e-Learning Lingo Podcast #17-Brain Based Learning What is "Brain Based Learning?"
New Strategies to Manage Spending in a Recession There have been many debates this presidential election cycle - and hundreds of soundbites on bailout packages for Wall Street, kitchen table conversations, Joe the Plumber, and economic anxieties on Main Street. There have been precious few details, though, on what specific actions businesses can take to survive the looming recession. This webcast presents some new ideas on how to cut costs and manage spending during a recession.
POSitive Protection for Retailers Many security approaches are about cataloging the ‘negative’ code and identifying malware as a means of securing a system. But a different model that relies on allowing only the known “good” code to execute denying others is actually more organic in certain environments. Most importantly, this needs to be addressed as a “single-solution” for POS systems to eliminate the complexity and costs for retailers. Learn how Solidcore’s proactive solution that combines dynamic whitelisting, file integrity monitoring and configuration assessment capabilities achieved a 100% score in maintaining host system integrity on a POS system in a recent NSS Labs test.
Introduction to Password Recovery Console and Web Reporting Webinar This 25 minute webinar presents a hands-on look at Password Recovery Console and Web Reporting. See how these free web-based add-ons to User Manager Pro can expand your Windows enterprise systems management and reporting capabilities and help you control even the most complex Windows-based enterprise.
Company 2.0 If you would like to learn how to attract disparate talent from the Internet in order to form companies that can tackle revenue-producing projects as a temporary “syndicate”, or as a continuing business, this interview is for you. Our guest today is Brent Britton who is an attorney with Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey. Earlier he was associated with the MIT Media Lab where he worked as a software engineer. I met Brent at the Third Annual Sarasota Design Summit where he made a presentation on “Company 2.0”. The Summit was sponsored by the Ringling College of Art & Design. Increasingly it appears that Digital Media companies are getting proposal requests from clients on projects where they (the media providers) may have only 70% - 80% of the required skills. Thus, they must find sub-contractors to do the balance of the work. However, owing to the rapid pace of technological innovation in Digital Media, it can often be difficult to find sub-contractors with the required skills. Brent’s “Company 2.0” concept is an evolutionary bi-product of Web 2.0. It envisions an Internet marketplace where prime contractors can form alliances with subcontractors, possessing the skills missing by the primes, to undertake complex client proposals. The primes could form a syndicate with subcontractors on a project-by-project basis, or they might combine to form a continuing company to seek similar proposals in the future. Since Brent is a lawyer he is pursuing a couple of Company 2.0 ideas in the legal field. One, called Lextrovert, would provide continuing education credits for lawyers at lower cost. By way of background, lawyers are required to continue their education periodically in order to stay up-to-date with the law. Typically they do so by attending conferences and listening to lectures, or by getting DVDs of the lectures. The lectures are typically provided by other lawyers.
User Provisioning: Managing and Securing the Identity Chaos Provisioning is a growing challenge for IT organizations. Dynamic and growing user populations, internal and external to the enterprise, are increasingly requiring access to multiple applications and systems. This Podcast will address the following questions: What is Provisioning? Why is automated User Provisioning increasingly popular with IT; and What are the critical components that go into a comprehensive user provisioning solution?
Episode 76: Special Episode on the Patterns Journal In this special Episode we briefly discuss the upcoming Patterns Journal with the two editors, Ralph Johnson and James Noble.
e-Learning Lingo Podcast #16-Hierarchical analysis What is "Hierarchical analysis?"
Knowing Your Festival Rights (Part 2) Are the issues of ownership impacting on the development of your festival? If you're worried about protecting your event concept and production ideas then this panel discussion/networking event run in partnership with CIDA will explode some of the myths surrounding festival design and management and help put your mind at ease. Leading experts will discuss some of the often contentious issues of intellectual property that may affect the festivals sector. This is an event that is aimed festival and event organisers or organisations who can share experience and be put into the picture regarding some of the best ways to copyright a concept, monitor brand usage and get the right contracts in place. Disclaimer: Own-it podcasts are for information only and are not a substitute for legal advice or support; all podcasts are related to UK only.
Protection in Numbers against Web Malware One webpage is infected every five seconds with malware, which is an increase of three times since 2007. These websites are targeted to become the unwitting hosts for invisible malware downloads that can affect hundreds of users. Listen to this podcast and learn more about protecting your company from malware, including: Integrating data loss prevention (DLP) tools into the network infrastructure and tips for increasing remote user security; current trends in web-based attacks and how your company can successfully mitigate these threats; addressing vulnerabilities with web application and content controls.
America's Best Companies America's Best Companies is a small business organization dedicated to providing the tools, resources, guidance and information small business owners need to start their business, stay in business, and grow their business while maintaining a competitive edge in the marketplace.
Art & Design for Computer and Internet Media If you would like to learn about how young adults can prepare themselves for a career in computerized art, design, and animation, this interview is for you. Our guest today is Lance Burchett who is the Vice President for Advancement at the Ringling College of Art and Design. I met Lance at the 3rd Sarasota International Design Summit in Sarasota, Florida last month. The Summit is sponsored by the Ringling College. As media becomes increasingly computer-and-Internet-centric, there is a growing need for those skilled in fine arts to adopt the technology. They may well be the kinds of people who will develop the interface and media paradigms of the future. A good place to get an idea of what they are thinking is at the Sarasota International Design Summit. While admittedly the Summit covers a lot of terrestrial concepts, such as how to design an office (which I found rather boring), there is an increasing focus on the future of interactivity and design, as they relate to Websites, video games and other electronic media. The Ringling College of Art & Design appears to be a place where young adults can be trained to adapt native artistic and design aptitudes into skills that are applicable to computer and electronic media environments. It offers four-year curriculums in Broadcast Design/Motion Graphics, Computer Animation, Digital Film, Game Art & Design, Graphic & Interactive Communications, and Photography and Digital Imaging, among others.
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David Karp - CEO, Tumblr In today’s episode of Read/WriteTalk I sit down with David Karp the CEO and founder of Tumblr. Tumblr is a platform that makes it easy to express yourself on the web. In some ways, it is very similar to Twitter and other services like it. However, Tumblr is off to a great start and is growing very rapidly. Today they are announcing a number of new features. We touch briefly on these features, but also discuss David’s vision for Tumblr and how he feels he is different than two competitors (Twitter and FriendFeed).
AudioParasitics Presents : McAfee Avert Labs' Top 10 Security Threats for 2008 Special Episode
Is 'security through virtualization' a myth? We tackle the subject with special guests Rafal Wojtczuk and Rahul Kashyap. Part 2 of 2
Risky Business: POS Security and the Reality of Sustaining PCI Compliance Learn how to control the lifecycle changes within your retail infrastructure and to create a sustainable PCI compliance model that doesn’t have to be disruptive and harmful to your business. You’ll hear about the POS and payment application security realities and management weaknesses; how to utilize the benefits of run-time control technology to provide security and robust lifecycle change control for distributed retail systems, including how to provide application security beyond PA-DSS certification; how Retalix provides innovative solutions reducing the burden of PCI compliance and creating a true partnership of success with customers.
Pro-active cybersecurity: Lessons from the U.S. Air Force Cybersecurity increasingly requires agencies to move beyond defensive measures. Join us as one of the foremost experts on the subject, Maj. Gen. Senty, will address: What the U.S. Air Force's Cyber Security initiative is; what its responsibilities entail; and how the initiative is enabling the Air Force to take a proactive approach to cybersecurity threats and advance the art of deterrence.
Dependency Injection Concepts and Techniques Krzysztof Cwalina explains the importance of Dependency Injection, how to use it, and why its important. Learn tips and techniques for supplying an external dependency to a software component.
Building and Maintaining Frameworks .NET Team Program Manager Krzysztof Cwalina discusses his work building frameworks and offers valuable insights for developers building framework libraries.
Microsoft's Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) Krzysztof Cwalina presents on designing reusable frameworks and his work with the Application Framework Core Team.
Social Networking: Using the Latest Tools to Support Learning and Talent Management Where Social Networking Fits into Corporate Learning and Development In many ways, we define who we are based upon our interactions with other people and by the network of people with whom we interact. From LinkedIn, Facebook, and MySpace to Twitter, Digg, and many others … there’s an explosion in both the number and notoriety of Web tools designed to support and enhance our ability to form social connections. The energy surrounding these sites is palpable, but do these tools have any use within your organization? We see these new technologies as having tremendous positive implications for Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. In this Webcast, we explore some of these tools, discuss successful corporate case studies, and offer advice helping you develop a strategy for planning and implementing similar projects in your organization. This discussion is followed by an interactive session where we address specific questions asked by members of the audience.
"Oslo" -- Microsoft's Modeling Platform Paul Vick provides an overview of "Oslo" -- the tool, the language, and the relational repository. Learn what it is, how it works, and why it matters.
Getting Started with "M Grammar" Giovanni Della-Libera describes M Grammar. Learn how and where to get the bits, and everything you need to know to get started.
Visual Basic 10: New Features Paul Vick and Lisa Feigenbaum discuss the features in the latest release of Visual Basic 10 announced at PDC 2008.
Future Directions of Visual Basic Paul Vick discusses the future of the Visual Basic programming language with Lisa Feigenbaum. Learn about some of the trends sculpting the future of VB.
The "Oslo" Modeling Language: "M Grammar" with Paul Vick Language Architect, Paul Vick, discusses "M Grammar," the "Oslo" modeling language in detail. Gain a 360-degree view of how "M" helps people create and use textual domain-specific languages and data models.
Inside "M" with the "Oslo" Team David Langworthy and Jeff Pinkston introduce the what, why, and favorite features of "M," the new textual modeling language for .NET Developers.
