I know it is Vegas, but overall the booth babes were not out in force at Interop.  The biggest defender was Blue Cat networks, who once again had a frat boy set up with girls dressed in very skimpy skirts and leggings inviting giddy geeks in to play some virtual golf.  Of course this follows past years where Blue Cat had girls dressed in skin tight jump suits putting you in flight simulators.  Of course the girls scanned your information while they strapped  you in.  This sort of exploitive behavior from Blue Cat has become expected.  I don't know if I were a woman, if I would want to work at that company.  For the most part, the booth babes are employed by companies looking to put fannies in seats at presentations.  These woman are usually good looking but not dressed to crazy and try to to get you to sit down, listen to a presentation and maybe win a prize. I don't have a problem with this, depending on how they are dressed.

In the you never know category though is my experience with this potential booth babe from D-Link.  A quick look at the picture to the right would indicate, yes a booth babe for sure. However, I had a chance to speak with this young lady and was surprised to find out that she was an expert on 802.1x.  She knew all of the potential radius attributes supported by every single Cisco switch.  She also was able to set up the DHCP server on the D-Link Routers and to top it off explained to me exactly how D-Link was using the data stored in a MAP server to provide greater security utilizing the new TCG IF-MAP standard. Of course you believe all this right and know she was not just a booth babe.  What do you think?