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Managing a VoIP Rollout – It’s More Than Just Measuring Bandwidth

January 15th, 2007 |
Managing a VoIP Rollout – It’s More Than Just Measuring Bandwidth

This is the second podcast with Susan Andersen, director of product marketing for voice management solutions at CA. In part one we talked about the network assessment that needs to be done before migrating to VoiP. In part two, Susan [See the full post…]

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Disaster Recovery

January 15th, 2007 |
Disaster Recovery

How prepared is your organization to deal with the challenges of a disaster? How safe are your facilities, your data, your people? What is the most common disaster that causes a disruption of services in business today? Sometimes it’s the [See the full post…]

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CIO Dilemmas: Bridging Cost Control and Growth

January 15th, 2007 |
CIO Dilemmas: Bridging Cost Control and Growth

Frank Buytendijk is vice president for corporate strategy at Hyperion. In this second podcast in the series examining the changing demands on the CIO, Frank discusses the dilemma of controlling cost and maintaining an organization’s ability to grow. Although a [See the full post…]

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On Social Media: Marketing Wizard Guy Kawasaki

January 14th, 2007 |
On Social Media: Marketing Wizard Guy Kawasaki

Guy Kawasaki, blogger, author of 8 books, venture capitalist and former Apple marketing executive, believes CMOs today should “just quit” if they are working with CEOs who don’t get social media. Talking from his home in Silicon Valley, Guy explains [See the full post…]

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Vanishing Point: Vegas

January 12th, 2007 |
Vanishing Point: Vegas

This footage is of the fountain outside the Bellagio in Las Vegas during CES 2007. It’s the first of several clues to be shown in several locations around the world as part of the Vanishing Point contest, the winner of [See the full post…]

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Concept: The Ford Airstream

January 12th, 2007 |
Concept: The Ford Airstream

While at the Detroit Auto Show (proper name, the North American International Auto Show), I spoke with Freeman Thomas, Ford’s design director, at North American Strategic Design, about the new Airstream concept. Being a lover of the outdoors and car-camping, [See the full post…]

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Doing 360’s with Guitar Hero II

January 12th, 2007 |
Doing 360’s with Guitar Hero II

Video game company Activision unveiled a playable version of Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 at CES 2007. The popular guitar rhythm game is only available in a version released a few months ago for the Sony Playstation 2, [See the full post…]

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Supernatural, Freestyle Rap at Skullcandy, CES

January 12th, 2007 |
Supernatural, Freestyle Rap at Skullcandy, CES

Skullcandy hosted Supernatural as a booth attraction at CES. Supernatural holds the world’s record for the longest a freestyle rap at over nine hours. In this video, in addition to the impressive skill of Supernatural, you’ll spot Skullcandy CEO Alden [See the full post…]

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Skullcandy Links Cell Calls and Music

January 12th, 2007 |
Skullcandy Links Cell Calls and Music

Rick Alden, CEO and founder of Skullcandy, created a lifestlye technology brand that integrates cell phone and audio switching so the active lifestyle can easily switch from tunes to voice calls. The patented Skullcandy Link is available in Skullcandy-branded products [See the full post…]

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PSP Links with PS3 and Location-Free TV

January 11th, 2007 |
PSP Links with PS3 and Location-Free TV

Sony’s Playstation 3 was not the only gaming console making an appearance at CES 2007. The Playstation Portable was on display as well, with Sony showing off the PSP’s new “Remote Play” function with the PS3 and the PSP’s compatibility [See the full post…]

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CES 2007: Dell Launches Green Initiative Part 2

January 11th, 2007 |
CES 2007: Dell Launches Green Initiative Part 2

Part 2 of Dell Chairman Michael Dell’s keynote from CES 2007 in Las Vegas. Dell laid out plans for his company to offset its carbon impact, and called on other technology firms to do the same. Part 1 here. Click [See the full post…]

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CES 2007: Dell Launches Green Initiative

January 11th, 2007 |
CES 2007: Dell Launches Green Initiative

In his keynote address at CES 2007 in Las Vegas, Dell Computer Chairman Michael Dell announced that the company has joined forces with The Conservation Fund and the Carbonfund.org to create a carbon neutral initiative. Dell also unveiled several new [See the full post…]

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Deer Valley Resort Uses Social Media to Promote Freestyle World Cup

January 11th, 2007 |
Deer Valley Resort Uses Social Media to Promote Freestyle World Cup

When Deer Valley Resort wanted to reach the Gen Xer’s and Y’s to market the Freestyle FIS World Cup, they turned to social networking and new media distribution like YouTube. Erin Grady, Deer Valley’s communications manager, worked with the Park [See the full post…]

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EnergyCS and EDrive: Battery Powered!

