Network Computing's tech editors now deliver their expertise via Podcasts, helping readers understand technology with the sound of a friendly, informative and authoritative voice. Our most recent editions are below.
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Interview With SourceFire's Marty Roesch
The CTO of Sourcefire and inventor of Snort talks about the power of open-source deployment, taking the company public and why Wall Street analysts are a scary lot.
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Network Computing Strategic Security Sponsored by Eset In this podcast, we explore the emerging area of enterprise key management products with NWC tech editor Jordan Wiens, who recently completed an analysis and review of key management tools. In addition, we discuss the emergence of automated code scanners, which check enterprise code for holes and vulnerabilities, with Justin Schuch, with NWC's Neohapsis lab partner. Finally, we'll talk with NWC Editor in Chief Art Wittman about our new Rolling Review concept, and take a look at our initial Rolling Review of database extrusion prevention platforms.
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Network Computing's Fast Track Sponsored by Radware In this podcast we talk with tech editor Jordan Wiens about his analysis and review of enterprise key management products, review our feature stories on mobile instant messaging and mobile device management and get a report from Tom Lasusa from the wild and wacky side of IT in Network Computing's Last Mile. • Listen Now
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Network Computing's Fast Track Sponsored by Radware Network Computing's Fast Track podcast presents a capsule view of what's happening around the Network Computing universe. In this episode, we talk with the writer of our cover story and review on automated code scanners, take a look at the state of application performance monitoring, get a sneak peak at the Blackberry 8800 and talk to Extreme Networks CEO Mark Canepa.
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Network Computing's Fast Track Sponsored by Radware In this podcast, we examine virtualization's drag on app performance; talk with NWC Editor-in-Chief Art Wittman about our new Rolling Reviews; examine the State of Business Intelligence; and get some expert opinion on the fate of Apple's iPhone. • Listen Now
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The NWC Interview: Jim Zemlin, The Linux Foundation Co-founder, The executive director of the newly formed Linux Foundation talks about the advantages of open-source development and his (nearly) unbridled admiration for Microsoft. • Listen Now
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The NWC Interview: Citrix Systems' Mark Templeton
Listen as Robert Hertzberg interviews Citrix Systems' chief executive Mark Templeton about the capabilities he's been adding at a time when his company has passed the $1 billion sales mark. • Click to listen
• Robert Hertzberg talks with Novell Chief Executive Officer Ron Hovsepian about Novell's new emphasis on open source software -- and managing through a transition.
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• Andrew Conry-Murray talks with Security vendor Fortify Software's Brian Chess, founder and chief scientist, discusses how his company's products help developers find and fix bugs that lead to security issues
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Andrew Conry Murray interviews Blue Lane's President & CEO Jeff Palmer. Palmer explains the company's appliances, which sit inline on the network and emulate security patches on real-time traffic to protect servers until the patch is installed. •Click to listen
• Robert Hertzberg talks with Marja Koopmans, the Director of Partner Strategy for Microsoft Office Live talks about the company's ambitious new entry in the area of web hosting and software as a service.
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• Robert Hertzberg talks with Jessie James Garrett, the president of Adaptive Path, about Ajax's suitability to speed web applications--and what it still has to prove . |
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• Robert Hertzberg talks with Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce.com, about software as a service, and why Microsoft isn't the fearless competitor it used to be. |
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• Robert Hertzberg talks with Novell Chief Executive Officer Ron Hovsepian about Novell's new emphasis on open source software -- and managing through a transition.
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• Andrew Conry-Murray talks with Security vendor Fortify Software's Brian Chess, founder and chief scientist, discusses how his company's products help developers find and fix bugs that lead to security issues
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• Robert Hertzberg talks with Red Hat's Chief Executive Officer about Microsoft, the economic benefits of Linux and Red Hat's road map for virtualization and Xen.
