This week was InterOp in Las Vegas. If you've been in the industry as long as I have, you still have memories of InterOp as the premier networking event. I've been going to InterOp since 1992, before it merged with NetWorld. As I walked down the aisles this year, the event just seemed like it was only a shadow of its former self. While the economy has certainly taken some of the toll in the number of companies and attendees, it seems like it's more than that. Networking has broken off into a number of niche plays, and a general interoperability show doesn't seem as relevant today, when working together is just assumed, and expected.
Instead of going to a general purpose show like InterOp, I think IT admins are going to cloud, identity, security, mobility and other "themed" events. So you have to wonder, just how many years InterOp has left.
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