How long does it take you to provision IP address network resources? Typically, a network administrator needs around 45 minutes for network provisioning—possibly more if a Regional Internet Registry (RIR) needs to be updated—and has to flip between spreadsheets, ticketing systems and different departments (especially if waiting on dependent services…
Many service providers view their IPAM software as network provisioning tools – when they really aren’t. Networks are managed with a variety of tools and processes ranging from home grown databases to proprietary hardware appliances, to spreadsheets and flat files. The goal of these tools (of which IPAM is one)…
It’s a classic win-win scenario: Network service providers benefit from offering their customers self-service provisioning, and their customers benefit as well. If you’re a service provider, self-service can: 1. Reduce your costs . . . and your customers’ costs Customers that self-service require fewer resources in terms of customer support….
For carriers and hosting providers, a whole new level of network complexity has been added because large segments of their customers—and their customers’ customers—have unplugged desktops in favor of mobile devices. In 2012, smartphone sales surpassed those of laptops for the first time, and the trend is still accelerating. With…
IP networks have become the medium for most commercial transactions, customer engagement, virtual workloads, and employee interactions. This makes Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) a core foundation of network management, bar none. But how do most network administrators still manage IP address assignments? With spreadsheets, flat files, siloed databases and…
Making the Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 represents an important crossroads for growing technology companies. Leverage our team’s depth of expertise to avoid the pitfalls that are inherent to legacy solutions. TCP/IP is the technology that devices use to interact online. What allows each device to get online and communicate is that…
100% IPv4 Utilization is a short term solution. We outline the problems encountered by those who have have forged head with insufficient research. 6Connect makes transitions an opportunity for improvement, instead of an invitation to crisis. There has been increasing interest from enterprises seeking IPAM / DNS tools. The trend is becoming clear –…
The Internet Assigned Name Authority IANA) has handed out the LAST IPv4 address space as of Feb, 2011. The Internet’s ability to function is predicated upon each device having a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address and thus, a new address schema called IP version 6, or IPv6, has been implemented so that…
From multiple wireless devices per person, to massively dynamic virtualization, to the vision for a “smart” energy-efficient home and much, much more, everything in the entire world is becoming “connected” and this is giving rise to the “Evernet.” But this can’t happen without transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 because everything…
Nearly all computers connected to the global Internet communicate with one another via TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). This standard communications protocol uses IP addresses to specify identification and location information for each Internet-connected device. Since the early 1980s, Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) has been the primary method for…
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“6connect has helped us become much more efficient, … we now run a single, unified system that is fully automated.”
Alex Latzko
Senior Architect
Lightower Fiber Networks