Getting Started with "M," the "Oslo" Modeling Language David Langworthy and Jeff Pinkston discuss practical steps for getting started with "M".
"Oslo" Modeling SDK, "M Grammar" -- What is it? Giovanni Della-Libera discusses his PDC session on "M Grammar" with Michael Weinhardt. Learn about what M Grammar is and its key features. Based on the "Oslo: Building Textual DSLs" session with Chris Anderson.
"Oslo" Modeling Language Specification, Codename "M" David Langworthy and Jeff Pinkston discuss the "Oslo" Modeling Language, codename "M."
Design and Lineage of the "Oslo" Modeling Language, Codename "M" Jeff Pinkston and David Langworthy discuss the "M" modeling language- cornerstone of the "Oslo" platform. Learn about the lineage of the language and how it fits into the language space.
Deploy While You Sleep Are you losing money, time and sleep with manual, semi-automated, or light-touch desktop deployments? Stop! Optimize your desktop deployments with a Zero Touch Desktop Deployment Solution. This solution is built using Microsoft technologies creating a seamless, end-to-end methodology to help you automate the mundane.
The Matrix: The IT Professional’s Cut Learn how to reduce IT staff hours spent deploying, upgrading, supporting and terminating line-of-business applications and operating systems. Using Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization technology - included in the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack - your organization can deploy applications that never require installation or regression testing, yet are always available to users.
Minimizing Tape in Enterprises of all Sizes Everyone wants their backup storage and data movement to be simple, safe, automated and online. It should use your existing infrastructure and standard systems, software and networks. In other words, it should be like every other part of your IT plan. Unfortunately, if you're still tape-based backup, you probably don't have this today. This Webcast, featuring renowned backup expert W. Curtis Preston and Hugo Patterson, chief architect for Data Domain, highlights other technologies that can improve your backup and data protection initiatives and allow you to cut down on your reliance of tape. Tape-based backup is manual, unreliable and offline. Although tape is still being used for backup/restore, DR and archiving, the technology is here now to take vast steps forward in how you plan for tapeless operational recovery. View this Webcast, featuring esteemed backup expert W. Curtis Preston and chief architect at Data Domain, Hugo Patterson, to learn about these types of technologies and how businesses of all sizes are minimizing their reliance on tape.
PROGNOSIS support for Nortel at VoiceCon 2008 Recorded at VoiceCon Orlando 2008, this podcast is a discussion of the addition of Nortel support to the PROGNOSIS product line as well as a look at the impact this will have on the market. The release of PROGNOSIS IP Telephony Manager 9.5 incorporating support for Nortel gives PROGNOSIS the only complete telephony management solution for the top 3 IP telephony vendors. It allows organizations tasked with monitoring VoIP deployments from multiple vendors to view the performance of their entire system in a single, unified view. Service providers can either segment performance data by customer or drill down on an individual customer's details. Dunne also discusses the deep insight and business level reporting that PROGNOSIS offers as well as the real time troubleshooting that enterprises need to ensure that service levels and KPIs are being met. An increasing number of organizations are beginning to realize the value of VoIP as a strategic investment and Dunne explains the ways in which PROGNOSIS allows customers to maximize their return on this investment.
Kicking off your VoIP and IP Telephony Project Following on from the Introduction to Deploying VoIP in the Enterprise, this 17-minute podcast is designed to complement and extend the 8-chapter eBook, The Definitive Guide to Successful Deployment of VoIP and IP Telephony. Providing extra tips and highlights from the eBook, industry expert Jim Cavanagh examines the business drivers for migrating to VoIP such as enabling new services or reducing costs, and examines the planning and assessment phases of the IP telephony lifecycle. Cavanagh covers these topics in a clear, concise format for both technical and non-technical professionals alike, going beyond the theoretical to provide guidance gained from some of the world’s largest enterprise deployments.
C# 4.0 with Anders Hejlsberg, Mads Torgersen, and Eric Lippert - Part 1 of 2 Anders Hejlsberg, Mads Torgersen and Eric Lippert discuss the new features of C# 4.0. -Exclusive access to the PDC 2008 presentation take-aways.
C# 4.0 with Anders Hejlsberg, Mads Torgersen, and Eric Lippert - Part 2 of 2 Anders Hejlsberg, Mads Torgersen and Eric Lippert discuss continue their discussion of new C# 4.0 features presented at PDC 2008.
An Internet Version of Kelly Services (Temporary Help) If you would like to learn about a company that hopes to transform the temporary office help industry the way that Expedia transformed the travel agency business, this interview is for you. Our guest today is Phillip Thune who is the CEO of HireMeNow.com. His website is a temporary help agency for office workers. It is a cyberspace version of Kelly Services or Manpower, Inc. There are two basic advantages to using HireMeNow.com instead of terrestrial temporary worker agencies. First, since HireMeNow.com is on the Internet the company has much lower physical overhead costs and they pass the savings along to the customer. Second, employers are permitted to inspect the resumes, applications, and backgrounds of a great many candidates online before deciding which ones they want to interview. The online inspection also can include a short video prepared by the candidate to explain their qualifications and interests. Such video resumes give the employers something of a “feel” for the candidate’s personality and ability to express themselves. While HireMeNow.com may have the potential to transform the temporary office help industry like Expedia changed the travel agency business, their biggest challenge is building a critical mass of candidates and employers in numerous common geographic areas. For example, an employer in St. Louis does not care who is available in Boston. If you are an employer looking for a way to cut your costs in hiring temporary workers, you might be especially interested in the interview because HireMeNow is offering a special bonus to our audience.
Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 Unleashed Matt Winkler presents concepts from Windows Communication Foundation 3.5 Unleashed, the essential resource for software developers and architects working with WCF. Learn best practices or programming with WCF.
Visual Studio 2010, Part 2 of 2 - Tooling Support for Concurrency and Parallelism Stephen Toub discusses tooling support for concurrency and parallelism in VS 2010, and other announcements made at PDC with Hazim Shafi.
Visual Studio 2010, Part 1 of 2 - Support for Parallelism Stephen Toub, Joe Duffy, and Hazim Shafi discuss Visual Studio Support for Parallelism -- the subject of their concurrency sessions at PDC.
Inside the WCF REST Starter Kit CodePlex Ron Jacobs discusses WCF REST and the WCF REST Starter Kit.
Identity Sessions at PDC 2008 - A Sneak Peek Vittorio Bertocci and Caleb Baker review their forthcoming identitiy sessions at PDC. Get a preview from Microsoft's Federated Identity Team.
No PIAs: The Problems with Primary Interop Assemblies (PIA) - Part 1 of 4 Misha Shneerson discusses the problems with Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) with Amanda Silver-- the subject of her PDC 2008 presentation.
No PIAs: Versioning Object Models - Part 4 of 4 Misha Shneerson and Amanda Silver discuss Versioning Object Models with Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs).
No PIAs: Type Equivalence - Part 3 of 4 Misha Shneerson and Amanda Silver discuss Type Equivalence with Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs).
Concurrent Programming on Windows Joe Duffy discusses "Concurrent Programming on Windows," with Stephen Toub. This is the only book you’ll need in order to learn best practices and common patterns for programming with concurrency on Windows and .NET.
No PIAs: Under The Hood - Part 2 of 4 Misha Shneerson and Amanda Silver continue their discussion of Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs).
Palm unwraps Linux-based ultramobile PC as smartphone companion, Google buys Panoramio, releases Gears for offline access to Web apps, Motorola cuts 4,000 workers, and more Palm unwraps Linux-based ultramobile PC as smartphone companion, Google buys Panoramio, releases Gears for offline access to Web apps, Motorola cuts 4,000 workers, and more
10 Years of Framework Design Guidelines Brad Abrams and Krzysztof Cwalina provide a sneak-peek of their PDC presentation on Framework Design Guidelines. Learn key lessons from 10 years of Framework Design.
Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries Brad Abrams and Krzysztof Cwalina discuss the 2e of "Framework Design Guidelines," the definitive resource for .NET developers and architects designing class library frameworks--updated for the new language features of the .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5.
The C# Programming Language, 3rd Edition Anders Hejlsberg, Mads Torgersen and Scott Wiltamuth discuss ""The C# Programming Language,"" Third Edition--the authoritative and annotated technical reference for C# 3.0.
VSTS 2010 - What's New - PDC Sneak Peek Sam Guckenheimer, Chief Customer Advocate for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, discusses the vision of VSTS 2010.
IT Service Management and Security - Coming Full Circle: Remote Control IT Are you supporting remote employees or employees in multiple locations? Are you able to monitor systems, respond to incidents and initiate changes to desktops through remote access? Watch the replay of the second web seminar in our series to see how integrated IT Service Management and Security Management can actually work FOR you to effect change within your environment.
Data Protection Strategies for SMBs Small and medium-sized (SMB) companies are experiencing the same explosion of data growth as the big guys and are usually more limited in IT resources. They are also especially vulnerable, as over 58% of users ESG Research surveyed said they can only tolerate 4 hours or less of downtime before experiencing a significant revenue loss or other adverse business impact. Data protection strategies are determined based on the needs of the organization--compliance and recovery requirements, budget and backup window constraints, types and criticality of data, and tolerance for complexity in data protection systems, to name a few. This Webinar will focus on the unique needs of SMB organizations and the different approaches and technologies SMBs should consider in their data protection strategy.
Coaching Your MVPs: Lessons for Leaders from Coaches of Champions Encouraging Leaders to Stop Playing It Safe and Take Action In the past, the business coaching has tended to focus on providing support for underachievers, giving little focus to people who are already performing at high levels. Today, there is an increasing emphasis on using coaching to drive achievers to even higher levels of performance. However, a "one size fits all" approach is a sure path to failure when coaching them. This Webcast explores the character of high-achieving individuals and their coaching needs and examines coaching best practices. In addition, you’ll discover key qualities of "real leaders" and gain advice for encouraging top performers to step up to the plate and stop playing it safe.
e-Learning Lingo Podcast #68-Information Architecture What is "Information Architecture?"
