Owen DeLong, of Hurricane Electric (HE) and Cricket Liu (author of several O’Reilly books on DNS) will present a 1 hour webinar on the transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 and the risks involved. Also discussed will be common myths about IPv6, World IPv6 Day and what your enterprise Information Services department needs to know, using DNS with the new standard, and how to manage the transition.

Registration is free

Find out more information and register at: http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/1902

Learn how to use Social Media like Facebook, Twitter, etc. to market your business the right way…

Read more at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704013604576248953972500040.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

You are using RAID for your storage right?  You should be… but you know how expensive RAID type drives can be. And please don’t say you’re using consumer desktop drives!

Geeks.com is having a sale on Western Digital RE3 (RAID Edition 3) drives. These drives are different from the consumer models in that the firmware on the drives has been redone for being included in a RAID system. Regular WD drives are known for having issues when placed in RAID setups – they have an error and get dropped out of the array.  WD’s stance is simply those drives are not intended for RAID, and it’s the consumer’s problem not theirs. These drives however ARE configured and warranted for RAID use.

At this price I really expected to see refurbished drives listed on the site. These are new though but only carry a 180 day warranty. Considering most places want 3 to 4 times as much for the same drive, just buy an extra or 2…

Plus get a free USB 2.0 external enclosure and free shipping!  How to get this:

Go here: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=WD1002FBYS-NC-NDW

Add to cart, and then use savings code:  WDDEAL

Choose Economy shipping for the free shipping portion.

 
The original ad can be seen here if you have any questions: http://www.geeks.com/pix/2011/WDDEAL2.html?cm_mmc=geekmail-_-daily_html-_-08apr11_WDDEAL2-_-Viewasweb&utm_medium=daily_html&utm_content=WDDEAL2_Viewasweb&utm_campaign=WDDEAL2

Europe’s Leading Cloud Computing Based Show

Click here for the full conference agenda

Show Highlights Include:

• Europe’s Leading 2 Day Conference on Cloud Computing
• Over 2500 Attendees Anticipated4 Theatres covering Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise 2.0, Mobile and Social Cloud and CDN
• Keynote Agenda featuring leading industry speakers
• More case studies than any other like event
• Learn from the key players offering leading products and services
• CDN World Forum – 2 day co-located event on Content Delivery Networks
• Speed Networking sessions – Your chance to build future partnerships
• Evening Networking Reception and Awards Presentation

Panelists: Dan Ephraim, Director, Digital Realty Trust
Moderator: Liam Eagle, Editor-in-Chief, Web Host Industry Review

The US market for colocation, hosting and cloud services is growing rapidly. Join Dan Ephraim of Digital Realty Trust and Liam Eagle of The WHIR as they review the results of their recent joint survey of companies just like yours that examines the issues, concerns and requirements of this expanding marketplace.

Register: Click here to register for this Webinar.

The IEEE has started to work on not one but two different programs to standardize cloud computing. How it is they think they can standardize it, when they can’t even agree on what it is?

Read more about the IEEE initiatives here: http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4214728/IEEE-kicks-off-cloud-standards-efforts

Sure Google watches where you go and what you read, but reading something or visiting a page doesn’t necessarily mean you like it. I don’t like a lot of the politics going on right now, but I read quite a bit about them.

Check it out at: http://www.google.com/+1/button/