Nibbles & Bits
Network Automation, IPv6, and Beyond
ProVision 5.1.4 – Setting the Stage for 2016
The 5.1.4 release of ProVision will be live on Wednesday morning (January 6th) and available from the Customer Download area. We wanted to wrap up 2015 and do some feature clean up, and also set the stage for 2016. We kept this release simple: Minor bug...
Top Five 2016 Network New Year’s Resolutions
If you are still on the fence about IPv6 and think the magical IPv4 unicorn fairy is going to fix it, you can ignore this post and consider finding a support group for all that will trouble you in 2016 (please reference below meme). 2016 is right around the corner,...
6connect Whitepaper Update
We are pleased to announce that we have updated three whitepapers: Reducing Network Complexity with Automated Provisioning for Enterprises, Reducing Network Complexity with Automated Provisioning for Service Providers, and Service Provider Network Control: Dynamic...
RIPE 71 Recap
For those of you who don't know, a RIPE meeting is a five-day event where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators and other interested parties gather to discuss issues of interest to the Internet community. 6connect’s CEO, Aaron Hughes, attended this...
IGF Recap
Last week, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held its 10th annual meeting in João Pessoa, Brazil. 6connect’s CEO, Aaron Hughes, spoke on two separate panels. IGF at the United Nations is an open, global forum where different participants from a number of stakeholder...
ARIN Online Maintenance Scheduled for November 14th
Tomorrow (11/14) from 7:00 AM until approximately 3:00 PM EST, ARIN Online will undergo maintenance. According to ARIN, during this time ARIN Online accounts will be inaccessible, transactions submitted via ARIN's RESTful Provisioning service will be rejected, and any...
Aaron Hughes, CEO of 6connect, Speaking at and Contributing IPv6 Best Practices to IGF
The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will hold its 10th annual meeting in João Pessoa, Brazil from November 10-13 with the theme, "Evolution of Internet Governance: Empowering Sustainable Development". 6connect’s CEO, Aaron Hughes, will be speaking on Friday and he has...
IBM Insight 2015 Recap
We were excited to attend the recent IBM Insight conference featuring over 12,000 attendees in Las Vegas, Nevada. Notable speakers included Pepper the empathetic robot, Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, Director Ron Howard and Producer Brian Glazer. Amazing robots aside, the...
ARIN 36 Recap
Montreal was buzzing with plenty of conference action last week - and we were happy to be a part of it. At the beginning of last week, we attended NANOG 65, where our CEO Aaron Hughes spoke. On Thursday and Friday, ARIN 36 Public Policy and Members Meeting was held in...