Latest videos & podcasts from Network World.
Highlight of the week:
Cool Tools video: Multi-Monitor Madness
Keith discusses DisplayLink technology, which lets users connect multiple monitors to a single PC through virtual graphics card software. The technology compresses a video signal to be carried over a USB connection, and can also give new life to old monitors.
More videos and podcasts:
Twisted Pair podcast: Safety tip: Keep your cell phone out of your pocket
Special co-host Neal Weinberg joins Keith to talk about the Citrix/XenSource $500 million acquisition, why Nokia cell phone owners might want to check their batteries, and why naming your kid a punctuation symbol isn’t such a great idea.
Panorama podcast: Management gotchas and other virtualization sticking pointsResearch firm Enterprise Management Associates says enterprise IT executives typically view any management task easier with virtualization. But Andi Mann, EMA research director, says that’s not the case at all. In fact, there’s a large disconnect between what people think will happen and what actually happens once they move to a virtualization infrastructure. From people to process and technology, Mann talks with New Data Center Editor Beth Schultz about the challenges of and best practices for managing a virtual infrastructure successfully. Panorama podcast: The perfect formula for disaster recovery
Combining three advanced technologies – data deduplication, virtualization and WAN acceleration – is proving a great way to handle next-generation disaster recovery requirements. Silver Peak System’s Craig Stouffer talks with New Data Center Editor Beth Schultz about the role these technologies play in the new disaster recovery. Find out how you can use this combination to break down traditional IT silos around networking, storage, applications and servers. (16:28) Panorama podcast: Why application virtulization rulesDavid Roth, CEO of start-up Trigence, envisions a day when application virtualization is absolutely ubiquitous. Every application, regardless of complexity or size or platform, gains from being encapsulated, he says. Roth speaks with New Data Center Editor Beth Schultz about the evolution of application virtualization, and why it’s inevitable for enterprises that want to simplify management and deliver optimal application performance. (14:32) Voices from IT Roadmap podcast: Keeping remote workers safe through NAC
With many employees accessing corporate data systems from home PCs, Xilinx rolled out a NAC implementation to ensure that its remote systems met the company’s secure computing policies. Abe Smith, CSO at Xilinx, talks about the rollout and how it will help protect the company’s intellectual property. (8:40)
Network World 360 podcast: Microsoft buys aQuantive, Facebook ID theft and more
Microsoft completes aQuantive deal, sets up new advertising group; Study: Facebook users are easy targets for identity theft; Minneapolis bridge collapse spurs schools to tout bridge-safety tech research. (7:32)
LinuxWorld podcast: Laptops designed for Linux: Matt Domsch
Now that Dell offers Linux as an option on desktops and notebooks, how does that affect the company’s hardware selections? LinuxWorld Conference and Expo speaker Matt Domsch explains how Dell uses vendors’ free drivers at kernel.org to help pick the hardware that goes into the next generation of Dell products. Plus: How well did Michael Dell do with getting his Ubuntu laptop configured and on the company network? And, in honor of the SCO court’s decision Friday, a SCO song from hacker/songwriter Steve Savitzky (11:44).
Video: Court hears U.S. spying lawsuit arguments
Hearings at a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday stirred up questions about whether the Bush administration answers to anyone in its war on terrorism. A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit heard arguments about whether two lawsuits over alleged warrantless government surveillance should be dismissed.
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. When a recent hacking contest won a security researcher a $10,000 cash prize, it renewed the firestorm over this issue. Should security researchers be paid for their work to find vulnerabilities? Or are such payments an ethical violation? Forslof is manager of security response for TippingPoint. Marcus is security research and communications manager for McAfee. (19:11)
