Interviews

Interview with Peter Zotto

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:00:00 EST

Interview with Peter Zotto by Jeremy Geelan

Quasar on SYS-CON.TV: Turning Content Into Competitive Advantage

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EDT

Turning Content Into Competitive Advantage

Exclusive: Sybase Chairman John S. Chen Live on SYS-CON.TV

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:15:00 EDT

John S. Chen is interviewed by both SYS CON TV Special Correspondent John Barry and SYS CON Publisher and Editorial Director Roger Strukhoff.

Hot Banana 5.6 Fully Compliant with ColdFusion

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:00:00 EDT

Hot Banana was started late in the dot-com era, but has had a vision and execution that has enabled it to thrive. Company co-founder Chris Adams describes in this interview how and why the company started, where it's going, and how its latest Hot Banana 5.6 release builds on the company's previous success.

Interview with Dave Wolf of Cynergy Systems

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:00:00 EDT

Silverlight

TopQuadrant's Dean Allemang Discusses Semantic Web on SYS-CON.TV

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:45:00 EDT

TopQuadrant Chief Scientist Dean Allemang outlined his company's vision behind the semantic web and ontology-based search. This is not the buzzwordesque web of futuristic imaginations, but rather, a very specific idea backed by software tools the company has developed. Listen in to this exclusive interview...

Interface21 Execs Johnson and Choksi Discuss Spring with SYS-CON.TV's Roger Strukhoff

Tue, 22 May 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Spring, the open-source, lightweight web application framework for the Java platform, first written by Rod Johnson in 2002, is under discussion in an exclusive interview with SYS-CON.TV's Roger Strukhoff. Johnson and Neelan Choksi, both of Spring company Interface21, took the call...

Interview with John McMahon

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:00:00 EDT

Interview with John McMahon, CEO of Extentech Inc.

Interview with Ed Kiraly

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:00:00 EDT

Interview with Ed Kiraly, Visualization Suite Product Manager, ILOG

Interview with Serge Labourey

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:00:00 EDT

Interview with Serge Labourey, CTO, JBoss Division Red Hat

Interview with Simon Phipps

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:00:00 EDT

Interview with Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source Officer, Sun Microsystems

Sun Embraces OpenAJAX Alliance

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:00:00 EDT

Dan Roberts, Director of Developer Tools and Greg Murray, AJAX Architect, both with Sun Micrrosystems talked about the company's initial reluctance to join the IBM-driven OpenAJAX Alliance, the company's more recent decision to join, the importance of interoperability, and what unique capabilities Sun brings to the OpenAJAX Alliance table in this exclusive SYS-CON interview.

Ingres and BEA Get Together

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:00:00 EDT

Open-source database company Ingres and 'blended' app developer BEA have gotten together to offer a joint development strategy to their customers. Ingres Senior VP of Engineering Emma McGrattan discusses this new arrangement in this exclusive SYS-CON interview.

SYS-CON.TV Interview: Theo Beack Joins BEA as Deputy CTO

Fri, 26 May 2006 15:15:00 EDT

Theo Beack has joined BEA Systems, Inc. as Deputy CTO, and will be talking to customers while also examining SOA and Web 2.0 and how their aspects fit into the company's overall 'blended' strategy. In this job, he notes, he mostly gets to do 'the cool stuff.'

Roaring Penguin's David Skoll Kills Spam

Fri, 26 May 2006 15:00:00 EDT

David Skoll, President and CTO of Roaring Penguin Software, based in Ottawa, Canada, discussed his company's efforts to kill spam and eliminate malware in this exclusive interview with SYS-CON. He describes the 'cocktail' of techniques that the company uses to help IT managers and individuals handle one of the most vexing issues in technology today.

Fiorano's Atul Saini Outlines SOA Vision

Mon, 15 May 2006 14:00:00 EDT

Fiorano Software was SOA before there was SOA, says company CEO Atul Saini in this exclusive SYS-CON interview. The company has been around since 1995, and continues today to develop innovative SOA software, with a commitment to ESB middleware at the heart of its approach.

Terracotta Announces "Sessions for Tomcat"

Thu, 11 May 2006 09:00:00 EDT

Terracotta CEO Ari Zilka spoke with SYS-CON about the company's new 'Sessions for Tomcat,' and outlined his company's vision for developers. He also discussed the growing momentum behind AJAX and what benefits it is bringing to the development community.

