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April 25, 2007 | Comments: (0)

InfoWorld LIVE! #12: Managed Services and SaaS

TAGS: Internet Radio

This week it's about discovering the difference between managed services and software as a service providers. Certainly siblings, but each has different goals, different technologies and as it turns out different concerns with government legislation.

To get the scoop, we've got Charles Weaver, president of the MSP Alliance; Ken Rudin, CEO of LucidEra (an SaaS business reporting provider); and Paul Lindo, CIO of FB2 Corporation (an SaaS CRM vendor).

You can download this week's episode by clicking on this link:   Listen!

Posted by Oliver Rist on April 25, 2007 09:33 AM

April 17, 2007 | Comments: (0)

InfoWorld LIVE! #11: Identity Theft & SMB

TAGS: Internet Radio

This week we're talking about identity theft. Not just how to protect yourself, but how to protect your business. To help, we've got Joanne McNabb, the Chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection; Pat Dane, the chief revenue officer for MyPublicInfo.com, and our own Victor R. Garza, an author of our Zero Day blog.

You can download this week's episode by clicking on this link:   Listen!

Posted by Oliver Rist on April 17, 2007 03:46 PM

April 11, 2007 | Comments: (0)

InfoWorld LIVE! #10: Data Protection

TAGS: Internet Radio

And we're back. This week it's all about Data Protection. We've got Rob Emsley from EMC; FB2's CIO, Paul Lindo and our own InfoWorld executive editor, Doug Dineley. We get into what data protection is, where it's going and why SMBs should care.

You can download this week's episode by clicking on this link:   Listen!

Posted by Oliver Rist on April 11, 2007 11:29 AM

April 04, 2007 | Comments: (0)

InfoWorld LIVE! #9: The Evolution of Cell Phones

TAGS: Internet Radio, Mobile SMB, SMB VoIP

Again, we had a rerun this past week because my jet setting co-host, Scott Draughon, had to hob-knob with the stars in California. We're back this week, however, and our topic is the future of cell phones.

We're talking with Stephane Marceau, CEO of up-and-comer MobiVOX; Vivek Khuller, founder and CEO of DiVitas (look for a Test Center review on their technology real soon) and InfoWorld's own chief technologist, Tom Yager, who just got back from CTIA with wireless stars in his eyes.

MobiVOX, by the way, is a tres cool Canadian company that's in open beta right now. The software allows any cell phone (and they emphasize 'any') to run a Skype client. It's also supposed to enable other forms of VoIP, but that Skype thing is immediate and sexy. I'm going to give it a shot later today. If you'd like to give it a try, the nice folks at MobiVOX have opened a special place for InfoWorld readers to give them a whirl. Just head over here and follow the instructions.

Meantime, if you want to hear us wax rhapsodic on the future of cell phones to consumers and business users, you can download this week's episode by clicking on this link:   Listen!

Posted by Oliver Rist on April 4, 2007 09:41 AM

March 21, 2007 | Comments: (0)

InfoWorld LIVE! #8: Linux and SMB

TAGS: Internet Radio

Actually, it's episode #9, but last week's was a rerun seeing as how I had to attend the InfoWorld editorial retreat.

This week, however, we delve into Linux and SMB. So we have a long talk with Xandros' Erich Forler. Xandros is one of the more popular small-biz Linux desktops and they just came out with a new modular server product that's supposed to be highly similar to Windows to make things easier on IT admins. Oh yeah, and Sasquatch Venezia chimes in with his benighted views.

You can download this week's episode by clicking on this link:   Listen!

Posted by Oliver Rist on March 21, 2007 01:35 PM

March 07, 2007 | Comments: (0)

InfoWorld LIVE! #7: VoIP and...more VoIP

TAGS: Internet Radio

And, yup, we're extending our InfoWorld LIVE! series beyond six weeks. So sue me. This week it's all about Voice over IP. Is it right for you? Is it right for me? Does it have a future? Do I have a future?

To answer these questions and more, we've got guests from Packet 8 and Linksys, and after that Sasquatch Venezia gets to wax geek on all that Asterisk stuff that's been driving his wife nuts. Check it out.

You can download this week's episode by clicking on this link:   Listen!

Posted by Oliver Rist on March 7, 2007 11:48 AM

March 02, 2007 | Comments: (0)

InfoWorld LIVE! #6: Challenges for Today's Technology Entrepreneurs

TAGS: Internet Radio

And here's another episode of InfoWorld LIVE! radio. This week it's all about technology startups. The challenges we're facing today vs. the easy times of gravy and gold from ten years ago. My co-host shares his technology lawyer wisdom, I represent the middle-aged but still struggling startup via FB2, Bryan Cheung of Liferay reps the successful startup, q!Bang's High Mobley is the man from the brand new baby startup, and the smart and lovely Linda Musgrove from Tradeshow Teacher talks about the importance of marketing. Check it out.

You can download this week's episode by clicking on this link:   Listen!

Posted by Oliver Rist on March 2, 2007 03:38 PM

February 20, 2007 | Comments: (0)

InfoWorld LIVE! #5: Streaming Live at 4pm

TAGS: Internet Radio

And here's another episode of InfoWorld LIVE! radio. We're talking about ways to physically protect your business. ADT isn't the only option anymore. Now you've got ways to control data access to your PCs, security cameras you can check from your cell phone and then Brian Chee talks about all the James Bond stuff he learned in spy school.

You can download this week's episode by clicking on this link:   Listen!

Posted by Oliver Rist on February 20, 2007 12:39 PM

February 13, 2007 | Comments: (0)

InfoWorld LIVE! #4: Data Centers Here & Now

TAGS: Internet Radio

Just finished the 4th episode of InfoWorld LIVE! our pilot Internet Radio program (and, yes, sponsor slots are still open). This week, we're talking data centers. Big, bad, but still beautiful. Building them is changing, and not just the 'how' but also the 'why'.

So we're talking to John Niemann from APC, Phillip Pokorny of Penguin Computers/Scyld and our own senior contributing geek, Logan Harbaugh, who's busy with a data center-type review right now: SANS. We're hitting data center developments and ways SMBs can take advantage of them.

You can download this week's episode by clicking on this link:   Listen!

Posted by Oliver Rist on February 13, 2007 12:31 PM