Gnanesh Dholakia, senior product marketing manager at CA, and Jim Metzler, vice president, Ashton, Metzler & Associates, look at network management issues in the health care industry.

SF Bay Pediatrics has been using Google Apps since last December for the kind of non-sensitive communications that keeps a clinic running smoothly.

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Intel Chairman Craig Barrett says Silicon Valley IT companies are in the right place at the right time to help the United Nations address the world’s health, education, and economic problems. Barrett, who has been appointed the chairman of the U.N.’s Global Alliance for ICT and Development, says, “My job is to make sure that we don’t talk a lot, but we do a lot.” The Alliance will meet today at the the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., to discuss the role of Silicon Valley in the U.N.’s information technology goals. PodTech’s Jason Lopez interviewed Intel’s chairman at the company’s headquarters in Santa Clara. Intel made this video possible.

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The United Nations is embarking on something new: a partnership with the private sector to address some of the developing world’s most vexing issues in areas such as education, health care, economic development and government. Craig Barret, the chairman of Intel, has been appointed to chair the UN initiative called the Global Alliance for ICT and Development. GAID meets with Silicon Valley leaders for the first time at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., for a series of panels and discussions about the ways IT solutions can help the U.N.’s efforts. PodTech’s Jason Lopez spoke with Sarbuland Khan, executive coordinator for GAID.

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Businesses are dealing with compliance and reporting from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in many ways. Allegiance CEO and Founder Adam Edmunds saw a niche three years ago and entered the market to provide confidential communication with his Silent Whistle product. Today, the company’s offerings have evolved to provide ...

Hear from Claire Hogikyan, senior director - Intellectual Property at Pfizer, about how Pfizer has achieved a 113-percent ROI with a break even point or payback period of just 18 months after the EMC Documentum deployment, based on a study from Forrester on the total economic impact of EMC Documentum. Learn what factors Pfizer considered when developing their content management strategy and why they chose the EMC Documentum platform.

The University of California, San Francisco Medical center says its pilot study using a portable computer called the C5 helped nurses to be far more productive than with conventional personal computers. The current setup in most hospitals is called a COW, or “computer on wheels,” which is composed of a ...

In San Francisco, Intel, with Motion Computing and the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, announced the launch of the Motion C5 mobile clinical assistant, a lightweight tablet computer specifically designed for use in hospitals, for nurse patient care. It features a camera, barcode scanner, ...

WiLife COO, Grant Beckmann, talks about managing growth in start-up companies. During the past 18 years, Beckmann has worked with some of Utah’s fastest-growing startups, including Folio (now FAST), Tenfold, NextPage, and WiLife. He discusses what he has learned about hiring, communicating with employees, and ...

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 ...

Mike Journey works for GCI in Anchorage, Alaska. Developments in networking have allowed doctors in remote areas to offer specialized care to their patients. Listen to Mike talk about the advances in telemedicine in this podcast.

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Bill McCarthy, operations director with MetaSwitch partner Cisco talked with PodTech.net about opportunities and challenges for competitive local exchange carriers. The interview took place during a MetaSwitch-sponsored breakfast event at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida.

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Host: Catherine Girardeau – PodTech
Guest: Bill McCarthy – Cisco Systems