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NetVigilance CTO Jesper Jurcenoks Speaks

James Gaskin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:58:40 +0000

Jesper Jurcenoks, technical leader of NetVigilance.com, says if a device has a TCP/IP address, his software can test it for vulnerabilities. With customers ranging from 10 devices to over 100,000, Jurcenoks has seen plenty and shares his considerable expertise in network vulnerability assessment in this video interview.
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MailFoundry CEO David Troup Speaks

James Gaskin — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:28:10 +0000

Their spam guarantee doesn’t mince words: no false positives. David Troup explains how and why they developed their spam appliance and how long it takes customers to believe that guarantee. Troup also tells why he provides spam filtering for companies with 10 mailboxes or less for free.

Tags: email, open source, Spam

John Locke Speaks About Running an Open Source Support Company

James Gaskin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:28:37 +0000

John Locke’s book “Open Source Solutions to Small Business Problems” in 2004 set the stage for his Freelock Computing company to expand into all areas of Open Source development, administration, and support. Locke explains how his company thrives in Seattle.

Tags: open source

Untangle Open Source Network Gateway Overview

James Gaskin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:33:10 +0000

Carly Adams, West Coast sales manager for Untangle, explains what the company does, what a network gateway is, and how they support the Open Source movement yet still make money.

Tags: Carly Adams, Untangle, open source

DYMO File Overview

James Gaskin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:17:19 +0000

Remember those handheld DYMO labelers? The company now has ways to help you scan and later find your paper documents. Jeremy Petty, Business Development Manager for the DYMO File product line, explains how it works and gives a demo.

Tags: DYMO, Jeremy Petty

David Yarborough of Computer-Plus Speaks

James Gaskin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:15:33 +0000

David Yarborough, President of Computer-Plus, talks about the printer support business while standing over the smoking printer he uses to catch attention during the ITEC conferences. Guess what’s the most disgusting thing he ever dug out of a printer?

Tags: David Yarborough, Computer-Plus, ITEC

Follow your comments around the web with SezWho

Robert Scoble — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:12:27 +0000

If you’re a blogger you should check SezWho out. It’s a technology that you add to your blog server that lets your blog’s comments be FAR more useful. Here Jitendra Gupta, CEO, and Tedd Corman, VP of business development, gives us all the details. VentureBeat uses this, along with many other blogs I like.

Tags: SezWho, Jitendra Gupta, Tedd Corman, VentureBeat

Intel vPro and Altiris Update

James Gaskin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:25:29 +0000

Fred Jentgen, American Marketing Manager for Intel, and Kevin Unbedacht, Sr. Manager, Strategic Alliance Channel Sales for Altiris (now a part of Symantec), discuss the continued integration of Intel’s vPro technology hooks into Altiris/Symantec software. Improvements on the initial feature set provide more ways to manage computers without actually touching them, which saves money as companies support their users. This interview was done at the fall ManageFusion 07 convention in Orlando.

Tags: Fred Jentgen, Intel, Kevin Unbedacht, Altiris, Symantec, vPro, ManageFusion

ZyXEL NSA 2400 Overview

James Gaskin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:16:14 +0000

The ZyXEL NSA-2400 Network Attached Storage devices offers a solid chassis, a business-like attitude, and backup software for Windows clients and SQL and MS Exchange servers.

Tags: ZyXEL, NSA-2400, Network Attached Storage, backup software, SQL, MS Exchange

Steve Fairbanks on BackupExec System Recovery

James Gaskin — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:46:48 +0000

Symantec product manager Steve Fairbanks discusses improvements in their BackupExec System Restore product during the Altiris ManageFusion user conference.

Tags: Symantec, Steve Fairbanks, BackupExec, System Restore, Altiris, ManageFusion

Dwain Kinghorn Altiris VP Engineering Speaks

James Gaskin — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:16:04 +0000

Altiris users know Dwain as one of the brain trust of the Altiris product line. At the ManageFusion 07 conference in Orlando, Dwain talks about the Symantec integration and ways to convince your management to step up to a real network management suite of products.

Tags: Altiris, Dwain, ManageFusion, Orlando, Symantec

More PR Advice for Small and Growing Companies

James Gaskin — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:07:03 +0000

The second interview with PR expert practitioner Cheryl Snapp Conner, a follow up to the first interview here, dives into how to choose a PR person or firm, and ways to leverage your PR dollar for the most impact.

Tags: Cheryl Snapp Conner

Rob Boyd from Cisco TechWise TV

James Gaskin — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:28:53 +0000

Rob Boyd, co-host and managing editor for Cisco’s TechWise TV series on the Web, explains how they choose topics and prepare for shows. Rob also details changes in TechWise TV and BizWise TV for the next year.