How not to get ripped off: Enforcing and Protecting Your Intellectual Property (Part 2) This podcast will offer a basic guide to the law, covering the steps any creative professional should take in order to stop somebody else stealing or otherwise using your work without your permission (including copyright, patenting, trade marks, licensing and design rights). Disclaimer: Own-it podcasts are for information only and are not a substitute for legal advice or support; all podcasts are related to UK only.
Video Wars: Transforming Home Video Entertainment - Part 1 Wayne Ogozaly discusses the transformation of the video entertainment industry and how the combination of digital video and IP technologies are enabling new video services and advanced streaming technologies.
Understanding the generations in today's workforce Jim Kissane, a noted Workforce Development expert and fellow at RedVector, Inc. discusses the implications of the four generations [Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y] found in today's workplace.
Score Supply Chain Excellence with Demand Planning Hear two different perspectives on how to gain visibility into retail market demand and synchronize supply chains to deliver profits along with product. The webcast features Brown Shoe Company, a leading footwear company operating over 1,300 retail shoe stores in North America, and Lance, Inc. -- one of the largest producers and distributors of snack foods.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast 10 Instructional Design Tips for e-Learning Development Steve Pena, Senior Instructional Designer and Implementation Consultant for SyberWorks discusses his article, “10 Instructional Design Tips for e-Learning Development.”
How not to get ripped off: Enforcing and Protecting Your Intellectual Property (Part 1) This podcast will offer a basic guide to the law, covering the steps any creative professional should take in order to stop somebody else stealing or otherwise using your work without your permission (including copyright, patenting, trade marks, licensing and design rights). Disclaimer: Own-it podcasts are for information only and are not a substitute for legal advice or support; all podcasts are related to UK only.
Adaptive Video for Television of the Future If you would like to learn about the potential interactive capabilities of television in the future, this video is for you. Today’s video features Permissiontv.com which is a company that enables clients to create interactive videos for Internet distribution. The capability provides a glimpse of what the television might look like in the future. First is a demonstration of some interactive videos created on the Permissontv.com platform. Second is an interview with Matt Kaplan who is the Chief Strategy Officer. Permissiontv.com is Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) dedicated to Internet video and to that extent is similar to Brightcove.com and blip.tv. However, Permissiontv.com is distinguished in three ways. First, its focus is on enabling clients to create interactive videos. Second, because of the interactivity, Permissiontv.com does not limit its marketing activities merely to media companies but also targets companies (generally with strong brands) that want to use Internet video to interact directly with their own customers. Third, owing to the technical requirements of building such video applications, Permissiontv.com targets sophisticated users. Typically clients have access to a skilled staff of Flash and XML programmers, either at their own company, or via their advertising agency or web design vendor.
Addressing the Superuser Threat: Securing Access to Server Operating Systems IDC's Identity and Access Management Compliance Forecast identifies superuser access as the cause of three of the top eight common sources of compliance risk. But what can your organization do to mitigate this risk? This podcast will address the following questions: *What is the privileged superuser account? *What security risks do superuser accounts create? *What steps can organizations take to effectively limit superuser account threats?
WhatWorks in Intrusion Detection to Meet PCI/VISA and Other Security Standards An Interview with Greg Clayton and Michael Morgan of BankersBank Card Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of TIB(The Independent BankersBank), on using Snort and Sourcefire. Greg and Michael have been responsible for implementing a security solution in compliance with the VISA / MasterCard Processing Card Industry Data Security Standard (previously called VISA CISP).
Extend Your IT Budget with Service Oriented Architecture Strategies for Budget Optimization from Mainline and IBM Everyday more companies are using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to improve margins and eliminate inefficiencies. They're applying SOA smartly from basic projects all the way through sophisticated, mission-critical systems. In all cases, they've realized how SOA creates smarter business outcomes.
SOA Development Governance Best Practices In the past year, Service Oriented Architecture has gone from “the talk of the town” to solid reality. Gartner, Inc. argues that the continued rise in the popularity of SOA “requires disciplined governance to achieve the promised reuse.” Businesses must get SOA right from the start in order to prevent projects from turning into merely A Bunch of Services (ABOS) - point-to-point spaghetti code of a different form! In this session, Brent Carlson, Sr. vice president of technology at SOA Software will explain how to initiate governance at the design and development phase and carry it through operations. Carlson will discuss the role of an integrated SOA Governance Automation in keeping IT properly aligned with high-level business processes. He will also walk attendees through Development Governance best practices. Finally, Carlson will address the right products many companies are now utilizing to meet their SOA goals.
Chris Bogan on Duct Tape Marketing Podcast Chris Brogan stopped by the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast to talk about social media. I fancy myself a bit of an expert when it comes to the topic of social media and now you know one of the resources I go to for going deep into practical ways to get more from social media.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Discusses Data Exchange Interfaces Used with a Learning Management System. Dana Fine, Senior Instructional Designer for SyberWorks provides some guidelines for developing data exchange interfaces with a learning management system. The interview is based on her latest article, 'Designing Interfaces for Exchanging Data with a Learning Management System'.
Communicating Across Generations: How to Get Your Message Understood How to Bridge the Generational Communication Gap This is the first time in modern organizational history that Americans from four generations are being asked to work side by side: The Silent or Traditional Generation Baby Boomers Generation X Generation Y / Millennials Each group has its own distinct characteristics, values and attitudes toward work. As they interact in the workplace, these differences can lead to misunderstandings and increased conflict. To improve your interactions with them you’ll need to understand the fundamental differences between the generations and which communication methods work best with each.
Customer Engagement 2.0 for Financial Services, On-Demand Customer Engagement 2.0: New technologies designed to engage customers and turn interactions into profitable connections. Rich Internet Applications: Innovative tools that offer rich, engaging user experiences. Real industry examples of how financial services have used innovative Internet tools to increase conversion and retention rates.
e-Learning Lingo Podcast #67-Blended Learning What is "Blended Learning?"
Making Lead Scoring & Nurturing Work Learn how BearingPoint successfully implemented a lead scoring and nurturing system within their organization that increased their qualified leads by 78% and decreased their buy cycle time from months to weeks. By viewing this online presentation, you will also see how BearingPoint: Improved their overall conversation rates by 1.5-3x; increased the quality of leads going to Sales; expanded their transaction size and increased marketing ROI. If you would like to automate lead scoring and nurturing, improve quality of leads passed to Sales, or gain visibility into your leads, this presentation is for you!
Cisco Security Training Brandon Carroll explains what it takes to achieve top-level certifications in the security field.
Forrester on Lifecycle Management: Increase the Predictability of Your Software Releases with Advanced Code Measurement Techniques Forrester Senior Analyst Jeffrey Hammond presents the latest trends and advances in how development organizations are using advanced code measurement techniques to bring greater predictability to their application lifecycle management (ALM) initiatives, and how the collection of measurement data can improve the effectiveness of your software delivery process.
Strategies for Eliminating PST Files Listen to industry experts Bob Spurzem, Director of Product Marketing at Mimosa Systems, and Martin Tuip, Microsoft MVP for Exchange Server, to learn about the history of PST files and how they became so popular, how recent changes in compliance and legal discovery exposed the flaws in PST files, and how to solve your PSTS problems.
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Leveraging SaaS to Streamline Service Technology Implementations and Lower Costs Whether you call it Software as a Service (SaaS), hosted software, or OnDemand, service and support professionals are learning that there are distinct advantages buying software via a hosted model, both in cutting implementation time and lowering cost of ownership for service technology. In this Podcast, hear a roundtable discussion on the merits and pitfalls of buying OnDemand customer service and eService technology.
Data Deduplication Made Simple Data deduplication is rapidly becoming a core fundamental of any storage system, and the implications go far beyond backup applications. Take this opportunity to learn the key differences between deduplication technologies available today.
Perspectives on AJAX (video) David Geary discusses AJAX from a UI perspective.
Maximizing Lead Conversion to Win More Deals For most marketers, lead generation is one of the top priorities. But sales professionals will tell you that a lead isn't a sales opportunity until it's been fully qualified. This webinar explores ways to improve lead management to win more deals and ultimately increase revenue – including breaking down the artificial departmental wall between marketing and sales.
Converting Website Visitors into Customers If you would like to learn how to convert website visitors into customers, this interview is for you. Our guest today is Benoy Tamang who is the Founder of Sapha. First, we demonstrate one of Sapha’s tools termed a “Hook Tour”. This is followed by an interview with Benoy about the tracking statistics that accompany the tool. Hook Tours are short customized interactive videos that Sapha prepares to explain your website and trigger visitors to register for more information or buy merchandise. Many of us put considerable effort in trying to maximize website visitors, but we’re only converting one – two percent into clients. One way to do a better job of conversion is to provide a three-minute animation that explains our products and services and concludes with a prompt to get the viewer to “sign-up” for more information, or even trigger a transaction. The Hook Tour is designed to accomplish just such a result. Websites contract with Hook Tour to have them prepare the video animation. The video is customized to the product or service of the underlying website. Hook Tour customers do not have to create it themselves, but have the authority to require changes until they agree that the video is satisfactory to be posted to their website. Not only does Hook Tour host the animation as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), but it also provides detailed tracking data about the viewers who watched. That way the customer can tell how long the viewer looked at the video, which ancillary items (e.g. associated white papers, etc.) he downloaded, and his contact information.
