http://podcast.ft.com/?section=digital en FT.com FT Digital Business looks at the use and management of technology in business, the issues surrounding investment in technology, and thought leadership in areas vital to business decision-makers. FT Digital Business looks at the use and management of technology in business, the issues surrounding investment in technology, and thought leadership in areas vital to business decision-makers. FT Digital Business looks at the use and management of technology in business, the issues surrounding investment in technology, and thought leadership in areas vital to business decision-makers. Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2007. 'FT' and 'Financial Times' are trademarks of the Financial Times. No http://tamborcast.tangozebra.com/albumart/33.jpg http://podcast.ft.com/?section=digital support@ft.com support@ft.com support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/1019.guid Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No This week FT Digital Business is at Wimbledon to find out more about the huge data collection and sharing exercise being undertaken at the event support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/1014.guid Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No FT Digital Business examines the importance social media and discusses ideas for the mobile phone of the future, with clues on how to win a trip to Korea support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/1007.guid Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No Does business understand social media and technology? Anne Berkowitch of SelectMinds talks to Peter Whitehead support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/999.guid Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No If you are a small or meduim sized business, you still need an IT plan. Peter Whitehead talks to Aongus Hegarty of Dell about what SMEs can do. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/998.guid Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No It's easier than ever to work away from the office. But are companies using mobile technology to become more flexible and efficient? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/987.guid Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No Companies are spending too much on IT - so what can they do about it? Ann Livermore of HP gives her view. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/985.guid Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No You know about social networks - Facebook, LinkedIn et al - but what about private social networks? Anne Berkowitch of SelectMinds explains. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/975.guid Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No Can a business trust its CIO? Ade McCormack shares his thoughts on this delicate issue. Plus: the huge skills gap facing the heavy industries sector support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/961.guid Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No How do you get the attention of the CIO? Ade McCormack has a few ideas; plus, Karl-Heinz Streibich of Software AG on technology in the downturn. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/956.guid Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No FT Digital Business looks at the resilience of company technology, and how businesses can use geographic tracking technology for websites support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/947.guid Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No Does business understand IT any more? Steve Prentice of Gartner shares his views. Plus: Egypt as an outsourcing location support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/943.guid Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No Featuring a realistic assessment of what the cloud can do for business; and the laptop security expert who lost his machine on his first day in the job support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/939.guid Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100 No The fourth interview in our series on cloud computing; and a chat with the 'father of Java' support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/932.guid Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No What companies should look for when they consider cloud computing; and advice on which technology is helping businesses during the recession support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/929.guid Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No How the Dutch are managing to work remotely; mobile tools to be seen with at the Paris fashion show; and Google's role in cloud computing support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/920.guid Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No Comic Relief: we're serious about technology, says the charity's IT chief. Plus: a new series on cloud computing. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/914.guid Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No Why companies must get to grips with virtual IT to reduce hardware costs support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/906.guid Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No How IT has revolutionised the hunt for oil and gas; and why one mobile device just isn't enough these days support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/898.guid Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No Andrew Parker at Mobile World Congress on a bumpy 2009 for communications Why videoconferencing is taking off, its benefits and occasional downsides And the world's most expensive mobile phone support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/895.guid Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No We're ready to invest in mobile broadband as long as we're given the spectrum to do it, according to industry spokesman, Michael O' Hara. In discussion with Peter Whitehead, he looks ahead to the hot issues at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/883.guid Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No Peter Whitehead visits the virtual inventors in HP's labs in Bristol to see how high-end computing will transform IT security, and the way we search for