Warmenhoven said he didn't expect to give his speech, after his original keynote was canceled Tuesday. However, he said the show officials asked him to replace scheduled keynote speaker Dave Dorman of AT&T, who was unable to travel to Atlanta yesterday.
"We had some discussions [about not giving a speech], but the consensus decision we made with the show organizers was to try to get back to business, as quickly as possible," Warmenhoven said.
N+I president and Key3Media executive Valerie Williamson said that show officials "debated the pros and cons" of closing the event, but in the end decided to follow the advice of President George Bush, "and not let cowardly acts" disrupt the way Americans do business.
On the show floor, the booth magicians and models that are part and parcel of large shows like N+I seemed a bit lost, without a sizeable crowd to perform for. Companies that did remain were able to give the few attendees personal demos, though ones like Cisco's display of its Storage-over-IP technology were hampered a bit by the other vendors' departures.
- Paul Kapustka, Editor at Large, Light Reading
http://www.lightreading.com
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