Dr. Girish Saraph is the founder of Vegayan Systems, a networking start-up company located in IIT, Mumbai.

Vegayan Systems was one of the three winners of the TiE-Canaan Entrepreneurship challenge that was announced at the TiE entrepreneurial conference ( Dec.17-19 , 2006), in Mumbai.

As one of ...

While recently in Austria, Eddie Codel caught up with Mija Lorbek and Borut Kumperščak of Cyberpipe, an organization based in Slovenia whose goal is to stimulate media literacy and the development of an information society in Slovenia. Mija and Borut take us on a tour of several Cyperpipe projects including ...

PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with F5’s Ameet Dhillon, director of product management for secure remote access and WAN optimization. For more information visit www.f5.com/products/optimization.

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In an unprecedented move, RajShri Media, one of India’s biggest movie houses, premiered its latest movie on the Internet, on the very same day of its worldwide theatrical release.

Rajshri Media has already aggregated more than 3,000 hours of premium Indian video content across multiple genres. Consumers can stream ...

LOS ANGELES, October 31, 2006, (PodTech News) — As more and more content gets distributed over the Internet, P2P is finally getting a little respect. By distributing a broadcast’s bandwidth requirement over an entire network of participants rather than originating it from one central broadcast point, the file-sharing technology reduces ...

Application-aware VPN tools enable private IP enterprises to achieve high levels of performance for applications such as VoIP, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and video. With the proper network assessment, reporting, dynamic bandwidth and packet-marking tools, enterprises can more closely monitor performance, make adjustments and achieve cost-efficiencies. PodTech.net talks with Steve ...

San Francisco Chronicle radio columnist, Rolling Stone writer, and author Ben Fong-Torres says community and local emphasis is the key to the survival of terrestrial radio, as the market penetration of satellite radio increases. PodTech’s Michael Johnson talked to him at the Bandwidth music & technology conference in San Francisco.

After Napster, Sean Fanning founded SNOCAP, in hopes of promoting peer-to-peer networking, but the company has since evolved into a provider of digital licensing and copyright management services for artists exploring the new digital music marketplace. Rusty Rueff is the current CEO of the company. He spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson at the Bandwidth music & technology conference in San Francisco.

Federal laws governing licensing fees still have to catch up with the reality of internet technology, according to Mark Lam, CEO of Live365.com, which streams music and more — from local football and neighborhood churches to the likes of music by David Byrne and Santana. PodTech’s Michael Johnson talked to Lam and Live365’s Damon Ferrara at the Bandwidth music and technology conference in San Francisco.

According to Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music, recording artists are forming new relationships with their fans, turning away from the traditional “push” media like radio and television, and making use of new technologies to reframe their business relationships. Nettwerk, Canada’s largest independent record label, manages such artists as Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Dido and The Bare Naked Ladies. PodTech’s Michael Johnson caught up with McBride at the Bandwidth music & technology conference in San Francisco.

Independent media distribution over the Internet was once talked about–by independent content creators–as if it were a real option. But it was never realistic on a wide scale basis. The bandwidth, hardware and audience weren’t there. But times have changed. The tools to push content effectively over broadband connections are ...

LAS VEGAS, NV, May 2, 2006 (PodTech) — Cisco CEO John Chambers closed his Interop keynote speech arguing that networks which foster collaboration must serve the end user. “You talk about a bandwidth hog, it will be,” Chambers cautioned. “Think about it not in terms of productivity through IP-based applications, ...

CTIA president Steve Largent interviewed FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on the keynote stage on Day 1 of CTIA Wireless 2006. Martin says that creating a level playing field for all the providers is the key to good regulation. “If you have different kinds of regulations that apply to different ...

Intel’s Senior Fellow Kevin Kahn talks about Buidling the Mobile Tomorrow. Kevin talks candidly about the Future of Mobility. Keys to succes are understanding people and the use of technology then applying those learnings to develop more useful technology. Examples of delivering future mobility include:
Improving Mobile ...

by Jason Lopez

San Francisco, CA March 6, 2006 (PodTech News) — Amazon.com is reportedly creating a movie and television download service. Reuters, which relied on an unidentified source, says the online bookseller is negotiating with a number of Hollywood studios to partner in the venture. Apple is ...