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Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives?
From: Cameron Byrne <cb.list6 () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:41:53 -0800
Hi, In-line 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. 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-securitygroups/ 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. -- Mukom Akong T. http://about.me/perfexcellence | twitter: @perfexcellent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “When you work, you are the FLUTE through whose lungs the whispering of the hours turns to MUSIC" - Kahlil Gibran ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Mukom Akong T. http://about.me/perfexcellence | twitter: @perfexcellent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “When you work, you are the FLUTE through whose lungs the whispering of the hours turns to MUSIC" - Kahlil Gibran -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Mukom Akong T. (Mar 05)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Gary E. Miller (Mar 05)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Mukom Akong T. (Mar 05)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Cameron Byrne (Mar 05)
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- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Patrick W. Gilmore (Mar 05)
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- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Gary E. Miller (Mar 05)