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• Comcast claims another IPv6 first

  Comcast is the first cable operator in the United States to provide its cable modem customers with a production-quality service that supports the next-generation Internet Protocol known as IPv6.

• Juniper changes course, accelerates IPv6 support

  Juniper Networks is accelerating its plan to support IPv6 on its public-facing website and Web services, following criticism that the router maker was lagging rivals including Cisco Systems and Brocade Networks in this critical area.

• No more IPv4 addresses

  The Internet has run out of IPv4 address space.

• Cisco acquires Pari: What goes around, comes around

  Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately-held Pari Networks, a provider of network configuration, change and compliance management appliances that was <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/013108-network-management-start-up.html">founded by former Cisco engineers</a>.

• Juniper blows past revenue estimates

  Juniper posted fourth-quarter revenue well beyond Wall Street expectations.

• Enterprise IPv6 address planning considerations

  With interest in IPv6 accelerating and adoption heating up more attention is being paid to address planning, but where do you start?

• Yahoo IPv6 upgrade could shut out 1 million Internet users

  Yahoo is forging ahead with a move to IPv6 on its main Web site by year-end despite worries that up to 1 million Internet users may be unable to access it initially.

• Library system dumps MPLS with cheaper DSL, cable services

  The Sno-Isle, Wash., public library system expects to save $400,000 this year by yanking its MPLS network and replacing it with multiple, less expensive broadband connections that include consumer DSL, cable service and even dark fiber.

• Facebook, Google, Yahoo commit to 'World IPv6 Day' trial

  Several of the Internet's most popular Web sites - including Facebook, Google and Yahoo - have agreed to participate in the first global-scale trial of IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol known as IPv4.

• Court papers name Akamai tipster in insider-trading investigation

  Federal court papers name a former <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/091610-akamai-ipv6.html">Akamai Technologies</a> employee who allegedly revealed insider information to stock traders who were later charged with reaping millions of dollars from the information in what the FBI calls the largest hedge fund insider-trading case in history.

• Cisco compacts Catalyst switches

  Cisco this week is rolling out two lines of Catalyst Ethernet switches in compact form factors intended for deployment in workgroups closer to users vs. wiring closets.

• Cisco unveils Internet TV and more at CES

  Cisco this week unveiled a suite of video products designed to combine digital TV, online content, social media and other communications applications into an all-inclusive home and mobile video session.

• The mobility business case

  A hot topic among my clients these days is defining a mobility business case. The rationale is simple: Mobility budgets have been rising more than 10% year over year for the past three years — even though IT budgets overall have been declining.

• Cisco eschews cloud services - for now

  Cisco's cloud strategy encompasses pretty much everything under the sun save one - actual cloud services.

• How to reduce WAN costs

  There are basically two ways to cut WAN costs: reduce the amount of bandwidth used or find somebody who sells cheaper bandwidth.