Brian Fenimore, director of global infrastructure for MEI Group discusses how close collaboration with Verizon Business resulted in the on-time deployment of a brand new managed global network. Fenimore speaks to the advantages of a fully managed global infrastructure and offers suggestions on how to maximize the value ...

Michael Proper is the CEO and entrepreneurial vision for the fast-growing DirectPointe, a provider of managed computing services that make technology simple, manageable and affordable for small and midsize businesses. DirectPointe has established itself by offering great support to organizations who are looking for a partner to manage ...

This podcast discusses the issues that keep CIOs up at night. Hear how the Verizon Business portfolio of managed, IT and professional services, can be leveraged to meet today’s most pressing business requirements.

We hear from John Shultz, executive director – product management and development, managed network services, Verizon.

In this podcast, Verizon Business’ Danellie Young, executive director — data and IP services, hosts a discussion with customer Ken Levonaitis, CIO of McCarter & English, a Newark, New Jersey-based AmLaw 200 law firm. Levonaitis discusses his experience deploying a managed MPLS-based network and the benefits ...

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 ...

In this podcast, Grant Geyer and Alfred Huger discuss the recent DeepSight Bot Command and Control enhancement to Symantec’s Managed Security Services offering. For more information, visit www.symantec.com/services.

Helping to connect disconnected identity sytems is how Lena Kannappan, founder and CEO of Fugen Solutions describes his startup. In other words Fugen’s solutions helps manage ditigal identities, which is fast emerging as a hot-button issue for many companies that have a large consumer base. The company plans to ...

Companies with retail stores, branch offices or other remote locations will be able to easily and cost-effectively upgrade company networks serving those locations, using a variety of new service options from Verizon Business. In this podcast, Chip Freund, Verizon Business’ director of managed services product marketing, discusses how Verizon ...

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.

Understand why enterprise content management is gaining visibility in today’s market and how companies are developing their ECM strategies. Learn more about how content management is utilized across multiple industries and customer examples for critical content-centric businesses processes. Additionally, we discuss next steps for initiating a successful content management strategy - starting with an enterprise-class ECM platform.

This is an EMC podcast.

Kevin Walsh, managing director and leader of GE Energy Financial Services’ renewable energy team, talks about GE’s energy renewable business in his keynote address at the Cleantech Venture Forum in New York.

The Cleantech Forum is right around the corner, February 19-22, in San Francisco. The San Francisco Cleantech Forum ...

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 ...

In this Thought Leaders podcast brought to you by SAVVIS, Rona Shuchat, research director, IDC, shares her unique perspective, gained through the study of the strategic impact of telecommunications and web hosting. She discusses what’s interesting in corporate networking, such as deep packet inspection, the use of web-based portals ...

A professional-turned-entrepreneur, Deep Kalra promoted India’s most successful online travel company, MakeMyTrip in April 2000. [tag]MMT[tag] is a comprehensive travel services provider for leisure travel to, from and within India.

Over the past 5 years, MMT has grown rapidly to become the market leader for U.S.-India travel. MMT’s domestic launch ...

Stepped up activity is the underlying theme of this week’s tech round-up on India.

There is stepped up activity in VC funding in India. Two 10-year old companies received $10 million this past week. Sulekha, an Indian social networking site received $10 million in funding from Norwest Venture Partners. ...

The Home Depot discusses standardizing on the EMC Documentum content management platform. In this podcast, you’ll learn what criteria The Home Depot used when choosing EMC Documentum as their Enterprise Content Management platform. In this episode, you will hear Lee Dallas, systems architect at The Home Depot, discuss his experience ...

When deploying a wireless LAN, businesses can use a managed service provider to help ensure non-intrusive deployment, comprehensive security policies, mitigation against unauthorized access and investment protection. Verizon Business’s Program Manager for Managed Services Andy Boyer talks about how Verizon Business works with customers to deploy and secure their wireless ...

Last Monday, Veer Bothra (seen here on the left) asked me to join in the monthly mixer he organises, called Mobile Monday. It’s loosely tied in with an eponymous event held around the world, an opportunity for mobile platform stakeholders to meet and talk about change … and more of the same.

Veer wanted me to talk about podcasting, not the nuts and bolts, but where it’s at and its relevance to the radio paradigm. That’s a juicy opportunity, I thought to myself, and so found myself making the difficult journey to North Mumbai (needs planning and a sort of instinctive feel for which combination of segments and modes of transport make it the least painful overall).

Avoid the common road blocks that can jeopardize the smooth transition from traditional telephony to IP telephony. In this podcast, Verizon Business Vice President of Managed Services Marketing Jim DeMerlis talks with PodTech.net about moving into a managed services approach for your VoIP network.

“Corporate information technology departments can spend more time reacting to fires than supporting corporate objectives,” said Executive Director of Product Management for Verizon Business’ John Shultz at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Orlando, Florida.

Shultz and Verizon Business customer Rick Hawkins, Director of IT Operations and Services for the Timken ...

The senior police officer, currently director, cybersecurity, at NASSCOM, India’s IT industry heavyweight association, talks about bringing about awareness on security issues to various stakeholders, including law enforcement, commerce and industry, users and foreign organisations outsourcing work into India.

Audio and video content is coming to mobile phones — although a new L.A. Times/Bloomberg Poll that Dennis Haarsager points to in his Technology360 blog suggests that the always-on generation isn’t so enthusiastic about getting audio and video content on their handsets. Certainly, as the pollsters ...

VON 2006 March 16, 2006 San Jose, California

PodTech’s Michael Johnson talks with Laurie Shook, Verizon Business - Director of Managed IP Telephony and Mike Yancey of Verizon Business - Wholesale Voice Product Management Division about service level agreements and enhancements to Verizon Business’s SIP gateway services.

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Guest(s); Cydni Tetro and Tom Ngo of NextPage.com

Host: John Furrier, Founder of PodTech.net

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I had a great chat with the two leading executives of NextPage Cydni the VP of ...