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Intel’s Craig Barrett: Malaysia’s on Track

Jason Lopez — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:11:37 +0000

Intel’s Craig Barrett says that private companies can’t go it alone when trying to make a difference in developing markets, and neither can governments. In a visit to Malaysia, the chairman of the chip giant stopped off at Penang, where the company has committed itself to help local schools. Barrett, a former professor at Stanford University, is a big believer in education, especially in developing teachers. Barrett also appeared at the 16th World Congress on Information Technology where he delivered a keynote reaffirming his belief that real change can happen when governments and private industry team up.

In this video podcast PodTech producer Jason Lopez captured Barrett’s visits in Penang and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

World Congress on Information Technology Blog

Tags: Intel, Craig Barrett, Malaysia, ICT

The Deal Keynote: Kenneth D. Moelis

Jason Lopez — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:35:51 +0000

Kenneth Moelis has a unique talent for translating his 25-year career on Wall Street into the kind of information that financial specialists from the Street and beyond need the most. In this keynote podcast, Moelis puts the current Wall Street climate in clear perspective, from explaining how he sees the terrain post-Bear Stearns to the unrivaled value of experience.

Moelis is the chief executive officer of Moelis & Company and formerly the president of UBS Investment Bank, among other things. In addition to his keynote at The Deal’s Private Equity Symposium, he spoke with Jason Lopez for this podcast.

The Deal’s Private Capital Symposium brought together private equity professionals, angel investors, buyout and venture investors, corporate acquisition professionals, M&A advisors and professional services providers. The event took place in New York’s Essex House, on May 14, 2008.

Tags: The Deal, Private Capital Symposium

The Deal - Gary W. Parr on Sovereign Wealth Funds

Jason Lopez — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:01:45 +0000

“None of us smart enough to call the bottom in financials or any other industry,” says Gary W. Parr, vice chairman at independent investment bank Lazard. Noting the value to investors of structuring deals for a few years of protection before converting to common, Parr says he’s seen funds change their practices to keep up with the times.

“It tells you something about the sophistication of the funds changing very quickly - in a matter of months, from buying common to buying structured securities — and secondly it tells you something about time horizon — they don’t have to worry about performance quarter to quarter.”

Parr was on-hand to give a keynote talk entitled, “The rise of sovereign wealth funds,” and Parr took time for this podcast to speak with Jason Lopez about foreign investment in the U.S. and around the globe. (Parr points out that the largest investments by sovereign wealth funds are being made in Europe, not the U.S., although the sovereigns are, for some, cause for concern.)

Tags: Gary W. Parr, The Deal, Private Capital Symposium

The Deal - Deals in the Middle Market

Jason Lopez — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:13 +0000

Whether you call it a credit crunch or a credit squeeze, there’s evidence to be found that the chilled climate for deals has spread from the realm of the mega-deal into the middle market. To discuss the new economic realities in deal-making, The Deal convened a panel, “Deals in the Middle Market: How do they differ in this climate?” at the recent Private Capital Symposium, held in New York City.

For this podcast, panelists Steven Rattner, managing director, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, and James Epstein, partner, Pepper Hamilton, spoke with PodTech’s Jason Lopez.

Tags: middle market, The Deal, Steven Rattner, James Epstein, Jason Lopez, The Deal, Private Capital Symposium

The Deal: Private Capital Symposium 2008

Jason Lopez — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:00:37 +0000

The private capital markets are in an intriguing position. The economy is sluggish after last year’s sub-prime mess and major buyout firms have not seen a lot of action. That was expected. But the middle markets have only dropped off slightly. In this podcast John Morris, assistant managing editor at The Deal, speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about what makes the middle markets different.

These and other issues are the subject of the upcoming Private Capital Symposium 2008, hosted by The Deal (May 14 in New York City). The one-day conference will cover issues such as where opportunities exist in a struggling economy, how financing has changed, why the middle markets are okay, and what is happening with sovereign wealth funds. Keynote speakers include Tony James of The Blackstone Group and legendary investment-banker Ken Moelis.