Java Posse #211 - Interview with Erich Gamma and Tim Francis Erich Gamma Tim Francis Design Patterns - the Gang of Four Rational Unified Process Agile Development Eclipse.org IBM WebSphere IBM RAD for WebSphere IBM JVM and J9 Apache Geronimo IBM WebSphere Community Edition Jazz Community Site Mylyn Jazz Technology Platform Rational Team Concert Versions and Pricing
Ingres and JasperSoft: Business Intelligence to the Masses Access to BI is no longer a competitive advantage; it's an essential tool for improving operational efficiency, building profitable customer relationships and differentiating product offerings. And yet, despite the critical role BI can play, it has remained complex and costly to implement a traditional commercial BI infrastructure... until now. Harnessing the power of Ingres' industrial strength open source database and JasperSoft's state-of-the-art BI technology—the Ingres Icebreaker BI Appliance provides a cost-effective, reliable, high-performance solution at a fraction of the cost normally associated with traditional BI solutions.
Connecting the Dots in Your Business with BizTalk Server 2006 What if your business systems were integrated and worked perfectly with your business partners’ systems? Would your cycle times be shorter, your revenues multiplied, your data more timely and error-free, and your partner integration seamless and instantaneous?
How not to get ripped off in the creative industries (Part 2) Being copied and someone else ripping off your creative ideas is a major concern once you start to sell, publicise and promote your creative work. You need to protect your ideas and make sure you know what to do if someone does actually copy or makes money from work that is rightfully yours.
Best Practices: Get the Facts on Remote Support from Linksys Find out how Linksys extends support to more customers-and meets their highest expectations. John Ragsdale, Vice President of Technology Research, SSPA will be conducting an informative interview with Tarik Mahmoud, Sr. Manager eSupport and Service Technology at Linksys. (Sponsored by WebEx)
How not to get ripped off in the creative industries (Part 1) Being copied and someone else ripping off your creative ideas is a major concern once you start to sell, publicise and promote your creative work. You need to protect your ideas and make sure you know what to do if someone does actually copy or makes money from work that is rightfully yours. Disclaimer: Own-it podcasts are for information only and are not a substitute for legal advice or support; all podcasts are related to UK only.
Email Archiving: Avoid Journaling & Stubbing Traps Learn how to successfully capture all data from your mail server without the negative impact of stubbing and without using data-capture methods that can cause database corruption, fragmentation, and performance degradation. This webinar will address such topics as: What stubbing is and why it isn't an optimal archiving solution; how to relieve pressure on your Exchange Server infrastructure; why you need more than just journaling; how to capture everything you need without compromising performance; determine what solution is right for your organization.
10 Golden Rules Internet Marketing Podcast Episode 24 New Ten Golden Rules Online Marketing Workbook, Secrets to staying on the bleeding edge, Natalie Gelman’s Never
Six Web Hacker Tricks & The Three Pillars of Web Protection A brand new infected webpage is discovered every 14 seconds. The web has become the key vector for online attacks – yet the vast majority of businesses are unprotected against today’s modern web-based malware. Hackers have developed a new box of tricks. Today’s rapidly evolving web threats and the instant exploitation of any vulnerability by malware authors means that it is simply not enough for businesses to protect their email and endpoint systems. Join this live one-hour webcast featuring Chris Kraft, VP of Product Management and Fraser Howard, Principal Researcher from Sophos. Moderator James Hilliard will take you through this session and offer you the opportunity to get your questions answered during a live Q&A.
Leading Virtual Teams: Managing People at a Distance Mastering the Fine Points of Managing Your Distributed Team As travel costs skyrocket, virtual teams are becoming the standard way of doing business. Leading a distributed team presents challenges that traditional management techniques can’t always solve. You need to learn new approaches to manage across functional and geographic boundaries and in many cases overcome obstacles of culture and language. Success comes when you expand your current skills to build a collaborative work environment without benefit of face-to-face interaction. Learning to balance new social skills with technology proves to be the key. This Webcast focuses on solutions to the unique issues you face when managing in a virtual workplace, whether it be multisite, multicountry, multitime-zone, or all of the above.
e-Learning Lingo Podcast #66-Explicit Knowledge What is "Explicit Knowledge?"
CSI: Don’t Be a Victim of Your Business Processes Join us for an informative webinar to learn how a complete solution using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 can make your processes more rapid and your personnel more responsive.
CCNA Wireless Certification Brandon Carroll describes the new CCNA Wireless Certification. Get insights on resources used by today's professionals.
The New Definition of Marketing Content: The 5 Materials that Truly Drive Sales Conversations If you ask most sales organizations what they need from Marketing, you’ll hear that they’re not looking for more content. Instead, they’re looking for the insights, expertise, and support critical to having a winning conversation with buyers. These 5 tools represent the new definition of Marketing content in leading organizations worldwide. Join Leigh Segall, Vice President of Marketing for SAVO, and the AMA to learn how leading organizations, including American Express, ADP, and Akamai are getting real about what sales needs, and improving the way they approach, develop and distribute content.
How to Protect Your Email from DNS Vulnerabilities Check out this webcast and learn how current trends in electronic communications can expose your company to greater security risks. A special emphasis is placed on malware, which will continue to evolve for the remainder of 2008.
Enterprise Leadership Podcasts for the CIO Podcasts for the CIO and CTO about technology, business, and the seismic event that happens when they meet. Thought leadership on a range of C-Level topics for those running global enterprise businesses.
Profitable Investing Listen in as Jordan Recounts his expertise of China, and How a business expert advises Fortune 500 companies to handle economic
MBA Working Girl Podcast Do you want more success in your business life? The MBA Working Girl Podcast serves up fun concise information that combines brainy business school theory with real-world business practice. Your host Laura Adams MBA brings personal knowledge and experience from her career as a business owner manager consultant and trainer. This show is for modern professionals who want to take their career to the next level. Be more effective. Get a promotion. Become a better manager. Make your business more profitable.
Fast Money Machine Another great podcast hosted by LibSyn.com
Harvard Business Review Editors Preview A monthly podcast highlighting an upcoming issue of Harvard Business Review
Manager Tools Podcast Tools for Managers and Leaders *** Tired of management theory? Want to learn specific skills to help improve your management performance? Then Manager Tools is the podcast for you! Manager Tools is a weekly business podcast focused on helping business professionals become more effective managers and leaders. Each week, the hosts discuss new tools and easy techniques to help business professionals achieve their desired management and career objectives. Manager Tools won the 2006 Podcast Award in the Business Category.
Inspiring Words of Encouragement Inspired Podcasts by Zig Ziglar
Real Estate Investing REIClub.com Teleseminars - National Experts Speak on Short Sales Lease Options Wholesaling Apartments etc.
Get Real The Real Estate Investing Show for the Rest of Us
Internet Business Mastery: The Art of Online Marke Internet Business Mastery shows you how to succeed in online business on the road to financial freedom. You’ll discover how to
Mad Money Machine NOMINATED BEST BUSINESS PODCAST Reviews fun investment topics and the Mad Money and lightning round stock picks of Jim Cramer.
Rob Black and Your Money - Radio Another great podcast hosted by LibSyn.com
HBR IdeaCast From the publishers of the Harvard Business Review and Harvard Business School Press
Tearing Down the Fortress to Better Protect the Enterprise Today, one webpage is infected every 5 seconds and more than 90% of infected pages are legitimate sites. At the same time, employees are moving outside the corporate network and businesses can no longer rely on traditional network defenses to fight malware. Check out this webcast and find out why today's companies need multi-layered protection strategies to mitigate malware attacks and learn about the 5 key layers of malware defense that are critical for securing the enterprise network and its users.
eBiz: eCommerce Podcast eBiz VodCast is a video podcast covering eCommerce web site design and management.
Accounting Best Practices with Steve Bragg Discussions about GAAP best practices metrics controls and the fast close
Inside PR A weekly Canadian PR podcast hosted by Terry Fallis and David Jones
The MediaCoach Tips for Media Appearances and Public Speaking. When your 15 minutes of fame arrives will you be ready? If you listen to this you certainly will!
How to Survive and Thrive in Marketing for 2009 See the results of IDC's new research identifying the key trends, forecasts and benchmarks for BtoB marketers — and just in time for your annual budget planning process! Featuring Michael Gerard, Research Vice President for IDC's CMO Advisory Practice and Executive Advisory Group.
Java Posse #210 - Newscast for Oct 6th 2008 Android 1.0 SDK released SpringSource has changed its policy on maintenance and bug fixes for versions of Spring Coverage of the JVM langauge summit Apple appears to be using JSF for one of their recent web projects The winners of the OpenJDK Community Innovator's Challenge have been announced Java Project of the Week - WidgetFX
A TV Production Truck in a Shoe Box If you would like to learn about an appliance the size of a shoe box that provides most of the production and multi-camera input capabilities of a TV truck, this interview is for you. The product is the Tricaster from San Antonio-based NewTek. Our interview is with Philip Nelson who is the Senior Vice President for Strategic Development and the appliance is demonstrated by Jim Plant who is the CEO. Tricaster prices range from $5,000 to $12,000.While most of our video podcasts at Inside Digital Media include several video recordings, they are recorded separately and tied together into a cohesive show by use of editing software. For example, there is typically an introduction, interview, concluding remarks, and finally a tip for podcasters or a lead for venture capitalists and investment bankers. Everything is prerecorded. More sophisticated techniques are typically used in television. For example, there might be several cameras “shooting” the show from three different angles. The producer can switch from one camera to another with the flick of a switch. Moreover, news and sports are often broadcast live. As anyone who has attended a college football game knows, the TV broadcast crews bring their own truck that contains the required production equipment. Significantly, NewTek’s Tricaster is capable of doing most of the jobs of a TV truck but, as noted, the appliance is as small as a shoe box and priced at $5,000 - $12,000. The capabilities and low price mean that video podcasters can consider shooting shows that they might never have previously considered. For example, a school play could be shot from several angles and streamed over the Net live and recorded for later playback. The same applies to high school athletics. While the incremental value of a Tricaster cannot yet be justified for the types of podcasts that I do, I can see the unit adding significant value to those who want to provide live video from multiple inputs with sophisticated techniques such as green screen.
