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Virtualization 2.0 – Intel Chip Chat – Episode 34

November 6th, 2008 |
Virtualization 2.0 – Intel Chip Chat – Episode 34

Intel is helping enable the next generation of virtualization usage by allowing IT managers to deliver high availability solutions with the agility to address disaster recovery and real time workload balancing. Intel, virtualization, chip chat, disaster recovery, workload balancing

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Intel & HP Announce World’s Best 4-Socket TPC-C Result

November 6th, 2008 |
Intel & HP Announce World’s Best 4-Socket TPC-C Result

Intel and HP recently announced the world’s best four-socket TPC-C benchmark result — a showing of 634,000 transactions per minute. HP’s Aaron Spurlock joins Noe Garcia from Intel to discuss the specifics of how the HP Proliant DL580 G5 server [See the full post…]

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IBM Announces World Record TPC-C Result: What Does It Mean for IT Managers?

November 4th, 2008 |
IBM Announces World Record TPC-C Result: What Does It Mean for IT Managers?

This past Fall, Intel announced that the Xeon 7400-series processors posted record performance results, marking the first time that the industry has seen 1.2 million database transactions per minute on an 8-socket IBM server. It was announced by Intel Executive [See the full post…]

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Automating the Datacenter

November 3rd, 2008 |
Automating the Datacenter

VMware can help solve the business agility dilemma of architecture inadequacy versus the need for automation with VMware Infrastructure, a software platform that provides extreme flexibility, scalability and availability of computing resources. Learn how virtualization delivers the simplicity that IT [See the full post…]

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Smarter Tools Turn Information Into Intelligence

November 3rd, 2008 |
Smarter Tools Turn Information Into Intelligence

Information intelligence is a core component of next-generation content management. In this EMC technology innovation podcast, information intelligence expert Lou Jordano discusses how combining advanced search, classification, content analytics, and visualization capabilities with a content management platform transforms data into [See the full post…]

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Xeon 7400-Series World Record Results

October 30th, 2008 |
Xeon 7400-Series World Record Results

Intel’s Xeon 7400-series processors posted record performance results, in time for this announcement from Intel Executive Vice President Pat Gelsinger at IDF 2008, in San Francisco. This podcast includes the IDF announcement of those Xeon performance results, which marked the [See the full post…]

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Microsoft Virtualization Strategy with Hyper-V

October 28th, 2008 |
Microsoft Virtualization Strategy with Hyper-V

Microsoft’s hypervisor-based server, “Hyper-V,” is part of the company’s offerings — along with presentation virtualization and application virtualization — aimed at helping companies to take full advantage of virtualization and quad-core technology. The server virtualization product, in conjunction with Intel’s [See the full post…]

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Using ROI Analysis to Build a Compelling Business Case for VDI

October 27th, 2008 |
Using ROI Analysis to Build a Compelling Business Case for VDI

Raj Mallempati from the VMware product team is joined by Steve Kaplan from INX, a longtime VMware business partner. Listen as Steve shares his experience as a technology implementer and ROI analyst and how he applies that foundation to VMware [See the full post…]

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45nm and Beyond, Part 2: What’s Next?

October 23rd, 2008 |
45nm and Beyond, Part 2: What’s Next?

Intel’s introduction of 45nm technology last year brought with it new levels of innovation and data center efficiency. With a trend toward bigger servers using virtualization, however, comes a need for increased performance headroom. In this podcast, Intel’s Chris Peters [See the full post…]

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Managing and Deploying Web 2.0 in the Enterprise

October 22nd, 2008 |
Managing and Deploying Web 2.0 in the Enterprise

Join Lance Shaw, group product marketing manager at EMC, as he chats with Frost & Sullivan Principal Analyst Melanie Turek on how Web 2.0 technologies are transforming the way organizations conduct business today. Hear Melanie’s perspective on the potential benefits [See the full post…]

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Intel and VMware – World’s First Flex Migration Demo

October 21st, 2008 |
Intel and VMware – World’s First Flex Migration Demo

New technologies are helping the enterprise to save time, money and energy, while eliminating downtime. When virtualization meets the data center, the savings can be profound. Intel’s and VMware’s “Flex Migration” allows VMware’s VMotion to take advantage of all the [See the full post…]

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Automating the Virtual Datacenter with VMware Lifecycle Manager

October 20th, 2008 |
Automating the Virtual Datacenter with VMware Lifecycle Manager

VMware’s Lifecycle Manager delivers a set of best practices to enhance the management of virtual machines. Listen to VMware’s product experts describe how Lifecycle Manager key features and benefits can set up a consistent and standardized virtual machine request and [See the full post…]

