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Six Ways to Choose the Most Effective Network Management Solution for the Finance Industry

March 22nd, 2007 |
Six Ways to Choose the Most Effective Network Management Solution for the Finance Industry

Gnanesh Dholakia, senior product marketing manager at CA, and Jim Metzler, VP, Ashton, Metzler & Associates, look at network management issues in the financial industry.

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Secure Remote Access, F5 Networks’ Peter Silva, Part 1

March 22nd, 2007 |
Secure Remote Access, F5 Networks’ Peter Silva, Part 1

As corporations expand and adapt to a mobile workforce, issues of remote access and security have become even more crucial to basic business operations. Peter Silva, a technical marketing manager at F5 Networks, talks about secure remote access and its [See the full post…]

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Six Steps to Selecting an Effective Network Management Solution for the Healthcare Industry

March 21st, 2007 |
Six Steps to Selecting an Effective Network Management Solution for the Healthcare Industry

Gnanesh Dholakia, senior product marketing manager at CA, and Jim Metzler, vice president, Ashton, Metzler & Associates, look at network management issues in the health care industry.

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Six Ways to Select the Most Effective Network Management Solution for the Government

March 20th, 2007 |
Six Ways to Select the Most Effective Network Management Solution for the Government

Gnanesh Dholakia, senior product marketing manager at CA, and Jim Metzler, VP, Ashton, Metzler & Associates, discuss challenges to — and solutions for — Government network management.

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F5’s Ken Salchow on Redirection in Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery

March 19th, 2007 |
F5’s Ken Salchow on Redirection in Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery

F5’s Core Technical Marketing Manager, Ken Salchow, explains redirection in a Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery plan, and outlines best practices for data disaster preparedness. This is an F5 podcast.

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Six Steps to Choosing an Effective Network Management Solution for the Communications, Media and Entertainment Industries

March 14th, 2007 |
Six Steps to Choosing an Effective Network Management Solution for the Communications, Media and Entertainment Industries

Gnanesh Dholakia, senior product marketing manager at CA, and Jim Metzler, vice president, Ashton, Metzler & Associates, discuss the changes to the media, entertainment, and communications industries, and the accompanying challenges to network management.

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Social Media Tools: Are People Safer Now?

March 12th, 2007 |
Social Media Tools: Are People Safer Now?

At RSA 2007 in San Francisco, network security podcaster Martin McKeay headed a series of discussions about the new tools available to consumers, and how far we’ve come. Joining McKeay are Dan Mathews and Brae Legg of Verizon Business.

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New Communication Tools: Perils for Business

March 9th, 2007 |
New Communication Tools: Perils for Business

At RSA 2007 in San Francisco, network security podcaster Martin McKeay headed a series of discussions examining the latest communication tools like Skype, IM, and ICQ and enterprise security. McKeay talks with Cindy Bellefeuille, Security Solutions, Verizon Business; Rich Mogul, [See the full post…]

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The Motion C5: Mobile Computing for Health Care

February 21st, 2007 |
The Motion C5: Mobile Computing for Health Care

In San Francisco, Intel, with Motion Computing and the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, announced the launch of the Motion C5 mobile clinical assistant, a lightweight tablet computer specifically designed for use in hospitals, for nurse patient [See the full post…]

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RSA Security Bloggers Meetup in San Francisco. Somebody Call Security!

February 16th, 2007 |
RSA Security Bloggers Meetup in San Francisco. Somebody Call Security!

Taking a break from the bustle of RSA 2007, some of the best-known security bloggers got together at the Foreign Cinema, a French bistro and movie house in San Francisco, hosted by network security podcaster Martin McKeay. Check out the [See the full post…]

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Meet Mazu: Visualizing Your Network

February 16th, 2007 |
Meet Mazu: Visualizing Your Network

At RSA 2007 in San Francisco, PodTech’s Michael Johnson spoke with Paul Brady, CEO, and Dimitri Vlachos, senior product manager at MAZU Networks, about Mazu’s visual network analysis and control applications. Host: Michael Johnson – PodTech Guest: Paul Brady – [See the full post…]

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Combating Rising Insider Security Threats. Omar Khawaja and Larry Bickner, Verizon Business

February 16th, 2007 |
Combating Rising Insider Security Threats. Omar Khawaja and Larry Bickner, Verizon Business

Omar Khawaja and Larry Bickner of Verizon Business, give an insider’s view on current and future enterprise security. Michael Johnson caught up with them at RSA 2007 in San Francisco.

