June 23 Deadline For Submissions to Invite-Only WebRTC/RTCWEB Congestion Control Workshop

How do we manage network congestion as we move real-time voice, video, chat and data communication into web browsers? How do we make sure browser-based voice/video doesn’t overwhelm the local network? If you’ve been following the excellent work of the…

WebRTC/RTCWEB Congestion Control Workshop on July 28 in Vancouver (Featured Blog)

As we start moving more real-time communications into web browsers with the upcoming WebRTC/RTCWEB offerings, what do we do about congestion control? How do we ensure that all these browser-based communications sessions share the network fairly? With R…

Richard Jimmerson Speaking Today About IPv6 At Digital Home World Summit

Today our Richard Jimmerson will be speaking at the Digital Home World Summit 2012 in London on the topic of “IPv6: Preparing for the Future.”  He’ll be discussing: Why the delay in deploying IPv6? Fundamentals of IPv6 and pitfalls of falling behind Activities businesses must undertake to ensure continued success Real-world implementations and case studies Read more…

Facebook Adds "Close Friends" List To Help Sort Through The NewsFeed Overload

Facebook has long known that the "News Feed" can easily drown most folks and it would seem that they are trying yet another attempt at helping people see more relevant info. When I logged into FB today, I was greeted…

Webinar TODAY on IPv6 Security By Researcher Joe Klein

Want to understand the security aspects of IPv6?  In about 8 hours, at 4:00pm US Eastern on June 20, 2012, security researcher Joe Klein will be giving a presentation on “IPv6 – Security Threat or Stronger Defenses?” The webinar/webcast/whatever-you-want-to-call-it is part of a series of information security seminars scheduled through BrightTALK.  We have no affiliation Read more…

Speaking about IPv6 and SIP (VoIP) Next Week at SIPNOC in Virginia

How well does the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) work with IPv6? How do current VoIP software and systems currently handle IPv6?  What does the industry need to do for SIP to thrive in an IPv6 landscape? I’ll be exploring all those questions and much more at the “SIP Network Operators Conference (SIPNOC)” next week in Read more…

Got IPv6? Can You Please Help With This IPv6 Deployment Survey?

Do you have IPv6 deployed within your network? If so, could you please take a moment to participate in the 3rd annual “IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey” on the current and future use of IPv6?  The survey is at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GlobalIPv6survey2012 Sponsored by the Number Resource Organization (NRO), the coordinating body for the 5 Regional Internet Registries[1], Read more…

How Well Will Microsoft Surface Tablets Work With Skype?

Over the past 24 hours there has been a huge amount of attention in the tech media sphere about Microsoft’s announcement of its "Surface" line of tablets. The media frenzy continues today with even more analysis and coverage. It is,…

To Build The Interplanetary Internet, We Will Need IPv6

If we build an “interplanetary Internet,” how will we have enough addresses for all the network endpoints unless we move to IPv6? Some of you are perhaps saying “Huh? An interplanetary Internet? Are you dreaming?” I’m not… because in truth we are already building an interplanetary Internet with the space exploration efforts we have underway, Read more…

IPv6 Friday: Tutorial on How To Set Up An IPv6 Tunnel From SIXXS

How easy is it to “IPv6-enable” your network using a tunnel from SIXXS?  What are the steps you need to go through to do so? Over on his “IPv6 Friday” site, Olle Johansson has a post up today about “Eating my own dog food: IPv6-enabling my training class room” where he walks through the steps Read more…