IPv6 not coming your way until 2012; Cisco announces early virtual switch adopter

Cisco News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by NetApp ESG White Paper: Storage for Mid-Sized Enterprises Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) takes a close look at the storage landscape. Read this report on the challenges facing the mid-size enterprise companies as they evaluate implementing a storage network. Learn about the benefits and perceived inhibitors. Network World's Cisco News Alert, 11/09/07 Welcome to the Friday edition of Network World's Cisco News Alert in which we focus on the top items from Cisco Subnet, your gateway to Cisco news, blogs, discussion forums, security alerts, giveaways and more. Enjoy! * TOP PICKS: IPv6 not coming your way until 2012 Cisco Subnet's routing guru, Jeff Doyle, told attendees of a live Network World Chat that there's no need for enterprises to worry about IPv6 now, and probably won't be a need until 2012 (or maybe 2015). Join in the discussion here. NAC: A to Z From buying tips to peer discussions. From case studies to market trends. Network Worlds newly enhanced Network Access Control Buyers Guide has everything you need to stay current, research technology, compare products and implement solutions - all in one convenient location. Click here to go to the Buyers Guide now. ALSO: Cisco announces early virtual switch adopter Cisco wins university as a Unified Communications customer Cisco offers new switches, IP PBX options to small businesses Cisco stock plunged almost 13% Wednesday in after-hours Cisco stock trading action * FROM OUR BLOGGERS: Brad Reese on Cisco: Top Brazilian Cisco exec remains in police custody Three weeks after his arrest by Brazilian authorities, Carlos Carnevali - Cisco's top emerging market executive, remains in police custody along with 9 other individuals arrested in last month's Cisco Brazil tax evasion scandal. In news reports, Cisco has been disingenuously referring to Mr. Carnevali as the "former president of Cisco in Brazil," without mentioning him by name or acknowledging that Mr. Carnevali is currently Cisco's top emerging market executive. Joe Panettieri's Eye on Cisco:Red Hat: The Business Partner Cisco Needs Most We've heard it for years: Cisco Systems is getting serious about the software market. Frankly, I'm beginning to believe the claims. Cisco actually mentioned open source during a recent press briefing I attended in Ireland. And the company has launched an online partner network for software companies. Still, in its battle against Microsoft for unified communications dominance, it's time for Cisco to reach out to a key software company: Red Hat. Jeff Doyle on IP Routing: Designing Your Network in the 21st Century Your left eyebrow goes up half an inch. “How can you design something as complex as this airplane without computer models?” you ask. “Why, I’ve been designing planes for decades.” He taps his temple. “A few good rules of thumb are all it takes.” That story is absurd, because vast computational resources go into the design of any modern commercial aircraft – sending hundreds of souls across thousands of miles of ocean in anything that has been put together based on some “rules of thumb” is inconceivable. And yet most data networks are designed and built in exactly this way. Wendell Odom's Cisco Cert Zone: Answers to the ICND2-style NAT Question Today I'll wrap up discussions of NAT before moving on to another topic next week. If you didn't catch Tuesday's NAT question, go back and read over it before taking a look at today's post, in which I'll explain the answers. Dheeraj Tolani's Cisco Routing & Switching Essentials: Cisco Discovery Protocol Security is an interesting thing. Whether you are working on a router or a switch, there are certain essentials to consider. It’s also important to realize that there may be trade-offs, since you sometimes lose features while securing your network. ...Cisco routers and switches use Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP). Some would argue that CDP doesn't’t follow some security recommendations because it gives away some critical information about your network devices. Michael Morris' Notes from the Field: Icons, Icons, Icons I've written in the past about the need to use network design templates. However, part of developing the templates is picking standard icons to use in the diagrams. The problem is there are just so many different formats to choose from; and everyone has their own favorite. Cisco adds to this problem. Just for a "router" they have a black icon, a blue icon and a gray icon. 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