With the recent Apple iPad announcement, tablets have once again been the topic of conversation in tech circles. In this week’s episode, we talk about tablets in the Enterprise and how they might be utilized effectively. We also share our specific opinions about the iPad.
We’ve decided to shorten the show format. There are lots of great tech news podcasts out there. So we’ve dropped the Net-Net-News segment. We’re keeping the main topic, rants and call-to-action. In fact, this week’s call-to-action is sure to make you smile.
Show #11 Agenda
Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: Tablets in the Enterprise
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The cloud used to simply mean “the network.” Now, cloud computing brings a new level of services and complexity to the term. This week Mike, Jason and two cloud experts tackle this latest industry buzzword. Josh Crowe is a VP at Savvis, Inc. He’s also joined by Theo Harvey, a Cisco Engineer who’s been working with customers on large data center rollouts. As always, you’ll get some Net-Net-News, rants, first-ever listener feedback and a Call-To-Action that is sure to make any true geek laugh.
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We’re back with our usual enterprise-focused banter. This week we tackle the latest buzzword in the industry: The Real-Time Web. We attempt to define it and discuss what technologies are used to deliver it. Back on the show this week are two web experts: Jeremy Laurenson (Cisco Technology Solutions Architect) and Andy Waschick (Owner – Gestalt, Inc.). Plus, don’t miss Net-Net-News, Rants and a gamer-geek’d-out Call-To-Action (No Avatars were harmed during the making of this video).
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Show #9 Agenda
Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: The Real-Time Web
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This week we take a break from our normal enterprise end-user conversations to discuss our home theaters. We’ve had a few inquiries from our listeners about this so we decided to dedicate a Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic on it. To help us out, we welcome our security expert extraordinaire: Corey Moomey and, first time on the show: Jason Hudnall. Jason is the Vice President of Sales for Alexander Open Systems. Each of us explains our home theater design from speakers to home theater PCs and everything in between. As always, we bring you the Net-Net-News, Rants and Call-To-Action (be prepared to be rick-rolled this week).
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Have your company’s travel restrictions got you down? Do you miss talking to real people and sitting down for a real lunch? Remote interaction can be effective with the right tools, but can it replace in-person meetings? On this week’s Buzzword Bingo we discuss the positives and negatives of remote communication. To help us, we’ve invited Erwin Emge to the show. Erwin is a Technical Marketing Engineer with Cisco. He’s been with Cisco 10 years and has experience in sales and on the corporate side of the company. Along with Jason and Mike, Erwin works remotely. Tune in this week to see how they do it and what techniques and technologies work best. Plus, as always, we cover recent Net-Net News, Rants and as a change of pace, a relaxing Call-To-Action.
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Show #7 Agenda
Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: Face-to-Face vs. Remote Interaction
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The browser wars are back! George Lucas isn’t writing their fate this time. If so, Internet Explorer would be Firefox’s father. No, the heavyweights are weighing in on the latest generation of the web. The browser is the key to current cloud applications (and possibly desktop applications in the future). There is as much for the winner to gain this round as there was back in the 90’s when Microsoft and Netscape went head-to-head. In this week’s Buzzword Bingo, we survey the current browser landscape with returning guest, Corey Moomey (@camdogthetwelve) and a new guest, Andy Waschick (@Gestalt). Andy is the owner and founder of Gestalt, Inc. As always, we also cover recent stories in our Net-Net News segment, Rants and the Call-To-Action.
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Show #6 Agenda
Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: Browser Wars 2.0
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There are plenty of enterprise collaboration applications to choose from. Wikis, blogs and forums are all the rage, but are they really better than email? This week on Buzzword Bingo, Jason and Mike talk enterprise collaboration tools with Michael Popovich and Jeremy Laurenson. Michael is a Consulting Systems Engineer with Cisco. Jeremy is a Technology Solutions Architect with Cisco. Together they provide some great insight on the usefulness of enterprise collaboration tools and their impact on end-user productivity.
(Sorry, but I messed up the chapters in this episode. They’ll be back next time. But now, if you subscribe to the video podcast in iTunes, there are chapters in that version.)
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Do you carry a mobile phone for work? In this week’s Buzzword Bingo, Jason, Mike and two entertaining and knowledgeable guests from Amsterdam survey the current state of mobile phones for corporate use. Jan-Willem Ruys and Jerry de Boer are both Cisco Consulting Systems Engineers. They have years of enterprise mobility experience and offer some interesting perspectives on device usability and functionality. We compare Google Android, Windows Mobile, iPhone, Nokia and Blackberry phones and cover the Net-Net News, Rants and of course, the Call-To-Action (hint: it involves MC Hammer pants).
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Server virtualization is commonplace in the enterprise today. But what about desktop virtualization? What benefit does desktop virtualization bring to the enterprise end-user? Why go through the trouble of virtualizing the desktop when many applications are moving to the browser? On this week’s Buzzword Bingo, we’ll talk to two virtualization experts, Kevin Corbin (Data Center Architect – Cisco) and Michael Williams (Architect – Sisters of Mercy Health System). They join Mike and Jason for a healthy debate on the future of the enterprise desktop.
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Ever wondered what it’s like to use a Macintosh in a large company? On this week’s Buzzword Bingo, we hear from two real enterprise Mac users, one of whom has switched back to Windows. Sal Collora and Shane Lisenbea join us for a spirited debate between Windows and Mac in the enterprise.
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Show #2 Agenda
Think-Outside-the-Box Main Topic: Windows vs. Mac in the Enterprise
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