http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/itr/ A continuing series featuring one-on-one interviews in which IT professionals discuss case studies presented at the Network World IT Roadmap Conference & Expo series. en Copyright 2008 What can corporate IT shops, which are faced with increasing pressure to allow mobile devices and more open access, learn from a university environment? Boston College's David Escalante, director of computer policy and security, shares his insights from managing such a network and challenges his group face with each incoming class. IT Roadmap Boston keynote recorded June 18, 2008. (54:45) /podcasts/itr/2008/062508itr-bos-bc.html /podcasts/itr/2008/062508itr-bos-bc.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 For a small financial services company that handles backend processing for larger companies, IT plays a key role in growing the company. Bob Szydlowski, chief technology officer at ALPS Funds Services, explains how automation of hundreds of processes keeps employees focused on the high value part of their jobs. (10:01) /podcasts/itr/2008/042108itr-alps.html /podcasts/itr/2008/042108itr-alps.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Chad Lorenc, a former information security officer at ENT Federal Credit Union, says the big sin of compliance is not about being 100%, rather it is not knowing your risks and documenting them. (7:33) /podcasts/itr/2008/041408itr-entfcu.html /podcasts/itr/2008/041408itr-entfcu.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 For Rodney Hardin, director of IT for the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA), his group's mobility rollout is getting extra attention on the security front since the risk of data loss is greater. For Hardin, security is his top three concerns when planning and implementing a new mobile rollout. (9:29) /podcasts/itr/2008/040708itr-chfa.html /podcasts/itr/2008/040708itr-chfa.html Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Curt Hastings, Director of Enterprise Architecture at Ball Corp, maker of the famous glass mason jars, explains how his group is optimizing the use of its Metro Ethernet WAN connections between three locations and discusses some of the pitfalls to watch out for when configuring WAN routers. (10:08) /podcasts/itr/2008/033108itr-ball.html /podcasts/itr/2008/033108itr-ball.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Northrop Grumman is building out its own internal Web 2.0-based portal with Wikis and RSS feeds to help pull together its institutional knowledge so contractors don't have to reinvent the wheel with every contract. Steve Winterfeld, senior security engineer at Northrop Grumman, explains the system and the process the company is going through to its Infoshield system up and running. (9:44) /podcasts/itr/2008/032408itr-northrop.html /podcasts/itr/2008/032408itr-northrop.html Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Will Thomas, director of IT at the Center for American Progress, a think tank in Washington, D.C., explains how a quick ramp up in video production capabilities meant the group's storage system needed to be ramped up as well. (14:19) /podcasts/itr/2008/022008itr-amerprogress.html /podcasts/itr/2008/022008itr-amerprogress.html Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 There's been a lot of ink spilled over the dwindling amount of IPv4 addresses available and the need to switch to IPv6. But are we really running out or are there large blocks of addresses being hoarded by companies? John Curran, chairman of the American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN), updates the status of the IPv4 address space and explains why companies really need to start looking at supporting IPv6. (14:49) /podcasts/itr/2008/020408itr-arin.html /podcasts/itr/2008/020408itr-arin.html Tue, 5 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Goodwill Industries thought virtualization technology would save the company money on servers, power and other costs. Turns out, the learning curve for implementation is steep and savings aren't as quickly realized. Steve Bergman, CIO at Goodwill, explains some of the challenges his group faced and how you can prepare for a move to virtualization technology. (10:08) /podcasts/itr/2008/012808itr-goodwill.html /podcasts/itr/2008/012808itr-goodwill.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 With 800 users, many of them mobile, spread across 56 sites the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services is looking to implement a flexible NAC system to keep data private while getting its user access from where ever they might be. David O'Berry, the department's director of IT, explains what he's looking for in a perfect NAC system. (11:13) /podcasts/itr/2008/012208voices-scparole.html /podcasts/itr/2008/012208voices-scparole.html Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500