[161230] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What Should an Engineer Address when 'Selling' IPv6 to Executives?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Tue Mar 5 13:47:40 2013
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAD6AjGSTjPGC8mK5Yqt5X1EjwhbFxRbGs0xZpGTqVHy4CDU-fQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:47:17 -0500
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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,
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>> 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 =
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transition to IPv6 could harm our operations and the functioning =
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the Internet as a whole.
No company would lie to the SEC, would it?
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TTFN,
patrick
>> I think such a presentation (15 slides max in 45 minutes) should =
cover the
>> following aspects:
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>> a) Set the strategic context: how your organisation derives value =
from IP
>> networks and the Internet.
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>> b) Overview of the problem: IPv4 exhaustion
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>> c) Implications of IPv4 Exhaustion to your organization=92s business =
model.
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>> d) Introduction of IPv6 as a solution to IPv4 exhaustion.
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>> e) Understanding the risks involved.
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>> f) How much will deploying IPv6 will cost.
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>> g) Call to action.
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>> I've detailed my thinking into each of these items at <How to =91Sell=92=
IPv6
>> to Executive Management =96 Guidance for
>> =
Engineers<http://techxcellence.net/2013/03/05/v6-business-case-for-enginee=
rs/>
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>> My question and this is where I'd appreciate some input:
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>> a) To all you engineers out there who have convinced managers - what =
else
>> did you have to address?
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> One of the most important things i see not being stressed enough is
> that IPv6 is frequently free or a low-cost incremental upgrade.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Here's some relevant pointers for the CDN folks, in many cases its
> just a matter of clicking a button in the management portal:
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> Akamai http://www.akamai.com/ipv6
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> Edgecast http://www.edgecast.com/ipv6/
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> Cloudflare https://www.cloudflare.com/ipv6
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> Amazon =
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2011/05/24/elb-ipv6-zoneapex-sec=
uritygroups/
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> Softlayer http://www.softlayer.com/about/network/ipv6
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>> b) To you who are managers, what else do you need your engineers to =
address
>> in order for you to be convinced?
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>> Regards.
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>> As always, all opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily =
represent
>> the views of my employers, past or present.
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>> --
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>> Mukom Akong T.
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>> http://about.me/perfexcellence | twitter: @perfexcellent
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>> Mukom Akong T.
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>> http://about.me/perfexcellence | twitter: @perfexcellent
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