The Internet Society's Inaugural Internet ON Event Offers Engineers the Opportunity to Meet and Learn From Leading Technologists

RESTON, Va., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Internet Society today announced the kick-off of its series of Internet ON events, each designed to address Internet issues that keep network engineers and architects awake at night.

This inaugural event in the Internet Society's Internet ON (ION) series is designed to enable network, product and service engineers and architects to stay ahead of the curve in terms of understanding and deploying emerging Internet technologies. It also presents them with a unique opportunity to discuss Internet standards and best practices with those who have been integral to the creation process, and have been at the leading edge of deployment.

"It's not easy to keep up to date with emerging threats, best current practices and new standards," commented Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer at the Internet Society. "We've created the Internet ON series of events to enable participants to keep abreast of the latest developments in Internet technology. This is a forum where they will learn directly from the people responsible for creating new standards and the first to deploy them."

"Our first event addresses four technologies which are being deployed right now.

"First, IPv6 is increasingly important.  It is seeing increased deployment as new networks will be primarily IPv6-based once the free pool of IPv4 addresses runs out over the next year. New applications will need to utilize the IPv6 protocol. Our audience needs to understand how this will affect their organization, and start developing their transition plans now. The ION 2010 Speakers are the developers and early adopters of this standard, and they can help our audience determine which implementation approach is right for their organization.

"Second, DNSSEC has been developed to secure domain names and prevent users from being diverted to malicious sites. But once the root is signed, what next? You need to run verification. What's involved with that? Our speakers can tell you.

"Third, real-time and peer-to-peer applications are a foundation of the modern Internet, but meeting users' performance expectations consumes a lot of bandwidth and capacity. The speakers at ION 2010 will discuss ALTO and other technologies designed to make the most effective use of the existing network topology, while simultaneously conserving available bandwidth and capacity.

"Last, but not least, how do you achieve redundancy and avoid single points of failure not just for connectivity but also within your network? The new TRILL protocol allows multiple layer 2 connections without running into issues. ION speakers can tell you why you need it and how it works.

"ION 2010 is a must-attend event for technologists who will be involved in implementing these technologies," said Daigle.

The ION 2010 event will include presentations from leading technology developers who will bring participants up to speed on new standards emerging from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - the well-established international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. Early adopters of emerging technologies and standards will discuss their implementation experience and share their list of dos and don'ts.

Speakers include representatives from a "who's who" of Internet technology organizations including: Keynote Speaker, Eric Klinker, CEO of Bittorrent; Dr. Eric Burger, Chairman of the SIP Forum and faculty member at Georgetown University; Ralph Droms, a Cisco Distinguished Engineer in Research and Advanced Development at Cisco Systems; John Brzozowski and Chris Griffiths from Comcast; Richard Jimmerson from ARIN; Andy Davidson, Technical Director at Netsumo; and others.

The event will take place at the Ritz Carlton, San Francisco, December 8th and 9th 2010, and costs $300. Registrations before December 1st benefit from an earlybird discount with participation costing just $250. To sign up for the event – please visit: http://www.isoc.org/ion/.  

Sponsorship opportunities for this event are still available for organizations keen to support the advancement of Internet technology, products, and services and the evolution of a healthy and secure, rapidly expanding Internet. For more information, contact: [email protected].

About the Internet Society

The Internet Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington, D.C., and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world. More information is available at: www.isoc.org.

SOURCE The Internet Society