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	Avaya, Skype in deal to offer low-cost, IP-based calling Avaya and Skype signed an agreement to offer Skype Connect to Avaya customers to help them lower international voice-calling costs through IP-based calls. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp A Case Study on Gateway Health Plan Gateway Health Plan realized the need to make major changes in its storage environment to support business growth and customer demands. The primary objective was to improve the reliability of its production database environment to support customers during disasters. Read now! In this Issue White House issues IPv6 directive Is your WAN ready for HD video? HP replaces its Cisco core Survey says US public doesn't support Internet regulation Nimsoft delivers integrated monitoring for Vblock units Cisco eats its own IPv6 dog food Positive ROI is what made WAN transformation possible Comcast: We will meet our IPv6 deadline Dell names former Cisco exec to lead networking WEBCAST: Palo Alto Networks 60 Minutes: The Future of the Perimeter Join two pioneers in network security: Nir Zuk and Marcus Ranum, for what promises to be a very lively discussion on the future of the network perimeter. As applications and users move in and out of the enterprise network, what happens to the network perimeter as we know it? Does it go away? Evolve? How should organizations address these changes? Sign up now! White House issues IPv6 directive Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has issued a directive requiring all U.S. government agencies to upgrade their public-facing Web sites and services by Sept. 30, 2012, to support IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More Is your WAN ready for HD video? Perhaps we have finally – after almost 50 years of talking about video – reached the point where it is indeed time for video to become a mainstream part of your network. Read More HP replaces its Cisco core Staying true to its word, HP this week said it has replaced Cisco and other "non-HP" networking gear with its own in all six of its worldwide internal data centers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Detecting and Eliminating Intermittent Network Problems Often, the only way to get to the root cause of unwelcome or intermittent events that occur on your network is to use a Network Recorder. In this white paper you will learn when it is important to use a Network Recorder, and key considerations when selecting a network recorder for back-in-time forensics analysis. Read now! Survey says US public doesn't support Internet regulation Fifty-seven percent of likely voters in the U.S. don't support any Internet regulation by the federal government, according to a new survey released by Broadband for America, an advocacy group with members including AT&T and Verizon Communications. Read More Nimsoft delivers integrated monitoring for Vblock units Not quite a year ago, Cisco, EMC and VMware joined together in a venture that integrated the respective vendor's Unified Computing System, storage and hypervisor into modular units called Vblock Infrastructure Packages. The goal, the trio said, was to accelerate deployment of virtualization and enable private cloud infrastructure. Read More Cisco eats its own IPv6 dog food Cisco has been selling IPv6-enabled routers, software and services for many years. Now, Cisco is taking the initiative to deploy IPv6 on its own public-facing Web site, the company confirmed Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router Looking for routers that offer the scalability to extend your reach with cost-effective, feature-rich platforms that consolidate and deliver the business, residential and mobile services your customers demand? For a limited time, introductory kits are available for the newest additions to the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR portfolio. Read Now Positive ROI is what made WAN transformation possible Our WAN transformation project aims to bring many new technologies and enhanced capabilities to users. But, before any of this could be done, the finances had to work out. Read More Comcast: We will meet our IPv6 deadline Comcast says it will meet its 2012 deadline of transitioning its network to support IPv6, the long anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications schedule. The ISP is halfway through a nine-month public trial of IPv6 that has attracted 7,000 of its business and residential customers nationwide. Read More Dell names former Cisco exec to lead networking Dell has hired Cisco Systems veteran Dario Zamarian to lead its networking business, naming him as its first vice president dedicated to that division. Read More
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