Podcasts

How to purchase and manage your data storage capacity

Learn why storage pros buy more storage capacity than needed and how tiered storage, thin provisioning, and using SATA instead of FC can help you manage data growth and cut costs.
Examining RAID levels: RAID 0 through RAID 6

In this podcast, Arun Taneja examines the various RAID levels and their impact on enterprise data storage. Learn the differences and similarities between RAID 0 through RAID 6.

Cloud computing and security: How valid are the infosec concerns?

Learn about possible information security concerns and threats in cloud computing environments from Mano Paul, the Software Assurance Advisor for (ISC)2.
SAN switching: How to configure a SAN switch

Learn how to configure a storage-area network (SAN) switch, decide what fabric topology to implement, the importance of zoning and masking, and how to figure out fan-in and fan-out ratios.
Disaster recovery for data storage environments

For effective disaster recovery (DR), data storage managers must know the key elements of a DR plan and how to effectively leverage storage technologies to execute them.
Podcast interview: Nick Leeson says Integrated IT could have prevented Barings collapse

Integrated IT systems could have prevented the collapse of Barings Bank, says Nick Leeson, the trader who hid £826m in losses that led to the bank’s demise in 1995.
Podcast: Interview with RSA president Art Coviello on addressing cyber threats

An industry-wide collaborative approach to solving common security problems is the best approach to addressing cyber threats, according to RSA, the security division of EMC.
Email archiving for storage managers

Learn the data storage aspects of email archiving, how an email archiving system works, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of email archiving.
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Podcast: The business benefits of Web 2.0 and collaboration technology

The economic downturn has increased substantially the pressures that are applied on today’s businesses, encompassing changes in budget, changes in business methodologies and changes in the places in which firms must trade in order to not just flourish but to just stay in business.
Data storage podcasts and FAQs

Keep up-to-date with our latest podcasts on data backup and recovery, data storage tools and management, network-attached storage (NAS), storage-area networks (SANs) and more.
Disaster recovery basics with Jon William Toigo

An effective disaster recovery (DR) plan can become your company's most vital asset. Learn about the latest disaster recovery trends with Jon William Toigo.
Podcast: Microsoft claims increase in product security in Trustworthy Computing update

Microsoft issues security updates for its products every month, despite the introduction of its Trustworthy Computing initiative to raise security standards in its software.
Podcast: Moving collaboration to the next level

The risk of slackening sales is prompting a closer focus on the cost side of the business with greater efficiency the name of the game. Now, the business is looking towards IT and asking, "OK, what can you do to help us get through this downturn?"
Exclusive interview: Gary McKinnon's mum on why she believes her son should be tried in the UK

Janis Sharp, mother of self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon, speaks frankly, movingly and exclusively to Computer Week’s Ian Grant about the struggle to stop his extradition to the US for committing what the Americans claim was the greatest military hack of all time.
How your IT support desk can change your business for the better (Next-generation enterprise IT)

The IT service desk is in a great position to identify problem areas relating to IT before other parts of the business are impacted. As such, it needs the internal clout to feed back its conclusions to the rest of the business. If this is done right then a change in IT support strategy can help business save costs, and help IT match more closely to what the business needs.
Podcast: BPM and SOA for business agility (Next-generation enterprise IT)

Translating business needs into software outcomes has long been an Achilles heel for the IT industry. Whether the approach has been to write bespoke applications or find a best-fit package, the result is normally an imperfect reflection of what was required. More seriously, the resulting systems are a static reflection of the needs of a particular moment in time. The weakness of this approach comes when a business needs to radically alter the way it operates, whether in response to changing market conditions or simply a desire to reinvent itself. When the systems that supposedly support the business can't be changed in a timely or cost-effective enough way to make that change happen, the business finds itself set in electronic concrete.
Podcast: How to use Web 2.0 at work (Next generation enterprise IT)

The second in a series on next generation enterprise IT, produced in association with IBM. Web 2.0 - beyond the hype, how can it benefit enterprise?
Podcast:Boosting efficiency and saving costs with green IT

After years of uncontrolled growth, many datacentres face a crisis as they run into space and power constraints. Even though remedies to the problems exist, current typical business practices concerning datacentres do not encourage the prioritisation of power reduction within one of the most power hungry areas of a business.
What CIOs need to know now about generation Y and emerging technologies

Kelly Dempski, technology research director at Accenture's European technology lab in France tells Warwick Ashford what CIOs need to know about Generation Y - the 'Millennials', web 2.0, social networking, and emerging technologies.
Podcast: Microsoft's BizSpark - software giant offers freeware to start-ups

Microsoft is giving away free development tools and server software to start-ups less than three years old. Cliff Saran find out more about the initiative, called BizSpark, from Dan'l Lewin, corporate vice president responsible for strategic and emerging business development at Microsoft.
Podcast: Inside the mind of the cybercriminal - Ian Amit shares insights from his research

Security researcher Ian Amit was given a keen insight into the working of the cybercriminal world when he found a way into a database of stolen access credentials. Amit, who is the director of security research at Aladdin Knowledge Systems has since drawn up a report on his research. Computer Weekly’s Warwick Ashford spoke to him on his recent visit to London and asked him to highlight some of the findings in the report.
Disk-based backup podcast with Curtis Preston

Companies are replacing tape with disk-based backup to achieve faster backups and restores. W. Curtis Preston, vice president of data protection at GlassHouse Technologies, explains how adding data deduplication makes disk-based backup an even more compelling proposition.
Podcast: MP Alun Michael on Get Safe Online and the fight against e-crime

Computer Weekly’s Warwick Ashford asked MP and EURIM e-Crime Group Alun Michael how Get Safe Online fits in with other e-crime initiatives and what role business has to play. Get Safe Online is a government-private sector initiative aimed at boosting online security, currently running its fourth annual Get Safe Online Awareness Week.