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F5’s Kevin Hohenbrink: Data Replication Disaster Recovery, Part 2

February 13th, 2007 |
F5’s Kevin Hohenbrink: Data Replication Disaster Recovery, Part 2

Kevin Hohenbrink, product manager at F5 Networks, discusses Business Impact analysis and its importance in a data disaster recovery strategy. Hohenbrink is the optimization manager for the WANJet, F5’s appliace-based data compression and accelerator tool. This is the second of [See the full post…]

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F5’s Kevin Hohenbrink: Data Replication Disaster Recover: Part 1

February 12th, 2007 |
F5’s Kevin Hohenbrink: Data Replication Disaster Recover: Part 1

Kevin Hohenbrink, product manager at F5 Networks, outlines the key points of data replication, recovery-point-objective (RPO) and recovery-time-objective (RTO), and their importance in a business continuity/disaster recovery plan. Hohenbrink is the optimization manager for the WANJet, F5’s appliace-based data compression [See the full post…]

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Verizon Business: Real Time Customizable Network-based Firewall

February 4th, 2007 |
Verizon Business: Real Time Customizable Network-based Firewall

Michael Marcellin, the Executive Director for IP & Ethernet Networking for Verizon Business, announces the launch of the first network-based firewall that can be customized in real time, adding the ability to control traffic through business networks, with a simple [See the full post…]

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Graphics Processing in a 3D World: NVIDIA’s Rob Csonger

January 26th, 2007 |
Graphics Processing in a 3D World: NVIDIA’s Rob Csonger

Rob Csonger, vice president of corporate marketing at NVIDIA, talks about the upcoming visual emphasis of Microsoft Vista and the prevalence of graphics processor units with 3D user interfaces in games, operating systems and personal electronics.

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The Original Web Design Firm: Organic.com

January 26th, 2007 |
The Original Web Design Firm: Organic.com

Fourteen years ago, in the early days of the Internet, it may have been hard to imagine shopping for a car, ordering food, or making other important consumer decisions all online. Organic saw an opportunity, though, and that’s when it [See the full post…]

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Intel Explodes the Possibilities of Digital Life at CES

January 23rd, 2007 |
Intel Explodes the Possibilities of Digital Life at CES

PodTech.net’s Michael Johnson investigates the changing landscape of the home, thanks to Intel‘s Core2Duo dual core processors, and the next generation of Core2Extreme and Core2Quad, featuring four compute engines on one chip, which is ramping up the possibilities of digital [See the full post…]

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Intel Gives Gamers Max Power at CES

January 19th, 2007 |
Intel Gives Gamers Max Power at CES

The World Series of Video Gamers, sponsored by Intel, was a smash hit at CES. Gaming is one of the fastest growing areas in the entertainment industry, and thanks to Intel’s Core2Duo processors and the next generation of Core2Extreme and [See the full post…]

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Intel Multiplies Social Media’s Power at CES

January 19th, 2007 |
Intel Multiplies Social Media’s Power at CES

PodTech’s Michael Johnson got his groove on at Intel‘s YouTube exhibition where Intel technician, Russ Campbell demonstrated how the same effect created in Intel’s Multiply campaign could be done using consumer hardware and software thanks to Intel’s Core2Duo dual core [See the full post…]

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Gracenote: Music Databases in New Places

January 18th, 2007 |
Gracenote: Music Databases in New Places

At the International CES in Las Vegas, Jim Hollingsworth, senior vice president of marketing for Gracenote, talks about the music database company and its new applications for cars, mobile phones, lyrics search and more. Transcript: Host: Michael Johnson – PodTech [See the full post…]

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Intel’s Randy Stude on processors for games and Hellgate: London

January 15th, 2007 |
Intel’s Randy Stude on processors for games and Hellgate: London

At the International CES in Las Vegas, Randy Stude, of Intel’s gaming strategy department, talks about the processor demands of new computer games. He demos Bill Roper’s highly-anticipated online action RPG Hellgate: London, the first original PC title from developer [See the full post…]

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Seagate & Microsoft Vista: Upfront Backup

January 10th, 2007 |
Seagate & Microsoft Vista: Upfront Backup

At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Seagate‘s Senior Director of Marketing, Diana Cartwright, together with Microsoft Product Manager Dennis Moulton, talk about Microsoft Vista’s new easy backup feature. This is a Seagate podcast. Click here for transcript.

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CES 2007 Keynote: Ed Zander, CEO Motorola

January 9th, 2007 |
CES 2007 Keynote: Ed Zander, CEO Motorola

In his CES 2007 Keynote, Motorola’s CEO Ed Zander unveiled what’s new for the mobile communications company, with new phone models, new partnerships, and new services for the digital home, as well as the mobile consumer. More images on Flickr

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Seagate’s New Drive Line: Free Agent, with John van Bronkhorst

January 8th, 2007 |
Seagate’s New Drive Line: Free Agent, with John van Bronkhorst

John van Bronkhorst, Seagate‘s executive director for branded solutions reveals the new features in the Free Agent new generation hard drives. This is a Seagate podcast. Transcript: Host: Michael Johnson – PodTech Guest: John van Bronkhorst – Seagate Michael Johnson [See the full post…]

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