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


From: "Mukom Akong T." <mukom.tamon () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 06:46:03 +0400

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Mike. <the.lists () mgm51 com> wrote:

I would lean towards

  f) Cost/benefit of deploying IPv6.


I certainly agree, which is why I propose understanding you organisation's
business model and how specifically v4 exhaustion will threaten that. IPv6
is the cast as a solution to that, plus future unknown benefits that may
result from e-2-e and NAT elimination.

I have no clue how to sell 'benefit' of IPv6 in isolation as right now even
for engineers, there's not much of a benefit except more address space.


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