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Scalable Enterprise Servers   IT managers are facing infrastructure challenges that include costs, energy, change and productivity. Whether for memory hungry virtualization solutions , compute intensive databases, or high availability for mission-critical business, IT managers must have the flexibility to scale and configure servers for their unique datacenter requirements. To gain a competitive edge, look for a solution that incorporates supercomputer and mainframe-inspired features that provide a faster response time and improved system performance. Top solutions in this space offer increase speed, workload performance, reliability and security with higher memory and less energy consumption. We interview Mike Mitsch to gain NEC's perspective on Scalable Enterprise Servers. Mike is the VP of IT platform products at NEC. 20 Minutes Cloud Performance   As the industry shifts from the “PC Era” to the “Cloud Era”, the role of IT is rapidly outgrowing its ability to own and manage all its own apps, infrastructure and devices. Consumerization is driving IT to deliver a mix of applications to a variety of user-owned devices. At the same time, IT is under going pressure to take advantage of increasingly ubiquitous and low-cost cloud computing capacity from external cloud and hosting providers. Until now, those goals have been difficult to achieve without compromising performance. We interview Greg Smith to gain Citrix's perspective on Cloud Performance. Greg is the Sr. Technical Marketing Director at Citrix Systems Cloud Networking Group. 28 Minutes Wireless Intrusion Prevention   Wireless LANs are not nearly as secure as organizations might think. Because of the dynamic nature of client devices, they are vulnerable, even when deployed with the strongest available security standards. While much attention has been focused on security at the AP, many enterprises have thus far ignored the actual wireless network traffic itself. Wi-Fi increasingly acts as a connection point – or bridge – between the trusted inside network, users and data, and that outside world. And this bridge is literally in the air around us. Just as with wired networks, wireless security requires stateful inspection and traffic analysis. To keep up with the mounting threats across the airwaves, top solutions in this space leverage a dedicated wireless intrusion prevention system. We interview Chris Roeckl to gain Fluke Networks' perspective on WIPS. Chris is the VP, Field Marketing at Fluke Networks.  30 Minutes IT Event Correlation & Analysis   IT event correlation and analysis tools improve operations productivity and minimize trouble shooting by consolidating events from devices, applications and even other tools. Effective ECA can also prevent event storms and false positives. Top solutions in this space enable IT operations to discover topology relationships, and to automate event correlation and root cause analysis without a lot of customization. To gain a competitive edge, look for a solution that leverages Business Dashboards to provide a real-time, end-to-end perspective on your information infrastructure, its health, and its effect on the business-critical services that it supports. We interview Brian Lett to gain EMC's perspective on IT event correlation and analysis. Brian is the Senior Product Marketing Manager at EMC's Infrastructure Management Group. 71 Minutes Cloud Based Identity Management   As companies continue to increase their usage of the cloud, and as the extended workforce expands, the importance of controlling who has access to what systems and how access is granted is imperative. It is important to have one single source of security for all information, applications and systems required by the organization’s extended workforce and supply chain. One source of security helps each organization in its effort to provision and de-provision users from various internal and external applications in an expedient manner to minimize risk. Companies have said that this is beneficial for high investment joint ventures. At the same time, organizations need to consider internal policies and external regulatory compliance issues and how they impact access to information and systems. We interview Dave Miller to gain Covisint's perspective on Cloud-based ID Management. Dave is the CSO of Covisint. 