Podcasts

Weekly Recap: Apple Does the Money Dance (13:15 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 27, 2012
In this episode: Apple posts a record-setting quarter, thanks to its latest iPhone and holiday sales; RIM ousts its coCEOs and cochairmen, although their replacement does little to settle investors' nerves; developers from rival social networks take Google to task over Search Plus Your World; Google makes moves to consolidate the user data its services save; a U.S. federal judge rules disk encryption isn't protected by the Fifth Amendment.

Virtualization and the Always-On Education Environment (26:57 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 23, 2012
Avon Community Schools in Avon, Ind., has been experimenting with bring-your-own-device and desktop virtualization, and it has recently embarked in a wider deployment for both this school year. "We’re finding that we can get applications out quicker with more quality control, as far as knowing exactly what’s going to happen inside of the VM when you run that application," said Avon's Jason Lantz.

Weekly Recap: SOPA Shellacked, PIPA Plastered (12:36 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 20, 2012
In this episode: SOPA and PIPA lose significant support in congress following a day of Internet protests that included site blackouts, information campaigns and millions of petitioners; Apple dips its toes into textbooks with new apps and tools; Jerry Yang exits Yahoo, giving up his seat on the board of the company he helped found; Netflix shareholders file a class-action suit accusing the company's executives of withholding information; hackers steal info on 24 million Zappos customers.

Limbering Up for a Data Center Makeover (27:31 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 16, 2012
The pitfalls of data center transformation can be avoided by balancing long-term goals with short-term flexibility. Be ready to constantly evaluate based on metrics and to reassess execution plans as DCT projects unfold. Clinging too tightly to long-term plans and roadmaps could potentially cause you to lose sight of how actual progress is being made -- or not.

Weekly Recap: Google's Nettlesome Search Gambit (14:08 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 13, 2012
In this episode: Google overhauls its search engine, but privacy and antitrust advocates don't like the results; Google takes another swipe at Google TV after last year's efforts fell flat; Eric Schmidt takes issue with the word "fragmentation" to describe Android; Intel gets set for a big drive into mobile; Razer warms up a tablet designed for PC gaming.

Virtualization Meets City Hall (18:52 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 9, 2012
Virtualization is bringing new levels of service to the city of Fairfield, Calif. Important systems for the "police center and also our fire staffing system were high on the list for protecting," said Eudora Sindicic, a senior IT analyst for Fairfield. "Those are tier-one applications that we want to be able to recover very quickly. We thought the best way to do that was to virtualize them and set us up for future business continuity and true failover and disaster recovery.

Weekly Recap: Barnes & Noble's Nook: Life Preserver or Dead Weight? (12:18 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 6, 2012
In this episode: Bookseller Barnes & Noble mulls whether to spin off its Nook tablet and e-reader line; a report on Google's intentions regarding a branded Android tablet raises questions about content and price; Yahoo ends a four-month-long search for a new CEO by hiring former PayPal boss Scott Thompson; plans may be in place to relieve RIM's two top executives of their cochairman positions; Google whips itself after it's discovered violating its own paid link regulations.

The Sky-High Expectations Surrounding Mobile Networks (23:34 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 19, 2011
Users today want to be able to access more services using more devices. They want coordination across all the platforms they use, they want security and privacy, and they want the full support of their IT departments. It's all a very tall order, and networks will need to adjust rapidly or the latency and hassle of access and performance issues will get in the way of users, their new expectations, and their behaviors.

Weekly Recap: Verizon and Google Enter Holiday Party Late and Sulky (12:17 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 16, 2011
In this episode: Verizon's Galaxy Nexus arrives in the U.S. at an odd moment in the holiday retail season; webOS is released from HP's dungeon and sent to freely roam the world of open source; Microsoft and Nokia pick the unassuming Lumia 710 as the first Nokia Windows Phone handset to arrive in the U.S.; AT&T's bid to acquire T-Mobile starts to cool off; the U.S. NTSB calls for a nationwide ban on using most personal gadgets -- including headsets -- while driving.

Strong Medicine for Complex IT Security Maladies (29:47 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 12, 2011
The number of attacks on enterprise systems continues to climb, as does the cost of protecting them. The path to reducing risks, even as the threats escalate, is to confront security at the framework and strategic level, and to harness the point solutions approach into a managed and ongoing security enhancement lifecycle.

Weekly Recap: Twitter Rolls the Dice (11:19 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 9, 2011
In this episode: Twitter takes a gamble on a major redesign that will give users more options but could strike some as overly complicated; RedBox reportedly teams up with Verizon to build Zoetrope, a video streaming and download service; RIM renames its upcoming OS "BlackBerry 10" after a setback in its fight for the name "BBX"; Google pulls Wallet functionality from the Verizon edition of the hotly anticipated Galaxy Nexus phone; websites of all varieties snap up .xxx domains the moment they go on sale.

How Enterprise App Stores Are Whipping Up Productivity (41:01 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 5, 2011
As new devices like smartphones appear in users' hands, enterprise IT needs to find new techniques for application delivery. Enterprise app stores have proven to be an effective way to track, manage and distribute software. What are the steps businesses can now take to build and develop their own enterprise app store?

Weekly Recap: Tinkerer, Carrier, Rootkit, Spy (12:40 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 2, 2011
In this episode: Software maker Carrier IQ becomes the focus of a privacy firestorm when a security researcher digs up a hidden application that could be recording the activities of millions of smartphones; AT&T pulls its merger proposal from FCC consideration, but that doesn't prevent the commission from publicly ripping it to pieces; unconfirmed reports suggest Facebook plans to go public in the second quarter of 2012; a settlement with the FTC makes future Facebook privacy changes opt-in; security gurus make an alarming discovery about printers.

The Politics of Taxing E-Commerce, Part 2 (15:33 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 2, 2011
The state of Indiana has become a focal point in the battle over e-commerce sales-tax collection. That's the home of retail property owner Simon, which has sued the state over what it calls an unconstitutional subsidy benefitting Amazon. "Indiana has its own unique situation, but I think it's reflective of what's gone on across the country," said statehouse reporter Maureen Hayden.

The Winds of Radical Application Transformation (33:27 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 21, 2011
It's clear that radical, not incremental, adjustment is in order to make sure that the cloud and mobile era is a gained opportunity and not a fatal or devastating misfire for IT operators and business strategists. "We have to go through a radical transformation now in terms of our applications," said HP's Paul Evans. "I don't use these words lightly."

