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	Quiz: Are you ready for IPv6? How do you keep your IPv4 Web site connected to the entire Internet as IPv6 sites pop up? Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Tips to Investigate App Performance Issues Check out this video as "Jack," the network manager, deals with a barrage of slow network complaints from users throughout the company. See how Riverbed Cascade collects flow records from routers, switches and other devices and correlates them with packet inspection to get full application identification at Layer 7. Learn more! In this Issue Migrating from T1 to fiber WAN Cisco CSO on self-defending networks: The marketing's dead, the goal's alive 25 top network and IT industry news stories of 2011 IT's most wanted: Mainframe programmers Apple in the enterprise: Breaking Microsoft's grip Rohm builds chip that will send data at 30Gbps, through clothing, paper DARPA wants smartphone app developers for super sensor program MIT touts optical computing breakthrough Google Wallet: A brewing battle between Verizon and Google WHITE PAPER: Citrix 8 Reasons Why Citrix Beats F5 Is your network ready for the Cloud? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. Shift up to the Cloud. Download 8 Reasons Citrix NetScaler beats F5. Read now Migrating from T1 to fiber WAN Migrating from multisite MPLS to 100Mbps Ethernet can save you a bundle; here's how. Read More Cisco CSO on self-defending networks: The marketing's dead, the goal's alive For a long time, Cisco CEO John Chambers played up his vision of the self-defending network. But we haven't heard much about it in more recent years. Read More 25 top network and IT industry news stories of 2011 2011 will be remembered for Jobs' death, Cisco's refocusing, IPv6's coming out party and more. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Economic Impact of SecureWorks Managed Security Services If you are evaluating how to meet an info security or compliance need, and want to be sure the investment will pay off, having credible information from a trusted source is invaluable. This case study from Forrester Consulting will help you. Read more IT's most wanted: Mainframe programmers As students study other technologies, vendors try to develop new talent and offer tools to fill the gap for these critical systems. Read More Apple in the enterprise: Breaking Microsoft's grip When Microsoft wanted to show off its midmarket affinity, the software giant would do a promotional video with Lifetime Products, a manufacturer of polyethylene folding tables, chairs and sports equipment. Until about two years ago, Lifetime was Microsoft's midmarket darling. Read More Rohm builds chip that will send data at 30Gbps, through clothing, paper Japanese component maker Rohm said it has developed an experimental chip that can send and receive signals at terahertz-range frequencies, which can carry data at speeds of up to 30Gbps and penetrate clothing and paper. Read More WHITE PAPER: AMD Building the Intelligent Cloud-Ready Data Center For CIOs today, the challenges are many and often difficult. They must support more revenue generating projects without having to expand, rebuild or move their data centers. Many are turning to virtualization to consolidate resources and make this happen. Learn More! DARPA wants smartphone app developers for super sensor program Scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are looking for a few good smartphone application developers to make programs that will make sensor systems in everything from unmanned aircraft to cameras more sophisticated and intelligent. Read More MIT touts optical computing breakthrough MIT researchers have published research regarding a breakthrough that could speed the way to zippy new computers that rely on photonic chips that use light beams rather than electrons to work. Read More Google Wallet: A brewing battle between Verizon and Google Verizon Wireless is thwarting the use of the Google Wallet mobile payment app, at least for now, on the coming Galaxy Nexus smartphone running on Verizon's 4G LTE network. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 25 free open source projects IT pros will love We asked SourceForge's new community manager and longtime open source coder, Rich Bowen, to sniff out a few of the cool, lesser-known projects he thinks IT folks will love. What follows are his picks, along with a few of our own. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES CNET accused of wrapping malware in Windows installer for Nmap security tool 10 most powerful cloud companies New Cisco cloud computing framework pushes management, collaboration Naked truth: Dell Streak discontinued Verizon cites security issues for nixing Google Wallet Cloud computing disrupts the vendor landscape Tablet priced under $100 with Android 4.0 surfaces RSA security lapse led to March hack, says researcher Gartner predictions for 2012 iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week of Nov. 28
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