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Brocade hones app delivery controllers for IPv6, net management
Brocade this week released new software for its application delivery controllers that gives users greater visibility into performance, and enhances...
Cisco expands smart grid portfolio
Cisco this week expanded its smart grid portfolio for utilities with a reference architecture, products and services intended to modernize the...
Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later
A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies -- including Facebook, Google and Comcast -- have committed to June 6, 2012, as the start date for...
Leading ISPs, websites commit to June 6 start for IPv6
Several of the world's largest ISPs and websites have committed to permanently enabling IPv6 -- the next-generation Internet Protocol -- on their...
Unbiased info about IPv6 available here
Looking for practical, non-biased advice about how to deploy IPv6? The Internet Society is launching a new Web portal that will be a central resource...
5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012
2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a technical and policy perspective since the...
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...
Comcast expands IPv6 services into four more states
Comcast continues to extend its leadership role in the adoption of next-generation Internet services with the news that it has expanded its...
Testing shows IPv6 is becoming deployable in customer edge routers
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) hosted its third IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Router Interoperability Test Event the...
Hackers target IPv6
If your IPv6 strategy is to delay implementation as long as you can, you still must address IPv6 security concerns right now.
Cisco how-to guides for firewalls, IPv6, contact centers and taking that security exam
If you're ready for a technical deep dive in a book, the Cisco Networking Technology Series provides that in its collection of volumes on topics that...
How to get IPv6 addresses from ARIN
Now that IPv6 is imminent, you’ll need some IPv6 address space. Working with ARIN to request IPv6 differs from IPv4 procedures
Comcast begins rollout of IPv6 production network
Comcast has begun the production rollout of its new IPv6 service, with 100 customers installed in San Francisco's East Bay in one week.
Will the sky fall if you don't deploy IPv6?
Will the world end? Will the Internet grind to a screeching halt? Will your computer systems disintegrate into a pile of bits and bytes? In short,...
Net monitoring tool now ships with IPv6
In another sign that network vendors are prepping for the near-term shift of service provider and enterprise networks to IPv6, Paessler AG has begun...
Cloudmark tackles IPv6
Cloudmark is among the first messaging vendors to tackle the vexing issues related to integrating large-scale e-mail services with the...
Who's who in IPv6: the companies and people leading the way
IPv6 is on the minds of every network professional these days, and rightly so. While some vendors and service providers are woefully behind, others...
Startup promotes simultaneous upgrades to IPv6, cloud
A start-up consulting firm founded by former Cisco engineers is targeting a new niche for enterprise IT departments: helping them deploy IPv6 and...
HP aims high with top-of-rack 10G Ethernet switch
HP this week is rolling out an array of networking products for the enterprise campus, branch and data center, including a switch that fills a major...
CloudFlare unveils free IPv6 translation service
Startup CloudFlare is turning the economics of IPv6 transition on its head with a free cloud-based IPv6-to-IPv4 translation service that is available...