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15th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

Are virtual devices creeping into your network?

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Computerworld Networking: February 15, 2012 =============================================================== Josh Stephens: Are virtual network devices creeping into your network? Virtualization technologies have dramatically changed the way that we think about servers and computing resources in general; this is common knowledge among most technologists and especially with system administrators. However, many engineers fail to realize that these technologies have also created significant changes to our networks. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552134/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Argent~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What’s the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware? Using VMware NIC Teaming? Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You’ll be surprised) Get this essential FREE white paper now 11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/551210/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. IBM's top network exec talks strategy http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552135/0/ 2. Researchers crack online encryption system http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552136/0/ 3. Alcatel-Lucent integrates Wi-Fi with mobile networks http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552137/0/ 4. Leigh Jasper: FTP is not collaboration and never will be http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552138/0/ 5. F5 gear bought to optimize WAN also helps with VDI http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552139/0/ 6. In-flight Wi-Fi, missing science and a survey http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552140/0/ 7. IPv6: Dual-stack strategy starts at the perimeter http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552141/0/ 8. IPv6 deployment starts at the network edge http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552142/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Citrix~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scale capacity on demand? Not with F5. The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. Shift up to the cloud. Get investment protection and elasticity for your network with NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. Simple, software-based licensing. The capacity you need, when you need it. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/549338/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IBM's top network exec talks strategy IBM reversed course on networking in 2010 when it acquired Blade Network Technologies, one of its key network suppliers. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix and Managing Editor Jim Duffy recently caught up with Vikram Mehta, founder of BNT and now vice president of IBM System Networking, for an update on IBM's network visions going forward. Insider (registration required) http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552135/0/ Researchers crack online encryption system An online encryption method widely used to protect banking, email, e-commerce and other sensitive Internet transactions is not as secure as assumed, according to a team cryptanalysts. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552136/0/ Alcatel-Lucent integrates Wi-Fi with mobile networks Alcatel-Lucent is integrating Wi-Fi with mobile networks with its lightRadio architecture, allowing users to move seamlessly between the two networks and authenticate using the SIM card, the company said on Tuesday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552137/0/ Leigh Jasper: FTP is not collaboration and never will be Many companies claim they are using FTP for collaboration. Yes, it's true. Some companies do claim this. But I say that whatever it is they are doing, it's not true collaboration. Here's why. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552138/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization: 1. Updated KVM hypervisor; 2. Industry-leading performance and scalability levels; 3. A power-user portal that lets you provision virtual machines, define templates, and administer your environments; 4.New multi-level administrative capabilities, improving product functionality for very large deployments http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/547735/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ F5 gear bought to optimize WAN also helps with VDI Distribution Management Inc. bought F5's Big-IP Gateway to handle WAN optimization, but it turns out the platform solved a string of problems that cropped up when the company deployed VMware virtual desktop infrastructure, too. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552139/0/ In-flight Wi-Fi, missing science and a survey At first blush, it's another one of those, "Sure, it will happen ... eventually, " type of situations. I mean does anyone envision a commercial air fleet without readily available Internet service 20 years down the runway? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552140/0/ IPv6: Dual-stack strategy starts at the perimeter We are in an awkward point in the history of the Internet. IPv4 address depletion has occurred yet we expect to use IPv4 for the next 15 to 20 years. Organizations see two paths to choose between in the years ahead. Insider (registration required) http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857616/869152234/552141/0/ IPv6 deployment starts at the network edge IT execs know they will have to deploy IPv6 at some point, but where to begin? One approach that establishes some IPv6 capability without spending a lot of time or money is to start at the perimeter. 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