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Juniper Networks has announced its exclusive gold sponsorship and participation at gogoNET LIVE!, a live version of the gogoNET social network that provides members with an up-close and personal opportunity to share their IPv6 knowledge and expertise. The conference, being held in San Jose, Calif. from November 2-4, 2010, will host the largest gathering of IPv6 professionals in North America.

Juniper's participation in gogoNET LIVE! 2010 demonstrates its commitment to helping customers solve tough technical challenges and make educated, practical decisions about the technologies they employ in their networks. Juniper supported IPv6 forwarding in silicon since its very first product shipment, and has been recognized as a global leader in high performance, next-generation IPv6 networks since 2001. Juniper's Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (NAT) solutions offer a pragmatic, business driven approach to IPv6 migration. With its broad networking and software portfolio Juniper provides a comprehensive toolkit that helps enterprises and service providers manage the rapidly depleting IPv4 addresses and simultaneously execute an IPv6 migration strategy.

Juniper's speaking engagements at gogoNET LIVE! 2010: Juniper will participate in multiple speaking engagements throughout the event, which include hosting a workshop on migrating software to V6 as well as participating in a case study discussion on vendor products and roadmaps, specifically:

--  Workshop 2: Migrating Software to V6

Speaker: Anjana Kambhampati and Olivier Vautrin, Juniper Networks

When: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 1:30pm - 3pm

Where: Ron Barrett Ballroom, San Jose State

Details: Juniper to conduct a technical workshop on its full range of CGNAT solutions and discuss typical migration strategies for global service providers. The CGNAT solution enables service providers to confront the immediate challenge of rapidly depleting IP addresses and provide a transition strategy towards IPv6.

--  The "Discontinuity Event": Co-existence of IPv4 and IPv6

Speaker: David Ward, Juniper Networks

When: Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 11:30am - 12:30pm

Where: Ron Barrett Ballroom, San Jose State

Details: Ward, CTO of Infrastructure Products Group, will discuss why IPv6 and IPv4 must co-exist in today's enterprise and service provider networks. Strategies dealing with the imminent exhaustion of IPv4 addresses are discussed. DSLite, CG-Nat, 6rd and reclaiming unused addresses are among the methods being leveraged by service providers. Transitioning to IPv6 while preserving IPv4 services is the key for a successful migration.

--  Post-Depletion: Transition and Interoperability Technologies and Home CPEs

Speaker: Alain Durand, Juniper Networks

When: Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Where: Ron Barrett Ballroom, San Jose State

Details: Durand. the inventor of DS-Lite technology, will discuss the suite of Juniper tools that will help Enterprises and Service Providers manage IPv4 exhaustion and migration to IPv6.

--  V6 Case Studies: Vendor Products and Roadmaps. "What can be purchased today? What is planned for tomorrow?"

Speaker: Jacob Vertman, Juniper Networks

When: Thursday, November 4, 2010

Where: Ron Barrett Ballroom, San Jose State

Details: Vertman, a Senior Marketing Manager for the Infrastructure Products Group, will talk about the tools that are available today and in the coming years for coping with IPv4 address exhaust and IPv6 rollouts.

Executive Briefings: Senior executives from Juniper will be available throughout gogoNET LIVE! for individual interviews on a broad range of IPv6 and business topics. To arrange a press or industry analyst briefing with a Juniper spokesperson, please contact Colleen Nichols at cnichols@juniper.net.