Juniper's High Performance Networking Seminar

Juniper recently held a seminar on High Performance Networking at Marriott Islamabad. I usually skip seminars but what the heck. Seemed like a good way to stay away from the usual Operations stuff and bask a moment or two in serenity.

The Carrier Grade Metro Network session which I went to attend never took off since the Guest speaker could'nt make it to Pakistan because of the Emergency, courtesy of our mortal Maharaja-COAS-President-god Musharraf.

It was the usual yada-yada with Juniper talking about it's Firewalls and Routers. Guys from TWA1, Mobilink, Burraq Telecom, PTCL, Dancom et al were there.

Anyway. The seminar was not very informative but lunch was good :-).

Walking into Marriott Islamabad makes one revisit memories of all the blasts that have taken place inside, outside and around Marriott. Surrounded by gun-totting security guards, it made me feel uncomfortable, as I walked briskly across the main entrance into the Lobby.