Governor Tim Kaine Opens America’s First IPv6 Training Center. Does your state know what this is?

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine cut the ceremonial ribbon at the opening of America’s first Ipv6 training center, and demonstrated the technology at the new state-of-the-art facility in Herndon. The training center will educate and prepare government agencies, corporations and individuals for the impact IPv6 will have on organizations, technology, customers and the bottom line.

"Virginia is the national epicenter of the next generation Internet," said Kaine. "I am pleased that Command Information is leading the way in helping businesses and government agencies across the Commonwealth and the nation realize the tremendous benefits IPv6 brings to our citizens and our economy."

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), was created to upgrade the current 35 year old system IPv4, which was developed in the 1970’s. IPv6, with its ability to provide 3.4 trillion trillion trillion IP addresses, will allow for mobile devices, TVs and videogame systems to be directly connected to the global Internet. China, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea have a five-year head start on the U.S. with IPv6, but the federal government has mandated its own transition to IPv6 by 2008, which is well underway.

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