The Politics of Taxing E-Commerce, Part 1 (16:59 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 18, 2011
State taxes on out-of-state purchases has been a contentious issue for decades, and it's only been exacerbated in recent years by the rise of e-commerce. Various changes in law are happening, though, and they could both simplify and further entangle an already thorny situation.

Virtualization and Cloud Technologies: A Prescription for Healthcare (19:14 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 14, 2011
CharterCare Health Partners has implemented a tag team of cloud technologies and virtualized desktops to give healthcare professionals access to the data they need when they need it, regardless of what device they happen to be using. The successful infrastructure modernization effort has also helped CharterCARE move to electronic health records.

Tempering the Supply Chain With Dynamic Discounting (33:33 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 7, 2011
In a long-term slack economy, finding new business efficiencies is difficult. Strategies for tightening up the supply chain can go a long way. "Dynamic discounting is really a win-win," said Ariba's Drew Hofler. "There is value to both sides [of purchasing relationships], and it's not just one imposing their will on the other in order to make their company better at the expense of the other."

Desperately Seeking Data Management (22:39 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 31, 2011
In the world of information management, project collapse is common, whether it's because of cost, process or the people running the show. The information architect "has to be a team player, working closely with technology, because more and more information will be not just machine-readable, but machine-processable and interpretable," said Build The Vision's Robert Weisman.

Weekly Recap: Another Grim Week for RIM (13:28 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 28, 2011
In this episode: Research In Motion takes a few more punches with lawsuits over its recent outage, a company taking it to court over the name of its new mobile OS, and a delay on its promised PlayBook update; Netflix investors go into shock after the company spills its third-quarter financial details; payment processors' refusal to work with WikiLeaks forces the site to suspend publication; Sony buys Ericsson out of the Sony Ericsson brand; new rumors regarding the future of Apple TV emerge.

The Prosumerization of the Enterprise (32:35 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 24, 2011
Enterprise employees interact with consumer-oriented technology on a daily basis, and the advancement of those consumer devices is changing their expectations when it comes to enterprise technology. Applications may need to behave more like apps. Provisioning may need to be more like running an app store. And self-service and intuitive adoption of new features need to be built in as primary requirements.

Weekly Recap: Will Microsoft Get Lucky With Yahoo? (13:16 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 21, 2011
In this episode: Microsoft may once again be interested in Yahoo now that the ailing Web empire could be acquired for significantly less than the $47 billion Redmond tried to pay for it in 2008; Google is reportedly readying a new online music store, though it may have some kinks to work out with record labels; Apple scores some big wins in its international patent war with Samsung; Wall Street cringes at last quarter's iPhone sales despite a more recent iPhone 4S sales bonanza; RIM and Google preview what's to come with their next mobile OSes -- BBX and Ice Cream Sandwich, respectively.

Tight Purse String Force IT to Grow Up Fast (26:48 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 17, 2011
Financial pressures are forcing an array of new adjustments on IT leaders. CIOs are gaining new perspectives and developing more mature strategies for giving IT a more central role in how a business innovates productively. It all comes down to operating like a business within a business.

Weekly Recap: The BlackBerry Blackout: Research In Commotion (12:37 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 14, 2011
In this episode: Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform gets a black eye thanks to a massive, days-long service outage that affects users all over the globe; Sprint begins a tricky balancing act as the newest U.S. member of Team iPhone; a newly discovered malicious Android application presents itself as a Netflix app in order to gain users' trust; HP reportedly has second thoughts about its plan to spin off PCs; Netflix changes its mind about schlepping its DVD service off as its own brand after users give the idea a big thumbs-down.

Empowering Developers With Desktop Virtualization (26:06 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 10, 2011
ADP Dealer Services had to give its developer community a desktop environment that both fostered creativity and provided the latitude they needed to do their jobs. A virtual desktop infrastructure gave ADP the ability to provide them with an environment that was more specifically designed to meet their needs.

Weekly Recap: The Fruits of Steve Jobs' Tireless Quest for Perfection (11:14 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 7, 2011
In this episode: The technology world loses a visionary and innovator with the passing of Steve Jobs; Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff does his keynote his way after Oracle reschedules his OpenWorld speech at the last minute, signaling a growing rift between the companies; rumors arise once again that buyers, including Microsoft, are back to circle Yahoo; Apple reveals its next smartphone, the iPhone 4S, which receives a lukewarm reception despite new features like a better camera and the Siri voice-activated service.

The Ties That Bind Business Processes (38:45 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 6, 2011
There's cloud, and then there's cloud integration -- building ways for those closest to the work itself to integrate, extend and coordinate business processes. Managed processes built on a range of business development and consulting tasks bind together critical sales and financial product delivery goals to better support long-term business engagements.

The Scope and Depth of the Cloud: Q&A With VMware Copresident Carl Eschenbach (16:27 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 3, 2011
Specialized hybrid clouds can often address a particular industry's needs more comfortably than one-size-fits-all services. Sometimes these can turn into sources of new business. For many companies, "maintaining their own infrastructure is not a competitive advantage for them," said NYSE Euronext's Steve Rubinow. "It's really a cost of doing business like telephones and office furniture."

Weekly Recap: Amazon's Kindle Catches Fire (12:59 minutes)
Posted: Sept. 30, 2011
In this episode: Amazon reveals the Kindle Fire, a 7-inch Android tablet that sells for $199; reports of Apple scaling back iPad production raise questions of whether the company's scared of Amazon's tablet; RIM's gloom continues as activist investor Carl Icahn reportedly shows up on its radar; Facebook takes flack for putting cookies on users' browsers that could allow the network to track activities even after a member has signed off the site; Microsoft bags Samsung in its hunt for Android patent profits.

Make Room for the Enterprise App Store (25:27 minutes)
Posted: Sept. 26, 2011
With mobile devices like smartphones and tablets in their hands at all hours, workforces are becoming more mobile and more powerful. However, those devices have also caused enterprise IT leaders much dread due to the problems involved with supporting them all. Making room for an enterprise app store may be part of a better mobile management strategy.

