On Mar 05, 2013, at 13:41 , Cameron Byrne <cb.list6@gmail.com> wrote:
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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Mukom Akong T. <mukom.tamon@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear experts,
I've found myself thinking about what ground an engineer needs to cover in order to convince the executives to approve and commit to an IPv6 Deployment project.
Why not just have them read their own SEC filings. Nearly every company has something to the effect of this in their 10K: The potential exhaustion of the supply of unallocated IPv4 addresses and the inability of $COMPANY and other Internet users to successfully transition to IPv6 could harm our operations and the functioning of the Internet as a whole. No company would lie to the SEC, would it? -- TTFN, patrick
I think such a presentation (15 slides max in 45 minutes) should cover the following aspects:
a) Set the strategic context: how your organisation derives value from IP networks and the Internet.
b) Overview of the problem: IPv4 exhaustion
c) Implications of IPv4 Exhaustion to your organization’s business model.
d) Introduction of IPv6 as a solution to IPv4 exhaustion.
e) Understanding the risks involved.
f) How much will deploying IPv6 will cost.
g) Call to action.
I've detailed my thinking into each of these items at <How to ‘Sell’ IPv6 to Executive Management – Guidance for Engineers<http://techxcellence.net/2013/03/05/v6-business-case-for-engineers/>
My question and this is where I'd appreciate some input:
a) To all you engineers out there who have convinced managers - what else did you have to address?
One of the most important things i see not being stressed enough is that IPv6 is frequently free or a low-cost incremental upgrade.
So, when calculating ROI / NPV, the hurdle can be very low such that the cash in-flow / cost savings is not a huge factor since the required investment is close to nil.
This is not always the case, some legacy stuff won't work on ipv6 without investment. But, as a plug to all you folks who work at companies that use a CDN, please ask your CDN to turn IPv6 on for your website. This is top-of-mind for me since i just pushed my www folks on this issue
Here's some relevant pointers for the CDN folks, in many cases its just a matter of clicking a button in the management portal:
Akamai http://www.akamai.com/ipv6
Edgecast http://www.edgecast.com/ipv6/
Cloudflare https://www.cloudflare.com/ipv6
Amazon http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2011/05/24/elb-ipv6-zoneapex-secur...
Softlayer http://www.softlayer.com/about/network/ipv6
b) To you who are managers, what else do you need your engineers to address in order for you to be convinced?
Regards.
As always, all opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily represent the views of my employers, past or present.
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Mukom Akong T.
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Mukom Akong T.
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