LAS VEGAS -- Interop -- I had only one day to spend at Interop in Vegas this week, so I had to move fast. Shoot first, ask questions later. (Questions like, "Why did I take a picture of that?") The first full day of tradeshow activity did have a lot of buzz and a lot of sound. Carnival booth barkers -- like this guy, hired by Axis Communications, made a strong comeback, more so than at other recent shows. Put it this way: I had a harder time hearing the people I was interviewing. Click forward to see a whirlwind tour of the expo floor and more. When you're done, have a look at our other coverage from the show:

• Open Compute Project Takes On Networking
• Interop Photos: SDN Keynote Frenzy
• What Applications Will Want from SDN
• Virtualization Takes the Stage at Interop

— Craig Matsumoto, Managing Editor, Light Reading