Interviews with industry experts and analysts that give you a high-level view of the networking landscape.
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November 19, 2008
Web 2.0 applications are imposing new demands on storage, and a different approach is needed, says James Sullivan, vice president of IBM's XIV storage division. Sullivan explains the limitations of legacy storage systems and how XIV is trying to make storage easier to manage. (13:42)
November 17, 2008
When money is scarce, buying a shiny new application is a tough sell for IT shops. Micro Focus helps its customers leverage
exiting legacy systems by wrappering them with new code and pushing them into a Web 2.0 world, says Stephen Kelly, CEO. (12:08)
November 13, 2008
Professor Stephen Lyon of Princeton University has figured out how to store information in the nucleus of an atom in a quantum
computing project that could eventually change the way enterprises store data. Hear him describe his research in an interview
with Network World's Jon Brodkin. (11:38)
November 12, 2008
If you're a half-full kind of person, then there's some good news in terms of the current economic conditions and the tech
recession. George Colony, CEO of Forrester Research, gives five reasons why the current crisis is not like the Internet bubble of 2001-03, which he
calls a "tech depression". (13:56)
November 10, 2008
With hype and media attention focused on smart phones (Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry), is there still a place in the world for a good old-fashioned notebook? Paul Moore from Fujitsu America discusses the state of the mobile worker, whether tablets will ever go mainstream, and new innovations in the mobile and ultra-mobile device arena. (11:30)
November 05, 2008
If you've ever tried to send a multi-gigabyte file across the internet, you know how painful an experience it can be. But,
there are options available. Michelle Munson, CEO of Aspera, explains her company's FASP protocol and how it will speed big-file
delivery. (9:15)
November 03, 2008
Bandwidth may still be king, but higher capacities and lower costs also means lower quality. New applications and business
decisions may require enterprises to take a new look at WAN optimization techniques to speed up traffic and reduce costs of
their WAN traffic. Rick Tinsley, CEO of Silver Peak Systems, chats with Keith Shaw about the latest trends in the WAN services space. (9:57)
October 30, 2008
Panda Security's Ryan Sherstobitoff joins us with some eye-opening stats on how the malware market spikes when other economic
indicators like the stock market are down. (13:37)
October 28, 2008
Our second annual real-life scary security tales podcast will make you shake in your boots. Listen in as our panel of security
experts (Mike Paquette from Top Layer Networks, David Ting from Imprivata and Ed Gaudet from Liquid Machines) dish up their favorite stories of doctors circumventing passwords by writing them on a wall, how data
thieves duped employees into offering up their machines for a "PC oil change", and how a worsening economy will make security
threats even scarier. (30:30).
October 27, 2008
Identity management can be a challenge when business people and IT don't collaborate on who has permissions to do what on
a given system. This can lead to fraud and internal threats to data systems. Mark McClain, founder and CEO of SailPoint, talks
about how to aggregate user login information and share in a non-technical way with business leaders to ensure greater system
security. (17:45)
October 22, 2008
As enterprises explore the concepts of software-as-a-service and cloud computing, jumping right in without knowing what to
expect probably isn't the best tactic. Tim Eades, the CEO of Everyone.net, talks with Keith Shaw about five tips for businesses that want to make a SaaS endeavor worth the
effort. (9:53)
October 20, 2008
In a recent report, Forrester Research designated HP as the front-runner in data-center automation for the breadth of its automation solutions (in part gained through its acquisition of Opsware a year ago). HP automation expert Kalyan Ramanathan sits down with Beth Schultz, New Data Center editor, to share what the company has learned over the years helping its enterprise customers implement automation across storage, server, network and application infrastructures. (16:25)
October 15, 2008
Web video has exploded in the past year-plus, but it's only the beginning of greater things to come. Keith Kocho, president
and founder of Extend Media, talks about the future of video and the challenges - like bandwidth caps - that need to be overcome.
(15:12)
October 14, 2008
Unified Communications (UC) is a hot topic in the enterprise and now Siemens is pushing it to the mobiel worker to created
what Yankee Group calls the "Anywhere Enterprise." Siemens' Luc Roy explains how mobile UC will change how and where you work.
(16:53)
October 13, 2008
Countless companies have tried to "improve" search, but with limited results. Surf Canyon, a new player in the market, could
have a technology that makes your Web searches more fruitful without have to compete with Google. Mark Cramer, CEO of Surf
Canyon, discusses the company and its technology with Network World's Jason Meserve. (12:49)
October 08, 2008
Eric Armstrong, President of Kontiki, joins Jason Meserve in studio to talk about video and how legitimate peer-to-peer technology
can power its delivery across your corporate network and out to customers more efficiently. (15:28)
October 06, 2008
Joao Carreira, CEO of Critical Links, talks with Jason Meserve about Multi-Service Business Gateways, how they can deliver
core IT functionality to a small office in a single box and why they're not necessarily a single point of failure. (13:57)
October 03, 2008
With the ability to carry half a terabyte of data in the palm of your hand now a reality, the ways storage companies will
market personal storage is about to change. Keith Shaw sits down with Seagate's John van Bronkhorst to discuss how storage companies will try to explain the simplicity of expanding, protecting and moving data around rather
than marketing towards the fear of losing data. (9:19)
October 01, 2008
Vignette's been around since the beginning of Web content management. Much has changed in the market over the years, with new players and new media types entering the landscape. Vignette's Lee Shepstone and Tom Gilley join Jason Meserve to talk about the future of content management systems in the enterprise. (13:34)
September 25, 2008
A recent survey showed that every hour of application downtime costs companies more than $100,000; and companies have more
than 10 people on staff that manage application configuration changes. As companies look for ways to cut costs and comply
with federal regulations, can application automation help? Keith Shaw talks with Jim Hickey from mValent about the challenges of today's application infrastructure. (10:58)
September 22, 2008
For some reason, Sandals Resort customers were clamoring for better Wi-Fi access while vacationing in luxurious Carribean
locales. Bobby Stewart, the IT director that oversaw the rollout, explains how the company is delivering that access to all
of its properties through a new 802.11n-based mesh network that lets 'Net surfers browse while admiring the surf. (11:26)
September 17, 2008
Citrix Online's Bernardo de Albergaria talks about the demographics of online collaboration and how the technology has evolved
to help meet the needs of a growing number of telecommuters and remote workers. (10:30)
September 15, 2008
As brand-name hijacking (aka brandjacking) continues to haunt companies, new tactics based on grabbing identities through
social networking (Twitter-jacking, for example) are starting to appear on the landscape. Keith Shaw talks with Fred Felman from MarkMonitor about ways that companies can stay ahead of the social network hijacking curve. (16:45)
September 15, 2008
Virtualization is moving from a tactical tool to a strategic technology in many data centers. This trend calls for enterprise
IT managers to stop doling out resources in an ad hoc fashion and start adopting processes that will enable dynamic capacity
planning for their virtual environments. CiRBA CTO Andrew Hillier lays out how they can get started and how his company's
Data Center Intelligence technology can help them determine if Microsoft, VMware or Citrix best suits their needs. (15:23)
September 08, 2008
The Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) networks that run the valves and switches and telemetry systems in power
plants and industrial manufacturing facilities started out safe enough, but over the years have become linked to corporate
data networks tied to the Internet. That spells trouble. Security consultant Ira Winkler details the problem and describes
how he broke into a power company network (with permission). (15:18)
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