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• Juniper acquires virtualization security firm

  Juniper Networks Monday announced it has acquired Altor Networks, a provider of virtualization security for data centers, for $95 million.

• iPhone customers dump on AT&T in Consumer Reports survey

  Apple iPhone users made their displeasure known with AT&T in the latest Consumer Reports wireless carrier satisfaction survey, resulting in a last place finish for the carrier.

• Is free DNS a good deal for business?

  It's been almost a year since Google announced its free DNS service known as Google Public DNS, promising a speedier, safer way to surf the Web and sparking concern that Google would become the dominant DNS provider for ISPs and other large network operators.

• Juniper defends poky pace on IPv6-enabling its Web site

  It's surprising that Juniper will admit to being two years behind arch-rival Cisco at anything, let alone a development related to IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol.

• Enterasys rolls out data center manager

  Enterasys Networks this week is unveiling a management system designed to provide visibility, automation and control over physical and virtual data center resources.

• Brocade data center switches take on Cisco, Juniper

  Brocade this week will introduce switches that will let users build a flat, multipath network for virtualized data center environments.

• Juniper looks to one up Cisco again in core routing

  Juniper Networks this week will take its turn claiming innovation leadership in Internet core routing by unveiling its next-generation platform.

• Complexity of IT systems will be our undoing

  Roger Sessions, CTO of ObjectWatch and an expert in software architecture, argues that the increasing complexity of our IT systems will be our undoing.  In fact, he just recently got a patent for a methodology that helps deal with complex IT systems. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Sessions to get his take on the extent of the problem and possible solutions.

• New domain names near milestone

  Internet policymakers appear to be in the home stretch on a controversial plan to add hundreds of new domain name extensions -- such as .nyc, .africa and .sport -- that could forever alter the e-commerce landscape.

• AT&T lagging while others lead on IPv6

  Is AT&T behind on IPv6 deployment?

• iPhone gold rush still flowing for AT&T

  Android phones may be all the rage right now, but for AT&T the Apple iPhone remains its more alluring gold mine.

• Juniper revenue misses in Q3

  Juniper posted third quarter results light on revenue but with earnings in line with Wall Street estimates.

• Gap between IPv4 depletion, IPv6 adoption widens

  With the Internet's largest-ever upgrade looming, network operators are using up address space based on the current standard -- known as IPv4 -- much faster than they are adopting IPv6, the next-generation standard.

• BlueCat beefs up IPv6 support

  BlueCat Networks has enhanced its IP address management software to aid network operators in the transition to IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

• VeriSign: We will keep our lead in IPv6

  VeriSign, the back-end operator of the Internet's.com and .net domains, says it has a head start on transition to the next-generation Internet Protocol known as <a href=" http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/lans/2010/042810-ipv6-tutorial.html">IPv6</a> and that it intends to keep its lead over competitors.