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To support the adoption and deployment of Internet
Protocol version 6 (IPv6), Cisco has developed a wide range of
products and solutions to help organizations in the Philippines
prepare and manage their transition to IPv6.
Cisco was a platinum sponsor at the recently held IPv6 Summit Manila
organized by the IPv6 Forum of the Philippines , Advanced Science
and Technology Institute, and the Philippine Network Operators
Group. The event gathered IPv6 experts from around the globe, as
they shared technical leadership and innovative strategies for the
successful integration of IPv6 in all the components of networking
and telecommunications infrastructure.
One of the guest speakers at that event was Tony Hain, Cisco's
Senior Technical Leader and IPv6 guru. "Cisco provides trusted
IPv6 solutions backed by years of development and operational
experience covering the world's largest IPv6-enabled installed base.
To mitigate risks and minimize disruptions, Cisco analyzes a
network's environment and provides a clear and complete plan for the
transition," said Hain.
"Cisco believes in providing its customers and partners
with comprehensive information regarding significant emerging
technologies so that they are fully informed and can work jointly
with Cisco to implement the best solutions for their
environments," he added.
IPv6 introduces more consistent and transparent network addressing
rules, laying the foundation for networks of much greater scale and
power than ever before and a whole new generation of innovative
services and applications.
"IPv6 transition is no longer a question of if, but when, and
it takes careful planning to understand the impact it may have on
the productivity and continuity of a business. Local enterprises
should start thinking of their transition plans" said Marivic
Segismundo Gamo, Cisco Systems Philippines Channels and Marketing
Manager.
The cost to enable IPv6 on a network depends on the number of
products and applications deployed and the strategy of deployment.
The integration of IPv6 includes fixed costs such as training and
human resources associated with the project and variable costs
dependent on the network devices and applications that require IPv6
support.
IP is the basis of today's internet. It is a method by which data is
transferred from one host to another. For almost twenty years, the
Internet has used IPv4 which has been outstandingly resilient in
spite of its age, but is now showing signs of strains especially in
its growing shortage of address space.
An improved IP version is needed to satisfy the potential huge
increase in the number of users and as the geographical needs of the
Internet expands with emerging applications such as Internet-based
wireless devices, home and industrial appliances, Internet-connected
transportations, integrated telephony services and distributed
computing or gaming.
IPv6 is the answer to enabling an improved global Internet
architecture with enough unique IP addresses for future growth. IPv6
fixes a number of problems in IPv4 such as larger address space,
flexible header format, improved options, support for resource
allocations and provision for protocol extension.
While both IPv4 and IPv6 will coexist for some time to come,
widespread transition to IPv6 is expected to occur between 2010 and
2016. Although adoption has already begun, the movement to IPv6
depends on a number of factors, including the geographical region
and market segment.
Full adoption by commercial and enterprise networks also depends on
IT IPv6-capable applications. In the Asia-Pacific region IP
addresses are perceived to be in short supply. In the Philippines ,
only 7 of 95 registered Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are
currently accessing the IPv6.
--Tech Times Online
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