Jeff Howe on Crowdsourcing Jeff is my guest on this episode of the Marketing podcast where he shares this concept and discusses how the small business can take advantage of it.
Gartner Security Podcast Gartner Security and Privacy analyst, Peter Firstbrook, advises enterprises on the changing nature of the threat landscape, and how security technologies are evolving to address new threats. The lead author of Gartner’s Secure Web Magic Quadrant will discuss the functions a secure web gateway must perform, in the face of performance requirements, encryption, and application-level threats.
The Project Management Podcast™ Please visit http://www.thepmpodcast.com
Fitness Business Radio Business Solutions For The Fitness Industry - the whole industry whether it be health clubs fitness professionals manufacturers suppliers certifying organizations associations etc.
The Prosperity Show Tips and Techniques for Improving Your Relationship with Money and Yourself
Business Success Tips Entertaining Insights to Business Success
This Week in Media A weekly discussion of media-related news.
The SalesRoundup Podcast Sales Podcast Sales Podcast
Lab Rats TV A video podcast by Call for Help's Andy Walker and gadget guy Sean Carruthers about how to use advanced features of technology you already own.
For Immediate Release Twice weekly commentary on public relations and technology by Shel Holtz & Neville Hobson
Killer Innovations A podcast on the process tricks and methods of innovation ideas and creativity.
Diary of a Shameless Self-Promoter Zen marketing for all self-promoters from the timid to the fearless
MacBreak Insanely great Mac TV. Feed your Mac and your mind with the best. *** Tune into MacBreak, the only Macintosh show you’ll ever need! Join Mac experts Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Kendra Arimoto, Alex Lindsay and Emery Wells as they talk about everything Mac, including hardware, software, pro apps and tips. MacBreak is produced by TWiT.tv, a technology podcast network and a digital media group, the Pixel Corps.
The M Show 10 Minutes of Business Talk and Entertainment - Live from Boston
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Learn Excel from MrExcel Video Podcast Learn Excel from Bill Jelen with this daily 2 minute video podcast *** Let Mr. Excel help you unleash the power of Excel! Every Monday through Friday, best-selling author and Excel Wizard Bill Jelen hosts this quick and helpful video podcast. Each episode provides quick tips to maximize the Excel experience, including table formulas, shortcut keys and custom charts. Listeners are invited to visit Mr. Excel.com, which is an entire community of Excel “power users” who provide quick, free solutions to specific Excel questions.
InDesign Secrets Adobe InDesign tips techniques and insider info from Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion and David "Mr. InDesign" Blatner.
ExtraLife Radio All the geekery you can eat! *** Touted as the “Geekfest for the Intelligent Listener”, Extra Life Radio covers all sorts of geeky topics, with a strong focus on video games and technology, as well as more eclectic fair such as vintage TV and B movie coverage. Funny and full of energy, the show is produced and hosted by comic artist Scott Johnson and features geek-o-holics Obsidian and Brian and a variety of other guest contributors every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Extra Life Radio promotes a strong listener interaction format, including listeners calls, content contribution, and suggestions for topics of discussion.
ScreenCastsOnline Video Podcast Watch Listen Do..... *** Get the most out of your Mac with ScreenCastsOnline, a video podcast of computer-based video lessons. Presented as screen captures with commentary, each episode covers different Mac-related topics as well as reviews of the most current web-based services for both Mac and Windows users. ScreenCastsOnline comes to listeners from the UK and is hosted by Mac expert and show producer Don McAllister.
The Mac Attack Mac tips tricks and hints you can use in your day to day computing.
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Analysts Debate Role of Management in Era of SOA Listen as SOA experts explore how IT management will evolve in the world of service-based applications. The discussion delves into issues of new standards, how SOA demands that performance management and change management augment and elevate the role of systems management, and how the integrity of services delivery requires a deep and wide approach to "management in total" across a service's lifecycle. Panelists consist of Jason Bloomberg, managing partner and senior analyst at ZapThink, and Dana Gardner, president and principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions. Moderating the discussion is Martin Milani, chief technology officer at Tidal Software.
Java Posse #209 - Jython Interview Jython home page Frank Wierzbicki's blog New compiler for Jython (Tobias' project) CPython Guido Van Rossum PyCon Python 2.5 Google Summer of Code Python 3000 3.0 is coming JNA - Java Native Access Relative imports feature in Python PEP0008 - discourages the use of relative imports Python 2.6 Python standard libraries Python ctypes Cliff Click on JVM languages Lots of CPython choices for GUI creation
21 CFR Part 11 Stepheni Norton, Principal Consultant for 21 CFR Consulting LLC discusses FDA 21 CFR Part 11, in Regards to Compliance Training and Learning-Management-Systems Validation.
BriefingsDirect Insights Analysts Examine HP-Oracle Exadata, Extreme BI, Virtualization and Cloud Computing Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Insights Edition, Vol. 30, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts. In this episode, recorded Sept. 26, 2008, our experts examine the HP-Oracle announcements at Oracle OpenWorld, cloud computing and "on-premises" clouds, and recent virtualization news from VMware, HP, Red Hat and Citrix. Please join noted IT industry analysts and experts Joe McKendrick, an independent analyst and ZDNet blogger; Brad Shimmin, principal analyst of Current Analysis; Jim Kobielus, senior analyst at Forrester Research, and Dave Linthicum, independent SOA consultant. Our discussion is hosted and moderated by Dana Gardner. Read a transcript of the podcast: http://briefingsdirect.blogspot.com/2008/10/briefingsdirect-insights-analysts.html. Sponsors: Active Endpoints, Hewlett-Packard.
A Guide to Virtualization From Planning to Management Whether you've started using virtualization or not, join this complimentary, 1-hour webinar and gain practical advice on planning, executing and managing virtualization from the datacenter to the desktop.
How to Integrate On-line Communities into Self-Service Programs On-line communities are the Web’s version of a place for people to meet. What makes this interesting from a self-service perspective is that it provides people with shared interests, shared problems or shared goals to get together and discuss ideas, answer each other's questions and otherwise connect to come up with shared solutions. In this podcast, John Ragsdale discusses the risks and benefits of using on-line communities for your support organization, looks at best practices currently in place, and delves into some specifics that will help you integrate on-line communities into your existing self-service operations—including generating awareness, selecting technology providers, and how to actively moderate this new customer support service.
Blended Learning The Why and the How of Effective On-Demand Learning Companies are facing new challenges, forcing them to rethink their training strategies—including how they apply on-demand learning technologies to meet business goals and learner needs. In a recent Bersin & Associates survey, 83% of organizations revealed that they are dealing with major talent challenges caused by an aging U.S. workforce and influx of younger workers. The days of building static new-hire orientation programs and a curriculum of courses to meet employee training needs is coming to a close. The truth is that structured learning programs alone are inadequate to meet the “in the moment” performance needs of the knowledge workforce. To be effective, training content must be delivered in the context of an employee’s job. Formal learning must co-exist with a wide variety of performance support programs and other “just-in-time” technologies. Therefore, the Learning & Development (L&D) organization must “get out of the way” and create systems and environments that encourage and facilitate the networked organizational learning model. But building on-demand learning solutions requires new sets of skills. Rather than focus solely on building content and delivering blended learning solutions, it forces the organization to partner with IT to establish standards and tools for content development, search, and indexing that make it easy for employees to find just what they need. And it demands a close understanding of employees’ real daily job roles in order to embed assistance as close to the moment of performance as possible. In a nutshell, it forces the L&D organization to look at its role as a "publisher" and "enabler" not just a "developer."
Episode 19: 2008 Interview with Jean Ann Larson, CLO, and Tawanna Foggs, Educational Systems Coordinator, of William Beaumont Hospitals, Inc. Jean Ann Larson, Chief Learning Officer (CLO), and Tawanna Foggs, Educational Systems Coordinator, of William Beaumont Hospitals, talk about their use of the SyberWorks Learning Management System to train and certify hospital employees
Photographing Public Spaces/Photographing the Public (Part 2) Having a camera and using it in public can lead to awkward questioning by security guards or in the worst case scenario, having your camera taken from you and photographs deleted. This is not only due to the ongoing privatisation of streets and places that were formerly public property but also to the fear of terrorism. Additionally, members of the public are increasingly sensitive when being photographed even when they only appear in the background of your image. This evening seminar is aimed at press photographers, fashion photographers and illustrators, who use photography or sketches of public spaces for the final product. Disclaimer: Own-it podcasts are for information only and are not a substitute for legal advice or support; all podcasts are related to UK only.
e-Learning Lingo Podcast #65-Collaborative Filtering What is "Collaborative Filtering?"
Supercharge Your Demand Generation with Personalization Learn how to build relationships with your anonymous traffic and nurture the relationships after they give you their name in this complimentary webinar. Co-presented by industry leaders Marketo and Sitebrand, this webcast shows you how to use new approaches for engagement including personalized nurturing.
A Business Case for Email Archiving: Getting Your Project Approved You know the importance of having an email archiving initiative at your organization. But unfortunately, email archiving projects are often sidetracked because of three main concerns: positioning, conflicting priorities, and concern about policies and implementation. Join expert speaker Stephen Foskett of Contoural as he shares his insights that can help you get your project approved and running.