Sun and SAP Team Up on Virtualization

Mon, 08 May 2006 10:00:00 EDT

Jim Sangster, Director of Marketing for N1 and Availability Software, and Dr. Gregory O. Smith, Global Manager for Sun's SAP Competency Center, recently participated in an exclusive SYS-CON interview to outline a new joint program for end-to-end heterogeneous virtualization customers that is being offered by Sun and SAP.

SOA Software Acquires Blue Titan

Mon, 08 May 2006 10:00:00 EDT

SOA Software CEO Eric Pulier outlines the company's Blue Titan acquisition in this exclusive SYS-CON interview. Also commenting are Blue Titan CEO Frank Martinez, who will join SOA Software as an EVP, and SOA Software EVP Roberto Medrano.

Sybase's Rick Linden Reaches Out to Oracle Customers

Mon, 01 May 2006 15:00:00 EDT

Rick Linden, senior product manager at Sybase, spoke with SYS-CON about the company's Mirror Activator for Oracle product announcement at EMC World in Boston. Sybase is touting several technical benefits to this approach, which addresses issues such as failover and compliance in intense, heterogeneous environments.

RIA Visionary David Temkin on SYS-CON.TV

Mon, 01 May 2006 14:00:00 EDT

David Temkin is co-founder and CTO of Laszlo Systems. The company is a member of the emerging Open AJAX consortium, and a pioneer in providing the tools necessary for Rich Internet Applications and AJAX development. Temkin discusses his history with these tools and talks about the company's vision in this exclusive SYS-CON interview.

Bill Coleman to Address Disruption at SOA Web Services Edge

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:30:00 EDT

Bill Coleman, founder and CEO of Cassatt Corp., will address how the software industry is being disrupted by, among other things, open source during his keynote on Monday, June 5 at the SOA Web Services Edge Conference and Expo in New York. Bill Coleman is also the 'B' in BEA and was vice president of software services at Sun when SunOS was transformed into Solaris. He provides a preview of his June keynote in this exclusive interview with SYS-CON.

Jonas Jacobi and John Fallows Explain How to Use Both JSF and Ajax

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:45:00 EDT

Jonas Jacobi and John Fallows will present a session entitled, 'AJAX and Faces: Friends or Foes?' as part of the Real-World AJAX Seminar at the SOA Web Services Edge and Enterprise Open Source Conference and Exhibition in New York June 5-6. The two have written a book on the subject, and provide a glimpse of their presentation in this exclusive SYS-CON interview.

SourceForge.net Execs Outline Open Source Progress and Momentum

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:00:00 EDT

SourceForge.net is one of many OSTC-owned websites that is popular with the open-source development community. Jay Seirmarco, General Manager, and Ross Turk, Engineering Manager, recently updated the organization's progress in this exclusive SYS-CON interview.

EnterpriseDB CEO Andy Astor Discusses Open Source Development Mistakes

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:00:00 EDT

Andy Astor, co-founder and CEO of open source database company EnterpriseDB, will present a session on the 'Top Five Mistakes to Avoid When Migrating to Open Source' at the Enterprise Open Source Conference and Exhibition, to be held June 5-6 in New York. Andy outlined his talk in this exclusive SYS-CON interview.

SOA Expert Linthicum on Joining Enterprises with Web 2.0

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:30:00 EDT

Author, blogger, and podcaster David Linthicum will discuss how to incorporate Web 2.0 prinicples into enterprise IT development--regardless of the size of the enterprise--during his presentation at the SOA Web Services Edge Conference and Expo, to be held in New York June 5-6. Linthicum provides an overview of his upcoming presentation during this exclusive SYS-CON interview.

SugarCRM's Oram Discusses Secret Ingredients to Open Source

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:00:00 EDT

Clint Oram will present a session on Secret Ingredients to Open Source Development at the Enterprise Open Source Conference and Expo June 5-6 in New York. Oram, who co-founder SugarCRM and is General Manager of Sugar Online, outlined his presentation in an exclusive SYS-CON interview.

Dojo's Alex Russell on "AJAX and the Open Web"

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:00:00 EDT

AJAX is a marketing term that will retain its power as long as vendors retain a commitment to an Open Web, says Dojo Foundation President Alex Russell. Alex will present his views as part of the Real-World AJAX Seminar to be held in San Jose on April 24, and he provides a peak into his presentation in this exclusive SYS-CON interview.

Simon Horwith Leads Session Flex and ColdFusion

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:00:00 EDT

Cold Fusion Developer's Journal Editor-in-Chief Simon Horwith will lead on session developing with Flex and ColdFusion at the SOA Web Services Edge Conference and Exhibition, to be held June 5-6 in New York. Simon also serves as CIO of AboutWeb.com, a Washington, DC-based consulting firm. He outlines his upcoming session in this exclusive SYS-CON interview.

