Exhibition and presentations dominated by security issues 
The two day IP Expo show opened this week in London's East End, with few big names on the exhibition floor, but a wealth of new names, particularly in cyber-security. Security dominated both the floor and presentations where a panel, chaired by BBC Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, featured security experts Eugene Kaspersky (Kaspersky Labs), James Lyne (Sophos), Joshua Corman (Sonatype) and Rik Ferguson (Trend Micro), but bogged down on the question of whether it is possible to ever be fully secure, and the resulting implications for organisations.
In his presentation, Mark Russinovich Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Azure took a similarly pragmatic approach, looking at the common barriers that prevent organisations from seizing the benefits of cloud computing, then demonstrating approaches such as hybrid cloud and other emerging cloud capabilities.
On the floor, the firms nearest the entrances reported a good flow of interested prospects, it was clear that many of those attending had plenty of questions to ask about technology direction and implementation. Some of those exhibiting were hoping to pick up channel connections as well as potential business.
IT Europa spoke with a number of exhibitors including Scale Computing's new MD here and enterprise consultant Contino here