http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/panorama/ Interviews with industry experts and analysts that give you a high-level view of the networking landscape. en Copyright 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) /podcasts/panorama/2008/090808pan-irawinkler.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/090808pan-irawinkler.html Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Who is Stonesoft? The Finland-based security company is making inroads in the U.S. market with its management-focuses StoneGate line of security products. Paul Johnson, President of the Americas at Stonesoft, joins Jason Meserve in studio to talk about the company, its products and how it is competing with the bigger players in the security market. (12:10) /podcasts/panorama/2008/090308pan-stonesoft.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/090308pan-stonesoft.html Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 SSL VPNs are the hot trend in remote access technology, but is it right for all applications? Jason Meserve talks with Chris Witeck, director of product management at SonicWall, to find out where SSL VPNs fit in best, how they can be similar to NAC and what the future holds for the technology. (12:13) /podcasts/panorama/2008/082708pan-sonicwall.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/082708pan-sonicwall.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Network World podcast host and online contributor Ron Nutter joins Keith Shaw for a discussion of Ron's recent job search in IT after being let go from another company earlier this year. What lessons were learned in trying to find an IT job in a tough economy? What worked? What didn't? Ron offers anecdotes and tips for IT job hunters. (20:09) /podcasts/panorama/2008/082508pan-nutter-jobsearch.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/082508pan-nutter-jobsearch.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 As more apps and services move to the Web and mobile devices, people affected with low vision might have trouble utilizing these programs. Dr. Aries Arditi from Lighthouse International talks with Keith Shaw about the latest in low vision technologies to help those affected deal with Web advances. (11:40) /podcasts/panorama/2008/082008pan-lowbrowse.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/082008pan-lowbrowse.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 x86 server virtualization gets all the attention these days, but enterprise IT execs ought not to forget the virtual mainframe when considering where to run their big apps. Cirba CTO Andrew Hillier talks about how to figure out which apps can best take advantage of mainframe virtualization, as well as how to keep them running optimally. (18:02). /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-mainframevirtualization.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-mainframevirtualization.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 We often hear the term "virtual data center," but what, exactly, does it mean? A virtual data center uses virtualization technology, to be sure, and should rely on automation and some orchestration. But to what extent? Alan Murphy, a technical marketing manager with F5 Networks, has created the Virtual Data Center Maturity Model as a guide. Here he describes the five levels. (26:50). /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationmaturitymodel.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationmaturitymodel.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Virtualization providers are girding up for a battle royal over the hypervisor. Will it become a commodity, as Citrix Systems and Microsoft say, or will it be a differentiator, as it is in VMware’s eyes? Playing referee, Dave Malcolm, CTO at Surgient, discusses how the enterprise will live in a multivendor hypervisor world. (17:13) /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationhypervisors.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationhypervisors.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 I/O bottlenecks are turning into a nasty problem on large-scale virtualized infrastructures. Ravi Chalaka, a vice president with Neterion, discusses how offloading hypervisor tasks from host software can help solve the problem. (14:20) /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationperformance.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationperformance.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 As employees' personal and business lives continue to merge, the future cell phone they carry may be able to accommodate both aspects of their lives through software virtualization technology. Peter Richards, CEO of VirtualLogix, discusses how tomorrow's mobile device will be all things to all people. (18:54) /podcasts/panorama/2008/081308pan-mobilevirtualization.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081308pan-mobilevirtualization.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400