Mobilize your Sales Staff with BlackBerry and CRM Speed and data volumes have held many people back from using mobile devices for more than just phone and email - until now. With faster data access and higher customer expectations to be available and responsive all the time – mobile customer management is now a must-do.
Ingres and Forrester: Open or Closed? Why You Need a Strategy for Open Source in Your Organization Tough economic times call for a new approach to software development and demand that you find a better, faster, and more affordable way to develop new applications. Open source is the answer - much faster time to value, all the benefits of an on-demand business model, and speed of innovation. Organizations are seeing big advantages to using open source technology, with its collaborative development and affordable business model. Join Forrester with Ingres' CEO for a practical discussion addressing: Is open source for your organization? How can open source allow you to innovate faster? Are open source apps ready for "enterprise prime time?"
Harnessing the Power of DB2 DB2 helps you regain control of all your costs - Hardware, Storage and Staff Time. This webcast contains information on auditing and security, high availability and storage optimization solutions. Learn more about DB2 Version 9.5 enhancements in this one hour presentation.
Improved Insights and Analysis From IT Systems Logs Reduce Complexity Risks From Virtualization Virtualization has certainly taken off, but less attention gets directed to how to better manage virtualization, to gain better security using virtualization techniques, and also to find methods for compliance and regulation of virtualized environments -- but without the pitfalls of complexity and confusion. Virtualization is new enough that best practices are still being formed. To help learn about new ways that systems log tools and analysis are aiding the ramp-up to virtualization use, BriefingsDirect's Dana Gardner spoke with Charu Chaubal, senior architect for technical marketing, at VMware; Chris Hoff, chief security architect at Unisys, and Dr. Anton Chuvakin, chief logging evangelist and a security expert at LogLogic.
Distributed Agile Software Product Engineering Best Practices: Presented by GlobalLogic & AccuRev GlobalLogic and AccuRev, leaders in the Agile and efficient approach to managing the software product release process in a geographically distributed and offshore development team model, invite you to attend an informative, case study-based webcast on Tuesday, Sept. 30. You will benefit from this webinar if you are: Working on multiple software product releases in parallel. Searching for solutions that ensure greater project visibility, optimal team collaboration, and software asset re-use. Expect any new software product release solution you implement to reduce your product launch schedule by 30 percent compared to traditional methods. Using Agile practices for co-located development and would like to adopt Agile methods for distributed software development. Considering partnering with an Agile software engineering services specialist, and want to know the difference between product development and application development specialization.
Be the Hero, Be the Expert: {Crack the Code, Empower Your Portal with SharePoint Designer 2007} When only 1% of your organization understands strings of code that dictate your organization's ability to build collaborative applications, workflows and custom websites, and only 15% of your end users leverage available collaboration technology, you will realize a negative return on your investment. But that can change...
Photographing Public Spaces/Photographing the Public (Part 1) Having a camera and using it in public can lead to awkward questioning by security guards or in the worst case scenario, having your camera taken from you and photographs deleted. This is not only due to the ongoing privatisation of streets and places that were formerly public property but also to the fear of terrorism. Additionally, members of the public are increasingly sensitive when being photographed even when they only appear in the background of your image. This evening seminar is aimed at press photographers, fashion photographers and illustrators, who use photography or sketches of public spaces for the final product. Disclaimer: Own-it podcasts are for information only and are not a substitute for legal advice or support; all podcasts are related to UK only.
How to Select and Deploy an Enterprise Encryption Solution Listen to a panel of experts in a discussion sponsored by GuardianEdge. Find out how to prevent data loss and data leakage from a Washington State expert, who describes how to evaluate an enterprise security solution.
Computing in the Cloud: Your Next Platform David Chappell discusses cloud computing. Learn about how this shift will change your career.
10 Golden Rules Internet Marketing Podcast Episode 29 Live Question and Answer sessions from SIPA and the Advertising Federation, SEO Digger, Zappos.com, Dynamic Keyword Insertion, Web Optimized Press Releases, Franchise expert Joel Labava, Scott Pooler from All Business Auctions comments on Twibler.com, Jeff Herskowitz from New York City Balloons, Micro Blogging and following CNN.com and Woot.com, the problem with Flash websites, Wynne Hotel launch strategy, Twitter, Post It Notes, Content Management Systems Droople and Joomla, Best strategies for creating an online column, eNewsletter optimization strategies, Like knows Like, Hockey, Links from Live Q&A: Scott Stevenson, Bob Coleman, Coleman Publishing, Richard Spisak Imagineering Productions, Tracey Henkes First Bank and Trust Indiantown, Romina Colombo BBJones Communications, Las Vegas Recording Artist and Performer Michael Paige with Song of the Week “Dance”
Wireless: The platform for automating and connecting the manufacturing enterprise Wireless as a mission critical network, with the security and reliability expected by both IT and operations, is a reality in many world class manufacturing companies. Not only have these companies obtained the network performance they need, but they have avoided the costs of installing a wired network. Many manufacturers are relying more and more upon the enhanced reliability and security of wireless networks to optimize their processes through mobile applications such as error-proofing, inventory picking, maintenance, end-to-end traceability and true eKanBan. Join Motorola and learn more about implementing an effective wireless network that provides the foundation for mobile applications across your enterprise.
Facebook for Professionals podcast As social media and social network sites such as Facebook grow in popularity and utility for business, it's no wonder that professionals are building businesses around showing other professionals how to get the most bang for their social networking buck.
Future of Recorded Music Business If you would like to learn how the recorded music business will be generating revenue growth in the future, this interview is for you. Our guest today is Greg Scholl who is the CEO of The Orchard which is a publicly-owned distributor of music for independent record labels, including one that it owns named TVT. The company also distributes over 3,000 hours of video and TV shows for clients who are the rights holders. Most of the files are distributed digitally to stores like iTunes, Amazon.com, and eMusic. The Orchard recently agreed to participate with the major record labels in an initiative from MySpace that will provide advertising-supported streams of music on-demand. The new music.myspace.com page will enable visitors to choose the songs they want and listen to them for free. The experience will be much like the subscriptions services of Rhapsody and Napster, except that there will be no charge for the MySpace variation when consumers are listening at their computers. Individuals wishing to buy any of the tracks (e.g. to put on their iPods) will be directed to online stores such as Amazon.com. Gregg believes that such advertising-supported businesses will ultimately become the major source of revenues for the recorded music business. Recently the music publishers and the record labels came to an agreement that will enable such businesses to pay royalties as a percent of revenue generated as opposed requiring a fixed fee per stream. In our analysis, advertising-supported websites may eventually replace radio as the primary means for popularizing new releases for two reasons. First, radio is losing audience to the Internet. Second, such websites can take advantage of the social media aspects of the Net that enable friends to share music thereby spreading the popularity to the tracks they choose to share.
Oracle and HP Explain History, Role and Future for New Exadata Server and Database Machine The sidewalks were still jammed around San Francisco's Moscone Center and the wonderment of an Oracle hardware announcement was still palpable across the IT infrastructure universe late last week. Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison caught the Oracle OpenWorld conference audience by surprise Sept. 24 by rolling out the Exadata line of two hardware-software configurations. The integrated servers re-architect the relationship between Oracle's 11g database and high-performance storage. Exadata, in essence, gives new meaning to "attached" storage for Oracle databases. It mimics the close pairing of data and logic execution that such cloud providers as Google use with MapReduce technologies. The unveiling clearly deserves more detail, more understanding. Listen as Dana Gardner interviews Rich Palmer, director of technology and strategy for the industry standard servers group at HP, along with Willie Hardie, vice president Oracle database product marketing, on the inside story on Exadata for BriefingsDirect. The discussion took place Sept. 25, 2008 at the Oracle OpenWorld conference. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard.
Dan Saffer - Experience Design Director, Adaptive Path This week I sat down with Dan Saffer the Experience Design Director at Adaptive Path. Dan issued a ‘manifesto’ about a month ago for interaction designers around coming up with a set of gestural patterns for touch interactions. The concept and his manifesto were very compelling personally, so I wanted to share it with you. Let me know what you think in the comments on this post.
Java Posse #208 - Report from JVM Languages Summit Boffins Charles Oliver Nutter Neal Gafter Bill Pugh Christian Kemper Neal Gafter to Microsoft! Java Puzzlers Lightweight method handles and bytecode loading Continuations/stack introspection Intermediate wrapper types Symbolic freedom (non-java names) Better performance Maxine VM
Value Based Fees with Alan Weiss I had a great chat with Alan Weiss, author of Million Dollar Consulting for the September edition of the Coaching Excellence Series. We talked about the difference between coaching and consulting and how to charge for services based on value rather than hourly.
e-Learning Lingo Podcast #10-CSS What is "CSS?"
Extreme Makeover: Human Resources Edition Learn about Microsoft technologies that your HR department can employ to automate redundant tasks that demand time from their day. Makeover your Human Resources department today.
e-Learning Lingo Podcast #64-Asynchronous Learning What is "Asynchronous Learning?"
Business Service Management: Assuring Operational Success Through Improved Service Visibility Aligning IT with the objectives of the business requires a transformative change in how IT operates. IBM’s BSM solutions provide the tools to help with that transformation by providing essential business context from the top to the bottom of the business service delivery chain.
Interview: From Oracle OpenWorld, HP's John Santaferraro on Latest BI Modernization Strategies Leading up to HP and Oracle's blockbuster announcement Sept. 24 of record-breaking data warehouse appliance performance, the business value of these infrastructure breakthroughs was the topic of a BriefingsDirect interview with John Santaferraro, director of marketing for HP's Business Intelligence Portfolio. Now that the optimized hardware and software are available to produce the means to analyze and query huge data sets in near real-time, the focus moves to how to best leverage these capabilities. Listen as Dana Gardner interviews Santaferraro on such new and productive concepts as "operational BI" and "BI Modernization." The discussion took place Sept. 23, 2008 at the Oracle OpenWorld conference. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard.
