NAC users driven by regulatory compliance; IPv6 D-Day is coming

Standards and Regulatory Compliance News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Avnet IDC Whitepaper: Storage Encryption: Implementing the Linchpin of Data Security Encrypting Data in transit is a start, but encrypting data in storage is widely recognized as the next frontier in security. Find out how you can mitigate financial risk, prevent identity theft, block internal leaks and more, while keeping your vital information accessible and manageable. Network World's Standards and Regulations News Alert, 06/29/07 NAC users driven by regulatory compliance, 06/28/07: Increasingly, businesses deploying NAC are worried about proving to regulators that they are following appropriate industry and governmental guidelines ... IPv6 D-Day is coming up fast, 06/28/07: If you had asked John Curran, head of the American Registry of Internet Numbers, three years ago to pinpoint the date at which we would run out of IP address space under IPv4, he would have said 2025. Two years ago, his answer would have been 2017. On Wednesday, he told an audience at the Burton Group’s Catalyst Conference that the doomsday date is now 2011. Multivendor identity systems can work together, demo shows, 06/28/07: A unique demonstration showed user-centric identity software from major vendors, start-ups, one-woman projects and open source hackers all working in concert to replace passwords with validated identity-card access to Web-based resources. Network World VoIP and Convergence Buyer's Guide Find the right products for your enterprise - fast. Our extensive database of detailed product information will quickly help you pinpoint the hardware or software you need to build out a converged voice and data network. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best decision for your enterprise. Click her to go to the Buyer's Guide now. IBM expands security audit and compliance software, 06/28/07: IBM Tivoli expands security audit and compliance software. Greens don't accept Berlin 'nein' to open source, 06/25/07: The Green Party is accusing the Berlin city government of lacking a coherent IT strategy and thus not being in a position to adequately judge the merits of open source software.

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