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IPv6 Perfect Storm | No Comments

IPv6 Forum Fellow, North American IPv6 Task Force Technology Director, and HP Distinguished Technologist and Strategist, Yanick Pouffary, wonders: Over the past decade there have been many papers and news articles written about IPv6. So why write yet another article on IPv6 today? What has changed? The news is that IPv6 is already present on [...]

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Why do we need IPv6? | No Comments

OK, let’s hypothesize here for a moment….close your eyes, well figuratively, not literally, or else you won’t be able to read my text and you’ll miss my point for sure!!
Thanks to a recent unrelated conversation with one of my Twitter friends this came up:
Close your eyes and imagine for a moment that General Motors [...]

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Where Does IPsec Fit Into An IPv6 Architectures? | No Comments

Securing network infrastructures is a never-ending quest of figuring out where to deploy the most effective strategies in a specific environment. While it is common to use IPsec for site-to-site IPv4 VPN environments, it is underutilized for host-to-host communication, which could offer a far greater improvement for secured communications. If IPv6 deployments are [...]

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Are There Benefits to an IPv6 NAT Solution? | No Comments

Over the years, IPv6 proponents have offered many reasons for the adoption. As a core networking protocol, it is difficult to assign a fabulous and compelling business case – IPv6 is, after all, just plumbing. But if I had to sum it up, IPv6 is about scalability and a restoration of the end-to-end architecture originally [...]

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Archive for February, 2009

Sri Lanka Telecom Successfully Deploys IPv6 in ISP Network
Posted by: NTT Communications on February 27, 2009 Comments Comments Off

IPv6 connectivity makes history for both Sri Lanka Telecom and for the country at large.

Transmission 1.51 Improves Layout on iPhone, Adds Internet Explorer Web Support
Posted by: NTT Communications on February 27, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Including support for IPv6, Transmission 1.51 is software you don't want to miss.

Web Community Must Realize IPv6 Urgency

Posted by: NTT Communications on February 27, 2009 Comments Comments Off

APNIC's General Director, Paul Wilson, expects the next two years will be critical for the shift to IPv6.

EKSAIP Foresees the Evolvement Towards IP over Fiber in 2009
Posted by: NTT Communications on February 26, 2009 Comments Comments Off

"IP over Fiber" hopes to show its true colors as the natural step forward in high-speed broadband Internet.

3G Americas Recommends IPv6 Transition Considerations for LTE and Evolved Packet Core

Posted by: NTT Communications on February 25, 2009 Comments Comments Off

3G Americas urges both operators and their vendors to switch to IPv6 as soon as possible.

Former DHS CSO Kicks Off TechSec 2009
Posted by: NTT Communications on February 24, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Jack Johnson, the Department of Homeland Security’s first CSO, speaks on the importance of the IPv6 transition.

Companies to Showcase Over 115 New Products at FOSE 2009
Posted by: NTT Communications on February 24, 2009 Comments Comments Off

ScienceLogic's new EM7 Meta-Appliance solution hopes to help smooth the government's transition to IPv6.

APNIC 27 Focuses on IPv4 Exhaustion
Posted by: NTT Communications on February 24, 2009 Comments Comments Off

The allocation of the remaining IPv4 addresses was a hot topic at February's APNIC meeting in Manila.

Infoblox Inspired by iTunes for IP Management
Posted by: NTT Communications on February 23, 2009 Comments Comments Off

The new IP management system developed by Inflobox is the first of its kind, and allows for better management of IPv6 networks.

AT&T to Invest $1 Billion in Global Network, Services for Businesses in 2009
Posted by: NTT Communications on February 23, 2009 Comments Comments Off

AT&T rolls out new IPv6 services to address next generation IP needs.