Juniper Networks to Speak at IPv6 Summit on IPv6 Product Innovation in Support of DoD Initiatives.Juniper Networks--(Nasdaq:JNPR JNPR Juniper Networks, Inc. (stock symbol) )-- Where: United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. IPv6 Summit Hyatt Regency Hotel The Regency Hotel was a hotel in Denver, Colorado. Built in the 1960s to serve as a regional convention center, it was famous locally for its large gold dome and the luxury of the rooms within. Reston, Virginia Reston is an internationally known planned community whose goal was to revolutionize post-World War II concepts of land use and residential/corporate development in American suburbia. When: December 8, 2004, 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Why: The current version of the Internet (IPv4) has a boundary that will actually encumber To burden property by way of a charge that must be removed before ownership is free and clear. Property subject to an encumbrance may have a lien or mortgage imposed upon it. advances in mobile technologies. Limited by a finite number of 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. (IP) addresses, the ability to meet the growing demand to uniquely identify multiple devices on the web is hindered. To meet the challenge to migrate to the next-generation of IP, version 6 (IPv6), industry-leading organizations have collectively spent hundreds of millions of dollars testing and integrating the IPv6 protocol into their respective products and services. The Department of Defense is taking a leadership role in this effort as well. Currently, all new networking equipment purchases must be IPv6 compatible, and Department-wide IPv6 usage is scheduled by 2008. IPv6 essentially addresses the inherent weaknesses of IPv4 and allows for additional services and functionality. This includes exponentially expanding the number of available IP addresses and enhanced services, such as better security and the ability to guarantee levels of service for priority data traveling over the web. Who: Rod Murchison, senior director, product management in the Security Products Group will present IPv6 product innovations from Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) is an information technology company based in Sunnyvale, California and founded in 1996. The company designs and sells Internet Protocol network products and services. . Juniper Networks, through its federally focused efforts, has demonstrated a commitment to supporting the Department of Defense's initiatives to move to IPv6, specifically through Juniper Networks work on the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion The Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) Program was a major United States Department of Defense (DOD) net-centric transformational initiative executed by DISA. GIG-BE created a ubiquitous “bandwidth-available” environment to improve national security . Mr. Murchison has been driving innovation in security, networking, and multimedia solutions. In his role at Juniper Networks, he directs all current and emerging firewall, virtual private networking, intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. and prevention, edge routing, and network management solutions for the Security Products Group. About Juniper Networks, Inc. Juniper Networks transforms the business of networking by creating competitive advantage for our customers with superior networking and security solutions. Juniper Networks is dedicated to customers who derive strategic value from their networks, including global network operators, enterprises, government agencies and research and educational institutions. Juniper Networks' portfolio of networking and security solutions supports the complex scale, security and performance requirements of the world's most demanding mission critical networks. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net. Juniper Networks, the Juniper Networks logo, NetScreen, NetScreen Technologies, the NetScreen logo, NetScreen-Global Pro, ScreenOS, and GigaScreen are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. T-series, T640, T320 and M7i are trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. |
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