BEA's Lorenzo Cremona Announces Version 9 Momentum

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EDT

BEA's Director of Enterprise Infrastructure Lorenzo Cremona discussed what the company is calling recent momentum against IBM, Oracle, and JBoss, in this exclusive interview with SYS-CON.TV. Cremona discussed the company's blended strategy and how it is effected with a variety of customers.

AJAX Tech Chair Dion Hinchcliffe Discusses AJAX and Web 2.0

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:45:00 EDT

Dion Hinchcliffe, Editor-in-Chief of SYS-CON's Web 2.0 Journal, has been named AJAX Tech Chair for the upcoming, two-day Real-World AJAX Seminar to be held in New York June 5-6 as part of SOA Web Services Edge and the Enterprise Open Source Conference and Expo. Hinchcliffe outlines his vision of how AJAX and Web 2.0 interact as he puts together the dynamic program for the June event.

BEA's Blake Connell Outlines Blue Dragon Initiative

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:00:00 EDT

BEA Systems will be offering Blue Dragon as part of its overall blended web applications development strategy, as part of a new licensing agreement. Among other highlights, this initiative allows the reuse of legacy code by a number of BEA's customers. The company's Blake Connell outlines this new initiative in an exclusive interview with SYS-CON.TV.

Oracle Exec Ted Farrell Outlines Oracle Open AJAX Strategy

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:00:00 EDT

Oracle was among the truly big technology companies announced as original supporters of the Open AJAX initiative. Yet this is a grassroots effort, explains Ted Farrell in an exclusive interview.

Sun's Dave Hofert Looks at Embedded and Real-Time Systems

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EDT

Dave Hofert, Group Market Manager, Java SE and Embedded/Real-Time at Sun Microsystems, will spearhead several product announcements by the company in the embedded and real-time spaces at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose. Sun entered the embedded space a year ago, and now offers a Java SE approach to the market, in addition to its traditional Java ME approach. Hofert explains how and why in this exclusive interview with SYS-CON.TV.

Oracle's Ashish Mohindroo on BPEL, BAM, and Fusion Middleware

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:00:00 EDT

Oracle Senior Product Director Ashish Mohindroo spoke to SYS-CON.TV in an exclusive interview about some new customer wins for Oracle's Fusion Middleware, particularlyin the BPEL Process Manager and Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) spaces. He reviews three customers in varying markets as he describes the flexibility and functionality that Oracle is claiming for the product line.

HP Augments SOA Strategy with Vertical Frameworks

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:00:00 EDT

HP has announced Vertical Frameworks for four new vertical markets as part of its ongoing SOA strategy. The company has also reported a new customer win. Terri Schoenrock, Director of Enterprise Application Services at HP Services, outlines the new strategy and describes the customer win in an exclusive interview with SYS-CON Media.

Sun's Jim Sangster on Grid Computing

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:00:00 EDT

Jim Sangster, Sun's Director of Marketing for N1 and Availability Software Products, outlines Sun's evolving grid computing strategy, as it relates to Oracle as well as other software platforms, in this exclusive interview with SYS-CON.TV. Sun has announced an expanded strategy, and Sangster covers what it means for IT managers as well as developers.

SYS-CON.TV Exclusive with JBoss Founder & CEO Marc Fleury

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:30:00 EDT

Roger Strukhoff interviews Dr. Marc Fleury, chairman and CEO of JBoss, at the JBoss world headquarters in Atlanta. Marc describes some of the company's history and its mission of developing world-class software in a community fashion. After the formal interview he also elaborates on his own fashion, a 'vote for JBoss' shirt, and delights viewers by 'busting a move.'

AJAXWorld Speaker Eric Miraglia from Yahoo! Discusses AJAX and the User Experience

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:00:00 EDT

Eric Miraglia, PhD, and a member of the Yahoo Presentation Platform Engineering team, is a featured speaker at the Real-World AJAX Seminar, to be held April 24 at the San Jose Hilton. His presentation is entitled, 'Applying AJAX: Speeding the User's Journey from Idea to Information.' Eric will discuss how to integrate the technology choices inherent in AJAX development into a user experience that is 'light, intuitive, and rewarding

IBM Announces Expanded SOA and AJAX Strategy

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:00:00 EDT

IBM Senior VP Steve Mills led a discussion about and overview of IBM's expanding SOA strategy in a recent teleconference. AJAX was on the menu, as was WebSphere and an overall strategy that features multiple entry points for customers in a variety of businesses.