Verizon’s 100G signal performance trial, held in late 2008, is another example of the company’s leadership in 100G technology. The trial proved that 100G performance is capable of better tolerance for signal distortion than today’s standard 10G optical transmission, an achievement that is a significant next step toward the commercialization of 100G transmission.Glenn Wellbrock , [...]…

In late 2008, Verizon completed another field trial of 100 Gigabits per second, or 100G, optical networking. This trial successfully transmitted 100G traffic over a distance of more than 1,040 kilometers, setting a new distance record. Glenn Wellbrock, director of optical transport, network architecture and design for Verizon, discusses the significance of this 100G trial [...]…

Are you interested in leveraging virtualization to centralize and streamline your desktop and application management, but are not quite sure where to start? The VMware View Pilot program may be the answer. Speakers: John Dodge, Services Architect, VMware Dale Lahue, Sr. Product Manager, VMware Nicholas Gibson, Consulting Architect, VMware Tags: virtualization, VMware [...]…

The latest release of Vmware View, the next generation of the VMware VDI solution, enables you to streamline virtual desktop and application management, reduce costs and improve data security. This session feature VMware product management and professional services discussing the technology advancements in the solution. Download this podcast to learn more about what’s new in this [...]…

This podcast is a discussion between two technical experts in disaster recovery - Mike Laverick, author of “Administering VMware Site Recovery Manager,” and Mornay Van Der Walt, Director of Technical Marketing at VMware. Based on selected topics from his new book, Mike will chat with Mornay about his experiences with disaster recovery and VMware Site [...]…

Control plane technology is the next critical step in the evolution of optical networks. By enabling electronic devices in the network to quickly and easily exchange information, control plane technology simplifies operations and enables near real-time provisioning of communications links. Vishnu Shukla, principal member of the technology staff at Verizon, explains how control plane [...]…

Join BearingPoint Senior Manager, Max Duprat, as he explores the second in a series of podcasts which addresses how leading life sciences organizations are adopting a customer centric approach to marketing. In the first podcast of this series, we talked about the integration strategies for HCP portals as they relate to customer centricity. Today, we’re [...]…

Join BearingPoint Senior Manager, Max Duprat, as he explores the first in a series of podcasts which will address how leading life sciences organizations are adopting a customer centric approach to marketing through HEALTHCARE PROVIDER PORTALS, or HCPs. What we’re seeing is that many life sciences companies’ sales and marketing practices relating to customer interactions [...]…

Created in 1992, the Verizon Business Major Emergency Response Incident Team, or MERIT, comprises full-time employees with specialized emergency response management training, as well as experience in the repair and maintenance of communications equipment and networks. Located around the United States, MERIT members have been deployed in response to past emergencies, such [...]…

As one of the nation’s leading providers of communications services through the E-rate program, Verizon Business has worked with K-12 educators over the past decade to expand the availability of advanced services. E-rate, a program directed by the Federal Communications Commission, is designed to help school districts and libraries across the United States obtain affordable [...]…

In this podcast, Symantec Technical Director, Zulfikar Ramzan, provides an overview of the key security trends from 2008, and talks about what can be expected trends for 2009. For more information visit the PR Newsroom at www.symantec.com. Tags: Symantec, security…

Join BearingPoint Managing Director ,Julien Courbe, as he walks us through the latest edition of BearingPoint’s Financial Services Technology Journal on cost management for IT organizations. The fluctuations of financial services firms’ business volumes reflect the cyclical nature of the overall financial markets. These dynamics are often caused by specific crises or a slowdown in [...]…

As companies look to equip an increasingly global and mobile workforce, operate more efficiently, and protect the environment,teleworking - keeping employees connected to corporate resources whether working from home or an alternative work location, such as a hotelling site - has become a hot and sometimes heated topic for consideration.Nancy Gofus, senior vice president of [...]…

In this podcast, Rob Clyde, Vice President of Technology and Stephen Morton, Vice President of Product Management discuss the announcement of Symantec’s Open Collaborative Architecture and the new Symantec Developer Program which allow greater interoperability with Symantec solutions and provide customers, partners and ISVs with the ability to integrate applications with the Symantec Management Platform. [...]…

Guy Kawasaki is one of the most well known consultants in the San Francisco Bay Area. His new book Reality Check is making its way to the best seller list. Marketing Voices host Jennifer Jones caught up with him and discussed the new book and Guy’s favorite chapter on entrepreneur’s lies. Jones and Kawasaki also [...]…

Intel’s Doug Fisher and VMware CTO Steve Herrod met at VMworld 2008 to discuss the collaboration between Intel and VMware that will continue deliver leading virtualization deployments. Fisher is vice president, software and solutions group and general manager of SSG’s Systems Software Division. For more information, expert advice and answers, and the latest Xeon series blogs and [...]…

Learn how to use VMware virtualization software to create a disaster recovery plan for your organization that is rapid, reliable and affordable. Speaker: Jon Bock, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, VMware Tags: VMware, Jon Bock, virtualization, disaster recovery …

XML technologies can solve a broad range of business problems around application integration, information access, business process improvement, and compliance. In this EMC technology innovation video podcast, Jerry Silver, XML product marketing manager at EMC, discusses how the combination of advanced XML processing with enterprise content management can help organizations increase business value for all [...]…

Intel’s Xeon 7400-series processor made a solid impact in 2008, with multiple top scores in benchmark surveys and powerful implementations. What does it mean for virtualization performance, especially as the enterprise moves toward virtualizing its most critical applications with a new generation of virtualization technology? In this video podcast, IBM’s Robert Zuber speaks with Beth Carlton [...]…

In these tough economic times, marketer’s budgets are getting slashed and the situation requires innovative thinking to leverage small dollars. Virtual events are now part of the marketing mix and a good means of creating marketing dollar leverage. Jennifer Jones spoke to Brent Arslaner of Unisfair, a virtual events company for marketing and recruiting purposes [...]…

PCIe 3.0 will double the bandwidth of the previous generation of this I/O interconnect and will improve power management of platforms - from notebooks to new generation servers. Tags: PCIe, PCIe 3.0, PCI Express, Intel, Intel Chip Chat …

Verizon Business has undertaken an extensive billing transformation project focused on providing a world-class customer experience for its large-business and government customers. By reducing the number of billing systems, enhancing self-service options and offering a single billing platform across virtually all accounts, the company has raised the bar on billing performance. Dave Landry, executive [...]…

At VMWorld 2008, “Virtualization 2.0″ was the talk of the show. Intel’s Andy Fields met up with Dave Martin from VMware to discuss the collaboration between the two companies, and to explain the impacts of the newsmaking Dunnington release on enabling virtualization. For more information, expert advice and answers, and the latest Xeon series blogs and [...]…

Managing your enterprise datacenter with VMware Virtualization Disaster Recovery Solutions. Speaker: Jon Bock, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, VMware Tags: Disaster Recovery, enterprise datacenter, VMware, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery Solutions, Jon Bock …

As a concept, “unified communications” has been around for awhile. It can mean anything from bringing all business communications into a single, seamless user experience to bringing global collaboration and conferencing technologies onto the same basic platform as traditional voice and text communications systems. It’s one of the most exciting ways in which technology is [...]…