Network design resource; How feds are dropping the ball on IPv6

Network Architecture Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Network design resource By Jeff Caruso I am occasionally asked questions about network design. I'm a journalist by trade, and I don't have the expertise to design networks. What I can do, however, is keep my eye on trends and find resources to help anyone who has to design networks for a living. Luckily, one great resource has found us. Read full story Jeff Caruso is site editor at Network World. Contact him. MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY SHUNRA Get More From Your WAN Download the latest Network World Executive Guide and get eight case studies that detail how real-world organizations are employing cutting-edge technologies to optimize their WAN. Learn about trunk expansion, MPLS and Metro Ethernet, and also get the latest testing and research the Network World Lab Alliance. RELATED NEWS: How feds are dropping the ball on IPv6, 12/17/2007: U.S. federal agencies have six months to meet a deadline to support IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol known as IPv4 ... IPv6 vs. Y2K and GOSIP, 12/17/2007: Although the IPv6 upgrade is sometimes compared to the Year 2000 date change, the two IT-related deadlines have little in common. Building a VPN with Cisco ASA gear, 12/17/2007: The organization I work for recently bought a Cisco ASA 5510 and 3 ASA 5505s to replace some SonicWalls we have in a few group homes. They are ... Top IPv6 guru predicts last-minute switch to protocol, 12/17/2007: Remember the Greek myth about Sisyphus, who was cursed to roll a huge boulder up a steep hill and then watch it roll down again for eternity? The ... 802.11n adoption leads wireless trends in '08, 12/14/2007: In 2008, the enterprise wireless LAN will be reinvented, at least for those enterprises where mobility is a requirement rather than a convenience ... Cisco's WiMax focus is in developing world, 12/14/2007: Cisco Systems sees a big market for WiMax, but not primarily in high-profile deployments in the developed world such as Sprint Nextel's nationwide ... Strange Xbox signal suspected of jamming wireless LANs, 12/13/2007: Microsoft's popular Xbox 360 game console can create a strong and strange signal on wireless LANs, according to IT staff at Morrisville State ... THE FASTEST FIREWALLS  Crossbeam, IBM win raw performance test; Juniper scores on price. HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Find the very best tech holiday gift ideas. SPONSORED BY SHUNRA Get More From Your WAN Download the latest Network World Executive Guide and get eight case studies that detail how real-world organizations are employing cutting-edge technologies to optimize their WAN. Learn about trunk expansion, MPLS and Metro Ethernet, and also get the latest testing and research the Network World Lab Alliance. Holiday Tech Toys Stumped on what gadgets and gizmos to give this holiday? Have no fear, Cool Tools' Keith Shaw is here. We do all of the heavy lifting of wading through hundreds of submitted technology products to find the very best holiday gift ideas. Click here to view our holiday gift guide: http://www.nww.com/PSA2_1210 Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnsstuff.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   12/18/07 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: Xbox signal jamming WLANs Feds are dropping the ball on IPv6 Cisco opening up IOS Unix admin tried to axe power grid Sun, ex-staffers in war of words Guru predicts last-minute IPv6 switch Trojan robbing online bank customers Google develops Wikipedia rival Boosting cell signals indoors The nine worst Microsoft products TOP 100 OF 2007 Improve App Performance with Web Acceleration Find out how to improve the delivery of Web applications to geographically dispersed users with Web acceleration tools. Learn, in this webcast, how to shop for these products and the best and worst applications to accelerate. View this Webcast now. IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's Network Architecture Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. International subscribers,click here.   SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007