June 15, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Verio (verio.com) announced on Tuesday that it has expanded the functionality of its Internet protocol version 6 commercial offering in North America, adding a full suite of IPv6 managed services.
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New IPv6 applications include a managed router service, NxT1 support, a shadow service backup solution and frame relay support.
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“Deployments of IPv6 protocol need to be as easy and as quick as possible to enable companies to take full advantage of this next-generation protocol,” says Yukimasa Ito, president of NTT Communications Global IP Network. “A growing number of US-based organizations in government, healthcare, academia and research have been assessing the benefits of deploying IPv6-based networks, and with this launch of enhanced NTT/Verio services, we expect this momentum to continue at a much faster rate.”
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Verio is the official provider of IPv6 connectivity to this week?s North American IPv6 Summit 2004 in Santa Monica, California.
