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Talcove: A business case for IPv6

What’s exciting about the transition to IPv6 are the broadband applications it will enable.

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GSA to name Schobert as ITS CTO

Fred Schobert also will be the director of the IPv6 transformation effort.

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Jazzed about IPv6

Education’s Peter Tseronis gets the message on government’s mandatory transition to IPv6.

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Flyzik: Another argument for IPv6

Trapped indoors by wintry weather, Jim Flyzik imagines a day when the director of OPM could declare a "virtual office" workday.

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GSA considers establishing IPv6 program office

John Johnson said the agency is working on the idea to help guide GSA's compliance with the mandate to transition to the next-generation protocol.

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McManus: Opportunities lie beyond IPv6 deadline

The changeover is not about the protocol or telling people that IPv6 offers an almost unlimited number of IP address, he said. It’s about what the protocol enables.

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It's not your father's telephone operator

FCW’s never-ending stories: Telecommunications issues have been an ongoing subject during the past 20 years.

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IDC: Market analysts might have overestimated IPv6 spending

Beware of unrealistic spending numbers, Government Insights Research Director Shawn McCarthy cautions IPv6 vendors.

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Companies focus wares on IPv6 transition

Hexago sees a market for gateway devices to span the gap between IPv4 and IPv6.

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Survey: Industry will be ready for IPv6

Vendors believe the government's transition to IPv6 will significantly accelerate the development of commercial products and services.

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Working group to offer IPv6 recommendations

The deadline for agencies to upgrade their network backbones to the latest IP version is less than two years away.

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Survey: Transition to IPv6 will spur industry

The new protocol will significantly speed the development of related commercial products and services, a survey from Juniper shows.

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Businesses capitalize on IPv6 mandate

Vendors develop services to help agencies meet 2008 deadline for compliance.

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Bantu is IPv6, XMPP compliant

Bantu’s support for these next-generation protocols will enable more than 3.5 million military personnel to communicate and collaborate in real time.

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AT&T, Global Crossing team to aid IPv6 transition

The two telecom firms have established dedicated interconnections between their networks to support federal IPv6 traffic.

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Proposed rule would mandate IPv6

The change to the FAR would require agencies to purchase information technology with IPv6 capability as much as possible.

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Councils: Make more IPv6 products available

Two groups proposed amending FAR to require IT procurements to include IPv6 products as often as possible, a Federal Register notice states.

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IPv6 looms on the horizon

The Social Security Administration is ahead of the pack as agencies get ready for the transition

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What ever happened to IPv5?

On the road to IPv6, everyone seems to have overlooked a mile marker.

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Stops along the IPv6 road

After drawing the map comes the hands-on work.