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	Can't reach your favorite site? IPv6 may be to blame A small number of Internet users will experience delays or time-outs as they attempt to visit Facebook, Google, Yahoo and other popular websites tonight and tomorrow, due to a 24-hour trial of a new Internet standard called IPv6. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Bringing Unified Communications to Life Research indicates enterprises are increasingly integrating video in with the rest of the comm fabric. This creates an integrated comm infrastructure that includes the easy-to-use, consistent capabilities people need. Learn More In this Issue Apple iCloud: A Visual Tour Desktop virtualization: niche solution, or new desktop standard? Daily innovation smackdown: John Chambers vs. Marc Andreessen Apple's WWDC Keynote in photos IBM rolls out free cloud software development tool Data center group issues cloud usage guidelines Skype sign-in problems knock millions offline Polycom to acquire HP telepresence business Riverbed releases WAN cloud storage gateway appliances The Adventures of Varman (how Cisco engineers save the day) WHITE PAPER: Avaya Enhancing customer experience: first, do no harm Best practices for enhancing the customer experience, don't wait to long to handing problems, look for low-hanging fruit by assessing obvious problems, make technology updates when the time is right, cross pollinate the organization. Learn More Apple iCloud: A Visual Tour Apple's new Web storage system will sync your music, pictures, and more. Read More Desktop virtualization: niche solution, or new desktop standard? Desktop virtualization promises to simplify management, increase efficiency and improve security, but it doesn't come cheap and requires a big rethink. Will the latter forever relegate desktop virtualization to a few corners of the enterprise, or will the allure of the former convince corporations it is time to start from scratch? Our experts debate. Read More Daily innovation smackdown: John Chambers vs. Marc Andreessen John Chambers is trying to take down opponents as quickly as Cisco takes on acquisitions. Marc Andreessen had little trouble with Red Hat's Matthew Szulik by garnering 86% of the vote. Will his Netscape founding be enough to take down Cisco's CEO? Vote now! Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Transaction Tracing through Complex Web Applications In this Quest white paper, learn about the components of a transaction as they cross various application domains. Then, discover the difficulty in connecting transaction components for monitoring, why continuously monitoring is key and how a third-party solution simplifies the challenge. Learn more. Apple's WWDC Keynote in photos Apple's Keynote address at WWDC 2011 covered Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud. Here are some images from Monday's two-hour event. Read More IBM rolls out free cloud software development tool IBM this week announced a cloud-based collaborative software development tool that's being offered free to students now for academic use only but is expected to become a commercial service at some point in the future. Read More Data center group issues cloud usage guidelines Users and vendors this week got a framework for implementing virtual data center and cloud computing environments from a group formed eight months ago to define such requirements. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Effective Elimination of Redundant Data Duplicate data is silently drowning storage systems and backup processes. By employing deduplication technology, numerous benefits can be achieved. CA ARCserve Backup provides comprehensive data deduplication solutions to help organizations keep pace with increasing volumes of data while still ensuring compliance. Read Now Skype sign-in problems knock millions offline Millions of Skype users were having trouble on Tuesday signing into the application, less than two weeks after the company published software updates for Windows and Mac computers to fix a similar problem. Read More Polycom to acquire HP telepresence business Polycom and HP have announced a broad strategic alliance: Polycom will acquire HP's visual collaboration business and the two companies will partner for telepresence and video unified communications solutions. Read More Riverbed releases WAN cloud storage gateway appliances Riverbed today announced three new WAN optimization appliances targeted at backing data up to the cloud. Read More The Adventures of Varman (how Cisco engineers save the day) I found this silly video on YouTube that I think you will enjoy. It's claim to fame is that it features the voice of a well-known Cisco engineer. Can you guess who? Read More
	SURVEY: Future-proofing the cloud Where do you think cloud computing is headed? This survey enables you to share your views on some potential future events, trends and technology changes driven by cloud computing. By compiling the shared knowledge, opinions and insights of survey participants, everyone will get a clearer view on which changes and trends are more, or less, likely to actually occur. That knowledge will be invaluable in helping you shape your private, public and hybrid cloud strategy and plans for the future.Take the survey. GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from the Subnets: Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of IPv6 for Enterprise Networks books. Microsoft Subnet: A set of classes for a Microsoft Cert from Webucator and Polycom videoconferencing system. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 10 SaaS companies to watch These days, companies are applying the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model to just about everything, from core business functions, including IT, to industry-specific processes. This list, compiled with the help of SaaS trend watchers and users, provides a representative look at what types of software you'll find offered in the cloud. MOST-READ STORIES New tool shows would-be emailers if you're swamped 'Secret Law' of Patriot Act Large-scale IPv6 trial set for June 8 Apple iOS 5 cuts iPhone, iPad loose from computers Why there's no Nobel Prize in Computing Hackers may try to disrupt IPv6 Day Skype voice service crashes; users offered fix instructions Three things you need to know about Apple iCloud 'Lion' brings iPad gestures to Mac OS for only $30 10 SaaS companies to watch
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