Hurricane Electric Intros IPv6 Professional Services Division to Assist Enterprises with a Transition to Next Generation Internet Protocol

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03-18-2011
Hurricane Electric Intros IPv6 Professional Services Division to Assist Enterprises with a Transition to Next Generation Internet Protocol
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Hurricane Electric, an IPv6-native Internet backbone and collocation provider, has announced that its IPv6 Evangelist, Owen DeLong, will lead a new professional services division dedicated to assisting enterprises with their transition to IPv6.

Hurricane Electric said that the new division will consult with organizations of all sizes, ensuring that their networking infrastructure is ready for the transition.
On Feb. 3rd, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) distributed the last 5 blocks of IPv4 addresses to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). The Company reported that it is likely that the RIRs will distribute these addresses to ISPs and other organizations by around September of 2011. After this happens, there will be no IPv4 addresses left - the supply will be exhausted.

Hurricane Electric noted that enterprises that delay the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 will eventually experience connectivity- related issues and associated financial losses. For example, ecommerce sites that fail to make the transition run the risk of revenue losses if consumers cannot connect to their site.

Despite the effort required to transition to IPv6, the Company said that IPv6 has tremendous long-term benefits and the ROI is strong now. According to a US Commerce Department study, ongoing benefits to the global economy of $10 billion/year will result from IPv6 adoption.

"Today's global challenge is adding IPv6 capabilities to each and every connected device," said Owen DeLong, Hurricane Electric's IPv6 Evangelist and Director of Hurricane Electric's IPv6 Professional Services Division. "For over ten years, Hurricane Electric has built a reputation as a leader in IPv6, and we intend to use our experience to help organizations employ tactics that reduce transition costs and network interruption."

Hurricane Electric reported that benefits arising from IPv6's increased address space include:

More capacity for new customers of connectivity services.

More opportunities for new services and applications. Smart-grid (appliances and utilities), interconnected automobiles, multicast- based content services, etc.

"The network effect" - The more people on the network, the more valuable the network becomes. IPv6 allows us to connect a much larger population to the network than IPv4.

More capacity for "always-on" and virtualized services (multiple virtual addresses per physical machine).

Addressing is restored, which enables improvements in existing services (like VOIP) and eliminates the need for IPv4 address translation. Packet routing becomes more efficient, and computer- security systems can become more accurate.

More Information:

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