http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2012 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:42:11 GMT 2012-02-13T22:42:11Z en (c) Copyright 2012 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/700069/IPv6_Deployment_Starts_At_the_Network_Edge?source=rss_review IT execs know they will have to deploy IPv6 at some point, but where to begin? One approach that establishes some IPv6 capability without spending a lot of time or money is to start at the perimeter. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Scott Hogg <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/700069/IPv6_Deployment_Starts_At_the_Network_Edge?source=rss_review 2012-02-13T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/700068/IPv6_Dual_Stack_Strategy_Starts_At_the_Perimeter?source=rss_review We are in an awkward point in the history of the Internet. IPv4 address depletion has occurred yet we expect to use IPv4 for the next 15 to 20 years. Organizations see two paths before them. One alternative is to use continue to use IPv4 and expect to use multiple layers of network address translation (NAT) for many years to come. The other alternative is to start to use IPv6, however, the majority of enterprise organizations and content providers have not embraced the protocol. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Scott Hogg <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/700068/IPv6_Dual_Stack_Strategy_Starts_At_the_Perimeter?source=rss_review 2012-02-13T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/700030/How_to_Shop_for_Application_Delivery_Controllers?source=rss_review The key difference between Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) is the way they can be integrated into your organization's network topology. Most organizations may deploy a server load balancer/ADC in-line as a Layer-3 reverse-proxy-server. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Scott Hogg <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/700030/How_to_Shop_for_Application_Delivery_Controllers?source=rss_review 2012-02-13T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/700029/First_Look_Cisco_Cius?source=rss_review We had a chance to see the Cius tablet at a Cisco office in Boston, and while we weren't able to bring it back to our own lab and pound on it, we did get a pretty good feel for what the Cius is and what it isn't. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Tom Henderson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/700029/First_Look_Cisco_Cius?source=rss_review 2012-02-13T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/699951/Election_Fever_6_Mobile_Apps_That_Can_Keep_You_Informed?source=rss_review The big game is on -- and by that, we don't mean football, basketball, baseball or Angry Birds. We're talking about the biggest pastime in the U.S.: Watching (and taking part in) the current Republican primaries and the upcoming presidential elections. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Johanna Ambrosio, Barbara Krasnoff, Tracy Mayor, Valerie Potter <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/699951/Election_Fever_6_Mobile_Apps_That_Can_Keep_You_Informed?source=rss_review 2012-02-10T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/699884/Hands_on_HP_s_Enterprise_Database_Consolidation_Appliance?source=rss_review If you're like most enterprises, you have data everywhere. It's in line-of-business applications. It's in directories. It's in various departmental servers. It's in your e-commerce platform. To manage all this, most shops use databases of all sizes running on a variety of operating systems and database applications, often from different vendors and editions. Chances are, they're not consistent. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Jonathan Hassell <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/699884/Hands_on_HP_s_Enterprise_Database_Consolidation_Appliance?source=rss_review 2012-02-09T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/699843/Avoid_Annoying_Ads_with_Adblock_Plus?source=rss_review How much would you pay to not have to see anything about someone's weird trick to lose weight that orthodontists don't want you to know about? Is "nothing" a good price to pay? Adblock Plus is a powerful, and free, plugin for Firefox, Chrome, and Thunderbird that strips out almost all advertising from the Web pages you view. Install the plugin, restart your browser, and resume surfing. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Ian Harac <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/699843/Avoid_Annoying_Ads_with_Adblock_Plus?source=rss_review 2012-02-08T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/699501/Online_Backup_Services_Keep_Your_Data_Safe?source=rss_review It's a fact of modern life that archiving data is essential to prevent a data disaster. Still, something like one-third of computers are never backed up, according to 2,257 respondents in a recent Backblaze poll carried out by Harris Interactive. The survey came to the dismal conclusion that a scant 7% of users practice safe computing by archiving their systems on a daily (or nightly) basis. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Brian Nadel <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/699501/Online_Backup_Services_Keep_Your_Data_Safe?source=rss_review 2012-02-06T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/699168/Programming_Opa_Web_Development_Reimagined?source=rss_review MLstate's Opa streamlines Web app development with a single language for client and server, but the bright promise is not without pitfalls Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT Rick Grehan <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/699168/Programming_Opa_Web_Development_Reimagined?source=rss_review 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/698498/Encrypted_Solid_State_Drives_Protect_Laptop_Data?source=rss_review Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Tom Henderson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/698498/Encrypted_Solid_State_Drives_Protect_Laptop_Data?source=rss_review 2012-01-23T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/698481/First_Look_Windows_8_Breaks_New_Ground?source=rss_review The first public beta for Windows 8 is expected to be released in February, but we've been testing pre-beta code in our lab. Our overall impression is that Windows 8 represents an aggressive effort by Microsoft to deliver a single OS that runs just about everywhere and takes on all of Microsoft's key rivals. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Tom Henderson <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/698481/First_Look_Windows_8_Breaks_New_Ground?source=rss_review 2012-01-23T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/698227/10_Open_Source_Shopping_Carts_to_Run_Your_Ecommerce_Business?source=rss_review For businesses that rely on online transactions, open source shopping carts are a good alternative to proprietary ecommerce software: They are a fraction of the cost and are supported by large communities of users and developers. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Vangie Beal <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/698227/10_Open_Source_Shopping_Carts_to_Run_Your_Ecommerce_Business?source=rss_review 2012-01-18T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/698202/Enterprise_Hadoop_Big_Data_Processing_Made_Easier?source=rss_review Amazon, Cloudera, Hortonworks, IBM, and MapR mix simpler setup of Hadoop clusters with proprietary twists and trade-offs Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Peter Wayner <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/698202/Enterprise_Hadoop_Big_Data_Processing_Made_Easier?source=rss_review 2012-01-18T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/697633/The_Year_s_Best_Hardware_Software_and_Cloud_Services?source=rss_review Was it the philosopher George Santayana who said, "Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat it?" Did he offer any hints for those of us who want to repeat the past, especially the successes? We're beyond the teary elegies of 2011 and deep into making resolutions for 2012. If we're going to stand half a chance of creating something great this year, it only makes sense to pause and celebrate what went right in 2011. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Peter Wayner <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/697633/The_Year_s_Best_Hardware_Software_and_Cloud_Services?source=rss_review 2012-01-09T05:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/697403/War_of_the_Cloud_Services?source=rss_review In the beginning, it was Macintosh vs. Windows. Then it was Windows against OS/2 against the Mac. Followed by Netscape Navigator head-to-head against Internet Explorer. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT Brian Proffitt <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/697403/War_of_the_Cloud_Services?source=rss_review 2012-01-05T05:00:00Z