[lugip] Reminder: LOPSA-NJ Meeting April 2nd @ 7PM: IPv6: The Final Frontier

[William Bilancio]

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1. LOPSA-NJ'S APRIL 2009 MEETING NOTICE
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When: Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Where: Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library
           2751 Brunswick Pike
           Lawrenceville, NJ, 08648
           See map: Google Maps <http://tinyurl.com/dfzyjg>

Time: 7:00 PM - 7:20 PM - Social Time
         7:20 PM - 7:30 PM - LOPSA-NJ Business and Announcements
         7:30 PM - 9:00 PM - Main Presentation

Topic:   IPv6: The Final Frontier

Speaker: Karl Siil

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MAIN PRESENTATION
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Outline:

Fears of IPv4 address space running out have been the primary reason that
IPv6 has endured as a viable technology for over a decade despite nearly no
acceptance in commercial networks. With “only” 4-billion addresses, the
rapidly-growing Internet-based economy needs far more breathing room than
IPv4 offers. The U.S. DoD, for example, envisions the deployment of address
space thousands of times larger than the present-day Internet on each
individual soldier. Those outside the U.S. are motivated to move to IPv6,
partly because emerging technological powers like China have little legacy
to preserve and strong government-mandated direction to implement
leading-edge technologies.

IPv6 shouldn’t be expected to be a final frontier by anyone aware of the
history of technology. But, IP networks are entering a brave new world with
the maturing of this latest version of the protocol. Fortunately, IPv6 as a
commercial reality is still far enough out that most businesses have plenty
of time to plan and execute an orderly adoption. In addition to the history
of IPv6, this presentation discusses real world pilot examples and gives
tips on how to plan pilots and overall IPv6 adoption for your organization.

At the end of the session, participants will:

* Understand the evolution, current status, and future direction of IPv6
deployment

* Understand the drivers that have hindered IPv6 deployment and are now
accelerating it

* Learn what you can do to assess the immediate and long-term impact of IPv6
on your organization

* Learn where to start experimenting with IPv6 equipment, software, and the
existing international infrastructure

* Learn what to do to be ready for IPv6 migration before it becomes an
urgent need to do so


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Speaker Biography:

Karl Siil is a Senior Research Engineer and Program Manager on SRI
International’s C4ISR team. He is responsible for the Information Assurance
practice of the Engineering and Systems Division. Karl has over 25 years of
experience in Information Technology and is a subject matter expert in
network management, software development, and computer and network security.
He recently published a book on managing change in enterprise networks,
focusing on the Federal IPv6 transition.

Before joining SRI, Karl was a founding member and Chief Architect for
Lumeta Corporation. Karl created and managed the company’s Professional
Services Organization, architected and developed Lumeta’s flagship IPsonar
product, and established the IPv6 Internet Mapping Project to track IPv6
adoption worldwide. Prior to Lumeta, Karl spent over a decade working for
Bell Laboratories (now AT&T Laboratories) developing secure operating
systems, consumer services, and next-generation networking platforms. Karl
holds a BE in electrical engineering from The Cooper Union and an ME in
electrical engineering from Manhattan College. He currently lives in
Princeton, NJ with his family. Karl enjoys flying and holds a commercial
pilot’s license with instrument, multi-engine, and seaplane ratings.


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2. LOPSA-NJ INFORMATION
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LOPSA-NJ, like our parent organization LOPSA, is dedicated to the
advancement of the profession and practice of System Administration. Toward
those ends, this chapter aims to facilitate building a community of local
contacts for us to share our experiences, solutions, tips and techniques on
addressing the technical and professional issues we encounter.

We are a platform agnostic organization, like LOPSA itself, and, as such, we
welcome and encourage network managers, Windows and UNIX systems
administrators, desktop support technicians, and anyone else that manages
computer systems to join our community.

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our Web Site
http://www.lopsanj.org
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