The IPv6 Forum Launches the IPv6 Education Certification Logo Program Accelerating adoption and integration of IPv6 in the Education Curriculum Worldwide

TOKYO - BEIJING - Penang - Malayisia - New Hampshire - USA - LUXEMBOURG, September 06, 2010 - The IPv6 Forum Ready Logo Program Committee releases a new program: the IPv6 Education Certification Logo Program. This program defines and certifies courses, engineers and trainers with Silver & Gold Logo levels and requires IPv6 implementation on the web site of the education program.

A recent survey on IPv6 training and studies at universities and vendors has demonstrated that IPv6 training and courses are way too embryonic to have any critical impact. It is estimated that some 20 million engineers are working on the current Internet worldwide at ISPs, corporate and all other public and private organizations and they will need quality training on IPv6. This is a gigantic task since it’s the first upgrade of the Internet and most probably the last one for decades to come. The web site of the study can be seen here: http://www.training4ipv6.eu/

The IPv6 Forum Education Logo Program’s prime objective is to encourage and accelerate the education on IPv6 and promote thereby swifter adoption of IPv6 in the education curriculum and programs of the universities, research institutes, vendors and training specialists. This program is designed to increase practical engineering expertise and hands-on knowledge to tackle this large undertaking ahead of us extending thereby user confidence by demonstrating that IPv6 will be deployed by qualified engineers.

”This program has been designed to prepare a wide range of players for the implementation and use of IPv6. It is intended as an aid to capacity building and a way to promote IPv6 awareness." states Dr. Vint Cerf, Honorary Chair, IPv6 Forum

”The IPv6 Forum wishes to recognize the IPv6 training experts for their pioneering work to be used as a precursor model encouraging the education sector in the universities and vendor training programs to adopt their quality training courses to win time and train qualified engineers to deploy IPv6 with expertise and quality." states Latif Ladid, President, IPv6 Forum, Senior Researcher at University of Luxembourg, Security and Trust (SnT) Center. Emeritus Trustee, Internet Society (ISOC)

"The IPv6 Curriculum study has abundantly demonstrated that hands-on IPv6 skills and field experience are dearly missing. Achieving parity between IPv4 and IPv6 deployment, quality expertise is the one pillar to focus on. This program is very welcome as it takes on this task globally" states Jacques Babot, IPv6 Team leader, European Commission - DG INFSO, Unit F4 New infrastructure paradigms and experimental facilities FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experiments)

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Date: December 6, 2010
Location: Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi
Website: www.wsa-mobile.org

National pre-selections started – deadline September 15th, 2010 This year, a special World Summit Award spin off for mobile contents (WSA-mobile) will take place for the first time with the Winner’s Gala Event in Abu Dhabi the upcoming December. Prof. Peter A. Bruck as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Summit Award states: “After the successful history of the WSA, we decided to create a special award just for mobile technologies.” The WSA-mobile is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s top mobile contents and innovative applications. A jury of international experts nominates the best projects from his/her respective country. The president of the IPv6 Forum – Mr Latif Ladid – acts as the national expert for innovative mobile projects in Luxembourg. The national pre-selections have already started and will continue until September 15th. The WSA-mobile is a unique opportunity to create networks and proceed in the development of helpful and innovative mobile contents.

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With only 6% of the remaining number of IPv4 addresses available in the global pool, interest in how to effectively migrate networks to IPv6 is steadily growing. Last Friday June 11, John Chambers addressed the third annual Google IPv6 Implementation conference, which was opened by Vint Cerf in Mountain View. John outlined Cisco’s longstanding commitment to helping customers address this issue and build effective plans for migration.

In 2007, Cisco Distinguished Engineer Mark Townsley first issued a challenge to this IPv6 community to eat its own dog food in its own conferences and so, appropriately enough John’s video contribution to the conference was indeed streamed over IPv6:

http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/john_chambers_outlines_ciscos_commitment_to_ipv6_at_google_conference/

Clearly IPv4 exhaust is on the horizon, but Cisco sees IPv4 and IPv6 coexisting for quite some time. There are many variables involved, on the social, geographical, and even regional level that are affecting the speed with which customers are approaching the question.

IPv6 is a new IP protocol mandated by the federal government for compliance across all organizations, It is designed to replace IPv4, the Internet protocol currently deployed and used most extensively throughout the world.

The benefits of IPv6 include:
- Simplified packet header for routing efficiency
- Mandatory IP Security (IPSec) implementation for all IPv6 devices
- Improved support for mobile IP and mobile computing devices
- Enhanced multicast support with increased addresses and efficient mechanisms

Cisco has been actively engaged in running IPv6 deployment councils for the last 2 years to provide ‘customer to customer’ forums to encourage discussion about the issue and to nurture an environment where customers can share their ideas and experiences.

