It is becoming increasingly important for Federal agencies to integrate Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) into their Enterprise in order to enable new mission capabilities. The need for ad-hoc communications, greater infrastructure flexibility, increasing situational awareness and decreasing decision times is driving the adoption of IPv6 across the US government. Recent executive guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is requiring federal Chief Information Officer (CIO)s to not only develop concrete plans to deploy IPv6 within their infrastructure, but show progress in deploying IPv6 to support mission critical applications as part of their Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework. In addition, CIOs will be required to provide quarterly progress reports that include their IPv6 progress to OMB.
Leading the way with IPv6 is the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with one of the most significant information technology (IT) infrastructures in the world - OneVA Enterprise Network. Viewed as a leader in federal IPv6 adoption and deployment they are aggressively moving forward with an IPv6 transition plan that will provide enhanced services to veterans and improve the overall capabilities of the OneVA Enterprise Network.
Attendees will learn:
- The state of global IPv6 transition & Federal progress report
- IPv6 integration into the EA scorecard
- Strategies and lessons learned from the Veterans Administration
- Best practices on planning for and deploying IPv6 within a federal environment
- Securing your agency from IPv6 related threats and risks
Plus, all attendees will receive a copy of the white paper "Essential Next Steps in the U.S. Government Transition to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)".
Speakers
David Rubal, Regional Manager, Federal Unified Communications, Cisco and Member, IPv6 Forum and North American IPv6 Task Force
Dave Rubal is a leader in the public IPv6 community as a member of the IPv6 Forum as well as the North American and Mid-Atlantic IPv6 Task Forces. A recognized visionary in next-generation Internet and Enterprise Architectures, Rubal is regularly featured as a speaker and panelist in industry events. With more than 28 years in telecommunications, technology standardization and complex enterprise architectures, David Rubal's leadership and vision has guided commercial, enterprise, service provider, and Federal government agencies through the challenges of service oriented, multi-layer IP-centric networking.
Steven Pirzchalski, IPv6 Transition Manager, Department of Veterans Affairs
Steven Pirzchalski joined the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in 1991 and has held various positions in telecommunications and networking operations at VA. Currently, he oversees the planning, design and engineering of the network infrastructure which supports enterprise-level telecommunications services for the Department. Pirzchalski also serves as the IPv6 transition program manager. In this role, he coordinated the Department's efforts to meet OMB's June 2008 mandate. His program is frequently touted as the technical leader on IPv6.
Jim Bailey, Cisco