Tags: Buyout, John Morris, equity, Ken Moelis, private capital, the deal, Tony James

Voices of Shanghai: IDF 2008

Jason Lopez — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:13:28 +0000

This year’s Spring IDF, in Shanghai, brought the global community of Intel developers to one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, to discuss one of the most rapidly-changing technologies, and the incredible impact that all of that change is bound to have. Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Digital Enterprise Group, Pat Gelsinger, referred to Intel’s efforts broadly as “architecture for life.” If it sounds ambitious, it is.

The speed of change in the software world is daunting. In his own keynote, SVP and General Manager of the Ultra Mobility Group at Intel, Anand Chandrasekher, noted that everyone is trying to “unleash the Internet, unwire it, and make it go mobile.” Again, the words sound almost obvious, like common sense. They’re not.

It’s true that Intel specializes in bringing incredible advancements to technology on a tick-tock product development schedule that allows industries to grow and thrive. You can see in the matter of weeks and months that Intel’s efforts go from being rumor to being confirmed technological advances (like the recent Dunnington news) that the world is watching itself change in real time. It’s true that a lot of time at IDF in Shanghai was devoted to presentations on specific technologies, platforms and products.

We heard a lot more about Nehalem, about visual computing, about multithreaded CPUs (And just for fun, compare this detailed look at Intel’s sometimes-inscrutable codenames with a detailed look at those same codenames, from a slightly different perspective). Keynotes from Gelsinger and Chandrasekher, along with Software and Solutions Group General Manager and Intel Vice President Renee James and Intel’s Andrew Chien helped to clarify just how much more mobile our technology will allow us to be.

But always in the backdrop was Shanghai. In this video podcast, Jason Lopez connects the dots between Intel’s efforts to push technology past its limits and Shanghai’s amazing journey to pass its own.

Tags: IDF, Shanghai, Intel developers, Pat Gelsinger, architecture for life, Anand Chandrasekher, unleash the Internet, Dunnington, Nehalem, visual computing, multithreaded CPUs, Renee James, Andrew Chien, Jason Lopez, IDF2008, Silverthorne, Intel Atom, mobile Internet device, Nehalem, Dunnington, Multithreading, virtualization, high performance computing, wireless technology, Centrino, WiMax, 45nm, 32nm

Intel’s Emerging Compute Model Forum

Catherine Girardeau — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:01:10 +0000

There are now possibilities in enterprise computing that have the potential to solve mainstream problems and become widely adopted. These “Emerging Compute Models” are creating a lot of buzz, but also a lot of confusion in the IT community. That’s why this video podcast focuses on Intel’s Emerging Compute Model Forum. Jason Davidson, technical evangelist for the forum, says IT shops are experimenting with new ways to deliver applications and operating systems, but there’s no consensus on the best model, or models, to use.

In this podcast, Davidson and his colleagues Mike Ferron-Jones, marketing manager for Intel’s Emerging Compute Models program, and Chuck Brown, who directs the program, lay out the basic questions IT managers need to ask before choosing new compute models, discuss some of the pros and cons of different models, and preview some Intel and industry developments in the ECM space.

Tags: Intel, Emerging Compute Model, Jason Davidson, Mike Ferron-Jones, Chuck Brown, Thin Client, Rich Client, Terminal Services, Virtual Hosted Desktop, Blade PCs, OS Streaming, Application Streaming, SaaS

Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium: Technology

Jason Lopez — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:30:40 +0000

Charles Ditkoff is managing director and co-head of the global healthcare services group with Banc of America Securities. In this podcast, from the Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium hosted by The Deal in New York City, Ditkoff speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about the state of I.T. in the medical industry. Ditkoff participated in the symposium’s panel discussion, “Market Spotlight: Healthcare Technology–Deals on the Rise?”

Health care technology continues to attract capital, raking in the majority of dollars invested in health care mergers and acquisitions. With billion-dollar deals on the decline, there is equal opportunity for strategics and private equity in the health care technology segment.

