http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/panorama/ Interviews with industry experts and analysts that give you a high-level view of the networking landscape. en Copyright 2009 With a poor economy and layoffs looming at a company, the most trusted employees can often turn and become an insider threat. Tim Connelly from Netcordia discusses five different ways that they can attack your network as a way for revenge or even profit (from data theft). (7:36) /podcasts/panorama/2009/010709-pan-sabotage.html /podcasts/panorama/2009/010709-pan-sabotage.html Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 No surprise here: discretionary spending is gone, while outlays for capital projects are crimped. But what other spending trends will this year reveal? Since the downturn began, research firm Strategic Oxygen has interviewed more than 10,000 IT decision-makers about their technology purchase plans. CEO Michael Gale shares his 2009 IT spending outlook. (7:36) /podcasts/panorama/2009/010609-pan-predict-spending.html /podcasts/panorama/2009/010609-pan-predict-spending.html Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Do you know enough about mobile application development, cloud computing and virtualization? Those are among the hottest IT job skills that companies will be looking for in 2009. Dave Barbato, Steve Allard and Brian O'Connor from Talent Retriever discuss the five key technology areas that IT job candidates will want to have on their resumes for 2009. (16:48) /podcasts/panorama/2009/010509-pan-predict-jobskills.html /podcasts/panorama/2009/010509-pan-predict-jobskills.html Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 With wireless LANs well-established in the home and enterprise, the upcoming year will see the networks get smarter (better management, handoffs, etc.), greener (power savings) and faster (performance boosts). Kelly Davis-Felner from the Wi-Fi Alliance shares these predictions and other thoughts for the world of wireless in 2009. (12:17) /podcasts/panorama/2008/123108-pan-predict-wireless.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/123108-pan-predict-wireless.html Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Will the combination of tighter travel budgets and better technology (high definition!) finally propel videoconferencing into the mainstream? Joe Sigrist, senior VP and GM of Polycom's video solutions division, thinks the technology is on the cusp and poised for big growth in 2009. (15:47) /podcasts/panorama/2008/123008-pan-predict-video.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/123008-pan-predict-video.html Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Social networking has exploded into the market place over the past few years, and its reach into the enterprise will get deeper, in 2009, according to Pringo CEO Majid Abai. He discusses the groups of the enterprise that will embrace social networking functions in 2009 and beyond with Keith Shaw. From corporate HR using social tools to train employees, towards adopting new technology to foster Millenial employees, social networking is here to stay, Abai says. (18:46) /podcasts/panorama/2008/122908-pan-predict-social.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/122908-pan-predict-social.html Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 As part of our 2009 IT Predictions series, we talk wtih Rich Milgram, CEO of job site Beyond.com. Milgram gives us his insider's take on what we can expect to see with IT jobs in the coming year. Find out how IT roles will change within the enterprise, and learn which types of job openings we'll see posted most often. (9:04) /podcasts/panorama/2008/122608-pan-predict-jobmarket.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/122608-pan-predict-jobmarket.html Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 After a year of kicking the tires on IT process automation and seeing increasing costs in offshoring/outsourcing, many are convinced that 2009 will bring further investment in automating the manual IT processes as a way to cut costs while still extending IT services to the business. NetIQ's Chris Pick discusses the trends for 2009 with Keith Shaw, and also explains why IT process automation is like a giant universal remote control. (25:02) /podcasts/panorama/2008/122308-pan-predict-automation.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/122308-pan-predict-automation.html Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Botnets were just the beginning. The bad guys will continue to use these to try and steal your data, but more sophisticated attacks over the application layer and targeted network attacks are on the way. Danny McPherson from Arbor Networks discusses the new ways that hackers will be trying to get into (and steal information) from your network in 2009. (10:30). /podcasts/panorama/2008/122208-pan-predict-arbor.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/122208-pan-predict-arbor.html Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Our resident security prognosticator, Mike Paquette from Top Layer Networks, joins us again to review his 2008 predictions in the world of cyber-crime (he did pretty well) and gazes into the crystal ball for 2009, including the prediction that we could be seeing the end of the "trusted" Web site. (13:47) /podcasts/panorama/2008/121908-pan-predict-cyberthreats.html /podcasts/panorama/2008/121908-pan-predict-cyberthreats.html Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500