Wide Area Ethernet – Key steps in the evolution; Hurricane Electric's IPv6 network doubles

Hurricane Electric's IPv6 network doubles; Ciena will pay $769M for Nortel's metro Ethernet business Wide Area Networking Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by Sybase Achieve Data Warehousing Performance with a Column-Oriented Database The growing demand for deep-dive data mining, complex event processing and strategic business analytics puts increased demands on today's data bases and data warehouse. Learn how an alternative data base approach, which begins by storing data by columns instead of rows, has proven to meet today's exploding data warehouses. Read this Paper Now! Spotlight Story Wide Area Ethernet – Key steps in the evolution For the history of the telecommunications industry, there have been some schisms within the networking organization. One of the most fundamental was always between the "WAN" folks and the "LAN" folks. And there were good reasons. Read full story Related News: Hurricane Electric's IPv6 network doubles Hurricane Electric, a Fremont, Calif., ISP, will announce on Monday that its IPv6 network has doubled in size in less than a year -- a sign of how rapidly IPv6 traffic is increasing across the Internet. Ciena will pay $769M for Nortel's metro Ethernet business Ciena will pay US$769 million for the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel Networks' Metro Ethernet Networks business, the two companies said on Monday. Microsoft technology reduces network redundancy Researchers at Microsoft Research India have developed a compression and redundancy elimination technology that can operate as a host service in enterprise systems without the use of accelerator devices over a WAN. Mobile groups protest proposed net neutrality rules A month ago, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission began a proceeding to create formal net neutrality rules for broadband providers, and the proposals have generated serious debate in the telecom community. November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are Ethernet everywhere! Inside planes, trains, cars and spaceships, Ethernet is a morph master. Here's a look at some of Ethernet's cooler implementations. 7 tools to ease Windows 7 rollout These utilities help you plan, ensure app compatibility and manage images. Rapid Replication for Virtual Servers What's the connection between virtualization and acceleration? It's deeper than you might think. See how these two hot technologies complement each other to consolidate servers, enhance DR and simplify the IT infrastructure. Learn more. Six Key WAN Optimization Criteria Download this Forrester Research whitepaper now and discover three critical factors to consider prior to a WAN optimization deployment. Also, learn the six key criteria for investing in WAN optimization, as well as details on real-world cost savings, benefits, increased productivity and more. Click here!   November 24, 2009 MOST-READ STORIES New attack fells Internet Explorer Steve Jobs is a man of a few words Oddball gifts for uber geeks Global warming research exposed after hack Google adding IPv6 to YouTube The 5 best, and 5 worst, features of Google Chrome OS Cisco's free iPhone apps grabs security feeds Microsoft Windows chief decries standards grandstanding Federal government using PS3 to crack pedophile passwords Top 10 free Windows tools for IT pros, at a glance Retooling IT for a Mobile Workforce As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, IT needs to consider automated tools that provide proactive monitoring and desktop management and ensure compliance with IT policies. Not only is end-user productivity at stake, but organizations have to deal with IT governance, regulatory compliance, and security issues. Check out this research note from IDC for guidance. Learn More EMO Labs: Better Sound Through Innovation at DEMOfall 09 EMO Labs' Invisible Speaker innovation takes People's Choice Award top honors at DEMO conference. Watch EMO Labs product launch.   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com | Forward this to a Friend >>>