Robert Caudill, group manager of worldwide government solutions at Adobe Systems Inc., describes Adobe’s unique view of continuity-of-operations planning. The company best known for its popular productivity and multi-media applications like Photoshop, Adobe Reader and Flash Player is now making an important case for considering how your business processes will ...

Smart lighting makes that “old” light switch cool again. It also saves you money as you conserve power.

Ed Ryan and Scott Moulton at Control4 talk about how little, everyday tasks can become conveniences with Smart Lighting. With Control4 “scenes,” you can wake up to lights that come up ...

This interview at the Chicago Auto Show happened by chance. I was standing next to the Chevy Volt and began a conversation with a gentleman who turned out to be Rich Lannen, one of the lead engineers of the this concept car being developed by GM. What ...

One of the newest lineups of automobiles was completed during the 2007 Chicago Auto Show, with the world premeire of the new, 2008 Saturn Astra. With a 140 horsepower, 1.8-liter engine, the Astra is part of a joint venture with GM’s European Opel division. Other examples ...

Taking a break from the bustle of RSA 2007, some of the best-known security bloggers got together at the Foreign Cinema, a French bistro and movie house in San Francisco, hosted by network security podcaster Martin McKeay. Check out the guest list, as we roam the crowd ...

What would you store if you could afford one terabyte — that’s 1,000 gigabytes — of hard disk space? In this podcast, Doug Pickford, director of product and market strategy for enterprise products with Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, talks with PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau about Hitachi GST’s industry milestone, the ...

While at the Chicago Auto Show, I had the opportunity to speak with Chevrolet General Manager Ed Peper about the promise of the new Chevy Volt and the beauty and styling of the new 2009 Camaro, among other things. Our conversation included questions submitted by ...

Yet another new product for General Motors’s Saturn brand. At the Chicago Auto Show, the world’s largest automaker lauched the Saturn Astra. A collaboration with GM’s Opel division, the new Astra will complete the re-launch of the brand that started 20 month’s ago. While no ...

“If we are going to reduce our dependency on petroleum, there has to be a demand for flex fuel and electric vehicles,” says GM’s Vice President of Environment & Energy, Beth Lowery. I spoke with her during the North American International Auto Show, where she was very ...

Anne Ascensio is the executive director of advanced design at General Motors. She’s responsible for the advanced design studios in Warren, Mich., Los Angeles and Birmingham, England. She provides a unique outlook on developing concept vehicles and plotting new directions in automotive design. I spoke with her at the ...

We visited the offices of Mochi Media today in San Francisco to sit down with Founders Jameson Hsu (CEO) and CTO Bob Ippolito. Jameson and Bob describe how Mochi Media helps connect indie creators of casual Flash-based games with advertisers who want to reach this highly coveted and ...

The 1968-1969 Chevy Camaro is a classic, and for many, the ultimate expression of the ‘American Muscle Car.’ Taking its design cues from that legendary collectible, the new 2009 Camaro is one heck of a dream machine. Masculine and menacing, sleek and sporty, this beauty is a definite head-turner. ...

For a highly reliable and secure automated home, networking devices and systems is a core requirement. Eric Smith, a co-founder and CTO at Control4, talks with 3Com Founder Bob Metcalfe. Metcalfe has a well-established reputation as a gifted technologist, as “Mr. Ethernet” (here’s why), as a ...

PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier discussed Seagate’s second-quarter earnings with CEO Bill Watkins. In this podcast, Watkins talks about the company’s year-to-year revenue growth, the completion of the Maxtor merger, its new product line and expected profitability over the next two quarters.

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