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Interop has already established itself as one of the most important events in information technology and this year's gathering in Las Vegas was no different, with tech professionals from around the world gathering to discuss some of the most pressing trends in networking technology.
Here are three of the most interesting items to emerge from one of the biggest items in the calendar.
The Internet of Things (IoT)
It was perhaps no surprise to see that IoT was one of the key talking points in Vegas, with experts from several companies offering their analysis on what possibilities could be unlocked as a result of implementing this technology.
Vince Ricco of Axis Communications claimed that security will be one of the sectors to be most affected.
He said: “Today, you can take one video camera and potentially have it associated with as many as four or five other devices such as humidity, heat, door open status, etc."
Interestingly, with advances in connectivity technology, he predicts that there is unlikely to be added strain placed on infrastructure in terms of bandwidth or bitrates.
Ethernet
While there is undoubtedly a push to make Ethernet speeds as fast as possible, there has also been noticeable movement in improving lower end speeds too.
The NBase-T Alliance used Interop to show off an assortment of 2.5 and 5GBase-T products that it hopes will address various new applications for the company's products, which it says will allow it to aggregate data at 2.5Gb/sec and 5Gb/sec Ethernet data across 802.11ac Wave2 access points.
Wi-Fi
While Ethernet technology certainly has a strong future in the eyes of many experts, there is little doubting that wireless connectivity is becoming the most ubiquitous networking trend.
Such is the widespread presence of Wi-Fi that it has brought about several high-profile challenges.
George Stefanick Junior, a wireless network architect at Houston Methodist Hospital, discussed the difficulties many organisations face when building multiple WLANs.
He told a panel at the event: "We added 5,000 clients in the past year and now have about 22,000 total clients. That's a staggering number. So when we hear about the Wi-Fi revolution, that alone is the proof."
Working out the best practice for building reliable wireless networks that can cope with ever increasing demands in terms of data, while accommodating new and exciting pieces of hardware successfully, is therefore set to be one of the most pressing challenges for networking experts.
