Latest videos & podcasts from Network World.
Highlight of the week:
Panorama podcast: Why is wireless still unsecure?
You may think your mobile workers are safe with their new wireless notebooks, but recent WLAN tracking at the RSA security conference showed a multitude of vulnerabilities, new attack patterns from hackers, and critical data leaks that would shake even the most paranoid security manager. Keith Shaw talks with Richard Rushing (pictured), chief security officer at AirDefense, which conducted WLAN monitoring at the show. If you support mobile devices for road warriors, or if you want to hear about the latest ways that hackers are tricking mobile workers into giving them data, listen to this podcast. (21:52)
More videos and podcasts:
Hot Seat video: Guaranteeing application availabilityHow does Marathon fuse two servers together with virutalization technology to prevent application failure without re-writing code? Company CEO Gary Phillips explains the secret sauce on this week’s Network World Hot Seat. Cool Tools video: Phones galore at 3GSMKeith shows off the new BlackBerry 8800 and Samsung SCH-U740 and wonders if it is better to carry a smartphone or a high-end cell phone. Twisted Pair podcast: She’s a Man, baby!
Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve discuss the $3.3 billion Oracle/Hyperion deal, whether technology caused the stock market dip earlier in the week, how many people actually use Wi-Fi, how adding voice to Second Life may create a lot of deep-voiced “female” avatars, and proof that meetings make you stupid. (40:28)
Panorama podcast: Audio Face Off: Open Source Network ManagementHear the debate! Listen to the back-and-forth between Tarus Balog and Roger Greene (pictured) as the two discuss the pros and cons of open source network management with moderator Keith Shaw. Can companies save money by going the open source route for network management? How trustworthy are products from vendors? Listen to the podcast and then join the discussion at the Network World Face Off Forum (25:30). LinuxWorld podcast: Opening document formats: Sam Hiser
Moving to Linux desktops might be a complex task for most organizations today, but there is hope. Thanks to XML-based standards from the Open Document Foundation, you can keep your company’s information in a lock-in-resistant format — even while keeping Microsoft Office on your desktops. (24:02)
Network World 360 podcast: Patent madness, Apple-Cisco deal, and Y2K today
Association: patent cases threaten computer industry; Apple, Cisco settle iPhone dispute; Nortel bolsters wireless VoIP offering for enterprise; and Y2K memories breed complacency as daylight-saving time deadline looms. (7:41)
