry visionaries will be on hand to address the most pressing issues facing organizations that are demanding more from IP communications to drive business success. Interop Las Vegas will be held April 30 - May 5, 2006 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

"Interop has become the showcase for industry innovation and thought leadership," said Lenny Heymann, Interop General Manager. "The keynotes at Interop Las Vegas will give attendees the opportunity to hear first-hand how these influential figures are shaping the future of the industry, making IP- based unified communications more accessible to data and people easier and faster than ever before."

This distinguished list of speakers at Interop Las Vegas is online at http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/exhibition/keynote.php and includes the following:

   --   John Chambers
        President and Chief Executive Officer
        Cisco Systems, Inc.
   --   Dave Girouard
        General Manager
        Google Enterprise
   --   Scott Kriens
        Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
        Juniper Networks
   --   Andrew Monshaw
        General Manager, Storage Systems
        IBM Systems and Technology Group
   --   Thomas E. Noonan
        Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
        Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS)
   --   Donald Peterson
        Chairman and CEO
        Avaya
   --   Gordon Stitt
        President and Chief Executive Officer
        Extreme Networks, Inc.
   --   Marty Beard
        Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Marketing
        Sybase Inc.
   --   Bernt Klein
        Senior Vice President, Group Strategy and Analyst Relations
        Siemens Communications, Inc.

For 20 years, Interop has held a unique place in the IP infrastructure markets, and is responsible for fostering the innovation that has fueled the revolution and evolution in IP networking. With network convergence now taking center stage as the key enabler of the latest technology innovations, Interop will continue to show how all of the pieces fit together to help IT organizations overcome their business challenges. Additional information on Interop Las Vegas, including registration information, is available online at www.interop.com.

Interop Las Vegas 2006 will feature one of the most holistic content and education programs available to the IT market today, and will include the same program features that have made Interop a success for the past two decades. 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.

About Interop®

Interop®, now part of the CMP Media family of global brands, has led the revolution and evolution in IP networking for the past twenty years, and is dedicated to promoting and demonstrating the interoperability of the converged network, applications and devices to seamlessly exchange and use information to address the full range of business challenges facing IT organizations today and tomorrow. As the leading destination for technology buyers and sellers, Interop has fostered the growth and evolution of the IT industry for the past two decades, and remains the most anticipated and only comprehensive IT event. 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. Interop® Las Vegas will take place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, April 30-May 5, 2006, and Interop® New York 2006 will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, September 18-22, 2006. For more information about these events, visit www.interop.com.

About CMP Media (www.cmp.com)

CMP Media is a marketing solutions company serving the technology, healthcare and lifestyles industries. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP Media has earned the confidence of more professionals and enthusiasts in these fields than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in each of these industries in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Media is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ ), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

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