The CEO of IronPort systems talks about his company's acquisition by Cisco and why he sees no end in sight to the problem of spam.

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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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The Group President of the Altiris' Business Unit of Symantec talks about the promises--and perils--of being acquired.

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In this NWC Fast Track 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

In this Network Computing Strategic Security podcast, Richard Karpinski explores 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, Rich discusses the emergence of automated code scanners, which check enterprise code for holes and vulnerabilities, with Justin Schuch, with NWC's Neohapsis lab partner. Finally, NWC Editor in Chief Art Wittman talks about our new Rolling Review concept, and takes a look at our initial Rolling Review of database extrusion prevention platforms. | Listen Now

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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Mark Canepa, CEO of Extreme Networks, talks about making life easy for it and building a development community.

The co-founder, president and CEO of Imperva, and co-founder of Check Point, discusses database and Web application security.

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Mark Lewis, chief development officer at information-storage giant EMC, talks about his company's growth through acquisitions--a total of 23 companies in the past three years.

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Mark Lewis, Chief Development Officer at information-storage giant EMC, talks about his company's efforts to grow through acquisition.

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.

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Contributor Robert Hertzberg talks with Ted Farrell, chief architect for tools and middleware at Oracle, about the business value of implementing a service-oriented architecture.

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NWC contributor 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. | Click to listen

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

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Beyond Print 13 Podcast - Tag, You're IT (download here) - Social bookmarking and tagging have grown in popularity during the past few years. It brings a human element into search, by allowing the collective power of the Internet to classify and index the web. Social bookmarking is a great way to find content, browse topics, and share information with others. This podcast explains how social bookmarking and tagging works, benefits and problems, and ends with a list of a few popular sites. If you would like to subscribe to the NWC podcasts, please subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. It'll let you get all the new episodes automatically.

Beyond Print 12 Podcast - Culture of No (download here) - IT departments have a reputation of saying 'no' to any and all requests. Want to set up a blog server? "No, you're not allowed." Normally I would say that this isn't the best way of going about business. However in the age of Internet applications and free hosted services, saying no may just push users to bypass the IT group altogether. In this podcast, I mention an article written by InformationWeek. You can read the piece here. If you would like to subscribe to the NWC podcasts, please subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. It'll let you get all the new episodes automatically.

Beyond Print 11 Podcast - Beyond Content (download here) - Successful blogs and podcasts can hold a visitor beyond what they originally were looking for. A visitor may discover your blog or podcast because they were searching for a topic, and came across your content. If your content is interesting, and visitors form a connection with the host, then they'll stick around for the long haul. Quality will bring users in; connecting with visitors will keep them coming back. This week's episode talks about why your goal should be to retain listeners/readers. I'll also talk about a company who didn't follow this advice, and lost me as a target. If you would like to subscribe to the NWC podcasts, please subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. It'll let you get all the new episodes automatically.

Beyond Print 10 Podcast - Unpause (download here) - We're back from the hiatus. New episodes will come out weekly again. I'm currently in the process of writing the Beyond Print printed article. I've noticed that writing and podcasting require very different thought processes. What you say, how you present it, and the method of creation needs to fit the medium. I explore a bit of the differences between the two in this week's show. If you would like to subscribe to the NWC podcasts, please subscribe to our podcast RSS feed.

Beyond Print 09 Podcast - Sonic Boom (download here) - Today's show is all about SonicWall's podcasting initiative. We'll talk about why they decided to podcast, how the shows are produced and their goals. If you would like to subscribe to the NWC podcasts, please subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. It'll let you get all the new episodes automatically.

Beyond Print 08 Podcast - Beyond PR (download here) - This week's show is an interview with media analyst Sam Whitmore. We talk about the media, full disclosure, bloggers, getting slammed in the blogosphere and how to deal with bad publicity. This show is catered a bit towards the public relations professional, however there is good stuff in there for everyone to know. If you would like to subscribe to the NWC podcasts, please subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. It'll let you get all the new episodes automatically.

Beyond Print 07 Podcast - Podcast Formats (download here) - What kind of podcast do you like to listen to? Do you like to hear a host rant for 20 minutes? Do you like debates? In this week's episode, I go over the four major podcast formats: scripted, monologue, debate and interview. I'll talk about the advantages of each, situations that make one more appropriate than the other, pitfalls and potential ways to ruin each format. If you would like to subscribe to the NWC podcasts, please subscribe to our podcast RSS feed. It'll let you get all the new episodes automatically.

