Sify Technologies, a provider of enterprise and consumer internet services in India, claims that it is the first commercial content portal in India to provide IPv6.
Sify said that its entire suite of IP connectivity services, including internet access to enterprise and MPLS-based IP-VPN services, is IPv6 enabled. This ensures the transition and migration from a basic IPv4 based network service to IPv6 next generation network (NGN) with dual-stack [IPv6 & IPv4] support.
The abundance of IPv6 addresses is expected to help Sify in supporting digital home networking, IP surveillance and mobility based applications.
Arvind Mathur, chief architect of Sify Technologies, said: “The decreasing availability of IPv4 addresses makes it imperative for users to migrate to the IPv6 space eventually. Migration to IPv6 requires careful planning that adapts, integrates and helps co-exist with the current network environment.
We urge all organisations integral to the Internet infrastructure to adopt IPv6 early-on so as to ensure a smooth migration, as well as to circumvent any potential scalability issues in the future. Sify is working on including video streaming over IPv6 networks and enabling mobile phones to support IPv6 applications.
