Oh, the Sights You See at RSA 2007 …

Marketing Manager Edward David of Orange, Calif.-based 8e6 Technologies shows off a turbo-powered blade server to illustrate what his company does: URL filtering, IM and P2P control, Web use reporting, and bandwidth management. Davids labo

TriGeo Network Security of Post Falls, Idaho, had one of the more disturbing displays at the RSA Security Conference.

Network security specialist Masu Networks of Cambridge, Mass., used robot boxers to illustrate its philosophy about dealing with network hackers: NOC Em, SOC Em.

A pair of NASCAR-like race drivers strolled the RSA Security Conference floor on behalf of data security vendor Tablus of San Mateo, Calif. Tablus used the allegory of winning the data protection race as part of its visibility

Certicom, of Mississauga, Ontario, an authority on Elliptic Curve Cryptograhy, displayed a booth that caught a lot of attention because it changed colors every few minutes.

Internet gateway systems maker IronPort Systems, of San Bruno, Calif., sponsored a casinolike table in which passersby were able to play Texas Hold Em with the dealer for prizes.

Gemalto, a global digital security firm based in Paris, gave away something you dont see every day—chocolate-covered sunflower seeds. The reviews were mixed.

The RSA Security Conference attracted nearly 20,000 participants and 340 companies—the best attendance ever for the worlds largest data security company. And when free veggie and coffee bars were opened to all in attendance the afternoon of Feb. 7,

IP network platform maker Juniper Networks of Sunnyvale, Calif., kept its corporate communications on the light side with a number of animated posters like this one on its colorful booth.