Weekly Recap: The Board Giveth, the Board Taketh Away (14:08 minutes)
Posted: Sept. 23, 2011
In this episode: HP's board of directors ousts Leo Apotheker less than one year after naming him as the company's chief executive, putting former eBay CEO Meg Whitman in his place; Facebook peppers its site with changes, leading to yet another round of user outrage; Google Chairman Eric Schmidt stands up to critics during a Senate antitrust hearing; Netflix CEO Reed Hastings sends customers a note apologizing for the company's recent price hike, then proceeds to announce yet another drastic change in store for the online movie and DVD-by-mail company; Sony sneaks a you-can't-sue-us clause into its latest PlayStation Network ToS.

The Value of Architecture: Priceless (38:48 minutes)
Posted: Sept. 19, 2011
"Business architecture is similar to other forms of architecture, in that it tends to try to do many things all at once," according to Ernst & Young's Peter Haviland. "The idea of enterprise alignment is definitely the right outcome, but there is enough complexity there to blow steam out of your head for many, many years to come.".

Chipping Away at the Great Firewall, Pebble by Pebble (18:09 minutes)
Posted: Sept. 14, 2011
China's various Internet censorship policies are colloquially known as "the great firewall of China," and often they focus particularly on touchy subjects like Tibet. But as Web use grows and moves to new platforms like mobile devices and media like micro-blogs, can the great firewall remain standing?

Singing in the Rain: How the Cloud Can Pour Down Money (20:19 minutes)
Posted: Sept. 12, 2011
No single type of cloud is appropriate for every business. All companies must transition themselves into a new cloud deployment in their own ways. The goal, of course, is bottom-line savings, and when the operation is done right, those savings are very real. That's what cosmetics company Revlon learned as it implemented its private cloud, which it claims has saved it in the neighborhood of $70 million.

Weekly Recap: Can Yahoo Escape the Valley of the Dulls? (11:38 minutes)
Posted: Sept. 9, 2011
In this episode: Carol Bartz is fired from her position as CEO of Yahoo as the company remains in a years-long rut; AT&T weighs its options in light of the lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice filed to block the company's purchase of T-Mobile; Sprint attempts to further stifle AT&T's efforts with a lawsuit of its own; Groupon reportedly gets cold feet regarding its planned initial public offering; a judge significantly reduces the damages SAP must pay Oracle over the TomorrowNow incident.

Hybridizing the Cloud (21:40 minutes)
Posted: Sept. 6, 2011
Specialized hybrid clouds can often address a particular industry's needs more comfortably than one-size-fits-all services. Sometimes these can turn into sources of new business. For many companies, "maintaining their own infrastructure is not a competitive advantage for them," said NYSE Euronext's Steve Rubinow. "It's really a cost of doing business like telephones and office furniture."

Weekly Recap: The Wedding Crashers (14:27 minutes)
Posted: Sept. 2, 2011
In this episode: AT&T's proposed buyout of T-Mobile is thrown into disarray after the U.S. Department of Justice files a civil antitrust suit to prevent the deal from happening; the outing of a WikiLeaks encryption key may expose countless confidential sources involved in last year's CableGate; a Google shareholder sues the company over its Canadian drug ad foul-up; iTunes pulls TV show rentals; HP says it's going to make one last production run of its defunct TouchPad tablet.

The Automation Revelation (21:39 minutes)
Posted: Aug. 29, 2011
UK managed service provider InTechnology says it's reaped tremendous benefits from an automated lifecycle approach. "When you've got like 80 percent of all incidents raised automatically, it takes a massive burden off the 24/7 teams and the customer support guys, who are not spending the majority of their time creating incidents but actually working to resolve them," said InTechnology's Ed Jackson.

Time to Step It Up, EAs (38:08 minutes)
Posted: Aug. 22, 2011
Organizations are benefiting from embracing TOGAF, but what are enterprise architects doing to enhance their strategic value? "This is a time for the enterprise architects to really step up to the plate and be accountable for real performance influence on the organization?s bottom line," said The Open Group's Jason Uppal.

The Lonely Life of WebOS (14:46 minutes)
Posted: Aug. 19, 2011
In this episode: HP announces it's killing off development of webOS hardware, throwing the future of the mobile operating system into question; Google moves to buy up Motorola Mobility, which could help protect all Android device-makers from patent attacks but could also alienate Motorola's Android rivals; San Francisco's BART is put under scrutiny following its decision to prevent the use of cellphones during a public protest; the Verizon wireline strike takes a few ugly turns as a deadline draws closer; AT&T goes all or nothing on SMS texting plans.

A Standard Is Born (29:23 minutes)
Posted: Aug. 15, 2011
Open Automated Compliance Expert Markup Language is built to automate security and save costs. "If you think about PCI DSS, it defines pretty tightly what your cardholder data environment consists of," said The Open Group's Jim Hietala. "In terms of O-ACEML, it could be networking devices, servers, storage equipment, or any sort of IT device."

Weekly Recap: The Patent World War (12:47 minutes)
Posted: Aug. 12, 2011
In this episode: Apple scores a win against Samsung with an injunction that blocks the Korean gadget maker from selling the Galaxy Tab in most European countries; Amazon skirts Apple's iOS in-app sales rules with a Web app version of its popular Kindle e-reader application; 45,000 employees in Verizon's landline phone business go on strike after failing to reach an agreement with the telecom over benefit cuts; Nokia gives up on Symbian smartphones and feature phones in the North American market, putting all its eggs in Microsoft's basket; confusion is raised over a video in which someone claiming to represent the hacker group Anonymous threatens to take down Facebook this November, though other Anon channels indicate support for this plan is not unanimous among Anonymous.

Trusting the Chain (30:36 minutes)
Posted: Aug. 8, 2011
Security is in many ways a shared, communal effort. When you're a company that's dependent on a variety of other technology suppliers and providers, how can you be assured that the other participants are adhering to best practices and taking the proper precautions? An accreditation approach may be the way to go.

Weekly Recap: Google and Microsoft Take It Outside (13:23 minutes)
Posted: Aug. 5, 2011
In this episode: Google lawyer David Drummond speaks out against Microsoft, Apple and Oracle for what he says is an effort to hurt the Android platform by teaming up against Google in a variety of patent maneuvers; McAfee sounds the alarm on Shady Rat, a massive data theft ring the security vendor says has been in operation for years; Research In Motion delivers a handful of new BlackBerry phones that pack sharper hardware but don't feature the company's QNX operating system; AT&T tells its heaviest unlimited data users to get ready to get throttled; Hulu prepares to launch a show of its very own.

