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WORLD: IPv6...Becoming a hot topic again?
USA: US IPv6 Transition Series: IPv6 Product Profile and Testing Round 2
JAPAN: IETF Standardization Progress Report No.3 IETF 69 Meeting in Chicago
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Events
EUROPEAN IPv6 DAY - 30 May 2008
The Information Society and Media Directorate General of the European Commission is pleased to invite you to the "European IPv6 Day" that will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on the 30th of May of 2008 at the Robert Schuman room inside the Berlaymont building. The event will see the launch of the Communication "Advancing the Internet action plan for the deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in Europe".
Philippine IPv6 Summit 2008 - May 21 - 22, 2008, Manilla
The Philippine IPv6 Task Force headed by Mr. Denis F. Villorente, President, and Mr. Medel G. Ramirez, Vice President in collaboration with the Philippine Network Operators Group (PhNOG) headed by Mr. Amante Alvaran, President and the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) cordially invite you to be one of our key speakers in the event. This very first IPv6 Summit incidentally coincides with the 3rd PhNOG Meeting on May 21 - 22, 2008. The venue of the event is at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila, CCP Complex Roxas Blvd, Pasay City 1300, and Metro Manila, Philippines.
Top IPv6 News
DOCSIS(R) 3.0 CMTSs and Cable Modems Achieve 'Firsts' - 5/9/2008
DOCSIS(R) 3.0, from multiple supplying companies, were found during a recently concluded test wave to comply with CableLabs(R) specifications. The DOCSIS 3.0 specifications enable downstream data rates of 160 Mbps or higher and upstream data rates of 120 Mbps or higher...TMCnet
IPv6 at the 2008 Olympics - 5/8/2008
IPv6 at the 2008 Olympics Submitted by jdoyle. In my previous post I threw out a few thoughts about the idea of enticing users to switch to IPv6 – a sort of variation on the long-running “we need an IPv6 killer app” argument – and the contradictions such enticement efforts would present: Mainly that IP of any version should be transparent to end-users who only care about services, not how those services are delivered. Any enticements bring IPv6 into the spotlight, where it should not be (except for routing and infrastructure geeks like me)... NetworkWorld
Internet ossifying, warns architect - 5/8/2008
The potential for the Internet to continue to fuel collaboration, innovation and creativity is waning rather than increasing, according to a highly regarded network architect... itWire
EU Commission promotes IPv6 - 5/7/2008
Twenty-five per cent of all European users should have the opportunity to use IPv6 by the end of 2010, and should be able to access most of their normal services and content with it. The EU Commission will set this goal in a statement, to be published at the end of May, on the new internet protocol and progress in the net... Heise Online
DOCSIS 3.0 arrives - 5/1/2008
In the high-stakes broadband game, DOCSIS 3.0 has been an ace in the hole for the cable industry, and this year that card will be on the table as MSOs start to roll out faster broadband services by using DOCSIS 3.0’s wideband downstream channel bonding... CedMagazine.com
Comcast and Verizon Showcase Ability to Battle Spam at Interop - 5/1/2008
Comcast and Verizon showcased the methods they are using to battle spam at the Interop show this week in Las Vegas. Executives from both companies participated in a discussion on fighting these bad elements in networking...TMCnet
NSA seeks feedback on IPv6 security recommendations - 4/28/2008
The National Security Agency's Information Assurance Directorate has released a pair of IPv6-related documents titled Firewall Design Considerations for IPv6 and A Filtering Strategy for Mobile IPv6 for industry review and feedback... GCN
What's Hot In The Public Sector? - 4/28/2008
Green is good. So is gray. Not to mention the latest alphabet-soup sounding buzz phrases of the IT culture-SOA, SaaS, IPv6-that are expected to drive government IT contract sales in 2008... TMCnet
Linux Foundation Offers Highlights from Annual Collaboration Summit - 4/28/2008
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, announced highlights resulting from its second Annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, which was hosted by IBM in Austin, Texas earlier this month... "This year we saw breakthroughs in driver support for the desktop, IPV6 compliance and virtualization..." TMCnet
Survey: Agencies not ready for IPv6 deadline - 4/25/2008
Federal agencies are supposed to have their network backbones upgraded to IPv6 by June 30, under a directive the Office of Management and Budget issued in 2005. However, only a third of agency leaders are confident that they can meet the deadline, according to a survey...FCW.com
