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Experts say that most U.S. organizations have hidden IPv6 traffic running across their networks, and that few network managers are equipped to see, manage or block it. It's been a difficult two weeks for Rackspace and its users, with two power outages in a co-location facility interrupting service for an estimated 2,000 customers. (5:35) Five of the biggest IPv6-based threats facing CIOs
The IETF has identified many security threats related to IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. True IT confessions
It's one of the unwritten laws of physics: At some time or another, everybody screws up. Monday's Office 2010 preview leaks to BitTorrent
Just hours before Microsoft plans to launch Office 2010, a build that may be the first public preview of the suite leaked to the Internet, searches showed late Sunday. Office 2010 looks solid and smooth
Say what you will about the Windows monopoly, it was Office that made Microsoft's fortune. After all, what's an OS without applications? Over the years, Microsoft evolved a humble word processor and spreadsheet into a tightly integrated suite of groupware and productivity applications. Today you'll scarcely find a business desktop without Microsoft Office installed. ICANN's $12M travel budget: Good will move or influence buying?
ICANN now spends 22% of its budget on travel and meetings in far-flung locales worldwide. Is it looking to build grass-roots support for its decisions or using its growing financial resources to influence various power players in the domain name community? AMD kicks off the week with five new server chips
Advanced Micro Devices added five more chips to its line of Six-Core Opteron processors on Monday, offering a boost in performance with lower power consumption that current models. Best Buy calls Twitter a job qualification
Of course Best Buy should be seeking Twitter experience in a candidate for a senior manager's position in "emerging media." Who would dream of landing such a job without first-hand knowledge of the most-hyped emerging medium in recent memory? Lost in LinkedIn translation
LinkedIn recently annoyed the president and membership of the American Translation Association by asking them if they'd be interested in translating LinkedIn's content. Mark Gibbs thinks they are making a montagna da una collina della talpa (that's Italian for a "mountain out of a mole hill"). July Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
For better or worse, Nortel as we know it is coming to an end. Here's how the telecom giant got to this point.
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