NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas Enhances Technology Focus -- Emphasis on Storage.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2002

Strong Storage Components At This Year's Exhibition Helps IT Professionals Make The Best Storage Decisions And Demystifies Complex

Market; First Interoperable iSCSI Network Demonstrated

Recognizing that challenging economic times are forcing companies to think more strategically about storage, Key3Media Group, Inc. (NYSE:KME) announced today that NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas will highlight critical storage issues, leading storage technology companies, and key storage technologies, May 5-10, 2002 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This Year's exhibition demystifies the complex storage market and will demonstrate the world's first interoperable iSCSI Network.

The First Interoperable iSCSI network in the InteropNet Labs

Today, islands of storage network farms cannot readily communicate with one another, especially between remote locations. But several technologies are emerging to make IP storage networking a reality. Two of the most prominent technologies are Fibre Channel over IP and iSCSI. While the more traditional storage networks using Fibre Channel technologies continue to evolve, storage transport over TCP/IP via iSCSI is emerging as another solution -- one that is being tested in this year's iLabs. The iLabs Storage Initiative team will present the first interoperable iSCSI network at NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas. Additionally, engineers will demonstrate iSCSI's role in Storage over IP, and how to use the TCP/IP corporate enterprise backbone or WAN to enable remote data replication and disaster-recovery mechanisms. The iLabs Storage Initiative team will also test implementation of SAN to SAN over IP, and multi-vendor interoperability.

"From the introduction of iSCSI just two years ago, the dozens of companies working to develop solutions have all committed to work closely with each other to promote industry-wide interoperability," said Michael Frase, a customer support engineer at Cisco Systems and the iLabs Storage Initiative team lead. "The iLabs at NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas, with its multiple demonstrations of real-world solutions that customers can implement today, clearly illustrates the benefits of the cooperative efforts within this industry."

The Las Vegas event will also feature educational sessions and the industry's top and emerging storage technology companies, including Network Appliance, StorageTek, Exabyte, Fibre Channel Industry Association, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems, Sony, ADIC, Veritas, Quantum, and Falconstor.

"The development of storage technologies is a major initiative at NetWorld+Interop -- both from an educational and interoperability perspective," said Valerie Williamson, president of Interop Worldwide. "We are now starting to see increased interest from buyers and active deployment of these solutions in the marketplace. NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas provides an exciting opportunity for experts and vendors to get together and see the best storage technologies and solutions available today."

Storage Education Programs

Focused educational sessions, discussion panels and how-to workshops, taught by industry experts, will be offered on storage technologies and issues including:

-- Networked Storage Strategies -- a full day program of interaction with
senior industry analysts from Enterprise Management Associates, leading vendors
and senior IT staff from bellwether American corporations that will address new
directions in storage, resource management and data protection, new protocols
such as Infiniband and iSCSI, and high-speed infrastructures will all affect
your planning.

-- SANs and NAS session in the Interop Conference

-- IP Storage session in the Interop Conference

-- SAN Solutions and Technologies Tutorial

-- Keynotes:

John Chambers, President and CEO, Cisco Systems

Serge Tchuruk, Chairman and CEO, Alcatel

Maynard Webb, President, eBay Technologies

Interop Network Storage Zone

The Interop Network Storage Zone, located in the Central Hall, features exhibitors with network storage solutions that encompass the key areas of network storage today, including SANs, NAS, Storage over IP, tape and CD ROM. By frequenting the Storage Zone, IT professionals can find the products and services that can deliver reliable network storage to their organizations. Exhibitors scheduled to be located in the Interop Network Storage Zone, include: American Megatrends, Brocade, Exadrive Networks, FalconStor, Hitachi Data Systems, IB Systems, Inc., INRANGE, NER Data Products, Stonefly Networks, Xtore Extreme Storage AND ZZYZX Peripherals.

NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas is the largest networking industry event in the world, where IT and service provider professionals benefit from the many opportunities to gain expert knowledge in the hottest areas of IT and networking technologies. In addition to storage, the Las Vegas event will focus on three other technology cornerstones, including the wireless, security, and service provider industries.

For up-to-date NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas information and to register for free access to the expo floor and keynote sessions, please visit http://www.interop.com for media registration; please contact Jennifer Clark, [e-mail].

About Key3 Media Group:

NetWorld+Interop is a Key3Media event. Key3Media Group, Inc., is the world's leading producer of information technology tradeshows and conferences, serving more than 5,300 exhibiting companies and 1.3 million attendees through 60 events in 17 countries. Key3Media's products range from the IT industry's largest exhibitions such as COMDEX and NetWorld+Interop to highly focused events featuring renowned educational programs, custom seminars and specialized vendor marketing programs. For more information about Key3Media, visit www.key3media.com

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