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Preparing for the Unexpected – Business Continuity Solutions from Verizon Business

June 24th, 2008 |
Preparing for the Unexpected – Business Continuity Solutions from Verizon Business

Experts estimate that four in 10 businesses do not have a business continuity plan. To address this critical business requirement in today’s hyper-connected global economy, Verizon Business offers a comprehensive suite of industry-leading global business continuity solutions. In this podcast, [See the full post…]

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Verizon Business Advances Global Collaboration

June 17th, 2008 |
Verizon Business Advances Global Collaboration

Verizon Business is expanding its unified global communications capabilities to help large businesses and government agencies enhance collaboration and improve business processes and employee productivity. In this podcast, Roberta Mackintosh, executive director of global voice services at Verizon Business, discusses [See the full post…]

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Verizon Business Adds Management of Juniper J-series Services Routers

June 16th, 2008 |
Verizon Business Adds Management of Juniper J-series Services Routers

Verizon Business recently added the Juniper Networks J-series services routers to its suite of managed services. Verizon Business is the first U.S. service provider to offer management of this class of Juniper Networks routers, which deliver carrier-class reliability and performance [See the full post…]

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Verizon Business 2008 Data Breach Investigations Report – Part II

June 13th, 2008 |
Verizon Business 2008 Data Breach Investigations Report – Part II

In Part II of this podcast series on the Verizon Business 2008 Data Breach Investigations Report, Bryan Sartin, director of investigative response for Verizon Business Security Solutions, summarizes key report findings and discusses actions enterprises can take to help prevent [See the full post…]

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Verizon Business 2008 Data Breach Investigations Report – Part I

June 11th, 2008 |
Verizon Business 2008 Data Breach Investigations Report – Part I

The majority of corporate data breaches are avoidable with reasonable security measures. In Part I of this two-podcast series, Bryan Sartin, director of investigative response for Verizon Business Security Solutions, provides a general overview of the 2008 Data Breach Investigations [See the full post…]

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Verizon Business Expands Consulting Services

May 19th, 2008 |
Verizon Business Expands Consulting Services

Meeting the growing demand from large corporations for high-tech services, Verizon Business is significantly increasing the number and range of its professional consulting services. Nancy Gofus, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Verizon Business, discusses how the company is [See the full post…]

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F5 and HP Partner to Optimize SharePoint Server 2007

May 19th, 2008 |
F5 and HP Partner to Optimize SharePoint Server 2007

HP ran tests on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 using F5 technology, and the results were dramatic: F5’s BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager with WebAccelerator improved throughput to the branch office by up to 8x in a symmetric configuration. Listen to this [See the full post…]

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California State Parks Explore the World of IP

May 13th, 2008 |
California State Parks Explore the World of IP

The California Department of Parks and Recreation is harnessing the power of IP to converge networks, increase capacity and support new capabilities. Alan Friedman, department CIO, discusses the migration from frame relay to managed MPLS and highlights how the new [See the full post…]

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Fujitsu North America CIO Discusses Working Effectively With Your Service Provider

May 12th, 2008 |
Fujitsu North America CIO Discusses Working Effectively With Your Service Provider

In this podcast, Jeff Meier, chief information officer for Fujitsu North America, discusses how a broad range of Verizon Business services enable his firm’s U.S.-based business operations. Meier then looks ahead to future initiatives with Verizon Business and offers personal [See the full post…]

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Verizon Business Helps Companies Conduct Eco-Friendly Business

April 21st, 2008 |
Verizon Business Helps Companies Conduct Eco-Friendly Business

In this podcast, Chris Kimm discusses the Verizon Business’s commitment to the environment and how advanced communications and information technology solutions can help multinational companies employ energy-efficient business practices that make good business sense. Kimm is vice president of sales [See the full post…]

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Verizon Business Discusses its Industry-Leading Approach to Data Protection and Data Loss Prevention

April 8th, 2008 |
Verizon Business Discusses its Industry-Leading Approach to Data Protection and Data Loss Prevention

In this podcast, we hear from Bart Vansevenant, director of strategy for Verizon Business Security Solutions. Mr. Vansevenant highlights Verizon Business’s announcement of a new suite of services that help large businesses and government agencies protect data and prevent data [See the full post…]

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Verizon Business Discusses Investment in Trans Pacific Express

April 7th, 2008 |
Verizon Business Discusses Investment in Trans Pacific Express

The Trans Pacific Express (TPE) is the first next-generation undersea optical cable system directly linking the U.S. and mainland China, as well as the first major undersea system to land on the U.S. West Coast in seven years. As the [See the full post…]

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Encryption Key Management and Enterprise Data Security

April 7th, 2008 |
Encryption Key Management and Enterprise Data Security

In this third of three podcasts on enterprise data security, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Bob Cancilla, vice president of disk systems at IBM. Cancilla explains the important role of encryption key management across the enterprise data storage security space, [See the full post…]