42 Minutes Mobile Tagging   Mobile is the global mass communication medium—in the sense that it includes all the capabilities of its forerunners (print, radio, movies, TV & Web). If there is any doubt about where your business must go, one thing is certain: it must go mobile. Customers expect no less. Anything that makes instant access to relevant content cumbersome is about to become a deal spoiler. Consumers expect all media to be available on their mobile devices. And people want to access mobile content from any of their devices. Business leaders can choose to strengthen the connections between their brands and mobile consumers. More than that, you can choose to engage and entertain consumers through mobile media, and you can do it in immersive and measurable ways. We interview Brian Fleisher to gain Microsoft's perspective on Mobile Tagging. Brian is a Senior Director of Product Management and Business Development for Microsoft Tag. 25 Minutes Cloud Networking   Leveraging the lessons learned by the companies that pioneered SaaS, and understanding the multi-tenant architecture that underlies successful SaaS offerings, can help professionals make informed decisions when evaluating cloud-based networking solutions based on a single-tenant, virtualized-tenant, and multi-tenant architecture. With single tenancy, vendors provide a single physical infrastructure, database and application stack per customer. With virtualized-tenancy architectures physical infrastructure may be shared but the vendor still provides a single database and application instance per customer. Multi-tenancy is a truly shared model, with a single infrastructure, database and application stack utilized by all customers. We interview Steve Woo to gain Aerohive Networks' perspective on Cloud Networking. Steve is a Senior Director of Product Management at Aerohive Networks. 32 Minutes Rugged Mobile Computing   While rugged mobile computers were once used primarily by military personnel, today's rugged computer is for people who perform normal job functions in demanding environments. Protection is needed against water, dust, shock, vibration and temperature extremes. Many workers also need to be able to view the display in direct sunlight. So, when selecting a ruggized mobile computing solution, it is important to leverage a level of protection for the specific environment in which the computer will be deployed. Now, even though categories terms such as "semi-rugged," "rugged," and "fully rugged" are often used, they are not easily defined. A good ranking metric is ingress protection, which is used to gauge specific performance criteria. We interview Bob Fowler to gain DRS Technologies' perspective on rugged mobile computing. Bob is a Sr. Product Manager at DRS Technologies. 32 Minutes Controller-less Wi-Fi   Wi-Fi is going through a fundamental and generational change. Enterprises want the mobility and productivity of Wi-Fi with the scale, performance, resilience, and ubiquity of the Internet. You shouldn't have to 'make-do-and mend' your wireless infrastructures; nor do you have to invest in 'odds on' systems just to get what you need. But, controller-based WLANs were designed for an era when there was insufficient processing power in Access Points to distribute intelligence. The controller-less approach distributes all control functions and data forwarding to smart APs. This is similar to how routers in the Internet function. So, to simplify cloud based Wi-Fi, more and more organizations are choosing to leverage a controller-less wireless LAN. We interview Devin Akin to gain Aerohive Networks' perspective on Enterprise Wi-Fi. Devin is the Chief Wi-Fi Architect at Aerohive Networks. 29 Minutes Junos Pulse Mobile Security   For IT departments, mobile devices represent a new and vulnerable endpoint for threats distributed via email, text messaging, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and application downloads. Even worse, business data is at risk every time a device is lost or stolen. So, while smartphones help improve employees’ productivity, unprotected devices can mean loss or theft of valuable, confidential data and cause noncompliance with regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) or Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). To meet the challenge, you need to leverage a Mobile Security Suite that offers enterprises and consumers a wide range of security features to protect various mobile devices. We interview Rich Campagna to gain Juniper Networks' perspective on the Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite. Rich is a Director of Product Management in Juniper Networks Access & Acceleration Business Unit. 27 Minutes Wireless Mobility   WLANs have become a mainstream network access technology. However, it is important to study both capital and operational expenditures before making your 802.11n purchase or upgrade. To achieve optimal enterprise productivity, insist on the support of a broad range of mobile voice, video and location-based applications. Furthermore, cost effective enterprise mobility can be realized by leveraging an Open Communications approach where existing investments can be kept and forklift upgrades can be avoided. Finally, comprehensive WLAN solutions also address linear scalability, unified wired and wireless communications, as well as security. We interview Luc Roy to gain Enterasys/Siemens Enterprise Communications' perspective on enterprise WLANs. Luc is VP Wireless Strategy at Enterasys/Siemens Enterprise Communications. 