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	Scariest IPv6 attack scenarios Experts are reporting a rise in the number of attacks that take advantage of known vulnerabilities of IPv6, a next-generation addressing scheme that is being adopted across the Internet. IPv6 replaces the Internet's main communications protocol, which is known as IPv4. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Simplify Remote Office Data Recovery This white paper reviews the factors that can make data recovery in remote offices a complicated problem and describes the range of technology options available, explaining the benefits and shortcomings of each in the context of remote offices. Learn more In this Issue How to prep IT for Hurricane Irene Security Manager's Journal: Keeping the DMZ safe Verizon boosts cloud services with CloudSwitch buy NYSE Euronext boosts network bandwidth with 10GbE throughout Shark Tank: Why we love vendor tech support WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Application-Aware Network Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. How to prep IT for Hurricane Irene With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the East Coast, companies are already executing business continuity and disaster recovery plans. Here are tips to help you keep your company up and running. Read More Security Manager's Journal: Keeping the DMZ safe A security manager has to be vigilant about what goes into the exposed portion of the company network, and he has to make sure it's all configured correctly. Read More WHITE PAPER: Rackspace Openstack VS. Closed Clouds – The AOL Factor Cloud computing is here, and it's real. It is, as we hear more often these days, The Future of Computing. If you're not yet leveraging cloud computing to streamline IT operations, you soon will be, or you'll be left behind by your competition. Read More Now! Verizon boosts cloud services with CloudSwitch buy Verizon Thursday said it has acquired CloudSwitch and plans to use its cloud software to help enterprise customers more easily move applications to Verizon's Terremark environment. Read More NYSE Euronext boosts network bandwidth with 10GbE throughout As part of an enterprisewide upgrade and data center consolidation, NYSE Euronext has rolled out 10Gbps Ethernet throughout its data centers, increasing aggregate throughput for trades from .5Tbps to 2.4Tbps. Read More Shark Tank: Why we love vendor tech support Pilot fish has a server that keeps locking up within ten minutes after he logs in, with an arcane error message that he can't decipher. It's Saturday night, it has to get fixed, fish is alone -- so he calls technical support. Read More
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