Integration, Rethought (36:28 minutes)
Posted: Aug. 1, 2011
Thoroughly mixing integration into application services allows more people to exploit and leverage integration without being integration technology experts. It means that the applications providers are also the integration providers. It also means the stand-alone integration technology supplier business -- and those that buy from it -- are facing a new reality.

Weekly Recap: Anonymous, PayPal and WikiLeaks: The Grudge That Keeps On Grudging (15:08 minutes)
Posted: July 29, 2011
In this episode: Anonymous calls for a PayPal boycott as the Internet payment provider continues to blockade WikiLeaks donations; Mozilla makes plans to use Android as the basis of a new, Web-centric mobile operating system; certain iOS apps get a little trickier to use as Apple begins enforcing its rules concerning in-app purchases; rumors that Apple may want to buy Hulu make the rounds, though skeptics have their doubts; Google gets into a tangle with certain users over what names are and are not acceptable to use in its new Google+ social network.

Mythbusting the Private Cloud (45:19 minutes)
Posted: July 25, 2011
Under the right implementation, clouds and hybrid clouds can save on costs, improve productivity, cut energy use and enhance efficiency. Sound too good to be true? A certain level of skepticism is a good thing, but there are many myths and half-truths surrounding private clouds that are ripe for debunking.

Weekly Recap: Apple Comes In Like a Lion (12:32 minutes)
Posted: July 22, 2011
In this episode: Apple unleashes OS X Lion, its latest desktop operating system, along with a MacBook Air refresh and a new Mac mini; Wall Street pushes AAPL to new heights as the company reports on yet another record-breaking quarter; Cupertino also wins a preliminary ITC judgment against smartphone rival HTC regarding patent infringement; AT&T weathers its first full quarter with Verizon as an iPhone competitor; the News Corp. scandal proves too tempting for hacker group LulzSec to resist; Anonymous hackers dig their way into NATO servers and access classified documents.

Tearing Down Silos With Holistic ALM (15:56 minutes)
Posted: July 18, 2011
In order to address shortcomings with application performance and availability, "we started looking at the technology silos and bringing them together in one holistic perspective," said Blue Cross and Blue Shield's Victor Miller. To begin addressing the problems, "we had to break down the technology silos and really focus on the whole picture of the application, and not just the individual components of the applications.

Weekly Recap: The Swedish Invasion (12:41 minutes)
Posted: July 15, 2011
In this episode: Swedish music sensation Spotify arrives in the United States; Netflix splits access to its online streaming library into a separate subscription plan, outraging customers and elating investors; more talk bubbles up around an expected Amazon Android tablet computer; Research In Motion's executives tell shareholders of their plans to turn around the company's fortunes by putting seven new handsets on the market; hackers expose data stolen from Booz Allen Hamilton, a major military contractor.

Peering Into the Future of Online Video (7:23 minutes)
Posted: July 15, 2011
For large retailers, last year was a year of experimentation with online video. The industry now moves into the future with many valuable lessons learned. There's a new focus on ROI, personalization, optimizing video for the user's specific platform, reaching mobile devices and turning online video ads into an effective tool for brand-lifting.

Open Source and the Democratization of IT (35:46 minutes)
Posted: July 12, 2011
How do enterprises face up to the generational shift to new and more empowered users? How can businesses react and exploit more applications and data resources and do so in a managed and governed fashion? We're finding that modern, lightweight, and open source platforms that leverage modular architectures are a new and proven resource for the rapid and agile integration requirements.

The Holy Grail of Application Development (14:05 minutes)
Posted: July 11, 2011
Seagate ships 50 million computer hard drives per quarter, and that makes for a highly complicated set of processes. The ultimate in software development, said Seagate's Steve Katz, would be an integrated approach that incorporates development activities as well as testing, monitoring, provisioning and quality checks and balances.

Weekly Recap: The Revolution Will Be Video-Chatted (13:40 minutes)
Posted: July 8, 2011
In this episode: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg becomes an instant hit on Google+, racking up 30,000 followers just days after the new social network launches; meanwhile, Zuckerberg's own company reveals a new video chat utility in cooperation with Skype, on the heels of Google's launch of its Google+ video chat Hangouts feature; Microsoft inks a deal with Chinese search powerhouse Baidu to handle its English-speaking users' queries via Bing; Amazon offers an unlimited music locker in the cloud; speculation arises concerning yet another U.S. wireless carrier on the horizon for iPhone.

Weekly Recap: Google's Social Blowout (14:35 minutes)
Posted: July 1, 2011
In this episode: Google gives social networking another go with Google+; Amazon swiftly severs ties with its California affiliates immediately after the state enacts a law that would turn many online retailers into California state sales tax collectors; the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a state law that would impose criminal penalties on video game vendors caught selling violent games to minors; News Corp. boots MySpace out of the house after six years and hundreds of millions of dollars in losses; Microsoft sends its latest set of office tools skyward.

The Consumerization of IT (24:03 minutes)
Posted: June 27, 2011
IT organizations are being pulled in opposite directions: They're being asked to become simultaneously more open and more secure. Is that even possible? Increased mobility "is cool for the consumer, but that creates some very serious complexities for the enterprise security folks," said HP's Rafal Los. "Often you get devices that aren't meant to be consumed in an enterprise."

Weekly Recap: The Hackers Parade Marches On (17:50 minutes)
Posted: June 24, 2011
In this episode: The hacker group LulzSec pwns on, declaring war on governments and laughing off the arrest of one of its alleged associates; Nokia releases its first -- and quite possibly last -- phone on the MeeGo platform while simultaneously showing the world what's in store for its first WinPho 7 handset; Wall Street smacks Research In Motion after a disappointing quarterly report; quibbling Hulu owners reportedly mull the sale of the online TV venture; ICANN opts to allow website owners to use unique top-level domains -- for a hefty price.

The IT Infrastructure Renaissance (38:59 minutes)
Posted: June 20, 2011
The face of high-performance, low-cost computing is changing. In just the past few years, the definition of what a modern IT infrastructure needs and what it needs to do has finally come into focus. Data centers will converge their servers, storage and network platforms for efficiency and security. Virtualization will grow like a weed. Hybrid and cloud models will become the norm.

