IP address crisis looms; Is organized crime moving into cybersphere?

Daily News: AM This newsletter is sponsored by Hitachi The First True Enterprise-Class Blade Server Go inside Hitachi's BladeSymphony 1000, which combines virtualization technology, integrated management capabilities, and reliable, scalable system resources to consolidate infrastructure, optimize workloads and run mission-critical apps. Click here to download this exclusive whitepaper. Network World Daily News: AM, 05/10/07 IP address crisis looms Based on the rates at which the IANA is allocating IPv4 address blocks, it will run out of IPv4 addresses sometime in 2010. Because the RIRs maintain an 18-month supply, their pools will run dry 12 to 18 months later. Renowned author Jeff Doyle explains the issues. Plus: Win a copy of Doyle's networking bible, Routing TCP/IP, or read a chapter online right now. Is organized crime moving into cybersphere? As if FBI special agent Tim O’Brien and his cybercrime fighting comrades don’t already have their hands full with bot herders, virus writers and other loosely-aligned crooks, now people are wondering when more traditional organized crime will grab a ... Study: Businesses want unified communications but staff structure leaves them unprepared Businesses say they are interested in unified communications but still face some of the same obstacles that prevented them from adopting VoIP a few years ago, according to a study by Nemertes Research. Email: A Security Update Join John Dix, Network World editor-in-chief, and Trent Henry, senior analyst at The Burton Group, as they discuss the challenges and solutions network IT pros are encountering when working to ensure inbox integrity and protect data. Click here for more information. IBM, Red Hat team to reinforce Linux on mainframes IBM and Red Hat Wednesday announced a partnership to deploy and support Red Hat’s Linux software on IBM’s System z mainframes. Search technology from MIT identifies markets, technologies A search technology developed at the MIT Media Lab is helping some Fortune 500 companies uncover new markets and trends by examining consumer sentiment found on the Web. CIOs must make IT a competitive weapon Corporate executives are more aware of the value of IT in terms of business strategy and competitive advantage, according to a recent survey, which found more CEOs bring their CIOs to the table for business planning discussions. Motorola CEO is ready to take on iPhone Motorola Chairman and CEO Ed Zander says his company is ready for competition from Apple Inc.'s iPhone, due out next month. McNealy says Sun evaluating OpenSolaris on GPL Sun Microsystems Inc. is evaluating whether it should release OpenSolaris under the GNU GPL (general public license), company co-founder and chairman, Scott McNealy told reporters in Bangalore on a conference call Wednesday. Microsoft outlines road map for business intelligence Microsoft Wednesday staked out the future of its business intelligence strategy by unveiling the next version of SQL Server and the performance management layers to be built on top of it. Video Keeping your beverages cool Keith tests out a new way to keep your drinks cool: A USB-powered chiller. Can the device keep a Diet Coke cold for two hours? Keith finds out. Blogs Buzzblog: Ron Paul supports prove again why online polls stink Talk about stuffing the ballot box. Supporters of this unknown GOP presidential hopeful so overwhelmed an online survey that they inadvertently illustrated again why such surveys aren't worth the pixels they're written on. Today on Layer 8,where we wouldn't mind being called the Microsoft of the blogging world, really: It’s been over a year and there’s apparently no end in sight to the Great Kickball Lawsuit. In case you missed it, the World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) sued DC Kickball last year, alleging that founder and WAKA-defector Carter Rabasa, a former IT consultant, had stolen WAKA's rules of play and had defamed the organization when he referred to them as "the Microsoft of kickball."

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