What if IPv6 simply fails to catch on?

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	What if IPv6 simply fails to catch on? Amid the buzz around World IPv6 Day, it's hard not to wonder: What if IPv6 fails to catch on after this event? What if the Internet is still 99% based on IPv4 five years from now as it is today? Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Fluke Networks New Fiber QuickMap™ Enterprise Fiber Troubleshooter Fluke Networks is introducing Fiber QuickMap™ - a new category of fiber troubleshooter for the enterprise. Fiber QuickMap quickly & efficiently locates connections & breaks in multimode fiber. One-button troubleshooting with six seconds test time leads to immediate visibility & understanding of a multimode channel's links to identify any potential problem areas. In this Issue Cisco sued for PoE patent infringement Cisco lost switching share in Q1 Troubleshooting IPv6 Networks and Systems AT&T lab test shows LTE speed at double Verizon's advertised rate Lack of IPv6 traffic stats makes judging progress difficult Cisco to dump Linksys, WebEx? WHITE PAPER: HP 10 Things to Know about Deduplication You as an IT manager want simple, cost-effective solutions for your complex IT challenges. HP kept this in mind while designing StoreOnce. New technologies, such as deduplication can be difficult to understand but StoreOnce powered by Intel Xeon® processor 5500 series makes it simple. Read More! Cisco sued for PoE patent infringement Canadian intellectual property licensor Mosaid Technologies this week said it is suing Cisco for patent infringement, filing its compliant with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington. Read More Cisco lost switching share in Q1 Ethernet switching declined 8% in the first quarter from last year, and 12% from Q4 2010, according to bulletins issued by two investment firms in recent days. And given Cisco's weak outlook for its fiscal fourth quarter, the market may languish in the quarters ahead. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Tips to Tailor Your Communications Strategy An IP-based communications system helps businesses streamline voice and data improving internal productivity and customer service, but one size does not fit all. Answer 4 easy questions to find out the best strategies to meet your unique voice and data communications needs. Read Now Troubleshooting IPv6 Networks and Systems Whether your organization has deployed IPv6 or not, you may end up troubleshooting IPv6-related issues as other nodes on the Internet move to dual-protocol connectivity. We need to consider how the introduction of IPv6 will change the way we troubleshoot networks, now that we are operating in a dual-protocol world. Read More AT&T lab test shows LTE speed at double Verizon's advertised rate AT&T recently demonstrated a fast 28.87 Mbps download speed during an LTE test at a Plano, Texas, lab, but an AT&T spokesman warned not to extrapolate that speed for what real-world speeds will be when AT&T launches its LTE wireless network this summer. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation NEW Diskeeper 2011 EnterpriseServer FREE 30-day trialware Bring your largest and most mission-critical server operations to a new level of efficiency and reliability. Diskeeper 2011 EnterpriseServer provides uncompromising peak performance continuously and without requiring downtime or further management. Learn more. Lack of IPv6 traffic stats makes judging progress difficult It will be difficult for Internet policymakers, engineers and the user community at large to tell how the upgrade to IPv6 is progressing because no one has accurate or comprehensive statistics about how much Internet traffic is IPv6 vs. IPv4. Read More Cisco to dump Linksys, WebEx? Cisco is rumored to be looking to sell its Linksys home and consumer networking business as it looks to shave $1 billion in expenses by eliminating product lines and jobs. The Register posts this possibility, along with another: "letting go of its WebEx brand." Read More
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