http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/panorama/ Interviews with industry experts and analysts that give you a high-level view of the networking landscape. en Copyright 2008 SSL VPNs are the hot trend in remote access technology, but is it right for all applications? Jason Meserve talks with Chris Witeck, director of product management at SonicWall, to find out where SSL VPNs fit in best, how they can be similar to NAC and what the future holds for the technology. (12:13) /podcasts/panorama/2008/082708pan-sonicwall.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/082708pan-sonicwall.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Network World podcast host and online contributor Ron Nutter joins Keith Shaw for a discussion of Ron's recent job search in IT after being let go from another company earlier this year. What lessons were learned in trying to find an IT job in a tough economy? What worked? What didn't? Ron offers anecdotes and tips for IT job hunters. (20:09) /podcasts/panorama/2008/082508pan-nutter-jobsearch.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/082508pan-nutter-jobsearch.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 As more apps and services move to the Web and mobile devices, people affected with low vision might have trouble utilizing these programs. Dr. Aries Arditi from Lighthouse International talks with Keith Shaw about the latest in low vision technologies to help those affected deal with Web advances. (11:40) /podcasts/panorama/2008/082008pan-lowbrowse.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/082008pan-lowbrowse.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 x86 server virtualization gets all the attention these days, but enterprise IT execs ought not to forget the virtual mainframe when considering where to run their big apps. Cirba CTO Andrew Hillier talks about how to figure out which apps can best take advantage of mainframe virtualization, as well as how to keep them running optimally. (18:02). /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-mainframevirtualization.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-mainframevirtualization.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 We often hear the term "virtual data center," but what, exactly, does it mean? A virtual data center uses virtualization technology, to be sure, and should rely on automation and some orchestration. But to what extent? Alan Murphy, a technical marketing manager with F5 Networks, has created the Virtual Data Center Maturity Model as a guide. Here he describes the five levels. (26:50). /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationmaturitymodel.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationmaturitymodel.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Virtualization providers are girding up for a battle royal over the hypervisor. Will it become a commodity, as Citrix Systems and Microsoft say, or will it be a differentiator, as it is in VMware’s eyes? Playing referee, Dave Malcolm, CTO at Surgient, discusses how the enterprise will live in a multivendor hypervisor world. (17:13) /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationhypervisors.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationhypervisors.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 I/O bottlenecks are turning into a nasty problem on large-scale virtualized infrastructures. Ravi Chalaka, a vice president with Neterion, discusses how offloading hypervisor tasks from host software can help solve the problem. (14:20) /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationperformance.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081808pan-virtualizationperformance.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 As employees' personal and business lives continue to merge, the future cell phone they carry may be able to accommodate both aspects of their lives through software virtualization technology. Peter Richards, CEO of VirtualLogix, discusses how tomorrow's mobile device will be all things to all people. (18:54) /podcasts/panorama/2008/081308pan-mobilevirtualization.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081308pan-mobilevirtualization.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 The debate around network access control continues. Is it too expensive to deploy? Shouldn't companies just wait until Cisco and Microsoft's technology matures? Find out what's real and what's not in NAC with Keith Shaw and Stacey Lum, CEO of NAC vendor InfoExpress. (10:56) /podcasts/panorama/2008/081108-pan-nac-myths.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/081108-pan-nac-myths.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Digital Rapids helped build the technology being used to stream this year's Summer Olympics live across the various NBC online properties. Brick Eksten, president of Digital Rapids, discusses the technology being used and the challenges overcome in this massive streaming effort. (13:42) /podcasts/panorama/2008/080808pan-olympics.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/080808pan-olympics.html Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400