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Lulz (14:52 minutes)
Posted: June 17, 2011
In this episode: LulzSec wreaks havoc on the Internet, hacking, leaking and pwning its way to notoriety; Facebook reportedly musters an army of Spartan Web apps to do gory battle with Apple on the beaches of iOS, Apple puts action behind words by petitioning a judge to allow it to take sides with devs against patent owner Lodsys; privacy groups complain to the FTC about Facebook's facial recognition technology; the U.S. State Department acknowledges a program to build portable Internet stations to deploy in political hot zones.

The Enterprise's Shifting Center of Gravity (39:23 minutes)
Posted: June 13, 2011
As the future of the cloud unfolds before our eyes, enterprises will need to nimbly adjust to realities, new partners and new services. The older point-to-point methods of IT integration, even for internal business processes, are slow, brittle, costly, complex and hard to manage. Flexibility is a must.

Weekly Recap: The Softer Side of Apple (18:21 minutes)
Posted: June 10, 2011
In this episode: Apple opens its WWDC conference with a barrage of software news, including major updates to OS X and iOS and a new service, iCloud, for cross-device data syncing; at E3, Microsoft pumps Kinect, Sony reveals the Vita handheld, and Nintendo previews its next home system, the Wii U; Apple backs off on the tough rules it imposed on iOS media subscriptions months ago; Facebook users learn about a new facial recognition feature; Groupon plans to take on Wall Street with an upcoming IPO.

An App Store of Your Own (38:42 minutes)
Posted: June 6, 2011
Mobile app stores work well for both buyers and sellers. The users are really quite happy with paying for what they have on the spot, as long as that process is quick, seamless and convenient. Vendors, service providers and communication service providers should therefore explore how such stores can be created quickly and efficiently to strike, as it were, while the app store iron is hot.

Beyond War Room Network Management (36:24 minutes)
Posted: May 23, 2011
"Today, if you were to look into a customer's IT department managing a network environment, you would often see a war-room-like approach to managing networks," said HP's Ashish Kuthiala. Spiraling IT complexities are running headlong into shrinking budgets. This is a job for comprehensive, automated, integrated network management tools.

Weekly Recap: With No TWIT or FABOO in Sight, Wall Street Gorges on LNKD (12:20 minutes)
Posted: May 20, 2011
In this episode: Investors send LinkedIn shares sky-high on the day of the social network's IPO, more than doubling its share price by the closing bell; Netflix becomes king of the Internet, as far as sheer data traffic is concerned; Facebook gets friendlier with Bing and expresses its opposition to a California privacy bill; iOS developers get an unwelcome message from patent-holder Lodsys; Sony's PlayStation Network makes a less-than-glorious return.

The Great IT Integrators (35:10 minutes)
Posted: May 16, 2011
As IT systems grow in size, the systems they rely on for integration are put under ever-greater amounts of stress. Once newer breeds of integrations are set up, their old, brittle management and upkeep systems may need to give way to new tools to make integration a lifecycle function with ongoing management and more automated governance.

Weekly Recap: Facebook's Sly-Dog Aspirations (14:01 minutes)
Posted: May 13, 2011
In this episode: Facebook comes out looking like an unsmooth operator after its PR firm is outed for undertaking what looks like an anti-Google smear campaign; rumors hint at a change in chips could be in store for Apple's line of MacBook notebooks; Google launches a music locker system for personal library streaming; the Chrome OS makes it to notebook computers that will start selling in June; Microsoft steps up and shells out $8.5 billion for VoIP operator Skype.

Using the Cloud for Backup? You're Missing the Point (13:32 minutes)
Posted: May 10, 2011
Much of the attention lavished on cloud storage has focused on backup; however, the massively redundant nature of cloud architecture ensures data protection inherently. Those who back up data that's already stored in the cloud are wasting their time. Cloud storage does not require backup. Here's how you can leverage cloud systems with their unprecedented levels of reliability and data durability into your own data center.

What Makes IaaS Tick? (29:17 minutes)
Posted: May 9, 2011
The integration cloud approach -- what can it do for you? Cloud-based integration models stand tough against some problems that drive traditional, on-promises middleware integration methods to fits: complexity, fragility, spiraling costs, etc. Cloud based integration can also spur the evolution of services ecosystems among multiple business service providers and application providers.

Weekly Recap: The Sony Horror Hacker Show (13:49 minutes)
Posted: May 6, 2011
In this episode: Sony's data loss nightmare continues with government inquests and the revelation of further thefts; Skype reportedly catches the attention of two high-profile potential buyers who may have to fight it out to purchase the VoIP provider; Intel teaches transistors to stand up straight, which could greatly enhance microchip design; Microsoft clinches a deal with Research In Motion to make Bing the BlackBerry platform's official search buddy; a nasty bit of Mac-focused scareware manages to dupe some users.

When IT Disaster Strikes: The Cloud World's First Responders (38:14 minutes)
Posted: May 2, 2011
As we've learned all too well in the last couple of weeks, IT system failures can impact large numbers of people in painful ways. And each time one of these high-profile crashes happens, there's one person out there who gets to be first on the call. Let's learn about how front-line IT support is adapting to the high-impact, high-exposure cloud era.

Weekly Recap: It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hacked (13:01 minutes)
Posted: April 29, 2011
In this episode: Sony admits its massive PlayStation Network blackout is due to a security breach that resulted in the theft of user data, possibly including customer credit card information; a cloud crash in Amazon's EC2 service takes many sites offline for several hours; lawmakers demand answers from cellphone hardware and software makers regarding location-tracking functions; Barnes & Noble makes an e-reader into a tablet -- sort of -- by updating it with Android; Sony previews two upcoming tablet computers, each with an interesting design twist.

The Transformational Approach to Instant IT Gratification (33:47 minutes)
Posted: April 25, 2011
Once the decision is made to improve your data center, the most difficult question is often where to begin. Short-term and long-term goals must be considered, meaning you'll have to accurately predict the future up to 20 or so years down the road. Your clients demand instant gratification, and it takes a special kind of data center to deliver that.

Weekly Recap: Some iPhone to Watch Over Me (15:56 minutes)
Posted: April 22, 2011
In this episode: Researchers discover a function within Apple's iOS 4 that automatically finds and records an iPhone's location at various intervals; Match.com opts to screen users against a sex offender database following an alleged assault; U.S. feds crack down on poker site operators, pressing charges and seizing domains; Larry Page fails to impress Wall Street types on his first earnings call as Google chief; a cranky CEO and a wash of unflattering reviews make for a rocky RIM PlayBook launch; Amazon announces plans to make 11,000 libraries Kindle-friendly.

