Changes in communications are accelerating at a rate no other industry has experienced.  The transition from circuits to packets is well underway while the transition from packets to applications is starting now.    The communications applications are being tightly linked into business process in an effort to automate workflow to deliver greater productivity and profitably to the global economy.  In this podcast, I interview Tim Kraskey of Spanlink, a leading communications application firm.  We explore how business processes is changing and how to utilize IP telephony for real competitive gain?  There is one slide to download for this podcast.  It is a great listen, enjoy.

There are three major industry initiatives in play today addressing network security; Cisco’s NAC, Microsoft’s NAP and the Trusted Computing Group’s TNC.   The problem with all three is that they are not ready, complex, non-standard and very costly.  However the market is demanding network access control without the above baggage.  So a few smart people started companies to address this window of opportunity; Tom Barsi being one of them with his company ConSentry joins me to discuss a better way to control network access.

As security features and functions become deeply embedded within network and IT infrastructure the need to centralize alarms, events and overall security monitoring is becoming increasing important.  The ability to analyze millions of events sourced from wide range of network and security equipment, correlate them, identify anomalistic behavioral threats and propose remediation promises to improve defenses while reducing operational complexity and cost.  This is a big promise.  I went to Q1 Labâ��s Tom Turner, VP of Marketing to discuss this new category of security monitoring device as they build one, called QRadar.  Youâ��ll be impressed at what you hear.  Enjoy Nick.