Doing an IPv6 implementation project does not involve tearing down an aging IPv4 network and replacing it with a new IPv6-enabled network. Instead, the IPv4 and IPv6 networks will run in parallel in what the industry calls a “dual-stack” network. But IPv4 and IPv6 are so significantly different in design that network management tools designed for an IPv4 network may not work the same in an IPv6 environment.
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Security Falling Short When It Comes To Dealing With Growing Cyber Attacks
The total number of network breaches are on the rise, although data loss from cyber attacks has decreased significantly, with customer records continuing to be a primary target for attackers, comprising 89 percent of breached data investigated.
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Use Facebook Timeline to Promote Your Business
Facebook is beginning to push out its new Timeline layout to all user profiles this week. Business pages on Facebook aren’t affected (at least not yet), but your company can take advantage of this shift.
The Timeline is primarily a cosmetic change to the format for displaying content on Facebook profiles. IT makes Facebook content more engaging, and exposes the entire history of a user’s Facebook posts in a chronological order that makes it easier to navigate to older material.
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DocuSign Does Android
One of the great promises of the mobile device explosion is increased productivity. But productivity is in the eye of the beholder, and many mobile users still haven’t caught on to the notion that you can sign documents digitally, with a legally binding signature, from a mobile device. Whether the goal is paperwork reduction or expedience, DocuSign combines the power of digital ink and a slick, cloud-enabled document-handling framework to put an end to the likes of scanning and faxing. And now, those of us with Android devices can use DocuSign, too.
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Network Managers: Know Thyself
As few as 25 percent of network managers have a clear understanding of what traffic courses through their networks and how to best manage it. Gigamon now offers technology that provides visibility for various network management tools that track performance, quality of service, security and other important metrics.
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Distribution Management Uses F5 To Solve Virtualization Challenges
Distribution Management is using F5′s new VDI support to take advantage of the growing mobility and virtualization opportunities while addressing many of the accompanying challenges, including increased infrastructure costs and performance issues.
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App Adaptor Helps Solarflare Beat Out 10GbE Competitors Like Cisco, Brocade
Solarflare, a maker of network interface software and hardware, has introduced a new 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) adapter that improves application performance for high-demand computing environments such as financial services firms. Many of those firms tried to develop their own field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to speed up performance but were stymied by the cost and engineering complexity.
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Microsoft OneNote Now Available for Android
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint may get all the attention, but OneNote has quickly become the gem of the Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft is now extending the reach of OneNote with an app for Android smartphones and tablets.
A post on the Microsoft OneNote Blog exclaims, “For all of you who’ve been asking (and patiently waiting) for a version of OneNote for your Android phones, we have great news: OneNote Mobile for Android is now available!”
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Time To Buckle Down And Start An IPv6 Project
While the Internet Society (ISOC), a global Internet standards-setting group, has seen a pickup in adoption of IPv6 by some measures, conversion from the IPv4 standard is still relatively slow. The ISOC has scheduled another IPv6 Day for June 6, hoping to build on the momentum for adoption of the new Internet Protocol from IPv6 Day on June 8, 2011. In a three-part series, Network Computing will look at how companies can develop a road map for IPv6 conversion, the technical implications of running IPv6 on an existing IPv4 network and what compliance and security issues have to be addressed in a transition.
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Encryption, Data-Centric Approach Needed To Secure Cloud, Mobile Users
The ever-growing mobile workforce with its head in the cloud has created what seems like an endless list of IT challenges to overcome, and with anywhere, anytime access to information a necessity for many enterprises, the new IT world is having an impact on the kind of encryption enterprises need to protect their sensitive and proprietary data.
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