NetFlash: Bechtel says move to IPv6 is all about business

Opinion
Oct 11, 20052 mins

* Bechtel says move to IPv6 is all about business * Firms seek hybrids, mixing tech, operations * Liberty Alliance releases legal, privacy guidelines * BEA Systems buys RFID software maker * Today on Layer 8

Bechtel’s Fred Wettling is so gung ho about IPv6 he has even made up baseball hats that say “IPv6 Ready.” While some industry watchers say those businesses that embrace IPv6 are crazy, Wettling tells a different story. Bechtel says move to IPv6 is all about business http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101005-bechtel.html?net&story=101005-bechtel

Bechtel’s Fred Wettling is so gung ho about IPv6 he has even made up baseball hats that say “IPv6 Ready.” While some industry watchers say those businesses that embrace IPv6 are crazy, Wettling tells a different story.

Bechtel says move to IPv6 is all about business

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101005-bechtel.html?net&story=101005-bechtel

Firms seek hybrids, mixing tech, operations

A hybrid is a car – but it’s also the hottest position in IT right now. Companies need people who can combine technical wizardry with business savvy. Are you a hybrid?

http://www.networkworld.com/careers/2005/101005man.html?net&story=101005man

Liberty Alliance releases legal, privacy guidelines

The Liberty Alliance Project, an industry consortium working on standards for federated identity systems, Tuesday released a set of guidelines that aims to help organizations deal with some of the legal and privacy issues that arise from such federated identity projects.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101105-liberty-alliance.html?net&story=101105-liberty-alliance

BEA Systems buys RFID software maker

BEA Tuesday announced it has stepped up its efforts to help customers deal with the mountains of data collected by RFID systems by agreeing to purchase privately-held RFID middleware vendor ConnecTerra.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101105-bea-rfid-connecterra.html?net&story=101105-bea-rfid-connecterra

Today on Layer 8, where we’re happy the Yankees lost:

After a restful three-day weekend, we’re back with the results of last week’s caption contest while simultaneously launching a new contest (talk about multi-tasking!). Also, we look at the best product announcement ever – and predict there will be a lot of panicked calls to help desks if BlackBerry e-mail is turned off as a result of a new court ruling. All that and more at:

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8