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What is Web texting?  play >

What is Web texting?

3/8/2007 | Download File (18.55 MB) - right click to download

Web texting is two-way text messaging from the Web to a mobile handheld device, usually a cellular phone. Traditionally, SMS messages are texted from handheld to handheld. As mobile providers have improved their Web sites, it has become possible for subscribers to log on and send text messages to cell phones from the online account. Now, companies are taking it one step further and allowing text messages to be sent to and from an online application and a cell phone. To learn more, WhatIs.com's Alex Howard called up Gavin Macomber, co-founder & executive vice president of MobileSphere, which has developed a Web texting platform. When you listen to the podcast, you'll learn the answers to the following questions: How is Web texting different from "normal" texting How does Web texting work? What security concerns are there with Web texting? What is happening with mobile spam and SMSing? What about SMiShing? What international issues are there with Web texting? Where does it work -– and where doesn't it? How many users in North America are sending text messages vs. eastern Asia or Western Europe? Are Treos and BlackBerrys and other QWERTY keyboard-equipped handsets changing the equation? How is the market for Web texting changing with millions of users beginning to save, edit, upload and share multimedia content from camera and video phones? What is fixed-mobile convergence and what's important about the trend? What is a softswitch and how does it work? What is an MVNO? powered by ODEOUse the Flash player above or click on the MP3 link below to listen on your PC or download to your favorite portable media player. After you listen, visit Joopz to try out Web texting yourself.Download the MP3 | Help with Listening | Subscribe | Contact Us

What is a media-aware network?  play >

What is a media-aware network?

2/14/2007 | Download File (17.87 MB) - right click to download

A media-aware network uses a combination of software and hardware within routers to bring more intelligence to the edges of a network, enhancing the experience of VoIP, videoconferencing or other communications users. To learn more about media-aware networks, WhatIs.com's Alex Howard interviewed featuring Cathal Phelan and Keith Morris, the CEO and VP of marketing, respectively, at Ubicom, a manufacturer of specialized processors and router equipment. powered by ODEO When you listen to the podcast, you'll learn the answers to the following questions: What is a media-aware network? How do they work? What does increased intelligence at the application layer mean in real-world terms? What is a communications and media processor (CMP)? Use the Flash player above or click on the MP3 link below to listen on your PC or download to your favorite portable media player. Download the MP3 | Help with Listening | Subscribe | Contact Us

What is a portable application?  play >

What is a portable application?

1/26/2007 | Download File (25.45 MB) - right click to download

The term portable application broadly describes any software that has been adapted for use on a Flash drive, iPod or other mobile external hard drive. To learn more about portable applications, WhatIs.com's Alex Howard interviewed John T. Haller, the CEO and lead Web developer of PortableApps.powered by ODEOIn this podcast, you will learn the answers to the following questions: What else defines a portable application? What are the most commonly used – and useful – features seen in portable applications? What do you need to install and use a portable application? What technologies are typically used in making applications portable? Can a portable application be fooled, spoofed or hacked by a third party? What are some best practices for security, both for the drive and the computer it's plugged into? What about firewalls, data security, encryption and remote access? How are portable applications being used to instantly upgrade old PCs and aid in disaster recovery?Use the Flash player above or click on the MP3 link below to listen on your PC or download to your favorite portable media player.Download the MP3 | Help with Listening | Subscribe | Contact Us

What is FFIEC compliance?  play >

What is FFIEC compliance?

1/10/2007 | Download File (11.34 MB) - right click to download

In this WhatIs.com podcast, you'll learn about an attempt to modernize existing banking practices in the context of new online threats like phishing. To learn more about FFIEC compliance, WhatIs.com Assistant Site Editor Alex Howard interviewed Patrick Audley, the CTO of risk adaptive software provider Cogneto. In this podcast, you will learn the answers to the following questions: How does implementation of FFIEC recommendations change the ways that customers use a bank? What’s the difference between single factor and multiple factor authentication? What is a factor in authentication? Under FFIEC guidance, is a fingerprint or iris scanner or voice recognition system sufficient authentication? How is dynamic reporting being used to decrease the incidence of fraud What is realtime risk analysis? Are there any penalties for non-compliance? Where are the majority of funds stolen in phishing attacks? powered by ODEOUse the Flash player above or click on the MP3 link below to listen on your PC or download to your favorite portable media player.Download the MP3 | Help with Listening | Subscribe | Contact Us

What is a web content management system?  play >

What is a web content management system?

12/20/2006 | Download File (19.78 MB) - right click to download

powered by ODEOIn this podcast from WhatIs.com, Assistant Site Editor Alex Howard interviews Erik Aeyelts Averink, the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for Tridion, a leading global provider of web content management solutions. Listen to this episode to learn the answers to the following questions:What is web content management? What trends are driving creation and adoption of web-based content management? What factors do you emphasize when building a new CMS or upgrading an aging one?What’s the difference between decoupled delivery and active delivery, in terms of web-content management system architectures? What Web 2.0 technologies are having an impact on CMS software?Download the MP3

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