Megatrends in the Cloud (42:54 minutes)
Posted: April 18, 2011
Trends in application transformation underscore the importance of embracing hybrid computing models. This means changes are in store for governance, automation and even security. "We see three megatrends, and we validate this with customers," said HP's Paul Evans. "The three megatrends really come down to one: People are evolving their business models."

Weekly Recap: Clash of the Carrier Titans (10:38 minutes)
Posted: March 25, 2011
In this episode: AT&T moves to buy T-Mobile for $39 billion, a purchase that will make it the largest cellphone carrier in the U.S. if it survives the strong resistance it's likely to encounter; Oracle's snub on Itanium architecture bruises Intel and burns HP; The New York Times gets ready to take a second stab at a pay wall that will require readers to pay a monthly fee for regular access to the site; RSA sounds the alarm after hackers break into its systems and make off with information that could potentially be used to weaken SecurID.

Juggling a Slippery Slew of SLAs (29:15 minutes)
Posted: March 21, 2011
Who are you going to call when things go wrong or when maintenance needs to affect one element of the stack without hosing the rest? How do you manage and broker at the service level agreement, or multiple SLA, level? More than ever, finger pointing on who is accountable or responsible amid a diverse and fast-moving software environment cannot be allowed, not in an instant-on enterprise.

Weekly Recap: iPad 2 Is Everywhere and Nowhere (12:27 minutes)
Posted: March 18, 2011
In this episode: Buyers snap up Apple Stores' iPad 2 inventories within hours and drive the company's online ordering system into a five-week backlog; Netflix reportedly wheels a deal for exclusive rights on a new miniseries; AT&T follows Comcast down the road to user data caps; HP CEO Leo Apotheker shows up to outline the company's cloud and mobile strategies; 4chan Founder Christopher Pool lines up investors for a kinder, gentler version of the Web's most famous ogre.

Enterprise Security: In the Cloud, One Size Does Not Fit All (40:32 minutes)
Posted: March 14, 2011
Various different types of cloud models are gaining traction and allegiances in different types of vertical industries. A one-sized-fits-all approach does not, in fact, fit so well in a highly fragmented, customized, heterogeneous, and specialized IT world -- which is, of course, the world most of us live in.

Weekly Recap: Facebook Goes to Hollywood (12:49 minutes)
Posted: March 11, 2011
In this episode: Facebook dips its toe in the waters of movie streaming, which could mean trouble for outfits like Netflix down the road; HP promises webOS in all PCs it sells sometime in 2012; Sony continues its battle against system crackers and wins the right to see the IP addresses of visitors to a hacker's website; Sprint and T-Mobile reportedly discuss a merger, though a blended network could be problematic; a cryptic Samsung event invitation hints that yet another member of the Galaxy Tab family is on the way.

Galvanizing the Global IT Supply Chain (32:42 minutes)
Posted: March 7, 2011
The Open Trusted Technology Forum is meant to foster better trust in the IT supplier environment. "As technology becomes more pervasive and gets integrated into these environments, into the critical infrastructure, we have to consider whether they are vulnerable and how the components that have gone into these solutions are trustworthy," said IBM Distinguished Engineer Andras Szakal.

Weekly Recap: Tablet Wars Begin in Earnest (16:03 minutes)
Posted: March 4, 2011
In this episode: Apple comes out swinging with the iPad 2, but not before Motorola opens fire with its Xoom Android tablet, which will surf the Web on 4G after an odd mail-in upgrade; Google pulls the plug on dozens of rogue Android apps that may have infected tens of thousands of users with malware; a Gmail fail wipes out some users' email archives, though Google says it's working to fix that; Google launches a new search algorithm meant to punish so-called content farms, but there's some disagreement over what that term actually means.

Enterprise Security: New Weapons for a New War (32:03 minutes)
Posted: Feb. 28, 2011
"I've often argued that a lot of what we are doing in security today is fighting the last war, as opposed to fighting the current war," said Dell's Jim Stikeleather. However, new techniques and capabilities are on the horizon. Look for more heavily integrated, systemic approaches. "The starting point is really architecture."

Weekly Recap: Apple's March Madness: In Like a Lion (10:32 minutes)
Posted: Feb. 25, 2011
In this episode: Apple kicks off a release schedule that includes new MacBooks, an OS X developer preview, an upcoming product event and perhaps a new iOS; Amazon starts up a new Netflix-like streaming service for Prime members; a Windows Phone 7 update borks some Samsung handsets; Apple's board wins its bid to keep its CEO succession plan secret; researchers say their findings suggest a link between cellphone use and increased brain metabolism.

The Enterprise Architect's Growing Pains (40:32 minutes)
Posted: Feb. 21, 2011
The role of enterprise architect is changing, and sometimes development can be awkward. "Enterprise architects are caught off-guard, and the reason there is that there is this new paradigm," said Wells Fargo's Andrew Guitarte. "In fact, there is a shift in paradigm that business architecture is the new EA, and I am going out beyond my peers here in terms of predicting the future."

Weekly Recap: Will Apple Be Forced to Cancel Its Subscriptions? (14:44 minutes)
Posted: Feb. 18, 2011
In this episode: Apple unveils a controversial media subscription system that would give the company a sizable cut of distributors' revenue but is also attracting the attention of antitrust regulators; Google quickly follows that up with its own subscription model; Nokia abandons MeeGo in order to join up with Microsoft on future smartphones; JCPenney arouses suspicion regarding its Google SEO tactics; Watson smashes the human competition on "Jeopardy."

The Enterprise Architect Gets Some Respect (22:55 minutes)
Posted: Feb. 14, 2011
The role of the enterprise architect is alive and well, according to AOGEA chief Steve Nunn. "Everyone seems to want to be an enterprise architect or an IT architect right now," he said. "It's that label to have on your business card. What we're trying to do is separate the true architects from one of these, and certification is a key part of that."

