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At Catalyst Conference 2008 Burton Group announced the newest member to the Identity and Privacy Strategies coverage area, Ian Glazer. In this podcast, Ian introduces himself as a senior analyst to the Burton Group and highlights some of the research he will be involved with and the interests in the identity space. Ian will recognize the areas in his coverage that need to be addressed and that are important to the industry. Join Burton Group in welcoming Ian. Download Ian Glazer's Introduction

Due to the phenomenal growth rate of data, internal direct-attach storage can no longer scale to meet business needs. However, implementing a fiber channel Storage Area Networks (SAN) can be an expensive and time-consuming proposition. With the advent of the iSCSI, SANs are now a more attractive and inexpensive alternative to fibre channel. As data centers expand in space, consume more energy, low-cost infrastructures like iSCSI will play a significant role in the dynamic data center. In this podcast, analyst Gene Ruth will preview his Catalyst workshop, guiding SAN administrators in the art of building an iSCSI SAN. Download Growing With iSCSI

When identity management fails, it usually fails because the party managing identity doesn't have a close enough relationship with the person whose identity it's managing. The identity and management problem is much more social than technical, and the solution to the identity management is not to build protocols, but to build identity management businessess which have good relationships with their customers. In this podcast, research director Bob Blakley explains why there is no identity management without relationships. Download Relationships

In this podcast, Research Director Peter O’Kelly introduces Burton Group Data Management Strategies (DMS). The podcast includes an overview of the DMS service and analyst team, along with a summary of five data management topics the DMS team believes will be especially influential over the next few years. The DMS team also be using the Data Management Strategies blog as an additional resource for topic discussion and following industry news. Download Data Management Strategies Introduction

Today, May 19, 2008, Burton Group launched Burton Group IT1, comprehensive suite of decision support and planning tools designed to help executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations make smarter IT architecture decisions. Burton Group IT1 is a simple licensing model which includes company-wide access to all of the firm’s research coverage areas. In this podcast, Jamie Lewis, Burton Group CEO and research chair, explains why this new licensing model is unique compared to traditional analyst firm pricing models that limit access by selling individual seat licenses. Additionally, Jamie will discuss the new offerings from Burton Group IT1 including new research coverage of Data Management technologies and Enterprise Architecture as well as tools to help clients effectively leverage these resources via a Research Assistant Program, and the Executive Advisory Program. Download Burton Group IT1

Many enterprises are considering Wi-Fi Certified 802.11n draft 2.0 deployment because it has significant advantages over existing wireless technologies. However, these advantages present the enterprise network manager with important deployment considerations. In this podcast, senior analyst Paul DeBeasi and Edgar Figueroa executive director of the Wi-Fi Alliance will cover these considerations that network managers need to be aware of. Managers that take time to evaluate these considerations, within the context of their enterprise needs and constraints, will improve their ability to achieve successful 802.11n deployment. To accompany this podcast Paul DeBeasi and the Wi-Fi Alliance have worked together to create a document to further the 802.11n deployment discussion. Download 802.11n Deployment Considerations Download 802.11n Document

One of the greatest weaknesses facing server virtualization today is the lack of management and monitoring tools that interoperate with multiple vendors. Innovations in server virtualization management could grow at a substantial rate if all server virtualization vendors adopted a Common Information Model-based standard for their metadata. In September 2007, the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF®) announced the acceptance of a draft specification for portable virtual machines called the Open Virtualization Format (OVF), which aims to simplify interoperability, security and virtual machine lifecycle management for virtual infrastructures. OVF uses existing packaging tools to combine one or more virtual machines together with a standards-based XML wrapper, giving the virtualization platform a portable package containing all required installation and configuration parameters for the virtual machines. This allows any virtualization platform that implements the standard to correctly install and run the virtual machines. In this podcast Drue Reeves, VP and research director with Burton Group, and Winston Bumpus, president of DMTF and director of standards architecture for VMware, discuss the industry’s progress toward acceptance and adoption of this standard. Additionally, DMTF plans to host a hospitality suite at the Catalyst Conference North America 2008 featuring OVF and other standards-based virtual machine managements from multiple vendors – everything from creating, to distributing, deploying and managing various virtual machines. Be sure to stop by the DMTF hospitality suite in Gregory A/B room on Thursday, June 26, from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. Download DMTF Podcast

In this podcast, Burton Group VP and research director Anne Thomas Manes expounds on her findings within her recent service-oriented architecture (SOA) research project. The research aims to discover how well organizations are doing in their SOA initiatives, what kind of value they are realizing, and what factors are impeding their progress. The final results of this project will be presented at Burton Group Catalyst Conference in June. Download Succeeding with SOA

In this podcast, Chris Howard, service director and executive strategist, interviews Mike Disabato, service director of Burton Group's Network and Telecom Strategies service concerning the state of unified communications. With the increased attention around unified communications mobility, Disabato keys in on how unified communications will the affect the executives and IT professionals and why they should be paying attention to the unified communications wave. Disabato briefly covers the Network and Telecom Strategies tracks at Catalyst Conference North America this June. Download Unified Communications

With the annual Burton Group Catalyst Conference North America beginning to take shape, service director Chris Howard and CEO and research chair Jamie Lewis discuss the six areas transforming the future of enterprise IT: Building the Dynamic Data Center, Identity Management Are We There Yet?, Security Vital Signs, Everything Wireless, Succeeding with SOA, and The New Ways of Work. Lewis also speaks to the need of developing conversation around the complex issues facing enterprise IT organizations and using Catalyst as a forum to discuss the emerging technologies. Download Burton Group Catalyst Preview

Businesses increasing dependency on IT systems is placing great pressure on IT organizations and their data centers. Data centers are overflowing with servers, networking, and storage. Compounding space and power concerns is a potential economic downturn that threatens to slash IT budgets. In this Data Center Strategies 2008 Vantage Point podcast, Research Director, Drue Reeves, will discuss these issues, outline some of the IT market trends addressing these issues, as well as discuss the data cneter topics at Catalyst 2008. Download Data Center Strategies VantagePoint 2008