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• Robert Hertzberg talks to RSA Security's Chief Executive Officer Art Coviello about Internet crime, privacy protection, terrorism—and storage behemoth EMC's impending $2.1 billion acquisition of RSA.
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• Jennifer Zaino talks with Marc Lindsey, a lawyer with Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP, who negotiates both on-site and on demand software deals for large enterprise customers, about key issues enterprise customers should consider when negotiating on demand software contracts.Click to listen
• Jennifer Zaino speaks with Lukas Loesche, Director of IT Operations, at arvato mobile GmbH, Europe's leading mobile entertainment provider. The company began exploring server virtualization a couple of years ago, moving from an open source solution to a commercial offering, SWSoft's Virtuozzo. Find out more about arvato's implementation, and what lessons you might draw from it.Click to listen
Listen to Network Computing's Mike DeMaria discuss the latest convergence topics and issues you should be on top of.
• In part 11, Mike talks about why your goal should be to retain podcast listerners/ blog readers. I'll also talk about a company who didn't follow this advice, and lost me as a target.
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• In Part 10 of his continuing series, Mike observes the differences between writing and podcasting -- how they require very different thought processes. He explores the differences between the two: what you say, how you present it, and the method of creation needs to fit the different mediums.
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In his ninth installment, Mike talks about SonicWall's podcasting initiative -- why they decided to podcast, how the shows are produced and their goals.
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Join Curt Franklin in this Radware sponsored Security Podcast. This week's podcast includes security news, A feature on The Worldwide growth of Spyware and Adware; and Detecting and Defeating Rootkits • Click to listen
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Join Curt Franklin in this Radware sponsored Security Podcast. This week's podcast includes security news, a security feature: CSI Trendspotting (part one of a two part series), and a security product review: Reflex Disknet Pro. • Click to listen
• This Week's Network Computing Security Podcast is brought to you by Radware:
Join Curt as he tells reviews the Kingston Data Traveler Secure and discusses Strategic E-Mail security.
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• Curt recently had a phone call with a team of folks from security vendor WinMagic, and discussed encryption as part of a full security program.
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• Open Source software tends to be one of those religious topics, where people have strong opinions and feelings that are informed by more than simple facts. It's the kind of topic that is fun to cover because it often brings far more reader and listener response than other, less emotionally-charged areas. In this podcast Curt wades in with both feet, talking with Mike Ferris, Redhat's Director of Solutions Strategy.
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Curt chats with Shane Coursen, a senior technology consultant at Kaspersky Labs, about the once and future world of malware.
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Andrew Conry-Murray's Emerging Enterprise Podcasts
Listen to Andrew Conry-Murray and the editors of Network Computing and Information Week as they help you plan, prepare and strategize the coming year's IT purchases for your small to midsize business.
• In this first podcast, you'll hear how Chuck Hudson, IT director for a pharmaceutical distribution company, ensures that his IT group works hand in hand with executives to provide competitive advantage and grow the business. He also discusses how to develop trust between IT and the business side and keep lines of communication open. Chuck also shares how his IT group stays on top of new technological developments, such as RFID, to make operations more efficient.Click to listen
What is a podcast? Podcasts are audio programs that can be listened to at the computer or downloaded and transferred to a portable device, such as an iPod. The files are typically encoded in MP3 format, much like music files. Learn more.
How do I listen to a podcast? When you come across an individual podcast file on a Web page, typically clicking on the link will automatically play in your MP3 software of choice. Or you can download the file and transfer it to a portable device for listening off-line.
What does it mean to "subscribe" to a podcast? This is where podcasts get interesting. It is also possible to subscribe to a podcast "feed" and have the latest podcasts delivered to you automatically. Podcast feeds make use of the same RSS technology used to enable blog feeds.
What are some tools for managing podcasts? Many standard RSS readers now have capabilities for subscribing to and managing podcast feeds. In addition, specialty "podcatching" tools have emerged that make it easy to subscribe to podcasts. Popular tools include:
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