Network World podcasts cover the network industry and enterprise technology with updates and weekly discussions.
Network World's Twisted Pair
Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw's off-center look at the week in tech news and other crazy items.
Latest episode:
Christmas Holiday Spectacular Blowout Variety Show 12/23/08
Jason and Keith celebrate the holidays by discussing their favorite holiday music, movies and traditions. Plus, it's the return of the Blooper Reel. (23:30)
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Network World Panorama
Interviews with industry experts and analysts that give you a high-level view of the networking landscape.
Latest episode:
5 Ways Employees Can Sabotage Your Network 01/07/09
With a poor economy and layoffs looming at a company, the most trusted employees can often turn and become an insider threat.
Tim Connelly from Netcordia discusses five different ways that they can attack your network as a way for revenge or even profit (from
data theft). (7:36)
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Network World 360
Delivering the day's top news, highlights and the best of NetworkWorld.com.
Latest episode:
Cloud computing standards; Applying P2P to traffic control 01/08/09
Open Cloud Consortium addresses the technical issues facing cloud computing; University of California, Irvine researchers are applying lessons learned from music and video peer-to-peer file transfer networks to a system for reducing traffic jams on the roads. (6:49)
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Network World's Newsmaker of the Week
Network World's podcast that shines a spotlight on one individual whose actions or comments this week made big headlines across
the network industry.
Latest episode:
Could Obama stimulus create 1 million tech jobs? 01/08/09
Robert Atkinson, founder and president of the nonprofit Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington, DC-based
technology policy think tank, discusses how the federal government could create 1 million new jobs by investing $30 billion
into America's IT infrastructure. (12:27)
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Cisco News & Reviews
Ken Presti, analyst and president of Presti Research & Consulting, Inc., and author of Cisco Subnet's ChannelSurfing blog,
dissects Cisco's past seven days.
Latest episode:
Cisco aims to recognize wireless experts with new CCIE Wireless designation 12/18/08
Cisco recently added CCIE Wireless to its Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert level certification program, the vendor's highest designation for engineers. Ken Presti talks to Jeanne Beliveau Dunn, general manager of Learning@Cisco, about why Cisco added wireless to its CCIE stable, the wireless knowledge that CCIE Wireless certification holders must demonstrates and the support that Cisco will provide certification candidates and holders. Plus: How does the introduction of CCIE Wireless affect employers? (4:07)
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Network Downtime
Denise Dubie and Jason Meserve review films that put technology in the Hollywood spotlight, but sometimes get it wrong.
Latest episode:
Quantum of Solace: Good, Real Good 11/14/08
James Bond fans should be thrilled with the latest installment international spy series featuring Daniel Craig as the estimable 007. There's action on land, sea and air in this one, though the number of gadgets is surprisingly low. (13:41)
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DEMOcast
Carla Thompson from Guidewire Group and Keith Shaw from Network World discuss the latest technology news and how it affects
the DEMO community of innovators, influencers and entrepreneurs.
Latest episode:
How much personal info should tech CEOs reveal? 01/08/09
Carla and Keith talk about the importance of a technology CEOs personal life (in light of the Steve Jobs health news), and what start-ups should take away from events like CES and Macworld. (18:54).
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Networking Geek to Geek with Jimmy Ray Purser
Networking geek and Cisco Subnet blogger Jimmy Ray Purser discovers new tools and services for network engineers.
Latest episode:
Extending VoIP beyond the dial tone 11/17/08
Jimmy Ray Purser catches up with Radianta's Scott Cunningham to discuss his company's voice over IP offerings and how they can help eliminate the number of devices on a desk while still improving communications. (16:36)
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JavaWorld's Java Technology Insider
Inside views on essential and emerging Java technologies from the developers shaping the future of the Java platform.
Latest episode:
Unwrapping JavaFX 1.0 12/04/08
JavaFX 1.0 makes its debut today amid high hopes and a sea of doubt. 
