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Information Governance   Even though standards for good governance are rising, much of today's focus around corporate governance leaves information out of the discussion. Carefully managing your growing volume of information carries both risk and opportunity for your enterprise. Furthermore, corporate leaders need to be active stewards of their companies' information and should know as much about their information assets as their CFO knows about their company's financial assets. By implementing a company wide information governance initiative, you can create and enforce policies that help ensure information quality, compliance, and protection while increasing business value. We interview Gregory Kosinski to gain EMC's perspective on Information Governance. Gregory is the Director of Marketing for EMC SourceOne Products. 21 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 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  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 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 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 In – Database Analytics   Smart enterprises are driving risk management, fraud detection, business process management and investment strategies, as well as competitive product, marketing and customer relationship strategies with In –Database Business Analytics. In –Database Business Analytics removes application barriers to perform critical drill-downs that were previously impossible or impractical using outside the database approaches. In traditional approaches, end-users must transport data out of the database for processing. This activity often accounts for up to 75 percent of the cycle time and imposes severe constraints on throughput and timely delivery of results. We interview Joydeep Das to gain Sybase's perspective on In –Database Business Analytics. Joydeep is a Senior Product Manager with Sybase. 44 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 TCO Drives Email Security Adoption   Spam continues to be a top network security threat, and much of it gets sent via a bot network of zombie machines. To meet this challenge, many enterprises are leveraging a hybrid security architecture which addresses more security requirements than the single deployment model. A competitive advantage can be realized by coupling the power of “in-the-cloud” distributed computing with an on-premises email firewall. In today’s crowded email security space, TCO is a determinate factor. Look for cost-savings that enable end users to spend less with support. To stay ahead of the curve, it is important to select a solution that minimizes end user training and updating filters. We interview Ron Longo to gain Red Condor's perspective on the role of resiliency, disaster recovery, and load sharing in email security. Ron is the CEO of Red Condor. 32 Minutes  SOA Quality Management   SOA bring challenges for every part of the IT organization, and the IT quality organization is no exception. Moreover, SOA requires quality management across all types of testing—functional, performance, security, and compliance. Each of these is affected by multiple factors such as the type of SOA being built, the needs of service providers and consumers, and the testing tools and techniques currently in use. Furthermore, IT quality managers must develop and implement a SOA quality program thatfurthers the organization’s goals for SOA. Success can be achieved by leveraging the right strategy, implementing the right processes and selecting the right tools. We interview Jeff Meyers to gain HP's perspective on Software Quality Management for SOA. Jeff is a Senior Product Manager for HP Software's SOA Quality Management Solutions. 55 Minutes  Multi-Enterprise SOA   In today’s enterprise environment, growth is king. To facilitate growth, executives must listen to the marketplace, as well as their customers and partners and adapt strategies to wring value from constantly changing conditions. But if processes are to keep pace with executive decision-making, the old paradigm of IT manually automating individual, monolithic processes must evolve. Instead, IT must facilitate system heterogeneity and reusability, not only within the enterprise, but with an expanding number of partners, customers and distributors. To gain that completive advantage, IT must go beyond today’s B2B applications and  processes and marry them to service-oriented architectures. We interview Russell Scherwin to gain Sterling Commerce's perspective on Multi-Enterprise SOA. Russell Scherwin is a Global Director of Product Marketing with Sterling Commerce. 40 Minutes  SOA Testing, Validation & Virtualization   Companies are adopting Virtualization in the data center to reduce the server costs of supporting SOA. Furthermore, if you are tackling the hardest quality and integration challenges, you need to eliminate dependencies among teams throughout the application development lifecycle. That can be achieved by virtualizing the behaviors of complex services-based applications. Moreover, expanding on the value of server consolidation and test lab virtualization beyond the enterprise data center, is key to providing faster time-to-market and quality across the full lifecycle of developing, testing and maintaining highly interconnected services-based applications. We interview John Michelsen to gain with iTKO's perspective on SOA Testing, Validation & Virtualization. John is the Chief Scientist & co-founder of iTKO.  45 Minutes  Semantics Battles Fraud   The perpetrators of financial crime are constantly modifying their tactics, and centralizing case management is an effective way to deal with them. Furthermore, by automating the case management process, you can monitor cases in near-real time and in-flight. This ensures that fraud cases don’t fall through the cracks, and that you are more efficient. Gaining greater business knowledge from existing fraud databases and legacy systems should be a key component of your strategy. Particularly, semantics can facilitate better trend analysis, and make it available immediately to fraud analysts. By leveraging semantics, fraud risk  managers get the upper hand by obtain a contextual view of the fraud and risk exposure across your enterprise. We interview Jeff Dickerson to gain Metatomix's perspective on the role of semantics in financial services. Jeff is the CEO of Metatomix. 30 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 Semantics Drives Critical Intelligence   Jessica Lunsford was murdered by a known sex offender who did not inform the police that he had moved into her neighborhood, and who had been released earlier by a state court that did not have access to parts of his criminal record. This tragedy has caused new information-integration technologies to be adopted by the Florida court system. Those semantic technologies link data from existing disparate systems to create a more common understanding. We interview Howard Greenblatt to gain Metatomix's perspective on how semantics drives mission critical actionable intelligence. Howard is the CTO of Metatomix. 35 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

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