IN REVIEW
Looking Back at COMMS EXPO 2011 First and Foremost By Neil O’Sullivan
On 28th and 29th June, the Barbican Centre in London played host to a brand new show for the network and data communications industry. COMMS EXPO 2011 brought together industry players from across the UK and Europe to share their knowledge on the latest technologies and solutions.
At COMMS EXPO 2011, visitors could meet companies specialising in every sector of the industry. Market leading manufacturers and solutions providers such as Anixter, Commscope, Panduit and Raritan showcased their solutions. Leading test and measurement solutions providers such as Dymo, Exfo, Fluke Networks, Megger and Ideal Industries all proved popular. IP CCTV experts Samsung Techwin and Xvision explained this exciting new technology to visitors. Power management specialists Raritan, Riello UPS and Infosec UPS System highlighted the importance of this vital area of network and data centre management. There were also exhibitors specialising in the fields of VoIP, racks and enclosures, cooling, copper and fibre cabling, and infrastructure management, to name just a few. Once visitors had had their fill of
the exhibition floor, they could drop in to the Seminar Hall, which hosted expert speakers across the two days. The range of knowledge on offer here was second to none. The topics covered by the speakers are too numerous to mention here, so we can only pick out a few highlights. Ken Hodge of Brand-Rex’s exploration of the future of cabling configurations to support high speed networks was a must-attend for anyone thinking about Next Generation Ethernet. Ed Gibson, former FBI agent and now Global Cyber Security Chief at PricewaterhouseCoopers, delivered a stirring presentation about
28 NETCOMMS europe Volume I, Issue 6 2011
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