[lugip] 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

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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