Cisco, Juniper conduct trial of fed’s IPv6 tests
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory in July conducted the first trial of the U.S. federal government's new IPv6 test suite on equipment from 10 leading network vendors, including Cisco, Juniper, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Sun.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a new IPv6 compliance testing program called USGv6 Test Program. All routers, hosts and network security systems must pass the USGv6 Test Program by July 2010 in order to be sold to U.S. federal agencies.
Source [ NetworkWorld ]
Smart grid is a way to push US IPv6 upgrade
WHILE EVERYONE in the US is enthusiastic about plans to upgrade the nation's electric power infrastructure to a 'smart grid' there could be a spinoff benefit for Internet IPv6 adoption.
According to Internet News, Cisco has started its own smart grid push as an effort to peddle its products.
Source [ InternetNews ]