IT Service Management and Security - Coming Full Circle: ITSM Vulnerability and Patch Management The full lifecycle of IT Service Management and Security Management is here. It's never been easier to protect and manage your IT environment with integrated processes. Watch the replay of the first web seminar in this series to see how combining IT Service Management with Vulnerability and Patch Management allows you to scan your environment, determine risks and implement change - all as part of your established IT processes.
Taking Leadership to the Next Level How to Climb the Last Few Rungs of the Corporate Ladder Only a handful of executives will ever reach the pinnacle. Will you be one of them? It could be that simple “transactional flaws” are leading to negative perceptions from those around you. Join this Webcast to hear Marshall Goldsmith describe how subtle nuances make all the difference in your journey to the top. Marshall will take you through the trouble with success, outlining how previous accomplishments often prevent you from gaining still more success. And he’ll explore why high achievers are often resistant to change in their approach to interpersonal relationships. The good news is that these are things that can be easily fixed.
Next-Generation Scalable NAS for Digital Media The digital industry is in the midst of unprecedented growth and transformation. With so many ways to capture and share digital information, Web 2.0 businesses like social networking sites have propelled the growth and consumption of user generated rich media like photos, graphics, music and video files. For video portals, live sports events and other online entertainment, the Internet is the vehicle for delivering on-demand digital content. Traditional broadcasting companies are also leveraging the Internet to deliver premium content in high-definition for on-demand viewing. As digital content and delivery evolve, both traditional enterprises and Web 2.0 companies need a solution that can scale to meet increasing demands. Managing and delivering rich media files requires a special storage infrastructure. Attend this webcast as Srikanth Venkataseshu of HP explores the company’s next generation of Scalable NAS and discusses how its high availability and massive scalability is uniquely suited to address the demands of this new and exciting digital era.
Using Digital, Web 2.0 Tactics To Boost B2B Marketing Results In this podcast with Laura Ramos, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, discusses how Web 2.0 tactics like rich media, blogging, RSS, and social networks help B2B marketers meet their top challenges.
Email Archiving 101: It’s Not Just about Email Anymore Would you like to reduce your company's Exchange storage by 50 to 60 percent? Do you need a more clearly defined email retention policy in your environment? Are HR-related requests to search email on backup tapes your worst nightmare? If you answered yes to any of these questions, join this webinar to learn how email archiving can help you solve these and other important problems. Learn why email archiving is the most efficient and reliable long-term solution for managing Microsoft Exchange.
IBM System z and Data Governance: A Secure Platform for an Insecure World Different people have different security needs. This webcast covers today's regulatory landscape and how IBM System z software solutions can address your sensitive data issues.
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Mob Marketing Direct marketers have added another weapon to their communication arsenal: the corporate Web site. Most Web sites, however, do a poor job of delivering compelling and relevant content to online visitors. Online interaction optimization can remedy this problem. Join featured guest Suresh Vittal, Principal Analyst at Forrester, as he discusses ways to optimize online interactions and improve customer experiences.
From OpenWorld, Oracle and HP Align Forces to Modernize Legacy Apps and Spur IT Transformation The avenues to IT transformation are many, but the end result must include modernization of data, applications, systems, and operational best practices. It's no surprise then that the partnership of Oracle and Hewlett-Packard gained new ground at the 2008 Oracle OpenWorld conference. The companies are providing products and services that holistically support the many required variables to successfully implement IT transformation. To learn more about how HP and Oracle will continue to act in concert, especially as enterprises seek the highest data center performance at the lowest cost, BriefingsDirect's Dana Gardner interviewed Paul Evans, worldwide marketing lead for IT transformation solutions at HP, and Lance Knowlton, vice president for modernization at Oracle. The discussion took place Sept. 23, 2008 at the Oracle OpenWorld conference. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard.
GlobalLogic Version 1.0 Service -- Search Engine Marketing: When? Where? How Much? Presenting at the webcast will be both Consumers and Providers of Search Engine Marketing to talk about when to start your effort, where to focus it, and how much to put into it to support your launch goals. Discussion Topics: At what stage of a technology company's lifecycle should an investment in Search Engine Marketing be made. What are the differences between an early stage technology company, and an established company planning to enter new markets, leveraging Search Engine Marketing. Comparing PPC vs. SEO. Using a 3rd party vendor vs. doing it in-house; selecting a 3rd party vendor. what to look for. Considerations on Blog design and blogging strategy, Targeted banner/display advertising, Web- and microsite development.
Benchmarking Your BI Maturity Now, it's easier than ever to begin benchmarking your BI maturity. TDWI's new online benchmarking service gives users an opportunity to see how they stack up against each other in eight categories of BI capability. In this Webinar, Wayne Eckerson, director of TDWI Research, will step through the narrative of the TDWI's BI Maturity Model, which he created and which forms the basis for TDWI's online benchmarking service.
Java Posse #207 - Listener Feedback GetJar Android Simon Brown on JavaFX
The Future of CCIE Certification Jeff Doyle and CCIE Program Manager, Yusuf Bhaiji, discuss the future of CCIE certification. Learn about the hardware and software changes and which exam blueprint you should be following.
Amid Finance Turmoil, Combined HP-EDS Solutions Uniquely Span Public-Private Divide As Wall Street faces some its most turbulent times, HP and the newly acquired EDS unit are combining forces in unique ways. Between them, EDS and HP have been servicing the financial and government sectors for decades. Combined, HP and EDS are uniquely positioned to assist potentially massive transitions and unprecedented public-private interactions. To learn more about how HP and EDS newly align amid financial sector turmoil, BriefingsDirect interviews Maria Allen, vice president of Global Financial Services Industry solutions at EDS. The discussion, moderated by Dana Gardner, was recorded Sept. 22, 2008 at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard.
eDiscovery in Data Governance Data is a company's most coveted asset, as well as the most critical source of insight into an organization's activities. But just how are organizations managing this essential information, and what outside pressures are they feeling to ensure accuracy and security? This one-on-one interview with CompuCredit's ISO Jeffrey Reich delves into just what a Data Governance plan entails and how the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure's latest eDiscovery amendment impacts this strategy.
On-Premises vs. SaaS: Learn Why Your Organization Should Get Out of the Email Business Join this webinar to hear IDC collaboration strategist Mark Levitt describe how the evolution of email, messaging and collaboration has reached the point where companies should revisit the decision made years ago between on-premises software or software as a service (SaaS). Joining Mark is Chuck Marratt of MTM Luxury Hotels, who will share how hosted Exchange 2007 and other SaaS applications play an important role both strategically and in the day-to-day operations at this luxury, boutique hotel group.
Untethered Terrain: Creating Competitive Advantage with a Flexible Mobile Infrastructure Manufacturers are seeing the emergence of what some call “the third network”, which is the wireless infrastructure. Companies that have been wired into Ethernet in the enterprise and control networks in the plant are finding out that a wireless strategy not only erases the dividing lines between operations, but also allows them to be more productive and efficient because individuals can react instantly to an event. To do that, however, requires a flexible architecture that includes any combination of cellular, RFID, and WiFi wireless protocols which provide follow-me connectivity.
The Amazing Information Race Learn how to become more productive, more secure, more agile, and more competitive using the workflow power of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the building blocks of AgilePoint Business Process Management Suite. Help your company win the Amazing Information Race
Forrester on Virtualization: Unraveling Advanced Virtualization Architectures & Techniques Virtualization continues to be the dominant buzzword for businesses wanting to reduce IT costs, and ultimately create a more flexible, efficient and automated workload environment for next generation computing infrastructures. Based on several years of both advising and collaborating with clients and IT vendors, Vice President and Principal Analyst Brad Day of Forrester Research discusses the trends, best practices, and critical selection criteria in the broad and empowering use of advanced virtualization stacks.
Unit Testing Jim Newkirk discusses the need for a next-generation Unit Testing Framework, and how xUnit.net ads extensibility and best practices to the framework.
Sales Gravy Podcast My guest for this week's episode is Jeb Blount, veteran sales professional and creator of the Sales Gravy website, podcast and community. Sales Gravy is a tremendously rich resource for anyone in the sales profession or anyone looking to get into the sales profession. Jeb's podcasts are fast moving and packed with useful info. We spent the bulk of this session exploring ways to get sales and marketing on the same page.
Episode 22: Guy Wallace Talks about His e-Book, T&D Systems View Guy Wallace, a Certified Performance Technologist and President of EPPIC, Inc. (an Instructional Design and Performance Improvement consulting firm in North Carolina)talks about his e-Book, T&D Systems View.
How To Podcast If you would like to learn how to become a podcaster, this video is for you. Podcasting essentially enables you to have your own radio or television station. The programs will be automatically delivered to your audience and received by most any Internet-connected multimedia device including computers, iPods, and iPhones. Even televisions can receive your shows if they are connected via a LAN to a computer. Finally, the programs can be heard, or viewed, anytime after they are released. There is no need for the audience to “tune in” at a scheduled time or risk missing the show. Today’s video demonstrates at least two ways that podcasting can augment corporate communications. First, consider those of you who are using regular text-based newsletters to communicate with clients and prospects. It is a time proven way maintaining steady contact with them. When you provide useful information the newsletter is a powerful form of advertising that the user does not recognize as advertising in the traditional obtrusive sense. However, if you add audio to the text you are able to convey a sense of personality that is much harder to impart in the written word. Moreover, you can explain more complex ideas in a conversational way. Finally, with video podcasting you can take advantage of the concept that a picture is worth a thousand words. Videos enable you to demonstrate products and services that are difficult to explain with words alone. The second example is the corporate press release. Regrettably, text-based press releases for technology companies are far too often incomprehensible because they are so jargon-filled. But if a marketing executive were able to sit down with the recipient, he could likely explain the message in plain English. Simply embedding audio or video discussions and demonstrations within the press release itself will make it easy for the recipient to click on a link ato hear, or watch a presentation, for a better understanding. If he is a regular recipient of your press releases, he may as well get it as a podcast anyway so that the audio or video explanation is automatically delivered.
