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Implementing IPv6 is a big project that involves more than just network planners and engineers. When it comes to making this kind of investment, you need to make sure that your higher-ups...

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As the article states: “The basic reasons firmware must be upgraded are the same as they always have been, but that the pace has accelerated radically. It is, in essence, a whole new...

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The survey found that while 14% of providers have deployed IPv6 on their networks, only 4% have started offering IPv6 addresses to end users. This slow deployment can be attributed to...

Events DDI Device Management

One of the operators in attendance even suggested that different tracks for business, operations, and technical departments would be beneficial next year, since the event has grown so...

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Sometime around the turn of the century, Internet Explorer became the dominant browser. Riding on a 90% market share for Windows, the incumbent – Netscape Navigator – did not stand a...

Best Practices DDI

More organizations are moving towards cloud and private-cloud hosted services because IT departments are under pressure to decrease operational costs. The cost-effectiveness of cloud...

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That’s why I’m excited to announce the two latest speakers to join the lineup of our upcoming Incognito Community Exchange (ICE) 2013 event in Cancun, Mexico. These speakers will present...

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1. IPv6 is Not Yet Seen as Necessary Only a small percentage of Internet traffic currently runs on IPv6 and many operators feel that they have enough IP addresses to meet their needs....

Events General DDI

Smaller providers are also less likely to have implemented a strategy to combat the growth of OTT services. A quarter (25%) of respondents with fewer than 100,000 subscribers did not yet...

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A lot of the focus on IPv6 has been on service providers, who feel pressure from all sides to enable IPv6 support and speed up adoption. Dual-stack transition methods only serve to...

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It’s no secret that the future of IP networking lies in IPv6. While transition challenges remain, the benefits of IPv6 far outweigh the costs. IPv6 offers greater efficiency, security, and...

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Planning 1. Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) have a host of resources available on IPv6 and allocation guidelines. This presentation fromRIPE NCC outlines IPv6 addressing fundamentals.

Best Practices DDI

You may have already read some of the IPv6 literature on the IETF website, followed the progress of industry leaders like Comcast, or started investigating options such as dual-stack...

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As the number of devices connected to the Internet increases, IPv4 addresses are becoming scarcer, and network administrators are spending more time than ever managing IP address space....

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By now, it’s likely that many of you have started looking atwhichIPv6 transition option is best for your business. Regardless of your decision, you can be sure that IPv6 will present a...

Best Practices DDI

IPv4 is likely to co-exist with IPv6 for some time, so a native dual-stack migration strategy will be the best transition option for most providers. Dual-stack mode allows both IPv4 and...

DDI DOCSIS

OSPFv3 With its larger set of extensions and features, OSPFv3 is suited to the functional enhancements and topological flexibilities built into IPv6. The routing platform can quickly adjust...

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The IPv6 address was designed to remove the threat of address exhaustion for the foreseeable future. Based on a 128-bit numbering scheme, the IPv6 protocol provides approximately 2^96 times...

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Rather than dismissing the possibility of address exhaustion at a future date, we should learn from past experiences. When we first started deploying IPv4, we had no idea that the IPv4...

Best Practices DDI

1. Understand What You Already Have IPv6 is more than just a bigger and better version of IPv4. A successful IPv6 deployment will actually give you the chance to right some of the wrongs of...