Please visit Cisco’s IPv6 page to learn more.

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NEW DELHI - With the domain name bandwidth for web addresses expected to get exhausted by March 2012, the government has drawn up a roadmap for the transition into a newer version of Internet protocol that will enable unlimited options for users. “Over 18.4 million registered addresses in India have overburdened the initial version of address platforms, which is expected to exhaust the available space globally by March 2012,” a statement issued by the ministry of communications and information technology said July 21. The roadmap, spelt out by the technical arm of Department of Telecommunications (DoT), will be implemented by all telecom and Internet providers, central and state government departments, industry associations, education institutes and equipment manufacturers, the ministry said. “This roadmap and the formation of the IPv6 task force together will enable citizens to start using IPv6 services by March 2012,” Communications Minister A. Raja said. “For this all telecom and internet service providers are required to become IPv6 compliant by December-2011,” he said. “Internet Protocol is slowly emerging as a global standard for communication. The current Internet protocol IPv4 served well in last 25 years but it has practical limitations,” added Minister of State for Communications Sachin Pilot. “The new Internet protocol will give practically unlimited addresses besides a host of new and advanced features for running the future communication networks.” Officials said the new protocol was a scalable technology with the potential to spread the Internet reach to each of India’s 1.17 billion people of India. It is already being implemented in the US, EU and Japan, among other countries. http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=11959

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Authors: Wolfgang Fritsche & Karl Mayer @ IABG This whitepaper outlines the IPv6 security models and dual-stack (IPv6/IPv4) implications, which have been identified and analyzed within a study contracted by the European Commission to IABG and EADS. It expresses the opinions of the authors and not necessarily reflects the views of the European Commission. The scope of the study was to provide an analysis and evaluation of emerging and existing private and business user scenarios regarding new security models and architectures made possible by the use of IPv6 or in the face of IPv6-IPv4 coexistence as well as IPv6 security vulnerabilities, advantages and shortcomings. After having identified vulnerabilities and research gaps, recommendations for future activities were to be identified. During the study, stakeholders and experts from various research and business areas have been involved via direct contacts and via two workshops for enrichment and validation of the study results. Download whitepaper Additional information can be found on the European Commission's official IPv6 website: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ipv6/

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Melbourne December 18 – 20 October, 2010. The 2010 theme is IPv6: You're Standing In It! www.ipv6.org.au/summit/ Tony Hill, President ISOC Australia “This is the sixth Australian IPv6 Summit, and with that number, it's got to be a special one! We're no longer counting stars and discussing the theory of IPv6: it's all around us now. IPv6 has arrived, and we're seeing the quiet beginnings of an innovative Internet revolution”. Contact: Martin Lack martin.lack[at]conferenceit.com.au

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Presented by: The IPv6 Forum & gogo6

Members of the gogoNET social network are meeting live in the Silicon Valley, USA to plot their path to IPv6. Attend gogoNET LIVE! to find answers to the ultimate question of how to migrate your network to v6.

With the IANA pool of IPv4 addresses projected to be depleted within year from the date of the conference, it’s high time to learn all things v6. Attend gogoNET LIVE! to:

BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER TO MAKE SENSE OF ALL THE V6 DATA AND INFORMATION:
- Learn how the world’s leading network operators, governments and content providers are migrating to IPv6
- Hone your skills by taking IPv6 courses on November 2

MAKE PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS WHO CAN HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY TO V6:
- Get together in person with your existing gogoNET “friends”
- Make new “friends” that you can continue contact with on gogoNET
- Attend BOF meetings for select gogoNET groups (country, subject, technology)

For questions please email: info(at)gogonetlive.com

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1st Turkish IPv6 Conference will take place in Ankara on January 12-13, 2011. Organized together by Information and Communication Technologies Authority, TUBITAK ULAKBIM, Gazi University and 18 Mart University; Conference aims to provide a national platform for all stakeholders to present, address, discuss and debate issues related to IPv6.

Website:

http://www.ipv6.net.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid=102

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The V6 World Congress, will be held in Paris February 8 to 11, 2011. Organised by Upper Side, the conference will demonstrate that IPV6 is no more the eternal bridesmaid without a commercial motive. Based on content providers’ testimonies and service providers’ reports, the program will address all technical and standard issues that need to be solved in order to organize the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. http://www.upperside.fr/v6world2011/v6world2011intro.htm V6 World is endorsed by the IPv6 Forum

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Electronic Design's Bill Wong talks with Chairman Geoff Mulligan about IPSO Alliance, an open, informal and thought-leading association of like-minded organizations and individuals that promote the value of using the Internet Protocol for the networking of Smart Objects. For more information, visit IPSO Alliance.

http://engineeringtv.com/video/IPSO-Alliance-Promoting-the-use/

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Date: May 26 & 27, 2010, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: Hyatt Regency Denver, 650 15th Street, Denver, CO 80202 Website: http://www.rmv6tf.org/IPv6Summit.htm Organized By: Scott Hogg

We invite you to attend the 2010 Rocky Mountain IPv6 Summit in Denver, Colorado, May 26-27, 2010!