43 Minutes Complex Event Processing   In order to be a global competitor, you need real-time agility, and you must driven by events. A delayed response to changing conditions can mean missed opportunities, and overlooked threats. To meet this challenge, CEP is being leveraged to identify patterns in fast paced, high-volume data streams that move through business systems in real time. But building low-latency event driven applications that can distill insight from the noise of incoming data has been difficult—until now. Quickly building and deploy new applications with rapid application development is key to achieving an enterprise view of the market. Rapid application development represents a third option to the perennial “buy vs. build” debate, by letting you have the flexibility and fit of a custom solution at the lower cost and reduced implementation time of an off-the-shelf solution. We interview Neil McGovern to gain Sybase's perspective on CEP. 54 Minutes EA Modeling   Achieving alignment between an organization’s core goals and the IT infrastructure that supports an enterprise’s strategic direction is an ongoing challenge. So, you need to find ways that business processes and the data for information systems can be used to align business needs and information technology. Furthermore, aligning business processes with data from information systems enables the development of a model-driven approach that ultimately leads to heightened agility and greater productivity across the enterprise. Data modelers, analysts and information resource managers will appreciate the ways that different data flows can be used to visualize, understand and contribute to effective business processes when business models and data models meet. We interview David Dichmann to gain Sybase's perspective on EA Modeling. David is a Product Line Manager for Design Tools at Sybase. 44 Minutes Outsourced Network Monitoring   Enterprise data centers not only need to keep their networks and business applications up and running, but also performing optimally. However, monitoring and managing these heterogeneous, and increasingly virtualized environments can be challenging -- requiring significant time and multidomain expertise. Given the complexity of these networks, IT organizations usually find it difficult to quickly troubleshoot network issues or determine the cause of application performance degradation. To meet this challenge, more and more organizations are turning to a SaaS model to improve application availability and proactive management. By doing so, they are reducing capital and operational costs, mitigate risk and improving service levels. We interview Nupur Thakur to gain Brocade's perspective on Network Monitoring. Nupur is a product manager for Brocade’s Network Monitoring Service. 21 Minutes Data Loss Prevention   Protecting sensitive information as it transforms and moves across the globe is mission critical to today's multinational enterprises. That collaboration and support for mobile devices provides easier access and broader sharing of enterprise information. Keeping sensitive data well-protected requires preventing data loss where end-users collaborate, such as file shares, email and the Web. To meet this challenge, you need security solutions that can help manage information risk by proactively locating and controlling sensitive information as it moves through the IT environment. Specifically, you need better visibility into high areas of risk, and help improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of your ongoing security operations. We interview Sam Curry to gain EMC's perspective on Data Loss Prevention. Sam is Chief Technologist of RSA which is the security division of EMC.  23 Minutes Optimizing IP Networks   New IP-based technologies are creating increased demands on network infrastructures. Those demands require higher levels of performance, availability, and mobility. For instance, the migration of voice and video to IP Networks presents new challenges that are revolutionizing the way networks are built and managed. Similarly, new network based business applications and processes that improve collaboration and productivity – along with the dramatic growth of wireless networks and mobile devices such as smart phones, IP phones, and point of sale devices – all require higher levels of network performance. Moreover, consolidation and virtualization initiatives are further driving the need for higher network scalability. We interview Gene Gertson to gain Brocade's perspective on IP Network Infrastructure Services. Gene is the Lead IP Infrastructure Services Consultant for Brocade Global Services. 20 Minutes  Holistic Virtualization Strategies   Organizations are leveraging virtualization technologies to help them consolidate resources, reduce costs, and improve management for their server and storage infrastructures. But in doing so, many fail to consider the overall impact of virtualization on the data center – thereby opening the door to degraded application performance and increased management complexity. As a result, they may be unable to satisfy SLAs or meet data growth requirements. However, the right data center virtualization strategy will optimize application and fabric performance and improve data protection. By leveraging a holistic strategy, you can take advantage of virtualization without experiencing unnecessary costs and headaches while reducing business risk and achieving a faster ROI. We interview Todd Broadhurst to gain Brocade's perspective on virtualization strategies. Todd is a Professional Services Manager with Brocade. 