Tags: Charles Ditkoff, Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium, The Deal, Jason Lopez, Health care, private equity, health care technology

The Deal: Healthcare Dealmaking with Steve Elek

Jason Lopez — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:54:58 +0000

Deals in healthcare M&A have soared over the past two years, continuing to attract capital and drive activity in the sector. Industry insiders are monitoring the current pace of healthcare M&A deals and developing an outlook for 2008. On Wednesday, The Deal hosts a one-day symposium with attendees such as strategic acquirers, private equity and other alternative investors. The aim is to acquire the foremost dealmakers’ outlook on mergers and acquisitions taking place in the healthcare industry, top deals and the transactions impacting healthcare M&A. In this podcast PodTech’s Jason Lopez speaks with Steve Elek, of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who will moderate the symposium’s opening panel.

Tags: Healthcare, M&A, the deal, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Steve Elek

Intel Science Talent Search: Meet the Top 10 Winners

Jason Lopez — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:44:58 +0000

During the awards dinner, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett joked, after seeing the quality of work from the high school finalists in the the Intel Science Talent Search 2008, that he felt like burning his Ph.D. dissertation. But the depth of research practiced by the finalists is astonishing. The winner of the competition, Shivani Sud of Durham, N.C., says she will continue to develop her study of genomics and the prevention of recurring cancer. PodTech’s Jason Lopez prepared this podcast featuring all ten of the top finishers describing their projects.

Intel Science Talent Search: Out of Their Brilliant Minds

Jason Lopez — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Intel Science Talent Search ends each year with 40 finalists gathering in Washington D.C. at the National Academy of Sciences in conjunction with the Society for Science and the Public. The finalists presented their projects on Sunday March 9th and Monday the 10th in a public exhibit. In this slide show podcast PodTech’s Jason Lopez (interviewer) and Chris Caceres (photographer, editor, and narrator) document four of the presentations. “Mindblowing,” says Chris.

Tags: National Academy of Sciences, Society for Science, Chris Caceres, Intel STS, Science Talent Search

Apple iTunes: Make Money by Losing Money

Jason Lopez — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:01:57 +0000

Recently, NPD Group reported that Apple’s iTunes store moved into the number two spot in 2007 for music retail sales in the U.S. (Wal-Mart remained at number one.) Selling music has been tough — ever since the RIAA took on Napster and Grokster, less downloaded music is being paid for, not more. Where does this leave Apple? In this podcast, PodTech’s Jason Lopez and Kevin Edwards discuss why Apple has been relatively comfortable in an industry where the profit margin appears to be razor thin.

Tags: Apple, download, iTunes, music, Jason Lopez, Kevin Edwards, NPD, Wal-Mart, Napster, Grokster, RIAA

Intel Science Talent Search: Alternative Energy

Jason Lopez — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:53:39 +0000

The Intel Science Talent Search culminates in Washington, D.C. this weekend. The high school science projects cover areas like engineering, math, physics, medicine and health, environmental science, zoology, and others. The research these students have engaged in is astonishing. Many projects will result in innovations, inventions, new treatments, and further research as students move on to college and into careers. Forty finalists from high schools around the U.S. will attend the 6-day event where as ten winners will be announced. In this podcast, PodTech’s Jason Lopez talks with two entrants who’ve developed new energy technologies, one which harnesses the electrical energy of microbes.

See Society for Science and the Public for more.

Tags: Intel, Science Talent Search

Intel Science Talent Search

Jason Lopez — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:31:47 +0000

Some of the future leaders in science and research in the U.S. will be recognized next week at the Intel Science Talent Search, where the search for the best high school scientists and their projects will convene in Washington, D.C. In this podcast PodTech’s Jason Lopez speaks with two of the finalists as well as with STS chairman of the judge’s committee Dr. Andrew Yeager.

See Society for Science and the Public for more.

Tags: Science Talent Search, Andrew Yeager

Where is Gaming Going?

Jason Lopez — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:01:40 +0000

Now that GDC 2008 is behind us, and the reviews are really rolling in, PodTech takes a wide look at the gaming industry, with IDC gaming analyst Billy Pidgeon.

