The Interop event has been around for more than 25 years and way back Interop was all about getting Mac to talk with PC and PC to talk to mainframes; but now it’s all about the network. And it’s not about what screen you’re typing, tapping or texting on, it’s how we get them all to talk together with a seamless interface, hopefully securely. Tapping away on your tablet, after all, is just as likely to represent a lion’s share of your workload nowadays as a PC, but keeping up with capacity (and securing that capacity) is no trivial task.
From test stations with do-it-yourself fiber optic termination classes for show-goers, to patch panels, which no longer have CAT6 cables but instead flocks of fiber, we’re drowning in data. And this data will need to ooze around us and be displayed seamlessly on any piece of glass you look at. Whether that data was originally generated by Windows, Mac, Android, or web app seems to matter less at this show, and fortunately, how to secure it all seems to be on everyone’s mind.
Interop in Las Vegas: interconnecting everything post-PC
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