IPv6 Mania: Why You Should Care

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It seems like IPv6 is all the buzz lately but like many “hot” IT topics, you may be wondering: Do I need to pay attention now or is something to be aware of for down the road?

From our perspective, the time to pay attention to IPv6 is now. Here’s why:

IPv6 is the next-generation Internet Protocol address standard that’s been standing in the wings ready to replace the IPv4 protocol most Internet services use today. The primary difference between the protocols is that IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses compared to the 32-bit addresses used with IPv4. That means IPv6 can support approximately 340 undecillion addresses as compared to 4.3 billion for IPv4.

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Interop by the Numbers

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Sometimes, it’s impossible to resist the allure of a good set of statistics. ThinkGig invites you to hold on to your hats and take a look at the numbers that describe the power of the gargantuan portable network Qwest built for INTEROP 2011. And while the smart folks on the Qwest InteropNet team would be the first to admit that their network leans a little towards overkill, they just can’t help themselves – they do it because they can. And isn’t that what Interop has always been about?

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Great Expectations: Interop 2011

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May is here, and to many of us in the networking world, that means one thing: It’s Interop time.

As the anticipation grows, we thought it would be a good idea to consider what’s going to be hot this year, aside from the Nevada desert. From where we sit, two themes we anticipate to be hot this year at Interop are: IPv6 and cloud computing.

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Making Moves to the Cloud

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You may have heard the news that CenturyLink will acquire Savvis. Given that the announcement was made just weeks after the closing of the CenturyLink – Qwest merger, we thought our business customers may have some questions. We’ve outlined some key questions and answers below that explain why this combination makes sense:

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