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Rehearsals over, IPv6 hits Broadway June 6

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Rehearsals over, IPv6 hits Broadway June 6
IPv6 will go fully live on June 6. That's the date when 50-plus access networks and more than 2,500 websites -- including Google, YouTube, Facebook and Yahoo -- will turn on support for the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol and leave it on for good. Read More


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Data Center Without Walls: Welcome to the Cloud
The "old school" way of thinking needs to change. It's time for freedom, efficiency and mobility... It's time for what Ciena calls a Data Center Without Walls. Learn how the network is evolving to handle more demanding cloud infrastructure services, driving the emergence of the virtual cloud, workload orchestration, and software defined networking. Register for the Webinar

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2012 WAN Optimization Magic Quadrant
Limited bandwidth, long distances and poor network quality prohibit cost reductions for today's critical IT initiatives. Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Read now.

10 SaaS Delivery Companies To Watch
Analysts and industry watchers agree that the next frontier for SaaS is setting distribution channels designed specifically for the cloud and providing mechanisms for managing multiple SaaS offerings from a single control point. These SaaS deployment advancements will likely come from a variety of sources: established SaaS vendors, start-ups providing SaaS channel enabling software, and cloud service brokerage houses. Here are 10 companies leading the charge. Read More

Who's hiring data scientists? Facebook, Google, StumbleUpon and more
Across industries, hiring managers and staffing pros are buzzing about a new class of data professional – the data scientist. Facebook, Google, StumbleUpon and PayPal are among the big-name companies currently looking to fill this critical role, which deftly blends business, analytics and computer skills. Read on to see their exact requirements. Read More

Mobilisafe debuts with mobile risk-management software
Start-up Mobilisafe makes its debut Monday with a product intended to help IT managers monitor for risks associated with both employee-owned and corporate-issued mobile devices. Read More


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Proven Strategies for Uncovering Cost Savings
Learn how your organization can take advantage of recent breakthroughs to lower the cost of data management. Learn More

Windows 8's built-in AV to be security of last resort
Microsoft's Windows 8 will activate its built-in antivirus software only if it senses that the PC is not protected by another security program, says McAfee. Read More

Tech Debate: Dictate the mobile device or let the user decide?
The list of benefits for the Bring Your Own Device movement is long, but so is the list of associated risks. Is the time right to connect employee gadgets to the company network, or should we be more circumspect? The experts Robert Rhodes, CIO of Houston Healthcare says the risks of BYOD are enormous, allowing employees to use their own devices to access core resources raises serious questions for employer and employee alike. Evan Kaplan, CEO of iPass says we are better off letting users select the devices that will make them most productive, and trying to control the process just ends up making us less secure anyway. Read More

'Body Area Networks' should free hospital bandwidth, untether patients
Hospitals, whose Wi-Fi networks are clogged with clinician and patient data traffic, are getting some much-needed bandwidth relief with the FCC's approval of radio bandwidth spectrum for wireless medical monitoring devices. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Limelight

Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed
Optimizing your web page loading time is essential for retaining your website visitors. Download Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed to learn how front-end optimization can improve Time to Action for your web and mobile content, and how it can be done in front of your existing CDN with minimal integration required. Learn More!

Schools Need 100Mbps Per 1,000 Users
U.S. schools will need networks that deliver broadband performance of 100Mbps for every 1,000 students and staff members, a new report says. Read More

Security Utah CTO Steps Down Following Data Breach
The executive director of Utah's Department of Technology Services has resigned over a data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal data of around 280,000 Medicaid recipients. Read More

Asus shows off ARM-based Windows 8 tablet
Asustek Computer (Asus) on Monday showed off a tablet with an ARM processor and the Windows RT OS, becoming among the first of its type shown by PC makers. Read More

Computex 2012: Acer unveils hybrid tablet and ultrabooks with Windows 8
Computex 2012: Acer unveils hybrid tablet and ultrabooks with Windows 8 Acer unveiled its design changes in Taipei, melding both tablets and laptops. From: networkworld Views: 43 3 ratings Time: 01:33 More in Science & Technology Read More

Timeline WWII App for iPad Brings the Great War to Life
The multimedia-rich Timeline World War 2 iPad app is perfect for Memorial Day remembrances. The software makes it easy to swipe through all of the battles, events and key figures of the Second World War. But it can't accurately convey the war's tremendous emotional impact, according to CIO.com blogger James A. Martin. Read More



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