Topic: Mobile and Wireless
In this session from the Network and Telecom Strategies track at
Burton Group's 2005 Catalyst Conference, Burton Senior Analyst William
Terrill gives an overview of protocols and products for enterprise
deployment of Wireless LANs. Quality of Service (QOS), security, and
centralized management are all available now. New 802.11 suffixes
will standardize features that are still vendor-specific, such as mesh
networking. Bill gives recommendations for your enterprise wireless
deployment. [Burton Group Catalyst audio from IT Conversations]
Jon Bostrom tells us how Nokia is moving mobile computing to the edge of the network. How are the different development platforms based on C++, Java and Python changing the mobile user experience? What are the different possibilities which multi-channel phones have opened up? [ETech 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
What's new in wireless security? How mature are wireless intrusion detection systems? What are the three most important factors to consider for companies trying to secure their wireless infrastructure? In this interview with Sondra Schneider, Devin Akin answers these
questions and tells us how to secure wireless networks.
[Frontline Security audio from IT Conversations]
As broadband and wireless access become more widely available, the fabric of the telecommunications industry is unraveling. How do the emergence of wireless and broadband access and voice over IP (VoIP) solutions affect the telecom marketplace, and how will these new technologies fit into the overall suite of choices available to users? [Supernova 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
Everyday people are participating in media and it's the internet that has made it all happen. From the early days of amazon.com encouraging readers to post reviews to today's world of podcasts and blogs, personal publishing has become mainstream. This panel discussion from Supernova 2005 features the folks behind the applications that let us all create our own media. [Supernova 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
Does intelligence reside at the edge or in the core of the network? Are smart
devices connecting to dumb networks or dumb devices to intelligent networks?
The truth is that in the 21st century the edge and the core are converging and
providing a new set of challenges, opportunities and revenue models.
Hossein Eslambolchi, President of AT&T's Global Networking Technology Services,
describes the IP evolution and the wireless, on-demand, collaborative network of
the not to distant future. [Supernova 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
In the openening session from Supernova 2005, host Kevin Werbach interviews Jonathan Schwartz, president of Sun Microsystems. They cover a lot of ground, but the dominant theme is the ways in which technology and control of technolgy are decentralizing: moving into the hands of users. As Kevin suggests, consider a world in which one billion people will have camera-enabled mobile devices.
Innovation certainly isn't dead, says Jonathan. As computing continues to get cheaper (a trend that began when employees demanded PCs from formerly centralized IT departments), decision making also migrates to lower levels within organizations. It's massive decentralization. It's even having an effect on media and entertainment, as users demand that they be able to listen and watch what they want and when they want.
It wouldn't be an interview with Jonathan if the subject of blogging by executives of public companies didn't come up. He describes what he's learned about public and internal blogging -- Are they really separate? -- and the importance of openness and transparency, even in public, or perhaps particulary in public. [Supernova 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
Portable media is the new personal computer. With the PSP, iPods and Smartphones/PDAs taking over the world, people like to do everything on a handheld device: listen to music, talk to their girlfriends, play games, check their e-mail, and even watch movies. Host Larry Magid speaks to Stephane Maes, Director of Product Management for Handhelds at palmOne all about portable media. [Larry's World audio on IT Conversations]
What does free WiFi have to do with revenge? And what can you do with last year's high tech gizmo that is worth less than a dollar today? Science fiction author, blogger and Internet activist Cory Doctorow speaks with Dave Slusher about wireless community networks, high tech art made from trash, free speech and his new novel.
How would you like a 10x improvement in wireless bandwidths? Much higher range? Without using more spectrum or more power and available in stores today! You can get it now and it's not magic but MIMO that makes it possible. MIMO is a new radio access standard pioneered by Dr. Greg Raleigh, the President and CEO of Airgo Networks. Larry Magid talks to Dr. Raleigh about this invention and how it is going to get used, on this week's edition of Larry's World. [Larry's World audio on IT Conversations]
