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06/30/08

This week in Network World

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Feds: We are ready for IPv6 D-Day
On Monday, U.S. federal government officials expect to declare an early victory on the IPv6 front. But they admit that meeting their much-heralded June 30 deadline for IPv6 compatibility is just the opening salvo of a long-term battle to get their networks ready for the Internet of the future.

Microsoft ships Hyper-V
Microsoft Thursday released its Hyper-V virtualization server, which has been nearly five year in the making and is a major play in the company's march toward services-based computing.

Tests/Buyer's Guides

SIEM tools come up short
We deployed all of the SIEM (security information and event management) products in a live, production environment and ran them over the course of several months. We were both impressed by the depth of features that some of these tools have and frustrated by how far they still need to go.

Tech Update

Seven steps to disaster-recovery planning
Here are seven steps to effective business-continuity/disaster-recovery planning that will provide some practical guidance.

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Symbian deal will open up mobile platform market
When Nokia announced this week that it had agreed to purchase Symbian and open up some of its code for public use, many analysts said it was a direct shot across Android’s bow.

Cisco fleshes out data center vision
ORLANDO – Cisco this week added details to its Data Center 3.0 plan by enhancing products to participate in the virtualized environment.

Cisco touts collaboration as way to transform data centers
ORLANDO – Cisco offered its vision of where the industry is going and how it will get there to 11,000 customers and other attendees at the CiscoLive! conference here last week.

Cisco's new CTO talks first impressions
It's been three months since Padmasree Warrior left Motorola to become Cisco's CTO. Since then, she's not been available for interviews - until now. Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy caught up with her at the Cisco Live! customer conference in Orlando.

VMware's CEO talks Microsoft, security, EMC and cloud computing
VMware CEO Diane Greene on competing vs. Microsoft, the emergence of cloud computing and her relationship with EMC.

Windows XP retirement a 'non-issue' for corporate customers
In a week’s time, Windows XP will no longer be available in most retail outlets, but corporate users need not fret because they can still get the Microsoft operating system and, until 2014, the security patches to fix any vulnerabilities.