Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert
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Building a better Mouse Trap
Keith brings you two items to make business travel a little easier: The Digital Foci Pocket Album for showing of pictures of the family and the Belkin Mouse trap for carrying your gear and improved “mousing.”
5 cool technologies from day 2 of DEMOfall07
Keith showcases five companies that stood out on day 2 of DEMOfall07: 360desktop, kannuu, Check Point, MuseStorm and SpaceTime.
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More cool stuff from start-ups at DEMOfall07
This week I’m continuing the roundup of some cool start-ups from DEMOfall07 in San Diego.
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Twisting in a Web 2.0 world at DEMOfall07
Jason and Keith take the show on the road to DEMOfall07 in San Diego to bring you their favorite 10 demonstrators and regal you with tales of holding a Super Bowl ring. (53:04)
* LATEST FROM NETWORK WORLD PANORAMA:
Do geeks make better entrepreneurs?
A new survey from CDW suggests that tech-savvy entrepreneurs (who self-identify as ‘total geeks’) were likely to be more successful than non-tech-savvy small business owners. Keith Shaw speaks with Brad Purl from CDW on why tech-savvy business owners tend to succeed, and offers tips on how “geeks” can get ahead in small business.
Tackling configuration management
Network change and configuration management technologies help automate the manual processes of collecting, comparing and updating configuration data across myriad network and security devices. And as network environments grew more complex and heterogeneous over the years, staying on top of all the changes and keeping information up-to-date became an overwhelming feat for network managers. AlterPoint CEO Scott Harmon joins Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie to explain just how his company can help network managers move from tracking disparate configurations to implementing network governance policies. (15:32)
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DEMOfall07 Day 1 videos
Day 1 of DEMOfall produced a number of interesting new companies, and we’ve got the videos to help you catch up on the best of Day 1.
