Network World podcasts cover the network industry and enterprise technology with updates and weekly discussions.
Network World's Twisted Pair
Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw's off-center look at the week in tech news and other crazy items.
Latest episode:
Hyper for Hyper-V 06/27/08
Jason and Keith discuss Microsoft's virtualization efforts, whether broadband access is as important as hot water, and celebrate Second Life's fifth birthday. (35:32)
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Network World Panorama
Interviews with industry experts and analysts that give you a high-level view of the networking landscape.
Latest episode:
The L word 06/30/08
Latency is something network managers want to avoid at all costs. Endace Founder Ian Graham talks with Senior Editor Denise
Dubie about how the New Zealand vendor's Ninja platform can measure network latency, queueing and packet loss to guarantee
peak application performance and help network managers create an environment that responds at the speed of today's business
demands. (11:58)
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Network World 360
Delivering the day's top news, highlights and the best of NetworkWorld.com.
Latest episode:
Barracuda sues Trend Micro; group pushes for Macs in the enterprise 07/03/08
Barracuda Networks is countersuing Trend Micro for infringement and the Enterprise Desktop Alliance wants to push Macintosh desktops into managed Windows environments on corporate networks. (5:51)
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Voices from IT Roadmap
One-on-one interviews in which IT professionals discuss case studies presented at Network World's IT Roadmap Conferences.
Learn how these professionals deal with IT issues including security, mobility, storage, compliance, network management, virtualization,
VOIP, network acceleration and more.
Latest episode:
Dealing with security in an open network environment 06/25/08
What can corporate IT shops, which are faced with increasing pressure to allow mobile devices and more open access, learn from a university environment? Boston College's David Escalante, director of computer policy and security, shares his insights from managing such a network and challenges his group face with each incoming class. IT Roadmap Boston keynote recorded June 18, 2008. (54:45)
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Network World's Newsmaker of the Week
Network World's podcast that shines a spotlight on one individual whose actions or comments this week made big headlines across
the network industry.
Latest episode:
Virtualization game on: Microsoft vs. VMware 06/26/08
Microsoft this week released its Hyper-V virtualization server, which has been years in the making. Today the technology lacks
the breadth of functionality VMware offers, but now that the technology is readily available, could Microsoft wrest market
share from VMware with its no-cost entry point and by shipping the technology with Microsoft Server 2008? Forrester Research
Analyst Christopher Voce weighs in on the topic. (14:39)
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Ron Nutter's Help Desk Tool Chest
Ron Nutter answers listener questions about technology problems and talks with industry experts about tips for better computing
and networking.
Latest episode:
Interop Special Edition #2: Gillware, Transition Networks, Apposite Networks and TapeSucks.com 06/10/08
Join Ron Nutter for conversations directly from the floor of Interop 2008 in Las Vegas. In this edition, you will hear conversations with Ron and vendor representatives from Gillware (Data Recovery), Transition Networks, Apposite Networks and TapeSucks.com about products they are showing at Interop that you should look at. (34:38)
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Forrester Fundamentals
Forrester Research analysts and Network World editors give you the lowdown on the industry's hottest technology trends.
Latest episode:
Enterprise mobility's next stage 06/24/08
Most enterprises have made simple data mobile, such as e-mail, contacts and tasks. As devices and networks change, what challenges
will enterprises face in moving to the next stage of mobility, which includes mobilizing role-specific data such as CRM, sales-force
automation and field-service apps? Forrester's Chris Silva discusses the newest mobility trends and what IT should look out for (16:32).
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Network Downtime
Denise Dubie and Jason Meserve review films that put technology in the Hollywood spotlight, but sometimes get it wrong.
Latest episode:
Hancock ends Smith's July 4 streak 07/03/08
Our movie-reviewing duo think Will Smith's July 4th parade of hits is coming to an end. Hancock is your typical summer fare,
but misses some of the deeper points to flesh out Smith's character. Plus, Denise knows the plot twist before the movie begins.
(11:18)
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Converging on Microsoft
Mitchell Ashley talks with interesting people about interesting topics in the world of Microsoft.
Latest episode:
Managing virtualized environments 03/31/08
Virtualization is the hot topic but managing virtualized environments is even hotter for those actually implementing virtualization solutions. This week I interview David Lynch about his views on the unique challenges managing virtualized environments. David has some unique views on establishing a genealogy family tree encompassing the history of virtual images and their evolution. David Lynch is Vice President at Embotics who recently became a member of the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program. David provided a guest post for the Converging On Microsoft blog. (30:54)
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LinuxCast
Don Marti brings you the latest Linux news and interviews with Linux insiders.
Latest episode:
Mobile Linux consolidation: Bill Weinberg 06/19/08
Fragmentation on mobile phones is a fact of life -- one mobile application developer might have to build 200 to 300 SKUs for a single application. But carriers, hardware vendors, and software developers are increasingly cooperating on a common set of open source infrastructure, including Linux, Qt, and gstreamer. Bill Weinberg explains where the mobile phone market is going.
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JavaWorld's Java Technology Insider
Inside views on essential and emerging Java technologies from the developers shaping the future of the Java platform.
Latest episode:
Brian Sletten on REST done right 06/23/08
Brian Sletten
is a regular speaker on the No Fluff Just Stuff tour and an established expert on REST and RESTful Web application development.
In this talk with Andy Glover, Brian demystifies REST as an application protocol, not a transport protocol, and describes
the series of interactions that define REST. As he explains, REST is best used for managing information and information spaces
without revealing back-end implementation. What it is not about, he says, is hijacking the GET verb and abusing it badly.
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DEMO: Six minutes with...
Listen to six minutes with top executives from some of DEMO's most successful and interesting alumni companies to learn what
makes them 'tick' today and what they've been doing since their product launched at DEMO.
Latest episode:
Six Minutes With ... Gibu Thomas, CEO of Sharpcast 06/27/08
When it comes to running a start up, there are many connections that are wise to make. In this episode, Gibu Thomas, CEO of DEMO 06 company Sharpcast, discusses how important it is to not only make connections, but to keep them relevant
(5:34).
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Reality Check - Steps to a Successful Windows Vista® Deployment
Module One: Factors to Consider When Building a Windows Vista® Deployment Plan
An interview with Kurt Stonecipher Senior Product Manager for Managed Services at Dell, outlining some key factors to consider when building a Windows Vista deployment plan.
Topics covered include: Steps to a successful Windows Vista deployment Hardware readiness Software readiness Organizational readiness End-user readiness
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Module Two: Tools for Windows Vista® Deployment
An interview with Omer Qureshi. Technology Development Manager for the Enterprise Partner Group at Microsoft, discussing key OS migration tools. Tools covered include:ACT USMT UVHA MDOP Additional tools from Microsoft
Module Three: Windows Vista® Deployment Tips from the Field
An interview with Jukka Kouletsis, Program Manager at Dell, talking about lessons learned in the field about Windows Vista deployment. Topics covered include: Lessons learned from Dell customers have have migrated to Windows Vista®,
Timeline for components in a deployment plan, Strategies for improving security & compliance,
Impact of intangibles, software, infrastructure and image management on project success
