Extreme CEO: New products in 2012, growth in 2013

	IPv6 due for wide deployment in 2012, experts say | Akamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo
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	Extreme CEO: New products in 2012, growth in 2013 After years of stagnant or lackluster growth, Extreme Networks tapped Oscar Rodriguez to bring new life to the switch maker in 2010. He scrutinized global operations, streamlined the product line and brought a new focus that he says will really come through this spring with a new wave of switches. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Sorting Out the Alphabet Soup of VPN Solutions MPLS-based IP VPN technology has become the leading WAN solution for connectivity, minimal capex and advantageous pay-for-use pricing. But it's a cloudy alphabet soup of VPN acronyms: IP. MPLS. CoS. QoS. FR and ATM. IPSec. SSL. VoMPLS. View More In this Issue IPv6 due for wide deployment in 2012, experts say Akamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo The Internet has escaped the ax, at least in the US, at least for now AT&T to give T-Mobile spectrum, roaming deal I Want IPv6 for Christmas - Part II WEBCAST: Fluke Networks Try the OptiView® XG on your network - FREE XG raises the bar for analyzing and troubleshooting performance problems with the ease of use network engineers need; quick problem resolution end users want; and new technologies your organization needs to thrive in a connected world. Learn More>> IPv6 due for wide deployment in 2012, experts say This was the year that IPv6 garnered major headlines, but 2012 is expected to be the year when the next-generation Internet protocol gets widely deployed by U.S. carriers and enterprises. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Today's Network: Make It a Strategic, Future-Proof Asset Today's small and mid-sized organizations support dozens of applications and hundreds of devices and mobile workers. Network congestion has become a risk, as users change offices, work from home and add devices at will. SMBs need simplification in the form of network convergence. And a managed service provider can help. View Now Akamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo Akamai Technologies has acquired Cotendo is a bid to become better at speeding up enterprise cloud and mobile traffic, the companies said on Thursday. Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL The Next Generation is the Smart Generation Innovations such as mobility, Web 2.0, social media and cloud computing have dramatically changed the IT landscape and introduced new security threats into the corporate network. This eBook investigates why traditional firewalls are no longer enough, and how application intelligence and control enable network security in the wake of these changes. Read more. The Internet has escaped the ax, at least in the US, at least for now A year ago I wrote that 2011 would be a year in which the Internet would "be under a multi-pronged attack that threatens to change it irrevocably in ways that may destroy much of the Internet's potential." Well, 2011 has come and mostly gone, and it turned out that my pessimism may have been misplaced but not invalid. Read More AT&T to give T-Mobile spectrum, roaming deal T-Mobile USA will receive spectrum licenses in 128 U.S. markets and a seven-year roaming agreement that will expand its reach by 50 million potential subscribers, in addition to US$3 billion cash, after AT&T dropped its deal to merge with T-Mobile. Read More I Want IPv6 for Christmas - Part II Many years ago I wrote about the items that a person could buy for Christmas that include IPv6. The results were fairly sparse three years ago. Unfortunately, not much has changed. It is not easy to find IPv6-related gifts to give to your loved-ones this holiday season. Even if you have been extremely good this year, you may get a lump of coal in your IPv6 stocking. Read More
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