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The Role of the Controller and Storage System in Enterprise Data

April 7th, 2008 |
The Role of the Controller and Storage System in Enterprise Data

In this second of three podcasts on enterprise data security, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Phil Bullinger, executive vice president and general manager of the Engenio Storage Group at LSI Corporation. Bullinger explains the role of the storage system in [See the full post…]

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Self-Encrypting Disk Drives to Move into Data Centers

April 7th, 2008 |
Self-Encrypting Disk Drives to Move into Data Centers

Seagate, IBM, and LSI have been working to make changes in how data is protected in enterprise Data Centers. Today Seagate announced it is making available the world’s first self-encrypting hard drive for data centers. PodTech spoke with [See the full post…]

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Defining Application Ready Networks with F5’s Ken Salchow

April 4th, 2008 |
Defining Application Ready Networks with F5’s Ken Salchow

Ken Salchow, F5‘s manager of technical marketing, talks about F5’s Application Ready Networks (ARNs). These road-tested architectures cover best practices and deployment support for specific solutions from F5 and major software vendors. F5 currently offers ARNs for Microsoft, SAP, [See the full post…]

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Verizon Business’s Ultra Long Haul Strategy Moves Forward

April 3rd, 2008 |
Verizon Business’s Ultra Long Haul Strategy Moves Forward

Tom Meagher, director of transport planning for Verizon Business, explains how Verizon Business’s multi-year Ultra Long Haul (ULH) strategy provides customers with reduced provisioning times, improved reliability and lower latency. This network strategy reduces network elements by 70 percent, thereby [See the full post…]

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Verizon Completes Industry’s First 100 Gbps Field Trial

April 2nd, 2008 |
Verizon Completes Industry’s First 100 Gbps Field Trial

As video streaming, file sharing, database delivery and business continuity solutions drive bandwidth demand, industry experts are increasingly looking toward 100 Gbps network upgrades. In late 2007, Verizon successfully completed the industry’s first successful field trial proving that the existing [See the full post…]

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Shanghai IDF Preview, with Intel’s Pat Gelsinger

March 31st, 2008 |
Shanghai IDF Preview, with Intel’s Pat Gelsinger

In this podcast, a preview of this year’s Spring IDF 2008, bringing thousands of hardware and software engineers from around the world to Shanghai, China, for a developer forum with a telling theme: “Invent the New Reality.”

Intel Senior Vice [See the full post…]

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Cool New Tools From Belkin

March 17th, 2008 |
Cool New Tools From Belkin

I’ve always loved the little devices that Belkin makes, especially for frugal geeks like myself.

In an earlier podcast with the Frag Dolls, we covered Belkin’s new game controller, and this time, Belkin’s Robert Naugle shows some of the [See the full post…]

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Intel Processing Power at GDC

February 25th, 2008 |
Intel Processing Power at GDC

Intel processing power was the name of the game at the 2008 Game Developers Conference. With quad core and 8-core muscle “under the hood,” gamers, developers, and graphics folks alike had a chance to see their games supercharged: faster [See the full post…]

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Transforming IT Infrastructure with Enterprise-Class Virtualization from VMware, part 5

February 25th, 2008 |
Transforming IT Infrastructure with Enterprise-Class Virtualization from VMware, part 5

VMware has just released ESX 3.5 and Virtual Center 2.5. In this 5th of a 5 part podcast series, VMware Technical Account Manager Joe Gazarik explains more of the new features of ESX 3.5 and networking, jumbo frame support, TCP [See the full post…]

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Network Investments Drive Fixed-Mobile Convergence Innovation

February 15th, 2008 |
Network Investments Drive Fixed-Mobile Convergence Innovation

This video podcast, featuring comments from Ivan Seidenberg Verizon chairman and CEO, and Nancy Gofus, chief marketing officer for Verizon Business, discusses how Verizon’s network investments are driving innovations in fixed-mobile convergence. Hear how our powerful global IP and [See the full post…]

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MEI Group Turns to Verizon Business for New Managed Global Network

February 15th, 2008 |
MEI Group Turns to Verizon Business for New Managed Global Network

Brian Fenimore, director of global infrastructure for MEI Group discusses how close collaboration with Verizon Business resulted in the on-time deployment of a brand new managed global network. Fenimore speaks to the advantages of a fully managed global infrastructure and [See the full post…]

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Transforming IT Infrastructure with Enterprise-Class Virtualization from VMware, part 4

February 11th, 2008 |
Transforming IT Infrastructure with Enterprise-Class Virtualization from VMware, part 4

VMware has just released ESX 3.5 and Virtual Center 2.5. In the fourth of a 5 part podcast series, VMware Technical Account Manager Joe Gazarik explains more of the new features of ESX 3.5 and Virtual Center 2.5 including support [See the full post…]

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