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  Internet Hall of Fame opens ... on the Web

  Thirty-plus Internet pioneers, innovators and "global connectors" - yes, even including Al Gore - have been inducted into the first class of the Internet Hall of Fame.

  By Bob Brown | 24 April, 2012 08:40

  Tags: internet, Internet Hall of Fame, Internet Society, LAN & WAN, linus torvalds, tim berners-lee, Vint Cerf

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  Internet Society celebrates 20 years of standards, advocacy

  The Internet Society, a non-profit that operates the .org registry and funds Internet standards development work, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a gala event in Geneva next month.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 27 March, 2012 01:30

  Tags: IETF, internet, Internet policy, Internet Society, Internet standards, LAN & WAN

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  Leading ISPs, websites commit to June 6 start for IPv6

  Several of the world's largest ISPs and websites have committed to permanently enabling IPv6 -- the next-generation Internet Protocol -- on their products and services starting June 6, 2012.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 18 January, 2012 04:36

  Tags: at&t, comcast, Facebook, Google, internet, Internet Society, IPv6, LAN & WAN, Microsoft, networking, time warner, Time Warner Cable, Yahoo

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  Unbiased info about IPv6 available here

  Looking for practical, non-biased advice about how to deploy IPv6? The Internet Society is launching a new Web portal that will be a central resource for standards documents, best practices, case studies and other useful information for network engineers planning to adopt IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 13 January, 2012 05:25

  Tags: DNSSEC, internet, Internet Society, IPv6, LAN & WAN, RPKI

• IPv4's funeral expected to come Thursday

  A press conference taking place on Thursday in Miami is expected to mark the last allocation of internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses by the central authority that assigns them.

  By Stephen Lawson | 02 February, 2011 07:01

  Tags: Carriers, internet, Internet Architecture Board, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Internet Society, networking, Number Resources Organization, Telecommunication

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  Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later

  A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies - including Facebook, Google and Comcast - have committed to June 6, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 18 January, 2012 08:36

  Tags: comcast, Facebook, Google, Internet Society, IPv6, IPv6 Launch, LAN & WAN, Leslie Daigle, networking

• The clock is ticking: Give IPv6 a test drive

  Major Websites are to test Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) by participating in World IPv6 Day, scheduled for June 8. Google, Facebook, and Yahoo, among others, have agreed to ensure that IPv6 entrances to their sites will be available, along with any network infrastructure needed to receive IPv6 traffic.

  By Keir Thomas | 13 January, 2011 09:55

  Tags: internet, Internet Society, LAN/WAN, management, networking, Network management, Traffic management, wireless technology

Whitepapers about Internet Society

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  Best Practices for Converting from Lotus Notes/Domino® to Google Apps

  For organizations considering an upgrade to the latest version of Notes® or for those that may desire a change —this document outlines a 10-step process for determining if Google Apps is a viable, cost-effective alternative.

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  IP Telephony: Reliability You Can Count On

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  Considering Your Online Security Options: Beginners Guide to SSL Certificates