IPv6 awareness and adoption is fast gaining momentum, with the impending depletion of public IPv4 addresses driving organizations to consider IPv6 deployment. This transition is however no easy feat, requiring elaborate initial assessment and planning efforts.
PROGRESO Networks recognizes the challenges faced by organizations in considering and adopting IPv6, and offers professional guidance to our customers through our IPv6 readiness assessment service guided by a DCAR framework.
DISCOVER
The opening stage is a discovery process aimed at understanding the organizational objectives, scope and strategy where IPv6 is concerned.
COLLECT
The second stage of the DCAR framework involves data collection from the customer’s environment to ascertain IPv6 readiness of hardware, software and other operational components that forms the customer’s IT infrastructure.
ANALYSE
Building on the information gleaned from the preceding stages, our trained IPv6 consultants will perform an in-depth analysis and determine IPv6 compliance of the infrastructure and application services in the existing customer environment.
RECOMMEND
The framework concludes with this fourth stage, where major outputs in the form of reports and presentation will document the current state and offer recommendations that will help the organization advance towards the desired state of IPv6 capabilities.
Conclusion
The exhaustion of IPv4 public addresses is a close reality and it is now an appropriate time for organizations to understand, prepare and plan for IPv6. As the Centre for IPv6 Learning and Professional Services, Progreso Networks has a team of professional trainers and consultants ready to help you achieve success in your IPv6 requirements.