Firewall Management, IPv6 and You - infoTECH Spotlight

If you have trouble viewing this email, click here to view online.

»IT Home »Free Premium Content   Follow us on: 7/19/2012

Featured Articles » Cenzic Enables Secure Applications through Web and Mobile Security Services » Another Day, Another Breach: Yahoo Hacking is a Testament to the Importance of Data Security » Silicon Valley Power Embraces the Green Movement » The Cloud is Finally Catching up to Centerbeam   Sponsor: 2012 Cloud Computing Excellence Award. Cloud computing is revolutionizing application and service delivery, storage, networking, security, and nearly every other area of technology. Cloud brings a massive opportunity for equipment vendors, network operators, developers, and service providers to combine quality with agility in their products and services. Cloud Computing Excellence Award seeks to recognize those that have most effectively leveraged cloud computing in their efforts to bring new, differentiated offerings to market. Learn more and apply. Early-bird registration is due July 25, 2012.   Top Stories » Elections Ontario Lose Personal Data of 2.4M Voters » Trend Micro Addresses Biggest Trends in Data Security » Cloud Communications Expo to Provide Corporate and IT Managers the Latest Cloud-based Trends and Migration Strategies » DocSync Asks 'Is Your Life Going to Belong in the Box?'   From The Expert Corner July 16, 2012 Firewall Management, IPv6 and You By TMCnet Special Guest Reuven Harrison, CTO at Tufin Technologies Created 30 years ago, IPv4 has a 32-bit addressing scheme and can support approximately 4.3 billion devices connected directly to the Internet. Well aware that IPv4 addresses would eventually run out, the IETF created IPv6 as an upgrade to IPv4. IPv6 features a 128-bit addressing scheme, supports a mind-numbing amount of devices and delivers much needed security and performance improvements. While the IPv6 protocol has been around for a long time, forklift upgrades to IPv6 were (rightly) seen as expensive and time consuming without much practical benefit. But with the pool of IPv4 addresses completely exhausted, IPv6 is a trend whose time has come... Read More    Featured Videos What are the Security and Compliance Requirements of Cloud Computing: Coalfire    Featured Resources » Service Providers Put Their Heads in the Cloud » Multiple Paths to Cloud Computing » The Human Face of Unified Communications   TMCnet's Blogs » Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Adds Touch Support - Killer Enterprise Tablet UC! » What's Up With Level3? » Polycom Launches SDK, Doubles Scalability, Better Tablet Video Conferencing Support   Featured Channels » Cloud Services » Managed Networks » Hosted PBX » Network Diagramming   InfoTechSpotlight.com is Your Source for the Latest IT News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit IT Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here    |    Request a Media Kit   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

This email was distributed by: Technology Marketing Corporation, 800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06854 As a valued reader or attendee of TMC's publications and events, you will occasionally receive carefully-screened offers and free product information via email. If you no longer wish to receive this type of email, please go to http://www.tmcnet.com/enews/subs.aspx?eml=ipat39@gmail.com to adjust your preferences.