In HP has signed a partnership agreement with the Government of Karnataka (GOK) and International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIIT-B) to conduct a pilot project that will help organizations in Karnataka through a smooth transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
The current version of IP addressing, IPv4, is reaching its theoretical maximum of about 4 billion internet addresses. IPv6 is the new internet addressing protocal with the capacity to support 340 trillion addresses. This allows for the dramatic expansion of connected devices from computers and smart phones, to household electronics, industrial appliances, senors, vehicles and commercial systems. IPv6 also provides for improved quality and new applications like IP TV, telephony and ecommerce.
For enterprises in India, transitioning to IPv6 is essential to keep up with the current internet growth, as well to develop new internet applications, new markets and to serve citizens in new ways.
The aims of the pilot project are to:
- identify major the challenges for organizations in adopting IPv6
- develop solutions for these challenges through education, technology and process improvements
- provide advice and resource for enterprises and government bodies in Karnataka
- actively promote the adoption of IPv6 in India
Expanding communication networks, limited availability of IPv4address space, coupled with growing demand for new IP addresses globally, has necessitated the need to shift to IPv6 by March 2012, said MN Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary to Government , Department of IT, BT, S&T and eGovernance, Govt of Karnataka. Partnerships such as this help spread awareness regarding this new mandate to all federal, state government ministries, public and private sector companies,
As a part of the announcement, HP Network University also unveiled the Unified Communication & Collaboration (UC&C) Innovation Centre at IIIT-B. The HP Network University aims at providing advanced knowledge, including IPv6, to professionals working in the area of technology. The university will showcase, under a single roof, a complete Unified Communication (UC) platform representing technologies from HP and its major UC technology partners.
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