The Rocky Mountain IPv6 Summit is the largest annual IPv6 event in North America. This event is designed to educate and update you on the current state of IPv6 adoption.

Attendees will learn about what other organizations are doing to prepare for the migration to IPv6 and learn from those who are already utilizing the benefits of IPv6. You will collaborate with colleagues who are actively working on IPv6 research and implementation and learn about IPv6 technology from industry experts.

Click below to register.

Register Now!

Event registration & information questions can be directed to Karen Wucher, or 214-789-4967.

Event exhibit and sponsorship questions can be directed to Scott Hogg, or 303-949-4865.

Take a look at the 2008 and 2009 Rocky Mountain IPv6 Summit agenda and sponsors.

http://www.rmv6tf.org

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REACHING THE BOTTOM MILLIONS

Prof. Rahmat Budiarto, Indonesia IPv6 Task Force. The Indonesia IPv6 Summit 2010 is a two-day event. APJII is hosting Workshops and National Work Meeting in the first day. The main agenda of the Summit, Conference on the second day, is hosted by Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.

Bali, 8 to 9 June 2010

More information under: http://www.ipv6summit.or.id

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The 3rd German IPv6 Summit will take place in Potsdam on June 24-25, 2010. Hosted by the Hasso-Plattner-Institute, the German IPv6 Summit provides a forum in which overseas, European, and German experts are addressing various aspects of IPv6 technology at work
http://www.ipv6council.de/events/3rd_german_ipv6_summit.html

The German IPv6 Council invites applications for the
International IPv6 Application Contest 2010

http://www.ipv6council.de/contest2010/call_for_application.html

Prizes: Applications and Implementations: three major awards; First Price: 10.000 Euro Ideas: several prices of 1.000 Euro each Deadline: Submission deadline for Applications and Ideas: May 24, 2010 Award Ceremony: June 24, 2010

Christoph Meinel, Chair, German IPv6 Council

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Tokyo-Luxembourg-Boston - June 22, 2009 - The IPv6 Forum and its sub-organization, the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee, today announced the introduction of a new IPv6 Enabled Logo Program aimed at testing and validating Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for IPv6 readiness and adoption. 

"IPv6 needs to be integrated and offered as a service by all ISPs to sustain Internet growth and by the same token drive end-to-end innovation" said Dr. Vint Cerf, Internet Evangelist, Google & Honorary Chair, IPv6 Forum

The IPv6 Forum IPv6 Ready Logo program has clearly demonstrated the widespread support of IPv6 in products. The impressive list of vendors indicates the number of potential IPv6 users ready to use IPv6 and represents a real incentive for ISPs to enable IPv6 access for their customers. 

The IPv6 Forum has been tracking the adoption of IPv6 at ISPs and recognized the need for a quality assurance logo program for ISPs. The creation of this new logo program will support IPv6 deployment in networks at ISPs with the goal of sustaining quality IPv6 services.  

"The IPv6 Enabled ISP Logo Program will support ISPs in verifying and validating the integration of IPv6 in their networks when refreshing or building their IPv6 Internet infrastructure" said Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President. 

" The ISPs were the prime drivers of the IPv4 Internet and they are now even more crucial for the IPv6 Internet"  states Yanick Pouffary, Chair v6 Ready/Enabled Programs, NAv6TF Technology Director, IPv6 Forum Fellow. 

"We recognize the fact that the market needs the IPv6 Enabled ISP Logo to accelerate the introduction of IPv6 technology," said Hiroshi Esaki, Chairman of the IPv6 Logo Committee, Executive Director of IPv6 Promotion Council Japan and Board member of the WIDE Project.

Liu Dong, Chair v6 Enabled Program, China IPv6 Council, commented, "We deployed this IPv6 ISP logo program to foster deployment of IPv6 for the ISP world and we are looking forward to a positive response."

About the IPv6 Forum

The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of leading Internet service vendors, National Research & Education Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure New Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of IPv6. IPv6 Summits are organized by the IPv6 Forum and staged in various locations around the world to provide industry and market with the best available information on this rapidly advancing technology.  