Weekly Recap: The Verizon iPhone's Silent Explosion (16:34 minutes)
Posted: Feb. 11, 2011
In this episode: Verizon launches the iPhone 4 on its network as other carriers scramble to keep customers through special offers; rumors surface concerning the Motorola Xoom's pricing and release date; HP slides in with three new webOS devices: a tablet, a new Pre phone and a credit-card-sized micro-smartphone; President Obama redoubles his national broadband efforts; Groupon botches the snap with its Super Bowl ads; Anonymous needles a security firm after its CEO boasted of uncovering members' identities.

Weekly Recap: On the Eve of iPhone, Verizon Cinches the Throttle (15:00 minutes)
Posted: Feb. 4, 2011
In this episode: Verizon does some last-minute network tweaks before the iPhone arrives; Google gives users and developers a big taste of Honeycomb, the upcoming version of Android for tablets; a statement from Apple regarding its policy on e-book sales casts uncertainty on whether popular apps like Kindle and Nook have a future in the iTunes App Store; Egyptian officials temporarily shut down the country's Internet access in the face of huge anti-government protests; Anonymous interprets the UK's arrest of suspected hacktivists as an act of cyberwar.

ALM: The Workflow Conqueror (16:59 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 17, 2011
"ALM goes a long way to be able to conquer the various workflows," says Todd Eaton, director of ALM tools and services at McKesson. "Within an organization, there will be various workflows being done, but you're still able to bring up those measurements, like another point that you are bringing up, and have a fairly decent comparison."

The Industrial Engineering of Business Service Factories (46:04 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 24, 2011
The ability of the cloud to transform enterprises into business service factories is a change that mimics the maturation of other business aspects. Industrial engineering, lean manufacturing and just-in-time inventory follow roughly the same line as the modernization of IT. Now the question is how to attain IT transformation in order to leverage cloud computing.

Weekly Recap: Jobs' Time-Out: Apple Holds Its Breath (13:56 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 21, 2011
In this episode: Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces a leave of absence to focus on his health; days later, his company reports record revenues and profits for its most recent quarter; fearing the wrath of the SEC, Goldman Sachs disinvites its U.S. clients from a private Facebook buy-in; Facebook announces new features that would let certain third-party app developers see users' names and home addresses, then quickly backtracks after privacy advocates express concern; HP resumes digging in the Mark Hurd affair; Wikileaks sets its sights on its next target for public exposure: the Swiss banking industry.

Automated Client Management: From Zookeeper to Smooth Operator (13:21 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 17, 2011
"The most important thing was that administration should be very easy," said Michael Schroeder, manager of deployment automation at Vodafone. "It shouldn't be too complex in the end and it should fit every need in every country. At that time, we had a whole zoo of hardware and software products. We had about 8,000 different software applications in place at that time."

Weekly Recap: Can Verizon Take the iPhone's Heat? (13:23 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 14, 2011
In this episode: Verizon announces plans to start carrying iPhones starting next month, bringing an end to AT&T's exclusive agreement with Apple in the U.S.; news surfaces that Facebook may be forced to go public in early 2012; MySpace's CEO reveals that parent company News Corp. may sell off the social network; Sony moves to block hackers from publishing the PlayStation 3's security codes; the vision thing compels AMD's board to show CEO Dirk Meyer the door.

PPM Power: Manage Centrally, Operate Locally (19:53 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 10, 2011
"Our main IT platforms are developed with the objective to be global," said Massimo Ferriani, CIO of Enel Green Power. "Global doesn?t mean managing everything centralized, but to manage the IT platform as centralized, because it's better for synergies and in terms of costs. But because we have to fit local needs, we we have to localize these platforms in 16 countries."

Cloud 2011: Everything as a Service (22:48 minutes)
Posted: Jan. 3, 2011
"As I start to look out to the future and speculate about where [customers] want to go next, I'm seeing a lot of indications toward a model where customers will want to consume this idea of everything as a service," said HP's Kevin Bury. "We've even seen recently customers say, 'You're already doing this for us,' whatever that as-a-service solution might be."

Governing the Wild, Wild WAN (33:49 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 27, 2010
Cloud computing forces a collapse in the gaps between the former silos of private, public, and personal networking domains. Since the network management and governance tasks have changed and continue to evolve rapidly, so too must the ways in which solutions and technologies address the tangled networks environment we all now live and work in.

Weekly Recap: Yahoo's Unkindest Cuts (14:44 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 17, 2010
In this episode: Yahoo shuts down a handful of its sites and issues a round of layoffs right in the middle of the holiday season; Gawker Media readers are urged to change their passwords following a network intrusion; the OpenBSD community is told that the FBI has built backdoors into the open source OS's encryption system; WikiLeaks expatriots plan "OpenLeaks," their own version of an anonymous information clearinghouse; Microsoft plans to give tablets another push at CES next January; Time names Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Person of the Year.

Blowing Away Complexities With Full-Auto ALM (31:30 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 13, 2010
"The nature of an application today is that it's not a monolith," says HP's Brad Hipps. "It's not owned by a single project team or a program consisting of several teams. More often than not, it's something that has been assembled using a series of subcomponents, reusable services, or borrowed function points from other applications, etc." In some ways, this is sensible, but it also has its challenges.

Weekly Recap: The Winds of WikiLeaks' War (13:58 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 10, 2010
In this episode: Fallout from WikiLeaks' Cablegate release continues as businesses like service providers and credit card companies attempt to distance themselves from the organization and Wikileaks supporters mount DDoS counterattacks; Apple tells developers to limit their Mac App Store offerings to full and complete products only; a Consumer Reports survey savages AT&T customer service; Google shows off the next product in its Nexus smartphone line, reveals a prototype tablet running a future version of Android, and kicks off an unusual beta program for its upcoming Chrome OS.

The Data Explosion and the 'Now' Problem (30:01 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 6, 2010
The Now Problem, as defined by HP's David Shirk: "It's this [demand for] immediate or instant gratification: 'If I can't get what I want in the following way, I'll find the business or government environment where I can.'" While the government piece maybe a bit harder to change, the business piece isn't, and competitive pressure to serve this audience is creating a shift in dynamics.

Weekly Recap: A River of Leaks, a Torrent of Rage (13:40 minutes)
Posted: Dec. 3, 2010
In this episode: Wikileaks once again uncorks a big bottle of secrets, this time relating to the U.S. State Department; the FTC signals its intention to crack down on weak online privacy protections; Netflix streaming provider Level 3 cries foul over Comcast's demands; FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski calls for a vote that could strengthen the rules surrounding Net neutrality; the European Commission puts Google under its antitrust microscope; Google puts the kibosh on a particularly dirty method of search engine optimization.

