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Bonjour Networking   Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the cosumerization of IT are a trend that is changing network architectures in almost every enterprise. With the increasing prevalence of Apple devices on both enterprise and education networks, it is necessary for the network infrastructure to be natively aware of Bonjour, Apple’s service advertisement and configuration technology. Bonjour (or Zero-Configuration Networking) is used to configure services like printing, file services, and remote display with Apple TV. So, to gain a competitive edge, services such as AirPrint and AirPlay need to be usable across large, multi-subnet networks regardless of the underlying topology. We interview Abby Strong to gain Aerohive Networks' perspective on Bonjour Networking. Abby is the director of Product Marketing at Aerohive Networks. 14 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 Unwire Your Business with MDM   With enterprises mobilizing key business functions and allowing employees to work from anywhere via mobile devices, managing and securing these mobile environments has never been more critical. As the number of personally-owned mobile devices in the enterprise continues to grow, IT managers need a simple, automated way to quickly configure and secure those devices. So, to gain a competitive edge, look for a MDM solution that leverages end-user self-service portals, application management and a Telecom cost control capability. Now, the variety of mobile device types, networks and applications has increased scrutiny on IT. To address this problem focus on usability by leveraging a single mobility management console that provides a Web services API, (BI) reporting and TEM. We interview Bryan Whitmarsh to gain SAP's perspective on MDM. Bryan is a mobility solutions manger for SAP. 40 Minutes Wireless Fidelity   Wi-Fi networks are getting faster and smarter, but Wi-Fi administrators are still hampered by having minimal visibility into how well they are actually delivering what their users expect. Administrators don't typically have visibility into the performance level being provided to the Wi-Fi clients by the infrastructure, and their infrastructure only has limited ability to dynamically adjust to deliver the experience their users are demanding. Today's Wi-Fi administrators can only hope their clients are getting the planned level of performance – and that isn't good enough. So, to gain a competitive edge, look for a solution that leverages the ability to set SLA parameters per user group, to monitor SLA statistics in real-time  and to take significant corrective action when and where needed. We interview Joel Vincent to gain Aerohive Networks' perspective on wireless fidelity. Joel is the director of Product Marketing at Aerohive Networks. 33 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 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 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 Social Logic   DM can deliver ROI but its adoption is limited by a steep learning curve. Business rules requirements need to be specific, clear and actionable. By doing so, business rules implementations converge quickly to high quality and accurate business rules, significantly reducing uncertainty and project risk. DM technologies provide agility; but you can make DM more Performance-Driven by leveraging business data and analytics in context at authoring time. A wealth of tacit knowledge resides in the heads of Customer Service personnel. The key to gaining a competitive advantage is capturing that tacit knowledge out of the collective. That tacit knowledge can then support Case Workers making manual decisions, providing insights on the impact of those decisions in real-time. We interview Carole-Ann Matignon to gain Sparkling Logic's perspective on social logic. Carole-Ann is CEO and Founder of Sparkling Logic. 44 Minutes Self Service BI   Today’s decision-makers need easy access to information and the tools that allow them to derive new insights on demand. BI business users are seeking the simple and fun experience that their personal tools are providing. That stands in contrast to BI applications that can be difficult to learn, navigate and use. Another challenge for users comes in the form of including data from external sources. Excel files, text files, XML files, or even Web pages can be difficult for the average user to integrate with relational or multidimensional data retrieved from traditional BI solutions. But while business users demand easy of use, IT needs standards and control. IT also needs to leverage a solution that ensures data quality, integrity and security. We interview Michael Tejedor to gain Microsoft's perspective on self service business intelligence. Michael is the Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Business Intelligence. 35 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 Gain Visibility & Control with EPM   Project and portfolio management helps organizations improve visibility and control across varied portfolios. Effective PPM solutions need to provide organizations of different sizes and maturity levels with the right tools to ensure that teams can successfully collaborate to deliver projects on time and realize their anticipated return on investment (ROI). Even departments within a large organization might have divergent PPM requirements. To stay competitive, select an EPM solution which provides executives, portfolio analysts, managers, and team members with productivity tools to effectively manage all work throughout its life cycle, and to ensure alignment with an organization’s business strategy. We interview Arpan Shah to gain Microsoft's perspective on Enterprise Project Management. Arpan is the Director of Product Management for Microsoft Project.  23 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 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 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 Work Intelligence with PPM   To stay ahead of the curve, it’s critical to leverage real-time insight into the everyday work that’s going on across projects and teams, and to ensure that work is fully aligned with business priorities. Furthermore, companies need to be able to efficiently capture a portfolio view of their organization so that they can make smart, informed decisions on-the-fly. In particular, increasing visibility is crucial when you are developing new projects by collaborating across multiple international offices. Also, it is often best to keep on eye on your bottom line by leveraging an on-demand solution that provides the ability to easily conduct a pilot and then quickly scale it up and roll it out company-wide. We interview Timothy Low to gain Daptiv's perspective on on-demand project management and collaboration software. Timothy is the Vice President of Marketing with Daptiv. 25 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

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