BAM: The Killer App Join CEP Thought Leader, Tim Bass and SL Corporation to learn about the real purpose of event processing/CEP, and the key business benefits that BAM provides in conjunction with event processing. Detailed case studies from several companies who have successfully leveraged the BAM + CEP formula to gain critical real-time visibility into their businesses will also be presented.
An Economy-Proof Approach to Managing T&E Expenses Is today's economy forcing your company to rethink its T&E policies? Is your company changing these policies as often as the price of fuel changes? If so, perhaps it's time to establish T&E policies to reflect metrics that are within your company's control and are sustainable for the long term. Join our experts for an interactive discussion where you can ask about best practices in managing T&E expenses. If fluctuations in the economic climate and the increasing cost of fuel are holding your T&E policies hostage, this is one webcast you can't afford to miss.
Listener Feedback #24 Leo and I discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world 'application notes' for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed.
Your Users Can Run, but They Can’t Hide from Remote User Management How often have you found that the road warriors in your organization shirk the need to apply patches? Disconnected workgroups, distributed sales teams, and traveling consultants oftentimes are disconnected from the network for so long that their computer never receives the necessary patches and applications to keep in stride with the rest of the organization.
3 Keys to Preparing for CRM Success Companies invest in CRM technologies in order to increase revenue, lower operating costs and improve customer satisfaction. Buying and installing CRM software without a well-defined plan is not the answer. Learn how a clear business strategy for your CRM processes and goals will allow you to achieve your business objectives and maximize the return on your CRM investment.
Open Source Alternative for Enterprise Content Management As the amount and complexity of data increases, the demand for easy, reliable and flexible ECM solutions from organizations of all sizes grows as well. An enterprise class open source stack can meet this demand and is at the forefront of innovation in ECM. Learn how Alfresco, Ingres and Rivet Logic can help you develop, deploy and manage cost effective, open source ECM solutions that meet the mission-critical requirements of Enterprises. Utilizing Alfresco as the content repository and Ingres as a scalable and secure database is enabling innovative document management, team collaboration, knowledge management, and other Enterprise 2.0 apps
Mid-Year Report: Malware, Spam and Web Threats in 2008 The web continues to be a vector for cyber threats. Incidents of spear-phishing continue to dupe users, and botnets are increasing in popularity amongst growing economies across the globe. Complex polymorphic viruses (as opposed to the more mundane Trojan horses) are getting headlines, and worms and adware are exploiting social-networking websites. We’ll explore the current threatscape during this live Webcast featuring Mark Harris, Global Security Threat Expert and Director of SophosLabsTM – where more than 10,000 new samples of malware are analyzed every day.
Adam Gordon on Being Future Savvy In order to succeed in their industries, decision-makers today need to anticipate the future outcomes not only in their own industry but also in society and technology as well. Futures analyst Adam Gordon has spent a lifetime deciphering changes and trends in a variety of industries. His book Future Savvy (AMACOM) is a hands-on guide for how to evaluate the business, social, and technology forecasts in both the mainstream media and specialized reporting.
Metrics That Matter: Uncovering KPIs That Get Results What makes high performing IT organizations different from underperforming organizations? How does your organization measure up against the best performing IT organizations? Listen to this free on-demand webcast to hear Gene Kim, CTO of Tripwire, discuss data from the IT Process Institute. Learn what the top performers have to teach about improving efficiency, sustaining compliance and security, increasing system availability and reducing the frequency of outages.
If you don't know where you're going you're never going to get there. Territory Planning for Sales Professionals It's undeniable that if you don't know where you are going you're never going to get there. So how can you attain your personal sales goals if you don't define what they are? In this episode Mike and Joe talk about how to go about defining your sales goals for the year and then translating those goals into a territory plan.
eEye Retina Web Security Scanner: How it can help you with Automated Discovery of Web Application Vulnerabilities and their Remediation Watch this webinar to learn: * The challenges in web application vulnerability assessment * How RetinaWeb can assess web applications * How RetinaWeb reports can help you to efficiently manage the remediation process
e-Learning Lingo Podcast #63-Business Process Re-engineering What is "Business Process Re-engineering?"
Moments in Marketing Herb Cohen Interview Moments in Marketing host and author of the bestselling marketing book, Mommy where do customers come from, Larry Bailin
Introduction to Email Archiving - Solving the Top 10 Email Problems This podcast by expert Michael Osterman, President and Founder of Osterman Research, introduces the listener to email archiving and outlines the major problems created by email and attachments.
Blue Coat's ProxyClient Learn more about Blue Coat’s ProxyClient. It is client software that accelerates application performance and gives LAN-like performance in any location. The ProxyClient extends URL filtering benefits to remote users. Create an office-like experience for your remote users.
How to Become an Expert on Anything in 2 Hours The Essential Skills That Can Make You an Expert in Any Field This Webcast explores what it takes for you to become a real expert—someone who has substance to offer—not a con artist. Whether you're attempting to gain trust, get your point across, or build relationships, your ability to connect with others immediately through knowledge of a particular subject is a vital skill. Be warned that shortcuts like peppering conversation with jargon or random facts are transparent at best, and often work against your intent. This Webcast examines the correct approach for convincing others that you "know what you’re talking about"—helping win clients, gain allies, make sales, and much more. Is it difficult? Will it take lots of time? Actually the processes and strategies you'll discover are straightforward and can be mastered in short order. You'll hear how to quickly take in small amounts of information in a given area and use it to convey familiarity in a conversation. For example, the Webcast will explore ways to: Conduct fast, targeted research on any topic Inject information at exactly the right moments in a conversation Read human behavior to determine when others are “buying” your expertise Ask the right types of questions to demonstrate knowledge of a subject And much more! Plan on attending this Webcast to find out how you can generate amazing rapport with anyone by honing in on the one subject that interests them most: their own area of expertise.
Making the Connection: Engaging and Closing Sales over the Phone Maximizing Your Return on Every Phone Call Selling is a different game today. Efficiency and speed are the name of the game. Today, the telephone has become an increasingly important sales tool that can maximize your reach by minimizing the face-to-face meetings. The telephone is a powerful sales tool. But it needs to be used correctly to be effective. Are your phone skills up to par? Using the telephone effectively requires a specific set of skills and techniques, such as: How do you build relationships with people whom you never meet in person? What do you do to make your conviction and customer commitment emerge dynamically from the impersonal telephone? How do you understand listener reactions while you converse?
Part 2: A look inside Vista's second beta, HP 'blades everything,' AOL reworks Netscape.com into social news site, and more Part 2: A look inside Vista's second beta, HP 'blades everything,' AOL reworks Netscape.com into social news site, and more
iTKO's SOA Testing and Validation Role Supports Increasingly Complex Integration Lifecycles The real value of IT comes not from the systems, but from agile business processes in actual use. Growing complexity, and the need to support a process orchestration of the old applications and the new services, places a premium on validating at the process level before -- not after -- implementation. iTKO, through it's LISA product and solutions methods, has created a continuous validation framework for SOA and middleware integrations. To learn more about performance and quality assurance issues around enterprise integration, middleware, and SOA, we interview John Michelsen, chief architect and founder of iTKO. Our podcast is moderated by Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions. Sponsor: iTKO.
Java Posse #206 - Newscast for Sept 17th 2008 Java complexity again, but from a different angle: JVM Language summit - the details emerge Delegates for Java? + Java Project of the week - Tokyo Jogging
How to Champion a Commercial Open Source IT Management Solution to Executive Management Today’s new trends in IT Management is to replace proprietary solutions for open source solutions because of the proprietary software’s restricted extensibility, bloated functionality and lofty maintenance costs. Decision influencers have several important steps to prove the open source strength and cost effectiveness to convince management to make the switch. Join Audrey Rasmussen, analyst at Ptak, Noel and Associates and Tara Spalding and Rich Trezza from GroundWork Open Source share insight on what IT managers are experiencing in their software purchasing such as budget shifts and service level expectations.
CCIE Certification with Yusuf Bhaiji Jeff Doyle and CCIE Program Manager Yusuf Bhaiji discuss the CCIE security track. Learn about the structure of the CCIE programs and how to strategically sculpt your professional education.
Web Application Security: Causes, Discovery and Remediation Having a web application security plan is important for your company. Gartner Group estimates that 70% of all website attacks target the application. Moreover, PCI standards, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and state laws mandate application inspections, safeguards, and breach notifications. In this webinar, you will learn: (1) What kinds of vulnerabilities exist in web applications; (2) How do they put your organization at risk; (3) Whether or not you are required to test for web application vulnerabilities; (4) How you can test for these vulnerabilities and what kinds of tools you would need; and (5) How you can remediate these vulnerabilities.
Episode 18: 2008 Interview with Viola Hamilton-Wilkes of PneuDraulics, Inc. Viola Hamilton-Wilkes, Training Manager for PneuDraulics, Inc. discusses their use of the SyberWorks Learning Management System to track and manage on-the-job training and classroom training for manufacturing workers. PneuDraulics produces high quality hydraulic system components for the military, commercial, and commuter aerospace industries.
Talking Outsourced IT with Tom Wilson With each new advancement in connectivity and mobility outsour