Gaming’s future likely includes more attention from the courts, as it continues to gain in mass popularity and questions continue to arise around “mature content” and children, for instance. And, as always, plenty of opinions about various consoles, PC vs. consoles, and the issue of game development from the developers’ perspective (the one-console future, for example).

Billy Pidgeon is the program manager for IDC’s consumer markets: gaming program. In this podcast, he speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about the gaming industry, drawing important distinctions between gaming, which is a massive and growing business, and the more entrenched industries that are built around movies.

The stakes for gaming companies are higher in a way, says Pidgeon, because there are no second chances after a game flops at market (unlike the many, many secondary distribution paths that movies have). But as the industry grows, Pidgeon says, there’s a chance for the world to benefit, not only because of the truly international business that the gaming industry enjoys, but also because a broad interest in gaming might inspire a broader interest in technology and mathematics.

Photo courtesy of Gamerscore Blog, via Creative Commons

Tags: GDC 2008, IDC, Billy Pidgeon

Is TV the New TV?

Jason Lopez — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:01:06 +0000

What would your response be to this scenario: you’re watching television and you forget that it’s being distributed to you on the Internet. Who won? TV or the Web? James McQuivey covers television and media technologies for Forrester Research. He spoke with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about the current state of affairs for this audio podcast.

Friday’s announcement from Yahoo! Video touted a “wider viewing experience,” in addition to more content, bigger files and more sharing opportunities. And then there are those who ask whether another user-generated video site is what we really need.

Then there’s Apple TV Take Two. Steve Jobs and Apple continue to suggest that integration, convergence and usability might help consumers make the switch from TV as they know it to greater reliance on broadband and computing for downloadable video (including movie rentals).

Regardless of where things will ultimately end up, TV set sales are still big business (you may have seen coverage recently suggesting that men would still make considerable sacrifices in order to get a 50-inch TV display. We might as well ask: what would you be willing to give up for a big TV?

Tags: television, Internet, James McQuivey, Yahoo! Video, user-generated, Apple TV, Take Two, Steve Jobs, convergence

Facebook Status Update

Jason Lopez — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:01:46 +0000

Last October, Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook, suddenly placing Facebook’s value at a lofty $15 billion. Now, we see that revenues for 2007 came to around $150 million, while expenses still leave the company with a negative cash flow that could be as high as $150 million next year.

Microsoft’s recent move to acquire Yahoo!, which began with a telephone call from Microsoft CEO Steven A. Ballmer to Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang (a call that Ballmer later claimed was “definitely not a courtesy call”) prompted us to revisit the Facebook/Microsoft relationship - what it means for Facebook, and what Microsoft might have been thinking last Fall.

As Facebook moves to launch versions in Spanish, with more languages coming soon, analysts are looking again at the juggernaut, guessing about whether breaking into languages will erode its power as a single network around the world. Meanwhile, widgets and applications continue to proliferate, and Microsoft’s role in aiding advertising at Facebook continues to be a work in progress.

Forrester Research senior analyst (and former host of PodTech’s own Web Strategy show) Jeremiah Owyang speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about Facebook’s evolving business.

Tags: Microsoft, Facebook, Steven A. Ballmer, Jerry Yang, Web Strategy, Jeremiah Owyang, Jason Lopez

MacWorld 2008 and CES 2009: Steve Jobs’ Keynote Address Previews

Kevin Edwards — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:00:06 +0000

PodTech’s Jason Lopez and Kevin Edwards roamed the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show floor where it seems Apple rules–in certain product categories–without even being there. In this 18 minute podcast Kevin and Jason check out a few of the many products made for iPods/iPhones and talk about Apple at CES 2009 in anticipation of the MacWorld Keynote Address next week.

Also, Kevin spews his Mac-cult inspired thoughts on Steve Jobs delivering the keynote at CES 2009

See the Flickr photo set for this podcast.

Tags: Jason Lopez, Kevin Edwards, CES 2008, CES 2009, Consumer Electronics Show, Apple, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, CES, MacWorld, Steve Jobs, Keynote

CES 2008: Shelly Palmer on the Buzz of the Show

Jason Lopez — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:24:48 +0000

If anyone is in a position to say something about emerging technologies to bring us entertainment, we couldn’t have done any better than to get Shelly Palmer’s comments. His resume is too long for this post but knowing that he’s managing director of Advanced Media Ventures Group and president of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NY is probably enough to qualify his opinion as one that really counts. PodTech’s Jason Lopez interviewed Shelly on the floor of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show.

