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Network Automation, IPv6, and Beyond

Why IPv6 Matters

From multiple wireless devices per person, to massively dynamic virtualization, to the vision for a "smart" energy-efficient home and much, much more, everything in the entire world is becoming "connected" and this is giving rise to the "Evernet." But this can't...

What is Internet Protocol Address Management?

Goal: The number of web-based devices is expanding at an exponential clip, virtualization is making a very static environment dynamic, and now with the exhaustion of IPv4 and the oncoming complexities of IPv6- network operators must reevaluate what IP Address...

Software as a Service for Network Management

Software as a service can be best defined as using a hosted solution for software applications. It is called a service because the application, its access, and everything to do about its administration is hosted with another company offsite. The only concern of the...

RFC 1918 Address Space

RFC 1918 Address Space: Why it was needed then and how it will change in IPv6 "The Internet has grown beyond anyone's expectations. Sustained exponential growth continues to introduce new challenges. One challenge is a concern within the community that globally unique...

Preparing a Network for IPv6

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the entity responsible for handing out IP addresses for the Internet. During a recent study they determined that available IPv4 addresses, the ones we are most familiar with today with four groups of numbers, is coming...

IPv4 to IPv6: What Investors Need to Know

A very large investment opportunity is being overlooked by most Investors in tech as it is, quite frankly, overlooked by most of humanity. The Internet is a force and that force is undergoing a forklift upgrade as we speak. The Internet Assigned Name Authority (IANA)...

2012: The Year for IPv6 Adoption

Without question, 2011 was a significant year for IPv6, the essential next-generation Internet addressing protocol. The year’s notable IPv6 news included highly publicized announcements by Regional Internet Registries (RIR) on depleted IPv4 resources, and the start of...

6connect Software Upgrade Visually Displays Entire IPAM Environment

Get the most out of existing IPv4 space, See Future IPv6 needs, Clean-up Data, Save Time, Cut Costs Network automation pioneer 6connect, today announced Internet Protocol Address Manager (IPAM) version 3.2, a software upgrade that provides the ability to see the...

Terremark Veteran Anna Claiborne Joins 6connect as VP of Engineering

Spreadsheets are Obsolete with Automated IP Address Management (IPAM)   REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Jan. 10, 2012 - 6connect, the first network automation platform to help usher in IPv6, today announced that Anna Claiborne has joined the company as VP of Engineering to...

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