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Mozilla CTO: Brendan Eich

Re-inventing the browser

Brendan Eich, CTO of Mozilla, talks to CNET News’ Dan Farber about why the company now commands 20 percent of the browser market and what they’re doing to grow. He also discusses the company’s mobile browser strategy, making Firefox faster than the competition, and taking chances with the company’s core brand.

Netflix Chief Product Officer: Neil Hunt

New technologies for transforming movie rentals

Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer of Netflix talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about transforming the company’s movie rental service from DVDs by mail to online delivery. He also discusses how the company is using digital rights management solutions, developing new delivery platforms and bringing its movies to Mac users.

Technorati VP of engineering: Dorion Carroll

Indexing millions of blogs in real time

Dorion Carroll, vice president of engineering for Technorati, talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about the challenges with scaling operations as the blogosphere continues to grow. He also discusses how they’re able to index millions of blog posts in near real time, surviving the economic downturn and what differentiates the company from its biggest competitor, Google.

Qwest CTO: Pieter Poll

New innovations in communications

Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest, talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about choosing the innovative technologies to run one of the leading communication companies in the U.S. They also discuss the company’s role as the network infrastructure provider at the 2008 DNC and RNC conventions, and where the company stands on the important issues on the Web, from Net neutrality to putting bandwidth caps on customers.

Visa CIO: Michael Dreyer

Implementing mobile solutions on a global scale

Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about developing transaction technologies for its financial payment network including new wallet-less and contact-less payment solutions. Dreyer also discusses what it takes to process and handle more than 300 million transactions on a daily basis, and the company’s response to the recent credit crisis rippling through the global economy.

Cisco CIO: Rebecca Jacoby

Deploying collaboration to the enterprise

Rebecca Jacoby, CIO of Cisco talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about adding new collaboration tools such as TelePresence and Unified Communications inside the enterprise. She also shares her views on managing IT for more than 50,000 employees worldwide, and why she’s been called one of the most extroverted CIOs in Silicon Valley.

Slide CTO: Jeremiah Robison

Inside social networking apps

Jeremiah Robison, CTO of Slide, makers of popular social networking apps, SuperPoke, TopFriends and SlideShow talks with CNET News’ Dan Farber about what it takes to develop a technology infrastructure to support applications across a host of social network sites. Miller also discusses the company’s unique relationship with Facebook as both competitor and partner in the area of application development.

Linden Lab VP, platforms & technology: Joe Miller

Second Life enters the realm of the enterprise

Joe Miller, VP of platforms and technology development at Linden Lab talks to CNET’s Dan Farber about the challenges in developing dynamic and reliable backend operations for the 3D virtual world of Second Life. Miller also discusses how they’re incorporating new hi-tech conferencing tools for business users such as VoIP solutions and video streaming technologies.

CareerBuilder CTO: Eric Presley

Innovations in job search optimization

Eric Presley, CTO of CareerBuilder talks to CNET News’ Dan Farber about how the online recruitment site is building new search engine tools to provide more targeted job recommendations. He also discusses technologies to aid the job hunting experience for its users from creating new social networking tools to developing new mobile software for the iPhone.

The Weather Channel CIO: Brian Shield

The Weather Channel's IT forecast

Brian Shield, CIO of The Weather Channel talks to CNET News’ Dan Farber about delivering the weather on multiple platforms in a timely manner for its 120 million users. He also discusses new innovations, including a new LEED certified HD studio and how they are using open-source software to power their backend operations.

Facebook VP of technical operations: Jonathan Heiliger

Scaling growth at hyper-speed

Jonathan Heiliger, vice president of technical operations at Facebook speaks to CNET News.com’s Dan Farber about the balancing act between innovating quickly and building a stable infrastructure at a company moving at breakneck-speed. Heiliger also discusses what he’s doing to scale data center operations and support the addition of more than 250,000 customers on a daily basis.