HTML5's Potential as an SMB Superweapon (36:36 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 27, 2010
The heat surrounding mobile applications need not be limited to large companies with money to spend on vast teams of app developers. With increasingly easy-to-use development tools as well as emerging standards like HTML5, smaller businesses with smaller budgets will find more opportunities to reach customers through their mobile devices.

Architecture Is Destiny (28:29 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 20, 2010
So you say you want a business interaction revolution? Well, you know, you won't get one with conventional database stacks. Rethinking the functions of IT architecture can optimize security, integration and analysis, all of which can be founded on the same data source. The overall goal, of course, is knocking down IT costs, and the difference can either be pocketed or passed to the customer.

Weekly Recap: Abandon Shame, All Ye Who Enter Airports (14:39 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 19, 2010
In this episode: The TSA defends its new security practices, including the use of scanners that can see through travelers' clothes; Facebook unveils its new Messages communication platform; AOL tries to breathe new life into email with its Phoenix service; iTunes finally lands the Beatles' music catalog; Apple relents and puts Google Voice on the App Store's shelves after over a year in Limbo; scientists at CERN cook up a short-lived pot of antimatter atoms.

SMB E-Commerce Gets a Little Help From the Cloud (12:52 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 13, 2010
Sales, marketing and online transactions can all be given a boost by cloud-based e-commerce systems, whether they're harnessed by enterprises or smaller businesses. One small company, MarkMaster, has been able to streamline several aspects of its business using cloud solutions. "It's totally changed our business," said CEO Kevin Govin.

Weekly Recap: Galaxy Tab: iPad's Nemesis Hurtles Into View (13:10 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 12, 2010
In this episode: The Samsung Galaxy Tab arrives, providing a high-profile, Android-based rival to Apple's iPad tablet; Nokia takes Symbian back under its wing after the mobile OS spent a couple of relatively quiet years as an open source project; Gartner statistics reveal that Android claimed second place in the smartphone OS market share race in Q3, and it looks like it could conquer Symbian soon; Facebook and Google slap each other silly over user data portability; Amazon offers periodical publishers a bigger cut for selling materials through Kindle.

Building a High-Speed Expressway to the Cloud (36:10 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 6, 2010
By using a combination of automated processes, proven management reference models and good old IT silo-busting, new low-risk, high-reward pathways to the cloud will be discovered. Once an expressway to the cloud has been paved, the benefits of the technology can be delivered quickly, cheaply and in a way that scales with ease.

Weekly Recap: Facebook Mobilizes Its Army (13:08 minutes)
Posted: Nov. 5, 2010
In this episode: Facebook presents its mobile app's latest front-end and back-end features; T-Mobile insists its HSPA+ network is real 4G; Blekko approaches Web search with a new way to slash through unwanted results; Google scraps with the U.S. Department of the Interior over its rules for contracts; Google settles the Buzz fiasco with an $8.5 million donation; another jury levels a new $1.5 million copyright fine against Jammie Thomas-Rasset for sharing all of 24 songs.

Lighting the Fuse for an Enterprise FOSS Explosion (31:11 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 30, 2010
The role of open source for enterprise and service providers has never been more powerful. Whether it's in terms of virtualization, cloud computing or mobile, the rise in interest and mainstream acceptance of open source is clear. One outfit actively pursuing the growing opportunities in the open source world is FuseSource, a company that recently gained a new degree of independence from owner Progress Software.

Weekly Recap: MySpace Faces the Music (12:47 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 29, 2010
In this episode: MySpace undertakes a redesign to focus on music and entertainment; a court serves LimeWire lemons, issuing an injunction that forbids the company from distributing its file-sharing application; the Wi-Fi Alliance announces a new standard that will let WiFi devices communicate with each other directly; a new Firefox plug-in called "Firesheep" lets users of public WiFi hotspots easily snoop on other users; Oracle's Larry Ellison throws stones at HP's incoming CEO shortly before his first day on the job.

Weekly Recap: For Apple, a Week of Hot Air and Market Share (16:06 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 22, 2010
In this episode: Apple reveals a fresh MacBook Air, a new edition of iLife, upcoming Mac OS X Lion features and an upcoming App Store for the Mac platform; with competitive pressures mounting in the tablet wars, Cupertino pursues iPad market share by linking up with new distribution partners; HP proves Palm is still in the smartphone game with the new Pre 2; another apparent Facebook privacy fumble draws the attention of Congress; Ray Ozzie announces his upcoming departure from Microsoft.

Weekly Recap: Mac Lion: The King of the OS X Jungle? (12:59 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 15, 2010
In this episode: Apple hints at plans for the next big cat in its OS X menagerie as well as new Macs on the horizon; Microsoft shows the world what it'll bring to the table with Windows Phone 7; Hulu reportedly plans to cash out with an IPO in 2011; Facebook develops a system for safer sign-ons through untrusted computers; Microsoft proposes an idea for eradicating zombies from the Net; Google reveals details about its cybernetic chauffeurs.

Weekly Recap: Facebook Groups: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? (12:19 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 8, 2010
In this episode: Facebook puts the spotlight on new features for grouping friends and protecting privacy; Verizon gets moving with its LTE network; Microsoft adds to the smartphone lawsuit frenzy with a jab at Motorola; Google punches back at Oracle over Android and Java; Google launches Google TV with new content partners and a new device from Logitech.

Transcendental Governance (42:38 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 2, 2010
A key factor in the success or failure of cloud services is governance. Too often, though, governance is not able to satisfy the complexities of cloud models. Governance must be a part of and embedded into every stage of the development process, so that it largely disappears and becomes a natural and almost unnoticeable extension of the tool.

Weekly Recap: RIM's Tablet Game Plan (14:27 minutes)
Posted: Oct. 1, 2010
In this episode: RIM breaks out the PlayBook, its new foray into the tablet wars; researchers find that some Android app developers design their wares to surreptitiously send private info like geographic location to ad servers; federal law enforcement agencies team up with the White House to draft legislation that would require online communication services to build a back door for monitoring purposes; Facebook may team up with Skype; AOL buys up the TechCrunch blog empire; a group concludes that laws to curb texting while driving aren't helping.

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