36 Minutes IMDB Drives Extreme Performance   In Memory Databases IMDB enable data virtualization and scaling which are critical to meeting the needs of high data volume and high concurrent user organizations, whether deployed in public cloud or private data center environments. Leveraging a fully integrated in memory database eliminates the need for application changes and provides the flexibility that allows IMDB to be configured to meet application requirements. In data centers, the IT challenge is to increase efficiency and availability while lowering data center costs. At the same time, application deployments in grid and cloud computing environments are increasing the requirements of transaction processing systems to support large volumes of concurrent users with high transaction rates. We interview Raj Rathee to gain Sybase's perspective on in memory databases. Raj is a product manager for Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise. 24 Minutes  Business Process Mobilization   We have only just scratched the surface of the productivity gains that are likely to grow from the development of mobile technology. Furthermore, the paradigm is shifting from portable voice transmission and email delivery to a complete pocket office and control center that can replicate every function available at company headquarters. Companies that embrace the new technology will enhance their existing IT investments, increase their workforce productivity and put themselves at the forefront of the new business mobility that can help companies manage their business more effectively and more profitably. Moreover, you can now leverage a new level of access to information and management control of processes and operations than has previously been thought possible. We interview Bryan Whitmarsh to gain Sybase's perspective on business process mobilization. Bryan is a senior product manager with Sybase. 26 Minutes End to End Encryption   Today’s bankcard networks are generally considered to be highly reliable and secure. However, cardholder data is typically unencrypted – visible in clear text – as it leaves a merchant’s terminal and makes its way through the payments network. At certain points in its journey, the data is potentially exposed – making it valuable prey for professional hackers who have developed increasingly sophisticated methods of hijacking it. The numerous systems that have been compromised over the last several years are stark testimony to the success of these criminals. Protecting sensitive cardholder and payment account information throughout the lifecycle of a transaction from card swipe through transmission to the card brands is the ultimate goal of end-to-end encryption. We interview Steve Elefant to gain Heartland Payment Systems' perspective on end to end encryption. Steve is the CIO for Heartland Payment Systems. 23 Minutes  Enterprise Social Networking   Wikis have taken the Content Management System and Email revolutions to the next level by helping organizations optimize the sharing of collective knowledge, insights and creativity. Specifically, Wikis improve connectedness by tapping into community involvement. As you know, delegation is key to managerial success, but community delegation drives greater leverage and productivity. Furthermore, Wikis can improve business processes by capturing and disseminating the subtleness of informal knowledge. Finally, when selecting an enterprise-class wiki solution look to scalability, performance, reliability and a secure well-supported environment.  We interview Devang Mehta to gain eTouch SamePage's perspective on enterprise social networking. Devang is the head of marketing and business development for eTouch SamePage. 43 Minutes Virtualization: Doing More with Less   Virtualization helps reduce datacenter operating expenses and increases the availability of critical business systems. However, many IT teams still think that it is not advisable to deploy application and server virtualization technology together. To the contrary, server and application virtualization are complementary and they often should — be combined, not only to amplify the capabilities of the respective technologies but to achieve greater positive impact to IT and your business. Sure, the benefits of server virtualization in early generation products were often offset by performance and complexity tradeoffs, but technology has now come to market that makes virtualization simple and economically feasible for key infrastructure components. We interview Simon Crosby to gain Citrix's perspective on the role of high availability and management in virtualization. Simon is the is the CTO of Citrix's Virtualization and Management Division. 