Thought Leaders
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information technology and improves the quality and lowers the cost of IT solutions.
The Thought Leaders Series contains audio and video podcasts of the authors, analysts, and innovators who are guiding the buyers and suppliers of IT solutions. We offer these podcasts free of charge.
Gartner’s Ted Chamberlin - Web hosting services providers and the future of IT services
In this Thought Leaders podcast brought to you by SAVVIS, Ted Chamberlin, research director at Gartner, discusses drivers and criteria for buying web hosting services, distinctions between the providers, and the future of IT Services.
(video, 11:07 min)
Nicholas Carr - The end of corporate computing, moving from assets to shared resources
In this Thought Leaders podcast brought to you by SAVVIS, Nicholas Carr, acclaimed business technology writer and strategist, discusses the end of corporate computing brought on by the move from assets to shared resources. He also comments on the next generation of IT - the Utility Model - and what it means for businesses, in applications ranging from security services and Web hosting to IT services and networking.
(video, 8:45 min)
IDC’s Rona Shuchat – Forecast for the future of IT services
In this Thought Leaders podcast brought to you by SAVVIS, Rona Shuchat, Research Director, IDC shares her unique perspective gained through the study of the strategic impact of telecommunications and web hosting. She discusses what’s interesting in corporate networking, such as deep packet inspection, the use of web-based portals to administer internal networks, and the use of web optimization techniques. She also addresses how corporations will see advantages in bundling the elements of their IT Services, including IP bandwidth, storage, software, security and systems monitoring, to lower their overall total cost of ownership (TCO). Finally, Rona discusses the value of virtualization and utility computing and forecasts the future of IT services.
(audio, 12:00 min)
Tier 1’s Andy Schroepfer - How the buyer is driving the future of IT Services
In this Thought Leaders podcast brought to you by SAVVIS, Andy Schroepfer, President & Founder of Tier 1 Research, discusses his view on the hosting industry including: the market forecast and segmentation, future growth areas, and how the buyer, not the supplier, is driving the future of IT services.
(audio, 10:00 min)
Ben Horowitz, CEO, Opsware
As a former executive with America Online, Netscape, and Lotus, Ben Horowitz knows both the application and IT infrastructure space. In this edition of Thought Leaders, Ben discusses the impact Web 2.0 applications have on IT operations, including management policies, systems and people. He also reviews the most important technology that CIOs need to embrace today to be successful in a Web 2.0 world, along with the most over-hyped technology.
(video, 5:01 min)
Ed Gasiorowski, Director of Developer Relations, AMD
(video, 7:13 min)
James Richardson, Senior Vice President, Cisco - What Web 2.0 means for the Enterprise
In this Thought Leaders podcast brought to you by SAVVIS, James Richardson, Senior Vice President at Cisco discusses how Cisco is helping Enterprise CIOs prepare for the Web 2.0 world. He also sheds some light on Services Oriented Network Architecture (SONA) and its value for the Enterprise and the role virtualization plays in the Web 2.0 world.
(video, 4:25 min)
Sebastian Tevarotto, Vice President & General Manager, Network and Service Providers, HP
In this Thought Leaders podcast brought to you by SAVVIS, Sebastian Tevarotto discusses the Four Imperatives of Web 2.0 and how communications and content are coming together. He also reviews the strategies a business can use to enhance the overall customer experience.
(video, 10:05 min)