January 11th, 2007 |
EnergyCS and EDrive: Battery Powered!

So how much does it cost to convert a Prius into a PHEV? I spoke with Greg Hanssen, partner in Monrovia, Calif.’s EnergyCS and president of its offshoot, EDrive Systems, to find out. Along with his company, he has done [See the full post…]

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CES 2007 Keynote: Disney CEO Robert Iger

January 11th, 2007 |
CES 2007 Keynote: Disney CEO Robert Iger

A star-studded cast joined Walt Disney President and CEO Robert Iger on stage to tout new media during his keynote address at CES 2007 in Las Vegas. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, “Lost” stars Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly and ESPN’s Mike [See the full post…]

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CES: Netgear’s Doug Hagan

January 11th, 2007 |
CES: Netgear’s Doug Hagan

NETGEAR made a big splash at CES with its line of products, including wireless networking, HD multimedia, and Skype phones. PodTech’s Paul Lancour spoke with Doug Hagan, director of Americas marketing for NETGEAR, about his impressions of CES this year.

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Naked Gadgets, Thanks to InvisibleShield

January 11th, 2007 |
Naked Gadgets, Thanks to InvisibleShield

ShieldZone Founder Phillip Chipping and CEO Robert Pedersen speak with Brad Baldwin about the benefits of protected, “naked” gadgets. Industrial designers are working hard to create the sexiest and sleekest products. Why hide the design behind a bulky, unattractive case? [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: Intel’s World Series of Gaming

January 10th, 2007 |
CES 2007: Intel’s World Series of Gaming

The world’s largest chipmaker and Microsoft teamed up at CES to sponsor the World Series of Video Games, a gaming competition on various platforms, open to the public. On display: PCs powered by the Intel Core2 Extreme Dual and Quad [See the full post…]

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Designing and Managing Your Contact Center

January 10th, 2007 |
Designing and Managing Your Contact Center

The challenges facing your organization’s contact center are greater and more complex than ever. In this podcast we talk with Elizabeth Herrell of Forrester Research and Chuck Weston of Qwest about how to apply effective planning and management to optimize [See the full post…]

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Control4: Enabling Remote Access to Automated, IP-Based Homes

January 10th, 2007 |
Control4: Enabling Remote Access to Automated, IP-Based Homes

Ed Ryan and Fred Geiger from Control4 talk about their 4Sight service. 4Sight enables remote access to your home via the Web so it’s easier to interact with the automated features of your home. They talked to us about how [See the full post…]

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Measuring Voice over IPs Effect on Network Performance

January 10th, 2007 |
Measuring Voice over IPs Effect on Network Performance

In this first of two podcasts we talk with Susan Andersen, director of product marketing for voice management solutions at CA. As more organizations migrate to IP telephony and Voice Over IP, they need to manage the convergence of voice [See the full post…]

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Dell Explores Social Media

January 10th, 2007 |
Dell Explores Social Media

Just got back to the BlogHaus, and there are a few Dell folks here. I was telling them how the roundtable went with Michael Dell. Reaching out to the community is key, both as goodwill and strategically. Overall it was [See the full post…]

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Gary Kennedy, Former Oracle President, Introduces RemedyMD

January 10th, 2007 |
Gary Kennedy, Former Oracle President, Introduces RemedyMD

Gary Kennedy, one of the first 10 employees at Oracle, has a new home as CEO of RemedyMD, a health care informatics and decision support sevice for practitioners, researchers, and patients. Kennedy says it’s crazy that retailers can tell you [See the full post…]

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Dabble for Video

January 10th, 2007 |
Dabble for Video

Mary Hodder grants us a demo of Dabble, which is an internet video search engine of sorts, yet something beyond the usual search engines. Dabble self-labels itself as a place to ‘describe, discover and organize’ video, wherever it’s found. Dabble [See the full post…]

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