Broadest and Most Prestigious Community of IT Providers to Exhibit at NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NetWorld+Interop 2003 Las Vegas 

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2003

NetWorld+Interop today announced an impressive community of vendors providing solutions in network storage, security, wireless, management, network infrastructure and convergence will be exhibiting at NetWorld+Interop 2003 running April 27-May 2, 2003 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Industry leaders including Microsoft, Cisco, Extreme Networks, Computer Associates, EMC Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Avaya, Intel and Sun Microsystems will be demonstrating new products and technology at the show. In addition, wireless networking innovators such as Aruba Wireless Systems and Trapeze Networks are choosing NetWorld+Interop as a launch pad for new technologies.

"NetWorld+Interop is intent on providing our exhibitors what they need most -- the opportunity to participate in the only single-destination conference that combines the best and broadest selection of network technology in an interactive, educational environment," said Mike Millikin, senior vice president for NetWorld+Interop. "This year's program is very focused on the practical application of our exhibitors' innovative technologies -- creating value from industry cooperation and interoperability. At the same time, NetWorld+Interop continues to play its role in highlighting strategic emerging technologies, such as those incorporated into autonomic computing. "

For the last 17 years, NetWorld+Interop has brought together enterprise buyers and premier network technology corporations featuring the latest products and technologies in an environment allowing the buyers to see the technology at work in every day situations. According to Exhibit Surveys, Inc., NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas attendees purchased $1.7 billion of networking products within the first five months following the event -- with an average purchase of nearly $750,000. More than half (51%) of the previous year's participants attended only NetWorld+Interop.

NetWorld+Interop consistently draws top-notch companies that value networking technology as a strategic business imperative and presents those products and technologies in a way that creates practical context for even the newest solutions. "We chose Networld+Interop as the perfect event to unveil a new category of storage," stated Edward Park, President of XiMeta Technology. "With the large number of attendees at NetWorld+Interop, we felt NetDisk, the first network direct attached storage system, would get the most industry and media attention."

NetWorld+Interop

NetWorld+Interop is the industry's premier technology event focusing on today's hottest industry topics. In addition to wireless, the Las Vegas 2003 event will focus on two other technology cornerstones: security and storage. The weeklong event takes place April 27-May 2, 2003 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For up-to-date NetWorld+Interop 2003 information and to register for free access to the show floor and keynote sessions, please visit www.interop.com.

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