In many countries in the developing world, cooking is a role assigned to women who tend open fires, sometimes inside their homes. In Guatemala, the respiratory illnesses, eye infections and severe burns that come from this reality seemed eminently avoidable [See the full post…]

Today’s enterprise extends beyond the four walls of an office. The adoption of effective security strategies will help protect the extended enterprise and mitigate potential security risks. This podcast discusses how to defend the extended enterprise by leveraging the efficiencies [See the full post…]

Access to business tools is increasingly essential to the success of today’s global enterprise. Collaborative tools enable productivity, efficiency and responsiveness. This podcast discusses the broad range of services offered by Verizon Business that facilitate enterprise-wide collaboration and teamwork with [See the full post…]

Contact centers underpin the customer service strategies of a broad range of global enterprises. Enterprises should carefully the decision to use a hosted approach versus a premises-based approach and base vendor selection on the ability to offer scalability, expert implementation [See the full post…]

Hosted messaging, instant messaging, collaboration and archiving services are all business critical applications. Hear how Verizon Business can deliver ongoing management and security, and help ensure these services are combined to enhance operational performance and employee productivity. In this podcast, [See the full post…]

Join BearingPoint managing director Frederic Veron to explore the battle of finding the right IT best practice for your organization. It is important to understand that there is not one universal best practice. An organization must define their framework so [See the full post…]

Verizon Business’ Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) combines the simplicity of Ethernet, the flexibility of MPLS and the reliability of SONET. This podcast provides insight into how large business and government customers can leverage VPLS to converge voice, video and [See the full post…]

Frank Klegon, Chrysler executive vice president, product development, took to the stage during the Chrysler Press Conference at the LA Auto Show to present the company’s entry into the mid-sized cross-over market, the Dodge Journey, as well as two new [See the full post…]

IP multi-casting can conserve bandwidth and optimize network performance. Learn how Verizon Business Private IP Multicasting VPN@Work can be used to stream applications to multiple corporate site while limiting bandwidth requirements, with Steve Goodman, Product Marketing Manager – Private IP, [See the full post…]

IP telephony is not just another application running on the data network. Special attention should be paid to help ensure benefits of managed unified communications to both end users and IT staff. This podcast highlights some of the potential pitfalls [See the full post…]

This podcast discusses the issues that keep CIOs up at night. Hear how the Verizon Business portfolio of managed, IT and professional services, can be leveraged to meet today’s most pressing business requirements. We hear from John Shultz, executive director [See the full post…]

“On-the-Go” workers require applications that enable access to corporate resources – anytime, anywhere, on any device. This podcast discusses Verizon Business’ mobility solutions and how they can enhance productivity, maximize efficiencies and enable enterprises to focus on wireline-wireless the convergence. [See the full post…]

In this podcast, Verizon Business’ Danellie Young, executive director — data and IP services, hosts a discussion with customer Ken Levonaitis, CIO of McCarter & English, a Newark, New Jersey-based AmLaw 200 law firm. Levonaitis discusses his experience deploying a [See the full post…]

Here’s just a few minutes of a really great photowalk with professional photographer Marc Silber who takes us around the Long Ridge Open Space Preserve above Silicon Valley. Photos and Photography tips packed in to a few short minutes.

This is a different kind of photowalking than we usually do. First, no Thomas Hawk. Second, we have a real, professional photographer (he even has the license plates to prove it). Third, we go for a nature walk up in [See the full post…]

SharePoint is all the buzz. You can find out how ISV applications can benefit. Spend a few minutes with SharePoint expert Mauro Cardarelli from Jornata as he talks with Jason De Lorme at Microsoft discussing how ISVs are successfully building [See the full post…]

In this podcast, we hear from Verizon Business customer, Jack Chen, Chief Information Officer for the Office of the Provost for Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. Mr. Chen discusses how collaboration is at the heart of the university [See the full post…]

Nigeria’s education system is one of the targets of the UN’s Millenium Development Goals. Some of those goals are to reduce infant mortality, combat AIDS, malaria & other diseases, and of course improve education worldwide. The millennium goal for education [See the full post…]

Sunflowers, with the unique ability to pull lead and other metals from the dirt, improving the soil and environment, are a metaphor to promote Intel’s innovative new lead-free processors. Intel will donate $1 in your name to the Boys & [See the full post…]

From Joplin Missouri, The Modern Primitives play some excellent rock’n lo-fi garage punk.

Fighting infectious diseases like Chlamydia, hepatitis B and Trachoma in developing countries is complicated because so many diseases go undetected. Diagnostic efforts are slow and expensive, and require specialialized facilities and skilled technicians. The disease may be preventable or treatable, [See the full post…]

During the LA Auto Show, I attended the GM Press Conference, where Vice Chairman of Product Development Bob Lutz and Chevrolet GM Ed Peper, introduced the company’s lineup of gas-friendly to gas-free vehicles, including the Chevy Malibu hybrid, the all [See the full post…]

Southwest Airlines blog called Nuts About Southwest is one of the more popular team blogs online today. Talking to Paula Berg, the PR Manager of Southwest, Marketing Voices learns (no surprise) that passion is what makes a team blog great. [See the full post…]

Are you a small business? Want to find a new way to work? Longjump is the most interesting company I’ve seen recently in the “Work 2.0” space and they are hot off of a DemoGod award at the famous Demo [See the full post…]

The 2007-2008 NBA season is underway, and what better way to celebrate than to review 2k Sports‘ NBA 2k8. The NBA 2k series is widely considered to be the best basketball game out on the market, with realistic gameplay, a [See the full post…]