Some in the Java community believe JavaFX could become "the application environment for the Java platform," while others say
Sun has made nothing but mistakes on the client side, and JFX is too little, too late. In this talk with Sun Microsystems
Senior Director of Java Marketing Param Singh, and JavaFX Architect John Burkey, Andrew Glover addresses both the concerns
associated with JavaFX 1.0 and its potential. Get the developer's perspective on what you'll be able to do with JavaFX 1.0.
Also hear Sun's answer to the question: What does JavaFX 1.0 mean for Swing?
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Converging on Microsoft
Mitchell Ashley talks with interesting people about interesting topics in the world of Microsoft.
Latest episode:
Shifting IT Attitudes About SaaS 11/20/08
Jeff Kaplan, managing partner at THINKstrategies joins me to dive deep into what IT organizations are doing with SaaS. The economic challenges seem to have accelerated use of SaaS by IT groups, maturing SaaS to a point where it is much more palatable to IT. (27:45)
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Forrester Fundamentals
Forrester Research analysts and Network World editors give you the lowdown on the industry's hottest technology trends.
Latest episode:
Outsourcing 2.0: What's next 11/17/08
With current economic conditions putting pressure on IT staffs, what's next in the IT services outsourcing space? Alex talks
with Forrester's Paul Roehrig about the next generation of IT services. (16:39)
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Ron Nutter's Help Desk Tool Chest
Ron Nutter answers listener questions about technology problems and talks with industry experts about tips for better computing
and networking.
Latest episode:
Ultimate Analysis Laptop Part 2 - Software Selection, Tableau's forensic hardware 01/07/09
Continuing from an earlier podcast, this time we will start looking at the software that has been selected for use on the
Ultimate Analysis Laptop project. We next have a conversation with Robert Botcheck, President of Tableau LLC discussing the
proper ways to gather a proper forensic copy of a drive for later analysis or use in a legal situation. (46:50)
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Voices from IT Roadmap
One-on-one interviews in which IT professionals discuss case studies presented at Network World's IT Roadmap Conferences.
Learn how these professionals deal with IT issues including security, mobility, storage, compliance, network management, virtualization,
VOIP, network acceleration and more.
Latest episode:
Curing the Bumbling Idiot Syndrome 12/30/08
Are your users the first to notice an application performance problem? Jim Metzler of Ashton, Metzler & Associates explains how to change practices and technologies to ensure IT is the first to notice a problem and look less like idiots. (19:43)
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LinuxCast
Don Marti brings you the latest Linux news and interviews with Linux insiders.
Latest episode:
Cisco offers Microsoft Exchange replacement: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 08/28/08
LinuxWorld.com author Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, who recently wrote "Can Open Source replace Microsoft Exchange?" explains the technical and business rationale behind Cisco's entry into the e-mail and groupware market. Postpath promises to be not just easier to license, but less stressful on the hardware budget. (19:59)
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Reality Check - Steps to a Successful Windows Vista® Deployment
Module One: Factors to Consider When Building a Windows Vista® Deployment Plan
An interview with Kurt Stonecipher Senior Product Manager for Managed Services at Dell, outlining some key factors to consider when building a Windows Vista deployment plan.
Topics covered include: Steps to a successful Windows Vista deployment Hardware readiness Software readiness Organizational readiness End-user readiness
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Module Two: Tools for Windows Vista® Deployment
An interview with Omer Qureshi. Technology Development Manager for the Enterprise Partner Group at Microsoft, discussing key OS migration tools. Tools covered include:ACT USMT UVHA MDOP Additional tools from Microsoft
Module Three: Windows Vista® Deployment Tips from the Field
An interview with Jukka Kouletsis, Program Manager at Dell, talking about lessons learned in the field about Windows Vista deployment. Topics covered include: Lessons learned from Dell customers have have migrated to Windows Vista®,
Timeline for components in a deployment plan, Strategies for improving security & compliance,
Impact of intangibles, software, infrastructure and image management on project success
