The Trusted Computing Group's Steve Hanna, of Juniper and Paul Sangster of Symantec provide us a progress update on the Trusted Network Connect (TNC) standards effort to deliver an open network admittance control approach.  Download this two page presentation to follow along with part of the discussion.  It's a great discussion on network admission control and which parts are and can be standardized avoiding vendor lock-in.  Enjoy, Nick

I interview Patrick Peterson, VP Technology of IronPort.  IronPort provides e-mail and web defense appliances blocking spyware and spam from desktops and exploits entering into an enterprise via port 80.   We discuss three general industry models available to defend e-mail and web traffic with associated pros and cons. These defenses are appliances, network or software based.  It's a great discussion if you need to know how to stop spam and spyware from steeling productivity and clogging your IT infrastructure.  Enjoy, Nick 

The anti-virus market distribution channel is changing for small to medium sized businesses.  Soon, gone will be the days when IT security personal managed AV client software.  AV is being increasingly bundled into communication services offered by ISPs and other service providers for both fixed and mobile end points.  In this podcast I discuss these trends with Curtis Cresta, VP & GM North America Ops of F-Secure, the leader is services based security.  If you thought your cell phone, smart phone or PDA were safe, think again.  Take notes on this one.

Scott Palmquist joins the program to discuss the network encryption market and CipherOptics' new Ethernet Security Gateway.  Protecting data in "motion" has become top of mind for most IT executives as they look to close network security vulnerabilities.  There's a great discussion on layer 2 versus layer 3 encryption, protecting data in motion versus at rest, where to apply encryption and the elimination of the encryption performance and latency penalty.  Enjoy, Nick

Nick Lippis interviews Al Baker of Siemens on how IT departments are looking to mold, shape and inject communications into business process.  IT departments are starting to view contact centers as the starting point to link communications directly into a wider set of business applications increasing productivity and creating competitive differentiation.  Al discusses these dynamics in the context of Siemens's new HiPath ProCenter Enterprise V7.0 contact center offering for the SME and mid-large enterprise markets.  It is a great listen and is studio quality too.