Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives?

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

On Mar 05, 2013, at 13:41 , Cameron Byrne <cb.list6 () gmail com> wrote:

> In-line

Isn't every reply? (Well, every reply worth reading.)


> 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-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
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> > hours turns to MUSIC" - Kahlil Gibran
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> >
> > Mukom Akong T.
> >
> > http://about.me/perfexcellence |  twitter: @perfexcellent
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> > “When you work, you are the FLUTE through whose lungs the whispering of the
> > hours turns to MUSIC" - Kahlil Gibran
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