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Were only a couple of weeks away from Interop and MBX New York 2008! Im pleased to say that we have an amazing array of speakers and sessions within the conference this year. We finalized our conference content in early June and I’ve been working with our track chairs since then, recruiting speakers and fielding many many inquiries from companies hoping to speak at Interop. Long process but I’m really happy with the level of diversity of companies and expertise we were able to accomplish. We’ve finished our speaker recruitment efforts now, so I encourage all attendees to take a look online and get an idea of which sessions/workshops theyd like to attend.

Im particularly looking forward to several panels. Is Green About Ecology or Economy in the Green IT track features panelists from the Green Grid and Eatons Electrical Group, plus a very interesting story about a collaboration between BigFix Power Management and Miami Dade County Public Schools. In fact, Miami Dade was recognized as an InfoWorld Green 15 winner for its deployment of BigFix Power Management. The Green IT track also features a great session from Verdiem called Green PCs - Power Conservation is Not Just for Servers. And while Im on the topic, I should mention that one of the many ways were attempting to be more green as conference producers, is by no longer printing all of our workshop course materials. For the first time this year, workshop attendees will receive CDs with that material instead. Very cool development.

Another must see for me is the iPhone in the Enterprise panel, in the Enterprise Wireless track. We have speakers from Salesforce, AT&T and IBM, and its being moderated by Nathan Clevenger, the Enterprise Editor of Smartphone Magazine. And for a preview of the future of everything related to mobility, I would highly recommend the MBX Plenary: Wireless: So Much Left To Do. The panel consists of 5 highly regarded analysts who will be taking audience questions.

The Virtualization tracks Reducing Desktop Management Nightmares Through Desktop and Application Virtualization features panelists from Microsoft, Symantec and Citrix, and if youre still getting up to speed in this area, definitely attend the Virtualization Technology Primer taught by one of our track chairs, Anne Skamarock. You wont be disappointed.

I also highly recommend attending any of the sessions in our Cloud Computing and SaaS tracks which are more robust than ever. Speakers in these tracks include CEOs and founders of several exciting companies in this area. Check out SMB SaaS: Levelling the Playing Field and Managing Applications in the Cloud . And in the Videoconferencing track, we have a panel with speakers from the 4 leaders in the industry: Lifesize, Polycom, Tandberg and Polycom called Video Conferencing Overview - Where do I Start?. If youre unsure about how to deploy videoconferencing in your enterprise or dont know which product best suits your needs, this panel should answer some of your questions.

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