Tags: Rob Boyd, Cisco, TechWise TV, BizWise TV

Eaton BladeUPS Overview

James Gaskin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:58:52 +0000

Chris Loeffler demonstrates Eaton’s new BladeUPS rack mounted battery backup and power distribution systems at the Data Center World show in Dallas.

Tags: Chris Loeffler

Avocent PM42 Overview

James Gaskin — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:18:07 +0000

Ashish Moondra, with help from Nathalie Reagins, demonstrates their new Cyclades PM42 manageable power strip at the Data Center World show in Dallas.

Tags: Ashish Moondra, Nathalie Reagins, Cyclades

CXtec Fiber Cable Management

James Gaskin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:47:41 +0000

Rick Dallmann shows the new CXtec Fiber Enclosures and Modules to better manage fiber cabling in a data center. The cables and modules support the current 10Gbps speeds, but are ready for the future with a rating for 40Gbps.

Tags: Rick Dallmann, CXtec, Fiber Enclosures

AFCOM CEO Speaks

James Gaskin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:00:01 +0000

Jill Eckhaus, CEO, explains what AFCOM does, who belongs, and services the group provides. This interview happened at the Data Center World Conference in September 2007 in Dallas, one of their major member benefits.

Tags: Jill Eckhaus, AFCOM, Data Center World Conference

ActivePower Flywheel UPS

James Gaskin — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:37:35 +0000

Backup power for data centers usually means a huge bank of heavy, expensive, and toxic batteries. ActivePower’s Martin Olsen explains how the company’s environmentally-friendly power backup system, powered by a 600 pound flywheel, saves space and money.

Tags: data centers, ActivePower, Martin Olsen

Videoconferencing by Telanetix

James Gaskin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:28:41 +0000

How to best show teleconferencing? Let the vendor use their product for a meeting. From the Dallas office of Audio Visual Innovations, the reseller, I spoke with Bob Leggio (VP of Sales) and Rob Arnold (CTO) of Telanetix while they sat in their New Jersey and California offices.

Tags: teleconferencing, Audio Visual Innovations, Bob Leggio, Rob Arnold, Telanetix

PlatinumNAS_101

James Gaskin — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:00:17 +0000

MicroNet makes external storage products for individual systems (PC and Macintosh) as well as Network Attached Storage devices. The PlatinumNAS Network Attached Storage Unit in this video compares quite well with competitor models. It’s small, quiet, easy to administer, and looks good on the shelf.

Tags: MicroNet, external storage, Network Attached Storage

Community Blogging With BlogFusion

James Gaskin — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:06:51 +0000

Dave Livingston, chief technology officer for Brainband Technology Services, explains and demonstrates their new community blogging product called BlogFusion. All the individual blog tools you expect from a service are there, and they’ve added ways to organize communities of bloggers around central blog sites. The blog administrator handles control and management details, and the blog team members work as they do on personal blogs.

Tags: Dave Livingston, Brainband Technology Services, BlogFusion

Brand Marketing to Cell Phones

James Gaskin — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:54:52 +0000

Russell Morgan, chief operating officer of GroupieTunes, explains how the company uses cell phones to reach out to customers and increase the awareness for customers. Their “Mobile Community Network Enabler” platform allows, for instance, music fans to get messages and alerts from favorite groups anytime and anywhere.

Tags: Russell Morgan, GroupieTunes

Resonate With Customers

James Gaskin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:00:49 +0000

During my keynote speeches for the spring ITEC conferences, I explained to people from small and medium businesses how to use new marketing tools, like blogs, to better connect with customers. Since only about 10 percent of attendees admitted having their own company blogs, I focused less on blog technology and more on blog philosophy and value building a bond with customers.

Tags: marketing tools

Information Technology Solution Providers Alliance

James Gaskin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:40:04 +0000

Russell Morgan, founder and president of ITSPA, discusses the group during a break while taping the Wells Fargo Small Business Webcast on Technology and Your Business. Morgan also explains bad ideas in big businesses others should avoid, and good ideas small businesses should learn from big businesses.

Tags: Russell Morgan

A Webcast Producer Talks

James Gaskin — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:41:46 +0000

Josh Camire, producer of the Wells Fargo Small Business Webcast series, talks about the process used by Wells Fargo to present their Webcasts. Josh also explains how companies with limited budgets can create interesting video content.

Tags: Josh Camire, Wells Fargo Small Business Webcast