[India] Global Summit on IPv6 in Bangalore
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From: Soundara Rajan <nssr@VSNL.COM>
HP to host the Global Summit on the next Generation Internet
technology
New Delhi, December 28, 2000
India's first Global Summit on IPv6 will be held from January 3-5,
2001 in Bangalore. Experts and Delegates from leading international
IT companies will be addressing the summit. This will replace the
prevailing IPv4 version of Internet protocol. The summit is being
hosted by Hewlett Packard's India Software Operations(HP ISO) and
marks the launch of Ipv6 forum in India.
The Summit will be presided over by distinguished experts such as Mr.
Latif Ladid, President, IPv6 Forum and Vice President, Ericsson
Telebit A/S, Dr. Satya Rao, Director, Telscom AG, Mr. Madhu Thiyakkat
General Manger- Hewlett Packard, Dr. Sadagopan, Director IIIT,
Bangalore, Mr.Gopi Garge, ERNET, IISc, Kumar Sivarajan, Chief
Technology Officer, Tejas Networks and Mr. H Krishnamurthy, SERC,
IISc, who will highlight the advantages of the IPV6 over IPv4, such
as security, privacy and Quality of Service for the Internet
Development issues on various platforms, deployment issues like
interoperability, scalability and implementation of IPv6 on various
platforms -- HP-UX, Solaris, FreeBSD and Linux and also a practical
IPv6 solutions demonstration are addressed during the Global Summit.
"The global Summit will provide the complete foundation for IPv6 in
India " said Mr. Gopi Garge, ERNET, IISc". "The aim of the Indian
forum will be the identification of projects in IPv6, product
development and promotion of India as a solutions provider, which is a
huge emerging area." he further added.
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