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Before Interop, There’s Hot Stage: A Talk with Brian Chee Part 1 of 3

Brian Chee, a long time veteran of the InteropNET team and a team lead for wireless, talks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about the beginnings of the Interoperability event, in the mid-eighties. Hot Stage happens a month before Interop. A huge [See the full post…]

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Intel CEO Paul Otellini Says It’s Time to Give PCs Help – Part 1 of 4

Intel CEO Paul Otellini Says It’s Time to Give PCs Help – Part 1 of 4

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24, 2006 (PodTech News) Intel unveiled a new brand for its business products called vPro. The designation describes a set of products designed to make the management of fleets of personal computers easier. “The good old business [See the full post…]

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Intel CEO Paul Otellini Unveils the vPro Platform – Part 2 of 4

Intel CEO Paul Otellini Unveils the vPro Platform – Part 2 of 4

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24, 2006 (PodTech News) Intel’s vPro is a platform that brings together a collection of technologies to increase productivity, reduce costs and to address challenges to secure hardware, software and networks. Some analysts say the new brand [See the full post…]

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Intel Promises Security to Owners of PC Fleets on the vPro Platform – Part 3 of 4

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24, 2006 (PodTech News) Intel CEO Paul Otellini said that proactive security was one of the pillars of the company’s new business brand called vPro, which describes a range of products aimed at increasing productivity and decreasing [See the full post…]

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Otellini Says Intel Focused on Performance and Energy Efficiency – Part 4 of 4

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24, 2006 (PodTech News) The chipmaker Intel says its vPro platform–like its Centrino wireless brand for laptops–is designed to save businesses energy costs by improving efficiency and performance in fleets of desktop PCs. Intel chief Paul Otellini [See the full post…]

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Intel vPro: Secure Environment for Users and Companies

John Furrier caught up with Trenton Waterhouse of Computer Associates to chat about the new vPro Intel brand. Waterhouse says vPro will helf drive down costs and increase productivity. Related Stories: IntelBusiness

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Intel vPro: Security Is One of the Pillars of the New Brand from Intel

Symantec’s Enrique Salem says the security in Intel’s vPro brand represents a revolutionary approach to security with a system that can update itself while running the background of a company’s IT systems. John Furrier interviewed him for this podcast. Related [See the full post…]

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Intel vPro: EDS Says vPro a Boon to Protecting Data on PC Fleets

Jack Story of EDS says vPro will improve the performance in the fleets of computers his company manages for other firms. John Furrier sat down with Jack at Intel’s vPro launch in San Francisco. Related Stories: IntelBusiness

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Intel vPro: New Brand Promises to Increase Business Computing Performance

John Furrier chats with Gregory Bryant, General Manager of Intel’s Digital Office Platform Division, about the new vPro brand. Bryant says upcoming vPro enabled PCs will show significantly better performance than previous machines. Related Stories: IntelBusiness

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Interop Las Vegas 2006 – Coming Soon

PodTech’s Fresh Voices will be in Las Vegas covering Interop from beginning to end (April 30 – May 5). PodTech InfoTalk and PodTech News will bring you keynote speeches, candid interviews, first reviews of new products being shown, and all [See the full post…]

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NETGEAR’s – David Henry on WIFI standards

NETGEAR’s – David Henry on WIFI standards

First there was the B, and then came G, and now there is N or at least draft 11n. No this is not the alphabet turned on its head. This is the series of WiFi standards designed by the IEEE. [See the full post…]

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SOUNDS OF CTIA WIRELESS 2006: Mobile Phone Technology

Join Podtech’s Michael Johnson as he roams the floor of CTIA Wireless 2006 talking with Intel, AOL, Sony/Ericsson, LG Electronics, and the Irish company, Allato about some of the lastest ideas and applications for mobile phones.

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Kaboodle Nets an A-Round – Podcast with CEO Manish Chandra

Kaboodle nets an A round of funding. I happy about this because I had the pleasure of interviewing Manish Chandra on PodTech Podcast in February at my good friends Mike Arrington’s house. Manish is a nice guy and student of [See the full post…]

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Jigsaw Series C Funding Party

Jigsaw Series C Funding Party

Jigsaw Data, built a database of business contacts for salespeople, created by their users. They’ve just announced a third round of funding to the tune of $12 million, by Austin Ventures and previous funders El Dorado Ventures and Norwest Venture [See the full post…]

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New Maxtor OneTouch III, Mini Edition Announced Today

New Maxtor OneTouch III, Mini Edition Announced Today Ben Castro, senior product marketing manager for the Maxtor OneTouch family, highlights the industry’s first mobile storage solution that comes fully loaded with the latest software innovations to protect and manage digital [See the full post…]

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Michael Johnson chats with Jason Rushforth from Pivotal.

Michael Johnson sits down with Jason Rushforth, General Manager of Financial Services and Health Care Vertical at Pivotal, to talk about customer relationship management (CRM). Click here for transcript

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The SMB sector has more switching options now than ever before- A NETGEAR podcast

Too big? Too small? Do you find yourself yearning like Goldi Lox for the switching solution that is just right? Then join me for a conversation with Peter Newton Sr. product line manager at NETGEAR as he talks about the [See the full post…]

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CTIA WIRELESS 2006 – Rance Poehler, President, Panasonic

CTIA WIRELESS 2006 – Rance Poehler, President, Panasonic

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – During CTIA 2006, we spoke with Panasonic Toughbook president Rance Poehler about the increasing need for mobility and durability to come together to meet the changing requirements of a fast-growing global [See the full post…]

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CTIA WIRELESS 2006 – Bruce Gustafson, Nortel Networks

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – Michael Johnson interviews Bruce Gustafson, Nortel Networks. http://www.nortelnetworks.com Click here for transcript

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CTIA WIRELESS 2006 – Andrew Humber, Senior PR Manager – Handheld Products, NVIDIA

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – Michael Johnson interviews Andrew Humber, Senior PR Manager – Handheld Products, NVIDIA. http://www.nvidia.com Click here for transcript

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CTIA WIRELESS 2006 – Mike Fitzgerald, CEO – Altobridge

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – Michael Johnson interviews Mike Fitzgerald, CEO – Altobridge. http://www.altobridge.com Click here for transcript

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CTIA WIRELESS 2006 – Mark Yaphe, VP – Product Management, Glenayre

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – Michael Johnson interviews Mark Yaphe, VP – Product Management, Glenayre. http://www.glenayre.com Click here for transcript

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CTIA WIRELESS 2006 – Oswin Eleonora, VP - Global Telecoms, LogicaCMG

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – Michael Johnson interviews Oswin Eleonora, VP - Global Telecoms, LogicaCMG, the company that invented text messaging and handles a major percentage of all text messaging traffic worldwide through their servers embedded in many [See the full post…]

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CTIA WIRELESS 2006 – Brian Marks, Manager, Kodak Mobile Division

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – During CTIA 2006, we spoke with the General Manager of Kodak Mobile, Brian Marks, about Kodak’s future in the wireless and mobile space. Through strategic partnerships and innovative thinking, Kodak is [See the full post…]

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Mike Williams, GM and VP of Maxtor’s Branded Products Group, Presents the Future of Storage Innovation

Maxtor’s goal is to help bring consumers’ digital content to life through an extended family of simple, elegant and intuitive solutions. Today, the way people access, share, view and experience digital content is quickly evolving, and Maxtor is introducing several [See the full post…]

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