Beyond Print 06 Podcast - Blogging On The Sun (download here) - Last week, I talked about blogging with Microsoft. This week we have another blogger interview. Through the magic of PSTN, I conducted an interview with Tim Bray, director of web technologies at Sun. We'll go into syndication, blogging policy, how Sun's policy was created, getting people on the blogging train and a bit on podcasting.

Beyond Print 05 Podcast - Breaker Breaker, Microsoft Blogger (download here) - I've talked about new media in the past four podcasts, now I'll talk to somebody actually using it. In this week's edition, I talk to Jeff Sandquist at Microsoft. We talk about Microsoft evangelism, why Microsoft is trying to be more transparent, blogging policy and the genesis of Channel 9.

Beyond Print 04 Podcast - CTC Recap (download here) - This week, I give a recap of lessons and discussions from the Collaborative Technology Conference, which I talked about in the last episode. If you couldn't make it, here is an executive summary.

In this first podcast in a series on the emerging enterprise, Andrew Conry-Murray talks with Chuck Hudson, IT director for a pharmaceutical distribution company, about how his IT group works hand in hand with executives to provide competitive advantage and grow the business. Chuck and Andrew also discuss 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.

Beyond Print 03 - Transparent Aluminum (download here) - New media isn't just about putting content online in different ways, it's also about the type of content.

Beyond Print 02 - Epoll Results - This is the second episode (download here) in the "Beyond Print: Getting Your Message Out" series. This week, I reveal some of our epoll results. I'll say where Network Computing readers stand on a few key issues relating to new media, and then read a few of the short answer responses. I also promised to post our RSS feed, and so here it is. Just paste this link into your podcast aggregator, and you'll be updated on all new Network Computing podcasts. Check back next Monday for another episode of Beyond Print.

Beyond Print 01 - Web 2.0 Roundtable - This is the first episode (download here) in a series of podcasts called "Beyond Print: Getting Your Message Out". This series will cover new media and new web technologies such as blogs, podcasts, social networking, web syndication, Web 2.0 and so forth. We'll be looking at using these new mediums both internally and externally. Every Monday until September 14th, I am going to be discussing, debating or conducting interviews about these new technologies. If you have a strong opinion on these topics, or are using new media technologies at work, please feel free to send me a note. Perhaps you can be on a future episode.

Ahh, encryption. There are few security-related topics that manage to combine complexity, minutiae, and critical needs quite as thoroughly as does encryption. Government agencies simultaneously require and fear encryption, an attitude that is also common among business leaders. Ultimately, there are plenty of reasons to encrypt data (does stolen personal data ring a bell?) and very few reasons to fear it. While relatively few of us might ultimately be the ones implementing encryption, it's important to understand the major issues so we can discuss its implementation and the policies governing its use intelligently. I recently had a phone call with a team of folks from WinMagic, and we discussed encryption as part of a full security program. You can listen to the podcast here.

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 we wade in with both feet, talking with Mike Ferris, Redhat's Director of Solutions Strategy. He had some interesting things to say, and you can hear them here.

Opting for a hosted or on-demand software application is gaining in popularity. There are plenty of reasons it’s a good choice, but also reasons that software as a service may not be the best choice for your company.

Podcast from Interop - Day 3 report (download here). It's a sound seeing tour of the Interop show floor. We'll wander around the floor early in the morning, get lost in Korea, interview FaceTime, get sick of The Beatles, burn through startup city by meeting Kaidea, get a sound bite from Samsung, interview the always insightful Bob Moskowitz, get some info on the new Dark Reading website, woof it up with Blue Coat, chomp down on some M&M's with Tarari and finally cruise around with Barricuda.

Podcast from Interop - Day 2 report (download here). Tuesday was a busy day. All morning was spent picking the Best of Interop. Last episode I talked about the finalists in VoIP/Collaboration; find out who won in today's podcast. I also had a chance to sit down with Raritan. They announced a server monitoring product at the show. That's quite interesting, considering Avocent's latest move (see previous blog entry). If you were curious what it sounds like when a Network Computing editor is briefed by a vendor, here's your chance to listen in.

Podcast from Interop - Day 1 report (download here). The show floor officially opens in just a few hours. However before the show, the editors of Network Computing (as well as our freelance writers and other CMP publications) interview and interrogate vendors to determine which product is considered the Best of Interop. In today's podcast, I talk about the three finalists I met with for Best of Show in the category "VoIP and Collaboration". The winner will be announced at 4:00pm today.

