A map of Hurricane Electric's global PoPs
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Internet backbone and colocation provider Hurricane Electric (www.he.net) announced on Friday that it is partnering with Internet Society Hong Kong (www.isoc.hk) to launch the first IPv6 Certification Program in Asia.
According to the press release, it will be the first non-English global IPv6 certification program since it will be conducted in Chinese.
This news comes a few months after Hurricane Electric established connections in Japan, a move that significantly widens Hurricane Electric’s reach across Asia.
Hurricane Electric says that the Chinese-language certification programs will feature identical content to the existing English programs.
The programs, according to the press release, will be initially rolled out in Hong Kong, but will eventually be made available to Chinese speakers in other markets.
“While Asia is leading in the transition to IPv6, Hong Kong has to address the need for certification as well. This is where ISOC HK is taking a lead to spearhead IPv6 adoption in the local industries. By working with Hurricane Electric to develop a Chinese-language IPv6 Certification Program, anyone in Hong Kong can get up-to-date with the latest protocols and be ready for the next stage of Internet development,” Charles Mok, chairman of ISOC HK said in statement.
The Hong Kong Government has been encouraging IPv6 readiness and this certification will build on these efforts, according to the press release.
“Hurricane Electric is thrilled to work with ISOC HK to offer IPv6 certification in Chinese,” Martin Levy, director of IPv6 Strategy at Hurricane Electric said in a statement. “This partnership will address a significant Internet user-base that is demanding IPv6 support and guidance, and is especially timely given the fact that last April the Asia Pacific Network Information Center allocated its last blocks of IPv4 addresses.”
The certification programs will be offered online, and the ISOC HK will work with Hurricane Electric to offer multi-day IPv6 training at the Cyberport facilities in Hong Kong as well.
World IPv6 Day was held in June and tested public IPv6 deployments in real-world settings for 24 hours.
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