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CIO Digest – October 2008 Issue Preview

October 17th, 2008 |
CIO Digest – October 2008 Issue Preview

In this podcast, Sr. Director of Customer Relationships & Publishing, Patrick E. Spencer, provides an overview of the October 2008 issue of CIO Digest, Symantec’s quarterly containing strategies and analysis for senior and c-level IT leaders around the world. Each [See the full post…]

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Top four differences between ESXi and Server 2

October 13th, 2008 |
Top four differences between ESXi and Server 2

Want to start with server virtualization but not sure which free product to choose? Listen to this podcast to learn about VMware ESXi and VMware Server 2. We’ll discuss the differences, the technical considerations for implementation, and we’ll share a [See the full post…]

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Executive Spotlight Podcast: Rhonda MacLean, Global CISO, Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Banking

October 10th, 2008 |
Executive Spotlight Podcast: Rhonda MacLean, Global CISO, Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Banking

Rhonda MacLean, the Global CISO at Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Banking, uses the analogy of a brakes on a car when explaining the relevance of information security today. In short, like brakes, information security is there to help the [See the full post…]

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2008 EMEA Visionary Awards

2008 EMEA Visionary Awards

In this podcast, Patrick E. Spencer, Sr. Director of Customer Relationships and Publishing, provides an overview of the 2008 EMEA Visionary Award winners. Visit the Symantec Forums to learn more about the 2008 Visionaries.

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Symantec Data Loss Prevention 9.0

Symantec Data Loss Prevention 9.0

In this podcast, Vice President for Data Loss Prevention solutions, Michael Wolfe, provides an update on why companies are concerned with data loss and how Symantec Data Loss Prevention 9.0 addresses their concerns. For more information, visit: www.symantec.com

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Symantec Introduces Information Risk Management Strategy

Symantec Introduces Information Risk Management Strategy

In this podcast, Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Mathew Lodge provides and overview of Symantec’s new Information Risk Management Strategy, and talks about the three new products that make up the cornerstone of the new strategy. For more information, visit [See the full post…]

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Executive Spotlight Podcast: Janice Chaffin, Group President, Consumer Business Unit, Symantec

Executive Spotlight Podcast: Janice Chaffin, Group President, Consumer Business Unit, Symantec

Janice Chaffin, group president, Consumer Business Unit at Symantec, discusses the Norton 2009 release, the expanding Norton portfolio, and initiatives focused on one-click support for customers. She also discusses how protecting consumers comes first, as they are the more frequent [See the full post…]

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Executive Spotlight Podcast: Jason Wilkins, CIO, Xstrata

Executive Spotlight Podcast: Jason Wilkins, CIO, Xstrata

Jason Wilkins joined Xstrata as CIO in 2002 when the company had a market capitalization of around $500 million USD and a few thousand employees. Today, the company has more than 56,000 employees and a market capitalization of approximately $60 [See the full post…]

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Executive Spotlight Podcast: Alex Siow, Head of Information Systems and Programs Office, StarHub

Executive Spotlight Podcast: Alex Siow, Head of Information Systems and Programs Office, StarHub

Alex Siow has held a number of different professional roles, ranging from civil engineering, to marketing, to sales, to professor, and he draws upon this breadth of front-line business experience in helping to build greater linkages between the business and [See the full post…]

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Backup Exec 12.5 & Backup Exec System Recover 8.5 Product Overview

September 29th, 2008 |
Backup Exec 12.5 & Backup Exec System Recover 8.5 Product Overview

In this podcast, Vice President for Backup Exec in the Symantec Data Protection Group, Pat Hanavan, provides product overviews of Backup Exec 12.5 and Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5. Hanavan gives and in depth look at the features and benefits [See the full post…]

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Symantec Online Remote Access

September 19th, 2008 |
Symantec Online Remote Access

In this podcast, Sr. Manager Mike Baldwin provides an features and benefits overview of Symantec Online Remote Access, and discusses the role the product will play in Symantec Protection Network platform. For more information, visit: www.spn.com

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Data Protection and Virtual Environments

September 19th, 2008 |
Data Protection and Virtual Environments

In this podcast, Sr. Vice President of the Symantec Data Protection Group, Deepak Mohan, provides a high-level overview of key trends in virtualization and data protection, and how Backup Exec 12.5 can help organizations protect their data in virtual environments. [See the full post…]

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Next Generation Data Protection

September 19th, 2008 |
Next Generation Data Protection

In this podcast, Sr. Vice President of the Symantec Data Protection Group, Deepak Mohan, provides an overview of how the recent release of Backup Exec 12.5 integrates into the broader Symantec Next Generation Data Protection strategy. For more information, visit: [See the full post…]

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