Podcast from Interop - Day 0 report (download here). It has been an all travel day for me. Fortunately the ride was smooth, and I didn't get delayed for hours. In today's podcast, you'll ride along with me on my journey to Vegas. We'll eat dinner in Cincinnati, descend into McCarran airport and then check in to an oddly shaped hotel. I conclude the show by describing my expectations of the show. I'll have more information about vendors, products and Interop in tomorrow's podcast.

Recently, I conducted a podcast interview with Christine Ewing from Altiris. They traditionally have focused on desktop and system management. A new product has come down the pipe, Software Virtualization Solution (SVS). It's a "virtual machine" that works at the application layer instead of OS layer. Instead of segmenting hardware, or allowing for multiple operating systems to run simultaneously, SVS lets multiple incompatible applications be installed simultaneously. Software can be enabled, disabled, installed or removed in a sandbox environment, without affecting other DLLs, files or registry keys. Sounds handy.

The music featured in this episode is called "Music for a Future City", by Camtarn. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Companies invest in virtualization technology for a variety of reasons: it makes it possible to support different applications and operating systems on a single server, dynamically allocate resources where they're needed most, and reduce server head count in the process. It can free companies from having to migrate existing applications every time a new operating system is deployed, and vvirtual machines also can be used to develop and test software before deployment and provide a less-expensive way of backing up computers in emergencies.

In this podcast, I chat with the leading experts from Avaya, Microsoft, the Burton Group, and the Yankee Group on the impact real-time and non-real time collaboration technologies will have on the enterprise.

Brocade remains true to its core switching business, but finds other avenues are opening up as customers contemplate their next generation data centers.

Collaboration On The Go Podcast (download here). AOL is in the news again and, not surprisingly, it's not good news. It seems like every time AOL has been in the news for the past five years, it's bad news for AOL/TW or the Internet. Should AOL charge organizations that send massive amounts of email, guaranteeing that the messages aren't flagged as spam?

Collaboration On The Go Podcast (download here). Despite the cries and moans of a few cynics, podcasting has not turned into a temporary Internet fad, nor does it look like it will anytime soon. People are now starting to look towards making some real money off of podcasts, from the amateur hobbyist to the massive corporation. In today's episode, I explore and give my opinion on varying ways to earn some cash.

COTG Podcast - Streaming blogs and cattle prods - It's time for another Collaboration On The Go (COTG) podcast (download here). Streaming media reviews can sometimes cause quite a bit of controversy. Incorrect testing procedures, poor choices on video encoding settings, disputes on score weighting and testbed errors have all plagued streaming comparatives in the past. Fortunately, I don't think my latest streaming review had any of those problems. How can I tell? Lack of flame mail.

Life used to be so simple. The golden days when a simple virus was all you had to worry about seem almost idyllic compared to the mean electronic streets that we walk today. I recently spoke with Shane Coursen, a senior technology consultant at Kaspersky Labs, about the once and future world of malware. You can hear the podcast here.

Instant messaging is great stuff. I don't think anyone is going to argue against that. However it does come at a cost. Security, as it relates to IM, stinks. Public networks can be uncontrolled, unregulated hostile grounds of exploits and manipulators. Private networks usually has a high price tag when you factor in hardware and maintenance costs. I've teamed up with Security Channel editor/podcaster Curt Franklin in this podcast to talk about some of the security issues related to instant messaging. Instant messaging isn't something you can ignore.

I don't know about you, but I don't think I could work successfully without instant messaging. In an average day, I instant message with colleagues, contractors, vendors, and contacts throughout the industry. I'm not alone--survey after survey shows that employees are hooked on instant messaging as a way to keep in touch. From a security standpoint, of course, instant messaging comes with a pile of caveats. The open feeling that makes instant messaging so useful also makes it a huge security risk. The free and open dialogue it promotes can be antithetical to complying with regulatory separation between departments. Network Computing technology editor Mike DeMaria got together to talk about the possibilities and problems of using instant messaging in the enterprise. You can hear the podcast here.

Podcast - Collaboration On The Go - Surviving Collaboration in 2006. Every year, Network Computing produces a special issue called the "Survivor's Guide". This is where we talk about what happened in the previous year, what will happen in the next year, and some predictions as to where technology, companies and the industry will go. In the first half of this podcast, I talk about our new core area "Messaging & Collaboration". I'll go over why we made this change, what will be covered, and some predictions on where the industry is going. The second half of the podcast covers "Hot & Not" technologies and companies to watch. In the printed article, I couldn't go very deep into why I felt some technologies and companies deserved to be called out or praised. Fortunately I have this podcast medium which can supplement my printed works. If you're wondering why I declared XMPP a "Not", or declared Real Networks a company to watch, you can hear about it here.

