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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 April, 2009

IPv6 Summit Reaches Pinnacle
Posted by: NTT Communications on April 30, 2009 Comments Comments Off

NTT America is featured in a Core Networking and Security blog post.

ScandiNode Unveils IPv4 Depletion Site
Posted by: NTT Communications on April 30, 2009 Comments Comments Off

ScandiNode’s IPv4 depletion site features daily v4 depletion reports and visual metrics, among other key features.

New Society Aims to ‘Save’ the Internet
Posted by: NTT Communications on April 30, 2009 Comments Comments Off

The Pouzin Society searches for alternatives to IPv6.

Research and Markets: Coming Into 2009, It Was Estimated That Indonesia Had 30 Million Internet Users, Up From 25 Million at End-2007
Posted by: NTT Communications on April 30, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Internet use in Indonesia is on the rise (and they’re going to need more address space).

4G, Wi-Fi / WiMax and IPv6 Interoperability The Complete Mobile Solution
Posted by: NTT Communications on April 30, 2009 Comments Comments Off

The 4G Network will be compatible and interoperable with IPv6.

NTT America to Speak at Future-Net 2009
Posted by: NTT Communications on April 27, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Doug Junkins, NTT America’s Vice President of IP Engineering, will speak at Future-Net 2009.

Command Information to Support DOD’s IPv6 Transition
Posted by: NTT Communications on April 24, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Provider of network services, Command Information Inc., will help transition the Department of Defense to IPv6—a $4.4 million job.

Air Force Base Prepares For IPv6 Trials
Posted by: NTT Communications on April 24, 2009 Comments Comments Off

The Eglin Air Force Base in Florida volunteers to be the first Base to implement IPv6.

DREN Helps Make the Transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Posted by: NTT Communications on April 23, 2009 Comments Comments Off

Six key factors made it possible for the DREN to implement IPv6 so quickly and at such a low cost: people, personality, process, procurement practices, basic network transport protocol, and the target IPv6 protocol suite.

Are There Benefits to an IPv6 NAT Solution?
Posted by: Yurie Rich on April 22, 2009 Comments 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 [...]