For further information, please visit the IPv6 ISP Logo Program website: http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled  

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Tokyo-Luxembourg-Boston - June 8, 2009 - The IPv6 Forum and its sub-organization, the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee, today announced the introduction of a new IPv6 Enabled Logo Program aimed at testing and validating Web sites (WWW) for IPv6 readiness and adoption.

"This program is a good step in the right direction. IPv6 needs to be integrated in all web sites:" states Dr. Vint Cerf, Internet Evangelist, Google & Honorary Chair, IPv6 Forum

The IPv6 Forum IPv6 Ready Logo program has clearly demonstrated the widespread support of IPv6 in products. The impressive list of vendors indicates the number of potential IPv6 users ready to use IPv6 and represents a real incentive for web site owners to enable IPv6 access for their customers.

The IPv6 Forum has been tracking the adoption of IPv6 by Web sites and recognized the need for a quality assurance logo program for the Web world. The creation of the new logo program will support IPv6 deployment on Web sites with the goal of sustaining quality IPv6 solutions.

"The launch of the IPv6 Enabled WWW Logo Program is another strategic milestone that signals good integration of IPv6 for Web sites must be sustained to build the new Internet infrastructure" states Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President.

"The Web was the first killer app of the IPv4 Internet and no doubt it will be one of them for the IPv6 Internet" states Yanick Pouffary, NAv6TF Technology Director, IPv6 Forum Fellow and advisor to the IPv6 ready Logo program.

"We recognize the fact that the market needs the IPv6 Enabled WWW Logo to accelerate the introduction of IPv6 technology," states Hiroshi Esaki, Chairman of the IPv6 Logo Committee, Executive Director of IPv6 Promotion Council Japan and Board member of the WIDE Project.

Liu Dong, Chair China IPv6 Council, commented, "We deployed this IPv6 logo program to foster deployment of IPv6 for the Web world and we are looking forward to a positive response."

For "free" testing and registering your web site, please visit the IPv6 Enabled WWW Logo Program website: http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled

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Under the patronage of Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media

Future Trends of the Internet The day-long event is organized by Jean-Louis Schiltz, Minister of Communications, and Luxembourg for ICT*, in close cooperation with Prof. Thomas Engel and Latif Ladid of the University of Luxembourg. In the course of the conference the Luxembourg IPv6 Council will be officially launched. The event takes place at the Centre culturel de rencontre - Neumünster Abbey (Salle Robert Krieps) in Luxembourg-Grund on 28 January 2009. Website: http://www.ipv6council.lu

Thomas Engel, Chair, Luxembourg IPv6 Council, Professor for Computer Networks and Telecommunications, University of Luxembourg

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The German IPv6 Council invites applications for the
International IPv6 Application Contest 2009

http://www.ipv6council.de/contest/aktuell.html

Prizes: Applications and Implementations: three major awards; First Price: 10.000 Euro Ideas: several prices of 1.000 Euro each Deadline: Submission deadline for Applications and Ideas: April 10, 2009 Award Ceremony: May 14, 2009

Christoph Meinel, Chair, German IPv6 Council

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The Business Case and Roadmap for Completing IPv6 Adoption in US Government The IPv6 Working Group of the Federal CIO Council has published a draft for review and comment. This document is intended for chief information officers (CIOs), chief architects, and other individuals in federal agencies who are responsible for exploiting information technology (IT) assets to assist in achieving the mission and objectives of the agency. The purpose of this document is to aid in understanding the Federal Government's Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) vision and to provide specific guidance for adopting this protocol. http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/DRAFT_Business_Case_&_Roadmap_for_Completing_IPv6_Adoption_in_USG_12242008.pdf Request for Review and Comment Please submit your comments on the draft IPv6 Business Case and Roadmap using the comment template below and to the right by COB Monday, January 19, 2009 to the FEA mailbox at fea{at}omb.eop.gov http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/a-2-EAIPv6.html Peter Tseronis Chairperson of the Federal IPv6 Working Group Director, Network Services, U.S. Department of Energy

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European Commission Call to Action on IPv6 orchestrated by Jacques Babot European Commission communication on IPv6 dated 27 May 2008 IPv6 Video Clip European IPv6 Day - Brussels 30 May 2008 IPv6 Research projects, from action to R&D

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The main objective of this present document is to describe the IPv6 Forum IPv6 Ready Logo Program, to describe the IPv6 Ready Test Specifications and IPv6 Ready Logo Phase Series and to provide a FAQ. The IPv6 Ready ( http://www.ipv6ready.org/) Logo Program provides conformance and interoperability test specifications based on open standards to support IPv6 deployment across the globe. Effective testing of IPv6 products is of critical importance in ensuring the deployment, interoperability, security and reliability of the IPv6 infrastructure. Authors: Yanick Pouffary, Erica Johnson and Hiroshi Miyata More information can be found here.

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