Interop in Pics: Connecting Besiness Opportunition
LAS VEGAS -- Interop -- This year's Interop was a living testimony to the convergence of telecom and IT. The annual conference devoted to enterprise networking was a-buzz with discussion of SDN and cloud. It was also replete with garbled booth signage, wine, marching bands, and food.
OMG, the food.
Click the image below to start the gallery while I unbutton the top button of my pants and take a little nap on the couch.
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Gratuitous animated GIFS:
- Guy wakes up from a public power nap at that charging station. Something about that charging station seemed to give people the nods.
- People walking the show floor.
- Strangely hypnotic animated GIF of a woman walking past that Starbucks.
It also says it's going to throw up in its mouth a little bit.
Last time I saw something like this it was in an aquarium.....
Mitch -- you didn't actually eat that, did you?
After I got it home, I disovered our puppy loved it too.
RIP great stylus. Your life was short, but you were loved.