IPv6 News

Today, the standard methods for moving the network/host address boundary are variable-length subnet masking (VLSM) for host addressing and routing inside a routing domain, and classless interdomain routing (CIDR) for routing between routing domains. (We’ll talk more about routing domains later in this book. For now, think of a routing domain as an ISP’s collection [...]

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Cisco today announced that the Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie (CRBN) has deployed Cisco Unified Communications Manager, running the new version of Internet Protocol (IPv6), to simplify its communications infrastructure. The deployments will facilitate the implementation of new IPv6-based collaboration applications and services and help improve operational efficiency. The new system will operate with the council’s [...]

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This is a last-call reminder to participate in the 2010 Global IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey, conducted by GNKS Consult and TNO in collaboration with the RIPE NCC. The survey is available at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IPv6deploymentmonitoring2010 The deadline to complete the survey is this Thursday, 1 July 2010. All five Regional Internet Registries have committed to soliciting participation [...]

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Every device directly connected to the Internet needs an IP address. There are two versions: IP version 4, better known as IPv4, and IP version 6, aka IPv6. IPv4, the current version, holds 4,294,967,296 addresses, and about 92 percent of them have already been distributed. IPv6, the newer version, holds 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 addresses.
The issue is simple: [...]

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Recently, both NTT and AT&T have had webinars on IPv6. AT&T’s webinar features Steve Stine, Vice President, IPv6 Transition, and Tom Siracusa, Executive Director, VPN Strategy, AT&T Laboratories. NTT’s webinar features Doug Junkins, CTO of NTT America.

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The two process automation suppliers maintain their efforts are focused on supplying customers with the products they want. End users, they say, have told them they want one wireless networking standard for industrial instrumentation — and that standard is ISA100.11a.
Complete info at ControlEngEurope.

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How big is the Internet? It seems like a simple question until you try to answer it.
Complete info at Post-Gazette.

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ProxySG appliances also provide transition between IPv4 and IPv6 with seamless web security.
Complete info at NewswireToday, Menafn and PR Urgent.

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AT&T, the largest telecommunications company in the world, plans to expand its footprint in India, thanks to increasing demand from its customers. The company plans to spend a billion dollars in markets outside the US, especially in Asia Pacific region.
Complete info at BusinessStandard.

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Wholesale network operations, or just ‘wholesale’ for short, has often been characterized as one of the least interesting components of a major telecommunications network.
Complete info at WirelessWeek.

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