DREN Helps Make the Transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

The United States Department of Defense’s (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) is responsible for the acquisition and modernization of the hardware, software, networks, and expertise that provide some of the world’s most advanced computing capability in support of the DoD mission. On June 27, 2003, the HPCMP was notified that the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN) was the first DoD IPv6 pilot network. 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.

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