Advanced switch gear on tap at Interop

Price, performance and security will be the keywords at next week's Interop show in Las Vegas. Some examples: Look for Alcatel to debut new switches with power-over-Ethernet and 10G Ethernet ports, while Radware will show its new data center management tools. Smaller companies will also release tools for AJAX applications, data offload technologies, and intrusion prevention schemes.

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