Tags: Shelly Palmer, Advanced Media Ventures Group, Consumer Electronics Show

CES 2008: Intel’s Mooly Eden on MIDs and Sexy Design

Jason Lopez — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:00:26 +0000

Intel’s Mooly Eden has spent his career helping to design what goes inside the computer. He says that these days what the computer looks like on the outside is just as important. In this podcast from the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show he talks about the demand of users to be connected to the Internet and to each other, and the movement in the market toward high performing ultra mobile devices. Eden spoke with PodTech’s Jason Lopez.

Tags: Intel, Mooly Eden, Consumer Electronics Show, ultra mobile devices

CES 2008: What does Intel have to do with the Internet?

Jason Lopez — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:36:00 +0000

The Internet has been a technology that users go to, on their towers and now on their laptops. Intel made microprocessors that were the brains in the machines that enabled access to the Web. In the future, people will need an Internet that anticipates their needs. Intel says its vision is to create the microprocessors that will enable those devices. This could be the the year that the future is launched, when OEMs put a range of ultra mobile devices on the market. In this podcast, Intel’s Pankaj Kedia talks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about ultra mobile devices: the vision, the underlying silicon, and the future.

Tags: microprocessors, OEMs, ultra mobile devices, Pankaj Kedia

Technology in Nigeria

Jason Lopez — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:24:42 +0000

Nigerians are optimistic that basic technologies like mobile telephony and the Internet can change their country and their lives. As knowledge becomes power in emerging countries, people are making these technologies their own. In Nigeria, local companies are offering IT services to the developing market. One has even launched a mapping services for drivers in Lagos. The photograph pictured is of the Nigerian wireless communications regulatory agency — equivalent to the FCC in the U.S. — and figures prominently in the country’s technological direction. PodTech’s Jason Lopez traveled to Abuja, Nigeria and filed this podcast.

vPro: Encryption at the Hardware Level

Jason Lopez — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:29:23 +0000

There’s a revolution afoot in the computer industry that’s not so sci-fi. It’s more in line with the notion of “heavy lifting” and “blocking and tackling.” Corporate networks are benefiting from software at the chip level below the operating system. Intel has been providing the software building blocks for greater functionality in the hardware in vPro and CentrinoPro. The updates to the technologies continue in 2008 with “Danbury,” which performs core encryption in hardware. PodTech’s Jason Lopez interviewed Intel’s Steve Grobman, director of business client architecture.

Tags: Corporate networks, vPro, CentrinoPro, Danbury, core encryption, Steve Grobman

GRUB: Bryant Terry’s Organic Soul Party

Ryanne Hodson — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:52:10 +0000

Bryant Terry, co-author of the book GRUB: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, and Jason Harvey, founder of Oakland Food Connection, teamed up recently to have a totally organic soul food brunch. Hanging out with food justice foodies as of late, we’ve been hearing a similar idea that to encourage folks to think about where their food comes from and who controls it, they have to have a taste of ‘real food’. Real food meaning local, sustainable, fresh, no pesticides, delicious, colorful, home grown and cheap. Yes, this food can be affordable, especially if we’re not paying extra for it to get shipped thousands of miles and for the medical bills we will incur because of the processes and chemicals that will eventually make us sick and over weight. Thanks Bryant and Jason for inviting us over!

Tags: Bryant Terry, Jason Harvey, Oakland Food Connection, sustainable

What’s New: CTO Campus Management Corp on Microsoft Dynamics Build/Buy Partner

Cydni Tetro — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:09:06 +0000

On a recent announcement of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Platform adoption for Higher Education solution, Microsoft US Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist Sanjay Jain sat down with Jason Roberts CTO of Campus Management Corp. to discuss his insights on build/buy/partner decision making process, orchestration of internal and external resources and the key learning for other ISVs.