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06/11/07

This week in Network World

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IPv6 management tools lacking
When it comes to network management software that supports IPv6, buyers should be wary.

Vista not playing well with IPv6
Early adopters of Microsoft’s new Vista operating system are reporting problems with its implementation of IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet’s primary protocol.

Wireless networks: The burning questions
Wireless networks might be mainstream across enterprise networks, but that doesn’t mean they’re no-brainers. Here, we’ve raised and attempted to answer some of the thornier questions you might still be dealing with.

Tests/Buyer's Guides

Symantec's Enterprise Vault finds what you're looking for
Symantec's Enterprise Vault system provides e-mail and file archiving, regulatory compliance and legal-discovery features suitable for the enterprise.

Blade servers vs. rack servers
Because IBM has been a top performer in recent server tests, for this hands-on exploration of blades vs. rackable servers, we tested IBM's state of the art in both categories and focused on performance, power consumption and manageability.

How we tested Enterprise Vault
We tested Enterprise Vault in our test lab for four weeks. Because we determined that it would be difficult and prohibitively expensive to test performance of Enterprise Vault, we elected to use a pre-installed demonstration environment that Symantec pro

Tech Update

Permanent network TAPs for complex infrastructure
Network test access ports were developed as portable diagnostic tools to gain temporary, out-of-band, nonintrusive access to traffic between two network devices.

More news

Northwestern University eases into VoIP
Northwestern University is getting rid of its old TDM phone switches not in response to a groundswell of demand for communications options unique to its new VoIP system, but to be ready for the day when that groundswell hits.

Qualcomm to seek Bush veto of import ban
Almost as soon as the unfavorable ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission had been posted, Qualcomm declared it would seek a stay in the federal courts and a veto from the White House.

The Avaya sale: Tech buyouts bear risks for customers, too
The sale of Avaya is just the latest in an increasing number of private-equity buyouts of technology companies that might not be good things for customers.

10 free virtualization tools worth noting
More and more IT shops are validating the benefits of desktop and server virtualization, from energy efficiency to better resource utilization. But if you’re still leery of forking over big dollars for the technology, there are some low-cost and no-cost ways to give virtualization a try.