Stories by: Carolyn Duffy Marsan

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Security: Will 2012 be the dawn of DNSSEC? 19 January, 2012 08:33:00

Will 2012 be the year when US retailers, banks and content providers finally bolster their DNS systems with an add-on security measure that prevents Web site spoofing? That's what advocates of the security measure - dubbed DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions - are hoping will occur.
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Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later 18 January, 2012 08:36:00

A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies - including Facebook, Google and Comcast - have committed to June 6, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.
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Unbiased info about IPv6 available here 13 January, 2012 05:25:00

Looking for practical, non-biased advice about how to deploy IPv6? The Internet Society is launching a new Web portal that will be a central resource for standards documents, best practices, case studies and other useful information for network engineers planning to adopt IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol.
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New era for website names begins 12 January, 2012 05:37:00

A new era of Web site naming begins, when Internet policymakers start accepting applications for hundreds - perhaps thousands - of new domain name extensions such as .hotel and .paris.
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IT pros lament: Low pay, no perks 05 January, 2012 04:28:26

Non-competitive pay is the main reason for high turnover rates among IT pros in their 20s and early 30s.
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5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012 04 January, 2012 01:24:00

2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a technical and policy perspective since the late 1990s, when this network-of-networks stopped being a research project and became an engine of economic growth.
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Can you keep your IT staff in 2012? 23 December, 2011 22:29:30

IT staff retention is shaping up to be one of the biggest challenges facing CIOs in 2012.
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The CIO's lament: 20-something techies who quit after 1 year 23 December, 2011 22:29:27

Louis Trebino, CIO and senior vice president at the Harry Fox Agency (HFA) in New York City, is experiencing significant turnover on his Web development team.
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IPv6 due for wide deployment in 2012, experts say 23 December, 2011 01:41:58

This was the year that IPv6 garnered major headlines, but 2012 is expected to be the year when the next-generation Internet protocol gets widely deployed by U.S. carriers and enterprises.
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Critics stage last-ditch effort to derail domain name expansion plan 20 December, 2011 10:44:33

Debate around a controversial plan to add hundreds of new domain name extensions to the Internet infrastructure has reached a fever pitch in the nation's capital, as critics engage in a last-ditch effort to scrap or delay the plan, which is scheduled to launch Jan. 12.
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Killer resumes for techies 15 December, 2011 03:12:11

If you have tech skills and experience, odds are you're going to get a call from an IT recruiter in 2012. That's because IT departments are ramping up hiring at the same time that more IT professionals are ready to leave behind employers offering flat salaries, limited flexibility and aging technology.