and store documents support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/877.guid Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No Laywers enter the cyber world. Will it work? Software company epoq explains And regular contributor Ade McCormack explores the robustness and reliability of the internet as a business tool support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/875.guid Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No Ade McCormack sounds a sceptical note about connecting the poor to the web And a warning about a fast-growing virus threat from the web support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/872.guid Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 No Time to throw your hardware, cut costs and go virtual with your IT? Digital Business reporter Stephen Pritchard examines the benefits of virtualisation to make IT systems more efficient, by talking to IDC, Microsoft, VMware and Parallels support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/862.guid Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No Digital Business gazes into the crystal ball with IT watchers, Alan Cane and Stephen Pritchard, who warn of hard times ahead, from squeezed budgets to a focus on short-term projects support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/855.guid Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No Should IT be treated like a commodity and outsourced? And what makes people tune in to business podcasts support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/852.guid Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No Is now the time to cut back hard on your IT budget? A 2009 wish list for chief information officers And an internet domain name with a difference support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/841.guid Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No In this week's podcast, listen to Digital Business columnist Ade McCormack on whether IT departments have a future Plus some very practical advice from the CEO of RackSpace Hosting on how to save money and energy bills in IT support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/837.guid Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No In this week's podcast, Digital Business columnist Ade McCormack lists the attributes of the perfect chief information officer and Jose Iglesias of Symantec talks about the green challenges faced by IT users. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/834.guid Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No In this week's show, Digital Business looks at mobility. Joia Shillingford quizzes two women from the world of fashion about working on the move while Ingrid Lunden chats to the head of strategy and the chief executive of Symbian, the maker of operating systems for mobile phones, about where mobile fits a business's IT landscape. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/827.guid Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No In this week's show, Digital Business columnist Ade McCormack tackles the problem of managing IT talent, while grandee of the IT world, Charlie Bachman, shares his insights into the challenges facing database managers. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/815.guid Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No In this week's show, can the head of an IT company survive without email? and will a design business, growing fast, be able to cope only using mobile devices? support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/811.guid Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Four experts give their views on IT security risks, cloud computing techniques in malware, the best way to spend security budgets and the nature of the enemy support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/806.guid Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No How Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, believes he can dominate the search market, as he launches technology centres across Europe And can business survive without email for a week? Peter Bauer of Mimecast takes the Digital Business challenge support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/798.guid Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Why the glamour of new technology is blinding IT managers and leading to large-scale project failures And how businesses can better use powerful search engines to cut the amount of time wasted tracking down data in the office support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/793.guid Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Vint Cerf, renowned as the father of the internet, gives his views on privacy in the digital world, and discusses Chrome, Google's newly launched operating system. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/790.guid Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Ade McCormack answers questions about how business can be greener; and JP Rangaswami, BT's CIO, explains why he and many others from the IT world will be sleeping outside for a night. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/781.guid Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Ade McCormack predicts the end of computing (as we know it). Plus Royce Bell from Accenture's Information Management on how to get value out of gathering and manipulating data support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/763.guid Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Ade McCormack follows up on the model put forward by the book 'Mesh Collaboration' which urges businesses to move from a product to a service-based model. Plus why Engine Group moved all its offices into one building. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/692.guid Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No A new game for businesses: Andy Mulholland and Nick Earle explain the thinking behind the ideas in their book 'Mesh Corporation', which foresees a rapid transition as companies start using Web 2.0 networking tools support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/676.guid Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Ade McCormack discusses whether it's beyond the IT department to keep everyone safe on the web; Janice Chaffin of Symantec on whether the industry is doing enough to educate consumers on security; plus Jeremiah Grossman of WhiteHat Security on what precautions he as a security expert takes when he does online banking and blogging. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/677.guid Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Sol Squire of Data Islandia on why Iceland is a good location for businesses to store and manage their data; Ade McCormack describes how work will be like in 2015. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/663.guid Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Risk management: companies are accused of leaping from one risk fad to the next; plus - expert guidance on how best to meet the needs of the mobile workforce; and Ade McCormack on social networking in the workplace support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/651.guid Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Microsoft's Kim Cameron on how proper identification is making the internet a safer place to do business; Ade McCormack talks about the impact on business of social networking; and Roger Fulton of Gartner on the impact of the digital native generation. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/638.guid Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Second Life founder Philip Rosedale on why business should take virtual worlds seriously - plus a Gartner analyst's views on avatars and robots support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/626.guid Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No The people behind Autodesk's design software give away the secret of how to tell a digitally created car from a real one in a TV advert; Yahoo and Birds Eye explain what they get out of advertising on mobile devices; Ade McCormack explains the impact of the IT skills shortage; and Roger Fulton of Gartner examines the relationship between operational technology and IT support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/624.guid Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No A special edition of the Digital Business podcast, looking at women in IT. Peter Whitehead interviews Kate Craig-Wood, co-founder of Memset, who has a unique perspective on the topic - because she has undergone gender transition. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/603.guid Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Kim Jones of Sun on why there are so few women working in IT; Kees Nielen of Seagate Recovery Services explains that even a PC that's been under water can be rescued; and Roger Fulton of Gartner talks about cloud computing. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/578.guid Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 No Ray Schiavone, chief executive of Quark, sets out his vision for the future of publishing and Ade McCormack explains the difference between hypermedia and plain old multimedia. Plus Sean Maloney of Intel argues that business will grow even more dependent on the internet. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/577.guid Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No Is green IT just a con? Ade McCormack discusses carbon neutrality in the IT world. Plus: Andrew Shorten, Adobe's platform evangelist, explains the capabilities of Flash. And readers share their views on tech innovation. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/558.guid Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No Is there a limit to Moore's Law in computing? Ade McCormack gives the answer. Jack Domme of Hitachi Data Systems explains how storage and energy costs fit together. And we discuss peer-to-peer file sharing with the boss of BitTorrent, asking him whether it has a future as a major business tool support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/529.guid Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No A special programme recorded at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Sol Trujillo, chief executive of Telstra, gives examples of how mobile broadband provides real business solutions; FT correspondents Paul Taylor and Maija Palmer give their views on the technology that will soon be affecting businesses; and we have the thoughts of BlackBerry, Navtec and NEC on mobile services, navigation and LTE networks. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/506.guid Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No With a focus on mobility, ahead of the GSM Association's Mobile World Congress. We ask: how does the IT department react when you take your iPhone to work? What is holding back enterprise mobility? What will future mobile devices look like? Plus: Ade McCormack makes networking sound straightforward. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/463.guid Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 No Can the internet cope? We have two views - Nicholas Carr talks about the dangers, while Paul Sagan of Akamai is quizzed about the web's capacity to deliver. Plus Ade McCormack makes storage sound fascinating; and the author of a study on retail banking is quizzed about whether banks could do more with the data at their fingertips. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/442.guid Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No In this episode: Monica Seeley of Mesmo Consultancy provides helpful tips in managing your e-mail inbox; Juergen Obermann and Bernd Hoeck of GFT Inboxx explain what's going wrong with e-mail; and Andrew Wilding of Vividas gives a tour of full-screen broadcast quality internet TV support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/431.guid Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No In this episode: Diane Greene of VMWare explains why virtualisation is becoming a must-have; Nicholas Carr says companies need to harness 'informal' information systems; columnist Ade McCormack demystifies RFID; and Loic le Guisquet of Oracle talks about the self-service customer support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/418.guid Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No Randy Mott on streamlining the technology at Hewlett Packard; John Roese, Nortel's CTO discusses hyperconnectivity; Ade McCormack explains the IT concept of Agility; and the head of GeekSquad tells us why his agents wear white shirts and black ties. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/408.guid Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No Nicholas Carr argues it is better to buy off-the-shelf business software than to build your own. NEC reveals the technology packed into the 02, London's hot new entertainment venue. Columnist Ade McCormack explains open source software. And SAP's chief executive talks about its new focus on mid-sized businesses support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/370.guid Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No We ask three companies about the cost-savings, efficiencies - and more - that e-recruitment has delivered; Columnist Ade McCormack explains the importance of Enterprise Resource Planning; and Cisco's chief security officer is asked whether businesses need to be more alert to threats. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/371.guid Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Mobile working - the bosses of a Bristol business worked remotely for a week, as we reported in July. But what about their staff left back at base? Peter Whitehead asks them about the 'flip-side' of mobility. Nicholas Carr identifies a serious challenger to big enterprise resource planning systems. And Ade McCormack explains the importance of the programming language, Java. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/357.guid Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Telecoms services - a professor's view on why so many projects fail to deliver what was expected; Ade McCormack demystifies grid computing and explains what it can do for business; and two chief executives look to the future - Paul Jacobs of Qualcomm talks about mobility; and Serguei Beloussov of SWsoft about the spread of virtualisation. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/310.guid Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Going mobile: Matt Connolly and Darius Pocha were challenged to run their business for a week using only mobile devices - with surprising results; Nicholas Carr reassures those who fear 'peer production' will do away with individual genius; Ade McCormack explains what virtualisation is all about; and George Colony of Forrester Research explains why IT should be re-named BT. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/289.guid Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No What is really driving IT's new green agenda? A Forrester expert talks about the research company's report on The Greening of IT; Nicholas Carr weighs into the controversy over the $100 laptop initiative; Ade McCormack explains what 'thin client' is all about; and Jean-Philippe Courtois of Microsoft reveals where the software giant is heading. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/275.guid Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Listen to the adventures of a group of travellers as they tour Second Life; Ade McCormack explains what Voice over IP really means; Nicholas Carr looks at the differences between Microsoft and Barry Manilow; and the chief executive of Fujitsu Siemens discusses green computers. support@ft.com http://tamborcast.com/media/261.guid Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No We ask why the mobile phone is so good for advertisers; Nicholas Carr says the future of IT lies in bricks and mortar; Ade McCormack explains what service oriented architecture is all about; and the new chief executive at McAfee talks about the next generation of security threats. support@ft.com http://podcast.ft.com/audio/digital_business_apr_11_2007 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100 No Polycom CEO Bob Hagerty weighs the merits of videoconferencing versus 'physical relationships'; Nicholas Carr introduces Internet 2.0; columnist and author Ade McCormack begins a new regular feature demystifying complex IT topics; and Alan Cane asks Andy Mulholland of Capgemini what corporate mash-ups are all about. support@ft.com http://podcast.ft.com/audio/digital_business_mar_22_2007 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No 'There is no shame in keeping things running smoothly' - Nicholas Carr asks what a CIO is for. FT technology writer Alan Cane talks to Charles Hughes of the British Computer Society about professionalism in IT. And writer Stephen Pritchard asks Martin Sadler of HP whether the risks from cybercrime are growing. support@ft.com http://podcast.ft.com/audio/digital_business_mar_07_2007 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No This week Digital Business identifies a new breed of IT manager - the business liaison officer. FT technology writer Alan Cane asks Peter Armstrong of BMC about their role. Nicholas Carr talks about a switch from profligate to frugal computing. And Digital Business editor Peter Whitehead leads a debate about the money companies waste on buying software licences they don't need. support@ft.com http://podcast.ft.com/audio/digital_business_feb_21_2007 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No The man fighting pirate software says he wants to see a director jailed. Nicholas Carr talks about the growing power of computers. And the founder of TiVo, the digital television technology that has already disrupted two industries, says he isn't finished yet. support@ft.com http://podcast.ft.com/audio/digital_business_feb_07_2007 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No Peter Whitehead, editor of Digital Business, looks at whether mobile devices increase productivity? Two experts are quizzed about the true value of remote working. Plus: servers made interesting - we ask an IT design competition winner what companies can do to reduce their power usage. And Nicholas Carr talks about the dark side of the web. support@ft.com http://podcast.ft.com/audio/digital_business_jan_17_2007 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 No The $10 IT budget: Nicholas Carr says that whatever your business is spending on IT, it could be a lot lot less. Plus: listen to a discussion of the Second Life virtual world, now attracting big businesses; the thoughts of Eric Allman, author of sendmail, on the future of e-mail; and the dangers of offensive material in the workplace.