In this episode Casey Quinlan discusses "Story and Social Media". Casey Quinlan, the Mighty Mouth of Mighty Casey Media, works with individuals and enterprises to help them tell  the remarkable stories that communicate the value of their brand: In presentations, in print, and on the web. Casey has recently started a second company, WellCentrix which provides marketing, communication, IT infrastructure and supply chain services to the health, wellness and fitness industries. "WellCentrix, we put ideas in practice".

In this episode we'll talk with Randy Marchany discussing the impact social media and social networking has when a crisis arises. Randy Marchany is the Director of VA Tech's IT Security Laboratory and the University's Assistant IT Security Officer. He is a co-author of the original SANS Top 10 Internet Threats, the SANS Top 20 Internet Threats and the SANS Consensus Roadmap for Defeating DDoS Attacks. He was a recipient of the SANS Institute's Security Technology Leadership Award for 2000, the VA Governor's Technology Silver Award in 2003 and the EDUCAUSE Excellence in Information Technology Solutions Team Award in 2005.

Contact: Randy Marchany, VA Tech IT Security Office & Lab, 1300 Torgersen Hall, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, 540-231-9523, marchany@vt.edu, http://security.vt.edu, www.twitter.com/randymarchany.

Bob Relyea discusses emerging technologies in the design of modern IT data centers. Bob has been a member of the greater Richmond IT community for over 12 years. He has served as a network analyst for companies such as CarMax, Capital One and Patient First. From 2002 through 2006 he was a consultant for SyCom Technologies where he developed a passion for building IP networks supporting converged applications. Bob has designed and supported networks in many different vertical markets. He is currently a Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems supporting local commercial clients.

He can be reached at borelyea@cisco.com or relyear@gmail.com.

This episode by Cathie Brown discusses the IT framework known as VAL IT. Cathie Brown's background includes 2 1/2 years in State Government as the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia and 18 years in Healthcare IT focusing on Information Security and HIPAA compliance. She is currently building a consulting business to assist organizations with IT Governance. Her certifications include the CGEIT (Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT), PMP (Project Management Professional), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) and CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional).

Cathie can be reached at ctbrown@itg-solutions.net or (434) 665-0345.

Chuck Renfro, CEO of Thinking CAP Technologies, weighs in on the topic of how small firms can gain a competitive advantage by partnering with other small firms. Thinking CAP is a technology consulting and integration company specializing in Virtualization, Thin Client and Virtual Desk Integration (VDI) technology and Backup and Disaster Recovery solutions. Chuck can be reached via email at crenfro@thinkingcaptechnologies.com.

This podcast will focus on the technology around SIP Trunking. The guest is Mark Williams, Sales Director at PrimeVoice. Mark studied Physics and Electrical Engineering at both University of Virginia (undergrad) and Virginia Tech (graduate). He has 13 years of telecommunications experience working for companies such as Dominion Telecom, BAE, Level 3, and Net Telcos. Mark lives in Richmond with his wife Amy and a 2 month old son named Matthew. Mark can be reached at mwilliams@vabb.com.

In this episode we'll hear Randy Marchany discuss Virginia Tech's approach to securing their network resources.  Randy Marchany is the Director of VA Tech's IT Security Laboratory and the University's Assistant IT Security Officer.  He is a co-author of the original SANS Top 10 Internet Threats, the SANS Top 20 Internet Threats and the SANS Consensus Roadmap for Defeating DDoS Attacks. He was a recipient of the SANS Institute's Security Technology Leadership Award for 2000, the VA Governor's Technology Silver Award in 2003 and the EDUCAUSE Excellence in Information Technology Solutions Team Award in 2005.

Contact: Randy Marchany, VA Tech IT Security Office & Lab, 1300 Torgersen Hall, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, 540-231-9523, marchany@vt.edu, http://security.vt.edu, www.twitter.com/randymarchany.

In this podcast episode Everett Taylor with Technology Assurance Group gives us his thoughts on the growing area of virtualization.

This podcast discusses the issues involved with Information Technology Contracting with Lisa Green. Lisa Green is the owner and CEO of Green Technologies, Inc., an IT consulting and staffing company serving clients in the Metro Richmond area. Lisa started her IT company in 1998 in New England and moved to Virginia in 2005. Lisa worked for UNUM Insurance Company for 14 years where she gained a great deal of expertise in the areas of business, Information Technology, research, and finance. Lisa is very creative in effectively meeting the resource needs of any size business or government agency. The Green Technologies web site is www.green-it-tech.com.