http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/panorama/ Interviews with industry experts and analysts that give you a high-level view of the networking landscape. en Copyright 2008 Joao Carreira, CEO of Critical Links, talks with Jason Meserve about Multi-Service Business Gateways, how they can deliver core IT functionality to a small office in a single box and why they're not necessarily a single point of failure. (13:57) /podcasts/panorama/2008/100608pan-criticallinks.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/100608pan-criticallinks.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 With the ability to carry half a terabyte of data in the palm of your hand now a reality, the ways storage companies will market personal storage is about to change. Keith Shaw sits down with Seagate's John van Bronkhorst to discuss how storage companies will try to explain the simplicity of expanding, protecting and moving data around rather than marketing towards the fear of losing data. (9:19) /podcasts/panorama/2008/100308pan-seagate-storage.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/100308pan-seagate-storage.html Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Vignette's been around since the beginning of Web content management. Much has changed in the market over the years, with new players and new media types entering the landscape. Vignette's Lee Shepstone and Tom Gilley join Jason Meserve to talk about the future of content management systems in the enterprise. (13:34) /podcasts/panorama/2008/100108pan-vignette.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/100108pan-vignette.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 A recent survey showed that every hour of application downtime costs companies more than $100,000; and companies have more than 10 people on staff that manage application configuration changes. As companies look for ways to cut costs and comply with federal regulations, can application automation help? Keith Shaw talks with Jim Hickey from mValent about the challenges of today's application infrastructure. (10:58) /podcasts/panorama/2008/092508-pan-mvalent-apps.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/092508-pan-mvalent-apps.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 For some reason, Sandals Resort customers were clamoring for better Wi-Fi access while vacationing in luxurious Carribean locales. Bobby Stewart, the IT director that oversaw the rollout, explains how the company is delivering that access to all of its properties through a new 802.11n-based mesh network that lets 'Net surfers browse while admiring the surf. (11:26) /podcasts/panorama/2008/092208pan-sandals.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/092208pan-sandals.html Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Citrix Online's Bernardo de Albergaria talks about the demographics of online collaboration and how the technology has evolved to help meet the needs of a growing number of telecommuters and remote workers. (10:30) /podcasts/panorama/2008/091708pan-citrix.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/091708pan-citrix.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 As brand-name hijacking (aka brandjacking) continues to haunt companies, new tactics based on grabbing identities through social networking (Twitter-jacking, for example) are starting to appear on the landscape. Keith Shaw talks with Fred Felman from MarkMonitor about ways that companies can stay ahead of the social network hijacking curve. (16:45) /podcasts/panorama/2008/091508pan-brandjacking-socialnw.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/091508pan-brandjacking-socialnw.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Virtualization is moving from a tactical tool to a strategic technology in many data centers. This trend calls for enterprise IT managers to stop doling out resources in an ad hoc fashion and start adopting processes that will enable dynamic capacity planning for their virtual environments. CiRBA CTO Andrew Hillier lays out how they can get started and how his company's Data Center Intelligence technology can help them determine if Microsoft, VMware or Citrix best suits their needs. (15:23) /podcasts/panorama/2008/091508pan-cirba.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/091508pan-cirba.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 The Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) networks that run the valves and switches and telemetry systems in power plants and industrial manufacturing facilities started out safe enough, but over the years have become linked to corporate data networks tied to the Internet. That spells trouble. Security consultant Ira Winkler details the problem and describes how he broke into a power company network (with permission). (15:18) /podcasts/panorama/2008/090808pan-irawinkler.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/090808pan-irawinkler.html Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Who is Stonesoft? The Finland-based security company is making inroads in the U.S. market with its management-focuses StoneGate line of security products. Paul Johnson, President of the Americas at Stonesoft, joins Jason Meserve in studio to talk about the company, its products and how it is competing with the bigger players in the security market. (12:10) /podcasts/panorama/2008/090308pan-stonesoft.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/090308pan-stonesoft.html Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400