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Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives?
From: "Mike." <the.lists () mgm51 com>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:34:44 -0500
On 3/5/2013 at 9:55 PM Mukom Akong T. 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 organizationâs 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. | |[snip] ============= Instead of f) How much will deploying IPv6 will cost. I would lean towards f) Cost/benefit of deploying IPv6. If you only talk about how much it will cost, then you've created a major uphill battle for yourself. Also talk of how IPv6 will benefit the business.
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- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives?, (continued)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 05)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? William Herrin (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? Mukom Akong T. (Mar 05)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Antonio Querubin (Mar 06)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Mukom Akong T. (Mar 06)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Antonio Querubin (Mar 07)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Mukom Akong T. (Mar 07)
- 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? William Herrin (Mar 06)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Mukom Akong T. (Mar 07)
- 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)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? John Curran (Mar 06)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Owen DeLong (Mar 05)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Matthew Kaufman (Mar 05)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Owen DeLong (Mar 05)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Matthew Kaufman (Mar 05)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Owen DeLong (Mar 06)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? Cameron Byrne (Mar 06)
- Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives? George Herbert (Mar 06)