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Singapore IPv6 Transition Programme Wilson Ang Deputy Director, Technology & Planning Group IDA Singapore

28 Mar 2013

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IDA Efforts To Promote IPv6 Adoption

§  Majority of Government agencies has converted over 75% of their e-Services’ to IPv6 since Jan 2013

§  Five top-ranking local websites already IPv6 certified; generating IPv6 traffic in Singapore

§  One top local bank is enabling IPv6 by 2013

DEMAND

§  ISPs aware of the need to deploy IPv6 and are working on upgrading their infrastructure

§  Regulatory policy to ensure local residential users can access both IPv4 and IPv6 content (effective 1st June 2013)

§  Over 20 IPv6 vendor solutions/ training or services published on IDA marketplace to meet industry demand

SUPPLY

AWARENESS §  Two conferences and one executive briefing held in the last two years §  Quarterly e-newsletter broadcast to ~1,500 professionals on the latest IPv6

updates

COMPETENCY §  Offers IPv6 forum certified Silver and Gold courses §  Offers IPv6 training to industry professionals and students from local iHLs §  Organised IPv6 innovation competition March 2013

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Creating Awareness through IPv6 Conference 2012

IPv6 Conference 2012 31st Jul – 2nd Aug 2012 @ Hotel Fort Canning www.ipv6.com.sg

Background §  Focused on IPv6 business opportunities, innovations and security §  Forum for the financial industry to share IPv6 implementation best practises and discuss new

ideas §  Hands-on workshops on IPv6 fundamentals & security Key Messages §  Continued IPv4 investment will lead to higher cost of refresh cycle §  Inherent IPv6 vulnerabilities in IPv4-only network Outcome §  Reached out to wider sectors such as healthcare & tourism §  40% of the audience were senior management & above §  Survey showed 95% sees benefits in adopting IPv6 for business sustainability

Training Partners Supported By Organised By

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Improving Competency through IPv6 Competition 2013

IPv6 Innovation Challenge - The Future of Internet 15th Mar 2013 @ Mapletree Business City www.ipv6competition.com

Background §  Focus on promoting skills and creativity around IPv6, while stimulating the future workforce’s

interest in IPv6 §  Guest-of-Honour: Latif Ladid, President, IPv6 Forum §  Three categories: Application Development, Product Design and Idea Contest §  Out of 20+ submissions, 11 were shortlisted for the finals Key Message §  Schools are training students in IPv6; companies should do likewise for their employees Outcome §  Top three winners walked away with cash prizes and plaques §  Several projects captured industry interest prior to the competition §  Extended invitation to first-placed winner to showcase in the upcoming China IPv6 summit

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