Latest videos & podcasts from Network World.
Highlight of the week:
Wi-Fi Philly: Tourist spots become Hot spotsKeith checks out Philadelphia’s ambitious metro Wi-Fi project by hitting the city’s popular tourist destinations in effort to get connected. Can you browse the Web while looking for Monet at the Art Museum? Keith finds out.
More videos and podcasts:
Cool Tools: Getting Buzzed over mobile videoBuzzwire, a new entrant into the mobile multimedia arena, is looking to gain traction by offering streamed video and audio without the need for a special client on the phone. Keith gets the lowdown from Buzzwire CMO John Kelley.Twisted Pair: Philadelphia Wi-Fi FreedomJason and Keith discuss new flaws for Mozilla’s Firefox, the $50 billion government contract for IBM and AT&T, and figure out why Elton John might not want to shut down the Internet. (36:19)Panorama Podcast: Potential VoIP security pitfallsVoice over IP gets a lot of attention surrounding provisioning bandwidth and ensuring call quality. But one area that tends to get overlooked is security.Network World 360 Podcast: New 911, Cisco software and moreNext-gen 911 system nears completion; Cisco clarifies software opportunity; IT execs divided on need for strategic security vendor. (6:54)Voices from IT Roadmap: The endless loop of security and complianceMichael Sparks, senior security specialist with Intel’s IT Group, says that keeping up with security threats and regulatory compliance issues is like painting the Golden Gate Bridge: Once you finish, you have to start over at the beginning. He explains how Intel balances the issues of security and access on this week’s Voices from IT Roadmap. (10:57)Network World Face Off: Should security companies pay for vulnerability research?McAfee’s Dave Marcus says no. TippingPoint’s Terri Forslof says yes. In an elegant battle of words, the two duke it out over this contentious topic.LinuxCast: Customer survey spotlights open-source demand: Matt AsayHow does Windows support help sell applications for Linux? When open-source software “sells itself”, how does that make the sales people’s life harder? When customers see a product that integrates with Microsoft Windows, do they look to the vendor for a Microsoft patent license? Alfresco executive and open source business blogger Matt Asay explains how the new breed of software company does a deal.