43 Minutes  VDI Drives High Performance Desktop   While Desktop Virtualization Infrastructure puts the desktop into the data center, it is not a panacea for desktop delivery. Moreover, VDI is not just a PC equivalent. Rather, it works best as part of a comprehensive Desktop Delivery approach which focuses on the most efficient way to get applications to the end user and meet business and IT needs. Furthermore, Desktop Delivery proposes the dynamic assembly of a ‘new and pristine’ high performing desktop with a personalized set of applications and settings every time a user logs on. VDI is a key enabling component for application delivery overall, and by applying it with a broader context, you can gain significant advantages over the traditional desktop environment. We interview Sumit Dhawan to gain Citrix's perspective on virtual desktop infrastructure. Sumit is a VP of product marketing at Citrix.  43 Minutes  Next Generation Enterprise WAN   An Internet ‘reliability’ problem has forced businesses to continue to pay very high prices for fairly limited private WAN bandwidth from their telecommunication providers. However, a new disruptive technology can drastically reduce the ongoing monthly WAN operating expense for an enterprise. By solving the reliability and predictability issues associated with shared-IP networks, in general, and the public Internet in particular, Adaptive Private Networking technology enables enterprises to gain a step-function improvement in their WAN operations.Furthermore, the reduction in WAN operating expense achieved with Adaptive Private Networking can pay for itself out of hard cost savings. We interview Andy Gottlieb to gain Talari Networks' perspective on next generation enterprise WANs. Andy is the CEO of Talari Networks.  33 Minutes End to End Virtualization   The business case for virtualization is based in part on server consolidation. But, in spite of an impressive growth rate, server virtualization has yet to become main stream. However, virtualization can drive capacity utilization, cost reductions, increased security, improved reliability and accelerate your response to business imperatives. The real challenge is to navigate the virtualization stack to enable the selection of the right strategic vendor with the best solution set for you business. This challenge can be meet by leveraging a complete, end-to-end virtualization solution. We interview Simon Crosby to gain Citrix's perspective on end-to-end virtualization. Simon is the is the CTO of Citrix's Virtualization and Management Division. 40 Minutes Integrated Security Management   Traditional security management does not enable your security team to be aware of any evolving situation - in real time. However, integrated security management can deliver mission critical superior awareness and actionable intelligence. In particular, advanced sensor technologies can help you meet this challenge for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications. Furthermore, it is critical to integrate access control & identification, intrusion detection, video & analytics, building & fire controls, and third party products - together with sensors that detect chemical, biological, radiological, and explosive threats. Finally, to achieve a comprehensive defense, leverage ground radar, thermal imaging, and mobile platforms. We interview Kevin Wine to gain ICx Technologies' perspective on integrated security management. 30 Minutes Ajax Optimization   Ajax is emerging as the preferred development approach for web 2.0 applications. While the asynchronous nature of Ajax applications makes them fundamentally different from standard Web applications, Ajax applications are still built upon standard Web infrastructure. Moreover, Ajax behavior does not obviate the benefits of application acceleration. Indeed, this asynchronous behavior can make request switching and high-availability functionality more important to an Ajax application than to a standard Web application. We interview Prabakar Sundarrajan to gain Citrix Systems' perspective on optimizing Ajax applications. Prabakar Sundarrajan is the CTO of Citrix Systems’ Application Networking Group.  36 Minutes Semantically Connected Intelligence   When you’re making an important business decision or reacting to a developing emergency, you want to concentrate on crucial information. Leverage typical search tools, data warehouses or publish-subscribe systems, and you might end up with a vague analysis, a slow response, and an unsound decision. Optimizing your decision process requires information from multiple sources which come in different formats, and which is organized in conflicting ways. Needless to say, the potential for confusion is huge. To makes sense this real-time information jigsaw puzzle, you need technology that understands the context of data. We interview Daniel Reininger to gain Semandex Networks' perspective on Semantically connected intelligence. Daniel is the CEO of Semandex Networks. 37 Minutes

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