Interviews with industry experts and analysts that give you a high-level view of the networking landscape.
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May 12, 2008
When it comes to browser-based multimedia, Adobe's Flash reigned supreme with little competition. Now, Microsoft's Silverlight
platform is challenging for the crown. Christopher Smith, president of the Aquent Graphics Institute, explains the differences
between the two and how content producers and consumers will benefit from the competition. (14:04)
May 09, 2008
How safe is your data when traveling through the nation's airports? Not very, according to a study by AirTight Networks, which not only found wireless vulnerabilities at hot spots for mobile workers, but also found some security holes at so-called "private" networks that handled tasks such as luggage handling and retail transactions. Keith Shaw talks with Jason Merrick from AirTight Networks about the study, and how IT can minimize risks for their mobile workers (16:34).
May 07, 2008
Despite billions of dollars spent on security technology, failures and data breaches continue to happen. Keith Shaw speaks
with Adam Shostack, security guru and author of "The New School of Information Security" about how IT can find value from data breaches, and
new ways of thinking about tackling security issues (18:00)
May 06, 2008
What started as a project by a few guys to create an open source customer relationship management (CRM) system, SugarCRM has
blossomed into a major player with 150 employees, a large pool of venture capital and sights set squarely on Salesforce.com.
John Roberts, CEO, talks about the product, open source and how the company competes with more commercialized products. (22:23)
May 05, 2008
Panda Security's Ryan Sherstobitoff runs down the five biggest trends in malware today, including crimeware as a service and
hackers targeting "seasonal" sites that may let their guard down during off-peak periods. (14:10)
April 28, 2008
Software companies are realizing that customers don't want to have to reinvent to the wheel when it comes to developing applications
for big systems, so they're creating centralized marketplaces for customers to share code, processes and more. We talk with
Jon Darbyshire, founder and CEO of Archer Technologies, about his company's new Archer Exchange and the impetus behind it.
(11:31)
April 23, 2008
As more applications and systems become virtualized, managing the configuration of said systems becomes a greater challenge for IT administrators. Sateesh Narahari from Configuresoft explains what the steps and pre-requisites are for ramping up configuration management in your virtual environment and how it can be used to ensure security across all guests on a host. (10:43)
April 21, 2008
SkyeTek is looking to move RFID technology beyond the supply chain and into a "intelligent networking." And by doing so, you
might be finding RFID chips in some pretty strange places. Rob Balgley CEO of SkyeTek, explains what it'll mean for your company
and why privacy advocated shouldn't worry. (18:05)
April 17, 2008
Application security is more than erecting a firewall around your corporate applications. Sanjay Mehta, vice president of
sales and marketing at Breach Security, talks about how application security is different from your typical hacker countermeasures.
(11:24)
April 16, 2008
CommVault President and CEO Bob Hammer talks about the Digital Big Bang - the explosion of data that needs to be stored and
accessed by corporations large and small - and what options there are for managing massive amounts of information. (12:00)
April 11, 2008
At the recent CTIA Wireless Show in Las Vegas, mobile device security was a hot topic. Keith Shaw chats with Simeon Coney (left), vice president of strategy at AdaptiveMobile, and Larry Lang (right), Vice President and General Manager of the Services and Mobility business unit at Cisco, about the latest mobile
threats, how carriers are doing in terms of providing mobile security services, and what enterprises should do to protect
their mobile workers (9:49).
April 09, 2008
Threats to mobile devices today mostly take the form of a lost or stolen device containing sensitive information. But the recent 700mhz spectrum auction, which requires open access in some blocks, could pave the way for more malware on your smartphone. Jeff Ailiber and Tom Bowers of Kaspersky Lab talk about the potential threat and what can be done to protect your mobile device. (11:00)
April 07, 2008
Attivio, an enterprise search start-up loaded with veterans from FAST Search & Transfer (now Microsoft), are building a search
platform that can pull in virtually any piece of information to create a one-stop shop for corporate users hunting for data.
