Cisco's new-market ambitions extend into orbit At its user conference in San Francisco last week, Cisco Systems boasted about the 30 new businesses it's developing. One is scheduled to launch by the end of this year -- in a very literal way. Internet's biggest issue? IPv6 transition, new ARIN CEO says We spoke with John Curran, the new president and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers, about why it's so important for enterprises to start preparing their public-facing Internet services to support IPv6. Broadband subsidy: too much money, but mostly well targeted A few weeks ago I aired my worries about how the broadband funding in the Federal stimulus package was going to be spent. The government has now released documentation on that part of the package, and so far things look mostly OK. Survey: IT pros are optimistic about bigger budgets next year While most IT network professionals report modest cutbacks in spending this year vs. last year, they seem optimistic that will change for the better next year, according to an early look at an ongoing study from The Info Pro consultancy. Has the economy bottomed out for telecommunications? Webtorials' Editorial/Analyst Division is in the midst of a mid-year update to the data gathered for the "2009 Network Plans and Priorities State-of-the-Market Report." Bucking the budget cut trend during the downturn Forrester Research survey shows that one-fifth of IT decision-makers polled actively look to re-invest in technology to give their businesses an advantage when the recession ends. July Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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