Just a reminder, you can subscribe to my podcast via our RSS feed, and automatically receive new episodes in your podcast aggregator. The feed's URL is here

The music featured in this episode is called "Music for a Future City", by Camtarn. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Podcast - Collaboration On The Go - All About Apple, Almost. Tuesday was a massive Apple news day, with the release of Intel based Macs, software updates and figures on iPod sales. Lots of people are buying them, to the tune of 42 million. In this podcast, I give my initial thoughts on the new MacBook Pro, and then switch the discussion over to IP television and pay per download video. Watching videos on iPods are fun, but how long will we tolerate video on a 2 inch screen? The podcast closes with a look at Google's new video store (I'm not impressed yet).

The music featured in this episode is called "Music for a Future City", by Camtarn. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Who gets in? Who's kept out? Those are the twin questions that frame network security. In this podcast I talk with Brett Helsell of Lockdown Networks about network access control--not the program put forward by Cisco (though we touch on that), but the very idea of controlling who comes into your network. You can hear the podcast here.

We're coming up on the end of the year, and I'd like to do a "Most Important Events in Security for 2005" podcast to wrap things up, and the time grows very short. Of course, it will be a lot more interesting if the items on the list come from you, rather than from me, so please take a moment to send an e-mail to cfranklin@cmp.com telling me about your nominee for the event or events that have had the greatest impact on security during this year. If you include your contact information, I might just call and include you in that year-ending podcast. I'll look forward to your comments.

If you you haven't already subscribed to the podcast, look around this page, you'll find the link to subscribe to the Security Channel podcast. In addition, I'd like to ask a favor. Take a minute to drop me a note at cfranklin@cmp.com, and let me know what you'd like to hear in future podcasts. A podcast can be short or long, serious or amusing, hands-on or quite strategic. Let me know what you'd like to listen to, and we'll do our best to make it happen.

The music in this podcast is "Fresh Snow", courtesy of Derek K. Miller, who's work can be found at Penmachine. He releases much of his music under a Creative Commons license--if you like the sound, head over to the web site and check out the rest of his music.

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Collaboration On The Go - Wacki Wikis. It's been a bad PR week for the Wikipedia project. First there was the threat of a libel lawsuit. Then the tech media picked up on the news, with some giving scathing editorials about the project and the accuracy of Wikipedia articles. Wiki sites are great for generating and maintain information from a collective community. However without any form of moderation or approval of postings, it can suffer from vandalism edits. Can Wikipedia maintain their goal of open and anonymous editing of articles, or is the entire concept flawed? I explore this and other wiki related issues in the latest COTG podcast.

The music featured in this episode is called "Music for a Future City", by Camtarn. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

The glamour in security is all about keeping the bad guys out. Statistically, though, more damage is wrought by supposed "good guys" whittling away at your network and data from the inside. In this Security Channel Podcast, David Lynch of Apani Networks talks with me about security from the inside. As things calm down (for those of us not in retail) towards the end of the year, it's time to think about our approach to security and ask whether we should be taking longer, harder looks at just how porous our defenses are from those whom we think we should be trusting. The answers, arrived at honestly, might have far-reaching effects on the way that our networks--and our security implementations--look. You can hear the podcast here.

We're coming up on the end of the year, and I'd like to do a "Most Important Events in Security for 2005" podcast to wrap things up. Of course, it will be a lot more interesting if the items on the list come from you, rather than from me, so please take a moment to send an e-mail to cfranklin@cmp.com telling me about your nominee for the event or events that have had the greatest impact on security during this year. If you include your contact information, I might just call and include you in that year-ending podcast. I'll look forward to your comments.

If you you haven't already subscribed to the podcast, look over to the left, you'll find the link to subscribe to the Security Channel podcast. In addition, I'd like to ask a favor. Take a minute to drop me a note at cfranklin@cmp.com, and let me know what you'd like to hear in future podcasts. A podcast can be short or long, serious or amusing, hands-on or quite strategic. Let me know what you'd like to listen to, and we'll do our best to make it happen.

The music in this podcast is "Acid Trumpet" by Kevin MacLeod. He releases much of his music under a Creative Commons license--if you like the sound, head over to the web site and check out the rest of his music.

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Podcast - Collaboration On The Go, Episode 04 - Rotor Routers. We all have moments of insight, where an idea or concept becomes clear and settles into the frontal lobes of our minds. Squeaky breaks and pitted rotors caused my last one. This podcast talks about my upcoming streaming media review, the expectation of flame mail and a feeling of humility. Take a listen here.

The music featured in the episode is called "Remember November" by Jerry Collins. It is licensed under a Creative Commons license.