Andrew McKay, senior vice president of products at Attivio, talks about the company, its product line and the search market
in general. (11:26)
April 04, 2008
The increased usage of mobile devices for messaging also means an increase in the use of mobile spam and other security threats.
In this podcast recorded at the CTIA Wireless Show in Las Vegas, Keith Shaw talks with Jamie de Guerre, chief technology officer at Cloudmark, to discuss the rise in mobile spam and phishing, as well as the number of growing
threats on the social networking landscape (12:06).
April 02, 2008
If you're the type that must have the latest gadget but get stuck with older gear cluttering up the closets, TechForward's
Guaranteed Buyback program could be a money-making answer to help fund your new-gear habit. Company founders Jade Van Doren
and Marc Lebovitz talk about how the program works and what they do with the gadgets they buy back. (10:01)
March 31, 2008
With fears of a recession on the horizon and company belt tightening underway, Bomgar CEO Joel Bomgar talks about how virtual
help desk applications can ease the burden on IT staffs spread too thin. (14:58)
March 26, 2008
A new search engine upstart making waves is Silobreaker, which has created a search system for users wanting more than just
the latest news headlines and looking for deeper analysis and trends. Silobreaker CEO Kristofer Mansson talks about how the
site works, what data it can deliver and how it differs from that other big search engine dominating the news. (11:39)
March 24, 2008
The latest 10 Gigabit Ethernet access switches have speeds, feeds and feature sets like no other access switches you've ever
deployed before. Network World Lab Alliance member David Newman talks with Testing Editor Christine Burns about his findings in a recent comparative review of products from Alcatel-Lucent,
Cisco, Dell, D-Link, Extreme, Foundry and HP (16:39).
March 19, 2008
With a possible recession around the corner, now is the time for IT organizations to start planning ways to make their organizations
lean and mean. Keith Shaw talks with Francis Carden, the CEO of OpenSpan, about some ways that IT can make sure that they're projects are not overly bulky, that legacy applications
are stretched, and how application virtualization can save tons of money (19:44).
March 17, 2008
All eyes are on data leakage prevention (DLP), a hot technology aimed at making sure intellectual property and other sensitive
content doesn’t leave the corporate confines via e-mail, instant messages, file transfers or other electronic means. But DLP,
for all the buzz, has seen only minimal enterprise deployment. New Data Center Editor Beth Schultz talks to Taher Elgamal, CTO of Tumbleweed Communications, about DLP’s necessary evolution from standalone product to integrated piece of the existing
policy-management infrastructure (18:04).
March 17, 2008
In a recent posting, Network World blogger Mitchell Ashley exhorts industry players to “rethink the physical security paradigm of boxes or appliances like firewalls, intrusion prevention
systems, VPN concentrators, etc., and assume that our systems, network and data could reside in many virtual forms and live
in clouds outside our direct management.” New Data Center Editor Beth Schultz talks with Ashley about security in the light
of increasing use of cloud computing, storage clouds and virtualization (27:19).
March 17, 2008
BeyondTrust is out with a free tool that helps security administrators figure out what applications running on the desktop
may require Windows administrator rights when running. What's the big deal about having admin rights to your own desktop?
As BeyondTrust CEO John Moyer explains, it could be a major security hole. (11:30)
March 12, 2008
As enterprises move towards Web-enabling their core applications, Microsoft is facing competition towards Web-enabled Office-like
apps. Will enterprises adopt these apps as well? Keith Shaw talks with George Langan, CEO of eXpresso, about the issues surrounding the Web-enabled application movement (17:53).
March 05, 2008
Do you know the warning signs of an imminent data breach about to hit your company? Keith Shaw talks with Rani Osnat from Sentrigo about how to recognize the red flags that something bad is about to happen (16:56).
March 03, 2008
Any technology designed to manage business services needs to be dynamic, hence CA's new take on business service management,
dynamic BSM. Denise Dubie speaks with the management heavyweight's Don LeClair, senior vice president of CA technology strategy, to learn how CA sees BSM maturing and how customers can better manage IT
priorities with business needs in mind (15:03).
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