Mediacast Library
SAVVIS is committed to driving innovation in the IT industry and turning technology into reliable, scalable, and secure services for business and government enterprises. We seek to promote a dialogue between technology providers, IT professionals, and industry analysts that cuts through the hype that often accompanies information technology and improves the quality and lowers the cost of IT solutions.
Audio and video podcasts can be found below, featuring authors, analysts, and innovators who are guiding the buyers and suppliers of IT solutions.
Hosting's Tech Neutral SaaS Platform - an Interview with Bryan Doerr
Not to be left in the cloud of dust kicked up by Salesforce, Google, Amazon and others, Savvis announced their entrance to woo ISVs onto their SaaS hosting platform and services. Savvis CTO, Bryan Doerr, joins Mitchell Ashley for part 1 of the Converging on Microsoft podcast to talk about the Savvis offering, and more specifically, what Savvis is doing to differentiate from others already going after ISV SaaS hosting and services.
(audio, 23:07)
Gartner’s Ted Chamberlin - Web hosting services providers and the future of IT services
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
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
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
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. 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
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
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)