Business & the Three I’s (Instrumented, Interconnected & Intelligent)
Date: 9/10/2009
Sponsors:
Host: Terry Sweeney, Chief Editor, Internet Evolution
Click Here to View Archived Webinar Automobiles, household appliances, even livestock are getting their own IP addresses, leading some to refer to the Internet of Things. How are companies in different business sectors benefiting from this concept of being Instrumented, Interconnected, and Intelligent? Moderator Terry Sweeney will synthesize the early end-user experience and what returns these enterprises have begun reaping.

Can The Virtualized Desktop Deliver?
Date: 8/20/2009
Sponsors: IBM
Host: Randy George, Contributer, Information Week
Click Here to View Archived Webinar Having reaped savings and performance gains from server virtualization, many IT leaders are weighing whether desktop virtualization can bring the same payday. But that brings in a new wild card: Whether virtualized desktops can deliver the experience that demanding end users expect, from interactivity to personalization to mobility. Our moderator, Randy George, brings perspective on a business-IT strategy perspective, and also the practical point of view from having recently tested a spectrum of virtual desktop infrastructure software.

Government Transparency 2.0
Date: 5/28/2009
Sponsors: IBM
Host: Mary Hayes, Editor at Large, TechWeb
Click Here to View Archived Webinar The Obama administration came in with a promise of openness, and faith that Web technology will help deliver it. In this Webinar, we’ll discuss where in the federal bureaucracy technology has the potential to drive openness. We’ll examine the various Websites already in use or being developed, like Recovery.gov and Data.gov, to see how they’re contributing to openness. We’ll draw on discussions with federal IT leaders for insight into how these and other transparency efforts are going. We’ll also look at what’s standing in the way of expanding openness, where technology isn’t helping, and what the future likely holds.

Maintaining Reliable & Secure Computing in the Cloud
Date: 3/5/2009
Sponsors: IBM
Host: Mike Fratto, Managing Editor, InformationWeek
Click Here to View Archived Webinar Cloud computing is coming to a data center near you. The savings that can be gained by outsourcing processing to a cloud service, combined with the ability to quickly scale to meet demand, are compelling. But before you consider cloud computing, you first have to consider the changes that will take place within your own organization and the requirements a cloud provider will need to meet in order to provide a secure and reliable service. In this Webcast, we will discuss the governance issues surrounding cloud computing and its impact on the organization.

Internet2 and the Future of the Web*
Date: 12/3/2008
Sponsors: IBM
Host: Roger Smith, Senior Editor, InformationWeek
Click Here to View Archived Webinar Internet2 today provides a nationwide, high-performance, 100-Gbit/s network to nearly 300 member organizations (including 43 corporate members) and more than 50,000 research and education institutions including colleges, high schools, museums, and libraries across the United States. Webinar participants from the Internet2 consortium will discuss a host of new technologies and cutting-edge applications that have been developed on the Internet2 test bed network. This includes the Internet2’s Dynamic Circuit Network (DCN) switching service that creates short-term circuits between end-users that require dedicated bandwidth, which will be especially useful for organizations building cloud computing applications, or who need to make more efficient use of resources by controlling their own traffic patterns and having a dedicated environment that is under their control.