Broadband connectivity is crucial for emerging communities and markets. Until recently, many governments turned a deaf ear to the calls for infrastructure in many of the world’s poorest cities and in rural areas where outreach was almost non-existent. But the urgency has been made clearer as communities, technology companies and ...

Broadband Service Providers (including WiMax Providers, Cable Operators, ISP’s, Telco’s, Managed Service Providers, Satellite Broadband Operators, etc.) are feeling pressure from customer churn because competitors offer bundled packages that include voice (VoIP) services. Alianza enables these same service providers to deliver commercial, private label VoIP products to business and ...

RubberBall Productions is one of the longest-running independent stock photography studios. Mark Andersen, one of the founders, tells Brad Baldwin the story of moving from a an advertising photography service to a product company. While the Internet helped to create new demand for still images, Andersen describes how ...

Mobile technology isn’t just cool; it’s essential for today’s small business. Our experts separate the hype from the hard truth when it comes to getting business done securely on the road. Join Anita Campbell, founder of Small Business Trends and small business thought-leader; Jeff Zbar, “The Chief Home Officer” and nationally-recognized expert in living the home-office lifestyle; and Pamela Baker, technology guru for Success Magazine, as they share their insights into making mobile technology pay off for you.

This podcast was commissioned by Success Magazine.

Intel will host a meeting between representatives of the the United Nations and business leaders in Silicon Valley to discuss ways of solving global problems such as access to health care, education and economic development. Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel, is also serving as the chairman of the UN ...

Gary Kim, managing editor of IT Business Wire, and Andy Randall, MetaSwitch’s vice president of marketing, chat with PodTech.net at the World Center Marriott in Orlando after a breakfast meeting sponsored by MetaSwitch. The breakfast panel focused on opportunities and challenges for the new competitive local exchange carriers, or ...

Control4 Co-Founder and CTO Eric Smith speaks with Dennis Wood about how Control4 is bringing home automation to the masses. Smith is a member of vSpring’s v100 - a peer-nominated group of the top 100 venture entrepreneurs in the Rocky Mountain region.

Control4 manufactures a complete line ...

In this Thought Leaders podcast brought to you by SAVVIS, Nicholas Carr, acclaimed business technology writer and strategist, discusses the end of corporate computing brought on by the move from assets to shared resources. He also comments on the next generation of IT - the Utility Model - and ...

SANTA CLARA, October 31, 2006 (PodTech News) — Danielle Levitas is vice president of IDC’s consumer and broadband research. She spoke with PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau at the Women in Technology Summit about the results of a survey on women’s digital entertainment priorities, commissioned by Women in Technology International and conducted ...

It’s freezing cold in Dharamsala, India, in the mountain state of Himachal Pradesh. Clouds chase the sun away, and rain shatters the sky with numbing regularity. But something about this place has a special meaning to everyone who comes here. Once upon a time, it was for a metaphysical search, ...

Steve Koenig, senior manager, industry analysis, CEA, and Joseph Bates, director of research, CEA, led the final panel discussion of the day on October 17th: Five Burning Questions in the CE Industry. The panel combined quick audience surveys with videotaped consumer surveys, then analyzed the survey findings in terms of current CEA research. Tune in to this PodTech.net podcast to find out the answers to these burning questions:

MENLO PARK, August 02, 2006 (PodTech News) – Time Warner Inc. announced today that its AOL division’s email and other webservices will be made available for free to broadband users. The move is a bid to attract more viewers and grow online advertising business. Catherine Girardeau reports.

So far the U.S. has been a PC-centric country. The majority of consumers, paying for broadband services, do not believe it makes sense to buy a duplicate service just to download music or check email between their home and the office. Handset makers, wishing to keep harmony with the carriers, ...

Steve Forbes’ first ever podcast in a PodTech exclusive. I traveled to New York City to sit down with Steve in his office to talk about flat tax, politics, world economics, blogs, podcasts, and social media. This interview is timely given the recent cover story by Forbes and ...