Hitachi Powers the European Commission's First IPv6 Internet Exchange Network 'Euro6IX' to Interconnect Major Telco Carriers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 2002 GLOBAL IPv6 SUMMIT MADRID, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2002 Hitachi Internetworking, the leading provider of hardware based, next-generation Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. version 6 (IPv6) infrastructure systems, today announced it is providing hardware based IPv6 solutions to the European Commission's recently launched Euro6IX project. All major worldwide carriers and IPv6 proponents will be participating in the three-day Madrid 2002 GLOBAL IPv6 SUMMIT to begin on March 13th. (www.ipv6-es.com) Euro6IX is the largest research project ever funded by the European Information Society Technologies programme. It is a Pan-European initiative aimed at supporting the rapid introduction of IPv6 in Europe. "The prime objective of the Euro6IX project is to research the appropriate architecture, and to validate the first Pan-European pre-commercial IPv6 Internet Exchange See IXP and NAP. Network. The network will connect several regional and strategic neutral IPv6 Internet Exchange points across Europe, achieving higher levels of robustness and service quality than currently offered by IPv4 Internet The IPv4 internet is a specific wide area network that uses the IPv4 protocol as its network layer protocol. Technically, what the general public knows as the Internet Exchange Networks," said Jordi Palet, Technical Coordinator The American Radio Relay League Technical Coordinator (TC) is a section-level official appointed by the Section Manager to coordinate all technical activities within the section. of the Euro6 project. As early as 1997, Hitachi pioneered IPv6 with the deployment of the world's first address translation IPv6 router in Japan and Europe. In June 2001, Hitachi was first to announce and deliver a hardware IPv6 gigabit router performing at wire-speeds of up to 2.4Gbps. In September 2001, Skanova selected Hitachi as its backbone router vendor for the deployment of the first commercial IPv6 network in Europe connecting seven cities Seven Cities may refer to:
Paul Hodgson Paul Hodgson, born 25th April, 1982 in Epsom, Surrey is an English rugby union player. Hodgson plays for London Irish in the Guinness Premiership. Paul Hodgson's position of choice is as a Scrum-half Hodgson is an England Sevens international. , business development manager, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. at Hitachi said, "Hitachi's GR2000 is the first gigabit-class router to offer the IPv6 standard in its hardware, and it has the added advantage of allowing IPv4 and IPv6 networks to run simultaneously within the same box. This functionality will become absolutely key to carriers and service providers as they begin to upgrade their networks to IPv6." The rapid growth in demand for Internet access See how to access the Internet. has caused a shortage in conventional IPv4 addresses. The increase in address space from 32-bits to 128-bits will accommodate any device wishing to connect to the Internet. Mobility, quality of service, auto-configuration, end-to-end connectivity End-to-end connectivity is a property of the Internet that allows all nodes of the network to send packets to all other nodes of the network, without requiring intermediate network elements to further interpret them. It was for the first time implemented in the CYCLADES-network. , security, anycast and multicast, and more efficient packet processing are some of the key progressive features that will be realised in IPv6. As households become increasingly connected, IPv6 is expected to bridge the "digital divide" by enabling users the ability to connect to the Internet in a more efficient and simple manner. About Hitachi In Europe, Hitachi Internetworking, the global sales and marketing unit for the GR2000 gigabit router product, operates under Hitachi Europe, Ltd. For more information on the GR2000, please visit Hitachi's Web site at http://www.internetworking.hitachi.com. Hitachi Europe Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Hitachi, Ltd., Japan. Headquartered in Maidenhead Maidenhead, city (1991 pop. 59,809), Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England, on the Thames River. It is a residential town with brewing and milling industries as well as a resort. The 13th-century stone bridge was rebuilt in the 1770s. , UK, it has operations in 11 countries and employs over 650 people across Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the . As a 'Best Solutions Partner' Hitachi Europe tailors its services and solutions to meet the specific needs of its customers. Hitachi Europe comprises eight key business areas: power and industrial systems; information systems; high performance computing; electronic components; automotive; air-conditioning and refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. systems; procurement and sourcing; and corporate technology group (research & development). For more information about Hitachi Europe Ltd., please visit http://www.hitachi-eu.com Hitachi Internetworking, the global sales and marketing unit for Hitachi GR2000 gigabit router product, is part of Hitachi America, Ltd. Hitachi America, Ltd. markets and manufactures a broad range of electronics, computer systems and products, consumer electronics and semiconductors, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . For more information on Hitachi America, visit http://www.hitachi.com Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading global electronics companies, with fiscal 2000 (ended March 31, 2001) consolidated sales of 8,417 billion yen ($67.9 billion*) The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including networking products, servers, semiconductors, consumer products and industrial equipment. * At exchange rate of 124 Yen to the Dollar. About Euro6 Euro6IX was launched by The European Commission in December 2001, a coordinated initiative of major European Telecom companies, equipment manufacturers, solutions/software providers, research laboratories, Universities and end-users. The 20 M project also includes sponsorships from North America and the Pacific Rim. The prime objective of the Euro6IX project is to research appropriate architecture, design, develop, deploy and validate the first Pan-European pre-commercial IPv6 Internet Exchanges Network, connecting several regional and strategic neutral IPv6 Internet Exchange points across Europe, and achieve higher levels of robustness and service quality than currently offered by IPv4 Internet Exchange Networks The Euro6IX consortium will closely cooperate with the 6NET consortium. Euro6IX partners cover most of the European territory: Spain (Airtel-Vodafone, Consulintel, Ecija & Asociados Abogados, novaGnet systems, Univ. of Murcia, Univ. Polytechnic of Madrid, Telefonica I+D I+D Investigación y Desarrollo (Spanish: Research and Development) ), UK (BT Exact, Univ. of Southampton), Italy (Telecom Italia Lab), Denmark (Ericsson Telebit), France (6Wind, France Telecom RD), Germany (T-Systems Nova), Portugal (Portugal Telecom Inovacao), Belgium (Eurocontrol) and Switzerland (Telscom). Strong interest and cooperation have been registered from manufactures, researchers, Telco's, ISP's and Universities from around the world to drive and foster commitments in real deployment of IPv6. Further information is available on the project Web site, please visit http://www.euro6ix.net. Also the project coordinating team can be contacted at info@euro6ix.net. |
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