Over the past few years Virtualization has become the new IT buzzword, cropping up in technologies from the end-user client environment all the way back through the Data Center into application, storage, and delivery networks. While Virtualization is solid technology, one definition for this word doesn’t cover all parts ...

This Podcast features Charlie Northend, President and CEO of DMNA Advertising Agency, discussing how the marketing, publishing and advertising industry is changing and how DMNA is adapting to those changes. Eric Vidal, advertising and new media leader at WebEx, moderates this conversation that touches on how the ...

Mergers and acquisitions are hot… you just have to know where to look. John Morris, assistant managing editor of The Deal, says a few of the industries that have heated up are real estate and energy. Morris will emcee some of the onstage events at The Deal’s “M&A Outlook 2008″ ...

Velu Shankar is head of content strategy at the India office of WorldSpace Satellite Radio, the 24-radio station. I recently caught up with Velu at his downtown Bangalore office to find out on how WorldSpace started its India operations, and the potential and future growth of radio in India. ...

Verizon Business is helping users of global corporate networks make the most of popular business applications such as Microsoft Outlook, SAP and ERP with its new Managed WAN Optimization Service. The new managed service helps companies speed application delivery, reduce bottlenecks and boost productivity. It is ideal for companies with ...

Today’s skis are a blend of high-tech construction and art. So to hear that Bluehouse Skis had implemented a ski core based on bamboo seemed a bit “old-fashioned” to say the least.

Adam Hepworth and Jared Richards determined their dream job would be to build and run a ski company. ...

Greg Warnock has a soft spot for entrepreneurs. Whether it’s through mentoring, work deals at vSpring Capital, or angel investing, Warnock has seen a lot of companies. He’s also learned that it takes more than good technology and a strong development team to succeed.

Trained as a computer scientist, ...

Tom Foremski, editor of Silicon Valley Watcher, led a panel discussion on Day 1 of the Fall Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The panel dealt directly with the friction that often arises between the burgeoning social media forces in the enterprise and the IT groups that find themselves ...

Investors such as Jay MacDonald and Bill Detwiler are bullish on web-based advertising. MacDonald says advertisers have always wanted to know exactly who listened to their ads on radio or saw them in magazines. You cannot click on a newspaper ad. But with features like interactivity and social media that ...

Where is the value in web media? Some say it is in the cost effectiveness of production. Cameras have become quite cheap. Others say it is in the efficiencies of the distribution of quality media products. After the lively panel entitled “Emerging Sector Spotlight–State of IPTV Technology Development,” panelists ...

Competition is coming for broadband providers SBC and Comcast. So say the investors in emerging service such as WiMax and BPL. In this podcast, PodTech’s Jason Lopez talks with Patrick Campbell - Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, who moderated the panel “Desirable and Viable: Broadband Alternatives and ...

In his morning keynote address at Convergence 2.0, Leo Hindery spelled it out: new media would go nowhere as long as companies could not deliver consistent top line growth, could not enlist quality management, and did not enjoy a barrier to entry. But as quickly as he gave the sobering ...

Almost overshadowed by the reaction to Apple’s iPhone price cuts and its new iPods was the news that Apple and Starbucks reached a deal where anyone will be able to use iTunes at Starbucks without having to pay Wifi fees. This will work with Macs, PCs and the WiFi equipped ...

Mayfield Fund’s Navin Chaddha is a serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. Recently, Navin’s name was included in the prestigious Forbes Midas List top 100 dealmakers in 2007.

I caught up with Navin at the Pan IIT Global Conference to find out how he transitioned from being a successful serial ...

We’re not running out of oil, but we may be running out of the oil in easy-to-reach places. That’s because oil doesn’t sit in a big pool just below the surface — it’s always been hard to reach, but the more we use, the harder it’s getting. In this second ...

It’s no secret in the valley that venture capitalist Roger McNamee is a rocker at heart. By day, he does deals from his Elevation Partners office on Sand Hill Road. But in his spare time, he writes songs and plays guitar for Moonalice (his “old” band was called ...

Josh Hallett and Alex Kim, from Solution Set, talk about building social media platforms within enterprises and the roadblocks that IT departments create. Lots of good advice on overcoming those obstacles. A Silicon Valley Watcher report from a meeting of the Third Thursday club held at ...

It’s Day 11, and Roz Savage is dealing with 40 knot Pacific winds on her rowing journey across the Pacific, singing the theme song to Hawaii Five-O. More videos from the Roz Savage Voyage:
- Roz’s launch party
- Naturally Powered by Roz: Roz gives Stanford Professor, Margot ...

Join BearingPoint manager and technologist Zahra Rahemtulla, as she presents a case for use cases and their role as an effective vehicle to map out activities an IT organization should put in place for a proactive approach to service delivery.

Productization is a means of helping an organization to think ...

Convergence 2.0, The Deal’s September 17, 2007 conference being held in New York City is looking like a sell-out event. Richard Morgan, Assistant Managing Editor of The Deal, talks with PodTech’s Jennifer Jones about the gathering of private equity, venture capital and corporate executives who will hear about the ...

I know: nuclear energy has long had a bad name in the US. I believe, however, that it is an essential part of our future energy portfolio. Nuclear energy is clean, its generation is efficient, its resources are still abundant. Yes, nuclear waste treatment is a great concern. But, what ...

You’ve heard how Digital Research flubbed the operating system deal with IBM. You’ve heard lots of old-time industry stories in our previous two conversations with Tom Rolander who was Gary Kildall’s best friend and operating system pioneer at Digital Research. But now let’s take a walking tour around Pacific ...

Roger McNamee, is Founding Partner of Elevation Partners and a business partner of U2 rock star, Bono.   Around Silicon Valley, McNamee is known as an insightful dealmaker and the consummate power player, but after hours he plays in a rock band called Moon Alice.  His band plays upwards of ...

Diane Johnson is best known for her novels set in Paris “Le Divorce”, “Le Mariage” and “L’Affaire”. She is in San Francisco for the summer and putting the final touches on her latest novel to be called “Complicity” or “The Virginity Test”. It’s a spy novel ...

Larry Magid is pretty upset about the way some states’ attorneys general are blaming MySpace for the fact that there are pedophiles and other predators on the site, and proposing legislation that would restrict kids’ access to social networking sites. There are predators everywhere. The good news is that MySpace ...