Training Partners has become the first Progreso Training Authorised Training Partner (ATP) to offer IPv6 Forum Certification Courses in Taiwan

Singapore – 03/06/2013. Progreso Training (www.progreso.com.sg) today has announced the partnership with Training Partners (www.training-partners.com.tw), the leading IT Infrastructure education provider in Taiwan to be an official ATP for providing IPv6 Forum Certification Courses in Taiwan.

As a Progreso Training Authorised Partner, Training Partners Taiwan will offer, co-market and deliver the instructor-led IPv6 courses and related services from its training centre, based in Taiwan. The centre will offer a wide ranging curriculum that includes IPv6 Forum Certified Engineer (Silver) / (Gold), Security, System Administrator (Gold), Programming and other IPv6 customised courses.

Equipped with state of the art facilities to maximize the classroom experience, the centre is designed to be a conducive and comfortable learning environment. The training faculty will focus on providing the highest quality of IPv6 training combined with latest teaching methodologies. Training Partners has a wide range of education vendors such as Cisco, VMware, Juniper, Citrix, Microsoft, Riverbed and etc. and having a close alliances with 3 Academic Partners with about 180 locations over the entire Taiwan.

Progreso Training will assist Training Partners to provide the right skills and mentoring that will allow trainees to develop and further careers in a demanding yet highly lucrative Infocomm industry.

Commenting on the new expansion, Mr Linus Tan, Business Development Director at Progreso Training said “I am delighted to partner with Training Partners Taiwan as this is the first step to start expanding the IPv6 Forum education in other regions. We believed the Centre will give trainees the opportunity to get more hands-on experience prior to going out in the real world. In addition, we will provide and support Training Partners in the marketing and training areas across the IPv6 training portfolio. I am sure that our experienced and professional faculty will provide systematic and effective training services of which certification is one of the main elements.”

Progreso Training demonstrates strong leadership by providing the most comprehensive IPv6 training programmes with highly capable trainers. It is also expanding the IPv6 education network by sourcing for potential “IPv6 Training Partners” in other regions. The IPv6 Forum education philosophy is to encourage and promote  first class IPv6 education worldwide as this is the first step for IPv6 transition”, stressed by Dr Latif Ladid, President of IPv6 Forum (Global).

The partnership is valid from1 June 2013.

Issued by Progreso Training

For more information, please contact:

Audrey Loke

Tel: +65 6509 9600

audrey@progreso.com.sg

Embracing the New Internet with IPv6 Forum Certification

Congratulation to Mr Ken Ong from Phillip Securities Pte Ltd for winning an iPad mini during Progreso’s event!

Progreso Training has organised a short IPv6 event on 21 December 2012 at Singapore Management University(SMU) to educate the fellow ICT professionals on the value of IPv6 technology. We have shared on some fundamentals on IPv6 and the possible learning paths for IPv6 training which the courses will be funded by the government. 

During the event, we have also shared with our participants the GREAT NEWS from Progreso. We have been appointed as a NICF Programme Partner for IPv6 training and upgrading the professionals in the Infocomm industry. This programme is targeted at Network Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, Senior Cloud Operations Engineer, Technical Support Associate and Associate Security Administrator with a funding package of up to 70% course fee grant for professionals who are either Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents seeking to upgrade their skills and acquire new skills on Telecommunications and Networks in IPv6. Company sponsored participants may also enjoy additional funding benefits from this programme. 

Stays tuned for our next course preview in 2013 with more updates on the funding assistance! 

Progreso wishes you a Merry Christmas and a good year ahead!!!

IPv6 Introductory Workshop - October 2012

Progreso Networks had once again organised a half day IPv6 Introductory Workshop with topics gearing towards the common questions raised by the ICT professionals on the new IP protocol - IPv6.

In this workshop, it covered topics on:

• What is IPv6 (A brief understanding of IPv6)
• IPv6 Addressing
• IPv6 Neighbour Discovery
• Address Auto Configuring 
• Transition Techniques 
• Deployment Guidelines

 

Our Senior Trainer - Mr Gary Hauser, who has personally worked with either a training or consultancy role the worlds top 100 Telco’s and 125 of the worlds top MNC’s as well as Government agencies around the world. He has served on Government and international standards bodies such as the 3GPP and the Singapore Government IDA Working Groups supporting world-impacting network evolution which include the transition of the Internet to IPv6, which is currently in progress.

Progreso Training (A Training Unit of Progreso Networks) specialises in providing information technology training to Carriers, Government Agencies, SMEs and Systems Integration Partners in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

Our training courses include:

• IPv6 Forum Certified Engineer (Silver)
• IPv6 Forum Certified Engineer (Gold)
• IPv6 Forum Certified Security (Gold)
• IPv6 Customised Training Courses

Equip with IPv6 Technology Skills for A Competitive Advantage.

Why should you take up the IPv6 certified course?

• Become internationally IPv6 Certified
• Acquire the fundamentals of IPv6 and propagate to your organization
• Learn about transition mechanisms and know how to handle with your IPv6 vendors and migrate your network
• Learn about risks and issues for migration into an IPv6 Networks

For enquiry, contact Progreso Training at ipv6@progreso.com.sg or call +65 6509 9600.

Security Exchange 2012

In this new era, businesses are bringing new technology such as cloud computing, BYOD, personal mobile devices - smartphones and tablets into the corporate networks. The life of an IT manager today has made ever more exciting by the advent of unceasing challenges as security threats continue to reign unabated, with growing complexity and sophistication into the IT infrastructure and applications.

To keep CIOs, IT Managers, Network Administrators ahead of the security threats of these trends, Mtech has organised a premier IT security conference - Security Exchange 2012 on 04 October 2012 at Raffles City Convention Centre. This event provided insights and knowledge sharing of best practices through seminars  with speakers from major IT vendors.

As IPv6 is one of the emerging trends, Progreso is proud to be one of the showcase sponsor in this event.

We would appreciate delegates who have taken their time off to visit our booth during the programmes interval.

IPv6 Conference 2012

The IPv6 Conference 2012 is a three-day series of conferences and workshops that encourage Singapore businesses to understand the potential of IPv6, and provide practical knowledge on using this technology to expand your business. 

Progreso Networks was invited as the exhibitor to present our innovative live demo on IPv6 security during the 2 days exhibition. 

Our 'live' demonstration on IPv6 security

We have also introduced our IPv6 training programme which supported by iDA Singapore and the IPv6 Consultancy and Security Audit services to the local and overseas delegates.

Token of Appreciation from IDA Singapore

We would like to thank our partners; Palto Alto, A10 Networks and Spirent for the support in this event to make it a suceessful one.

Moving IPv4 to IPv6

As we all know, the usage of the Internet has been growing by leaps and bounds especially over the past few years. Information transfer is all important now, with more and more people hopping onboard the World Wide Web and an enormous number of gadgets also becoming Internet enabled.

Now imagine that with the explosive growth of the Internet, IPv4 addressing system imposes a limitation on the number, possibility of IP addresses could result in stalling the growth of the Internet in all its aspects. The new addressing system IPv6 is based on a 128-bit which vastly enhances the number of addresses. Experts have made it clear that a gradual transition to the new protocol is inevitable. In fact, countries like China and Japan have made rapid progress in launching IPv6.

Advantages of Using IPv6 over IPv4

The following advantages are immediately obvious in the new scheme of things:

Larger address space

Support for mobile devices

Simplified address auto-configuration

Improved address management

Built-in security with end-to end IP Sec

Enables more levels of hierarchy for route aggregation (Route aggregation on the Internet is similar to the ZIP code system used by the postal department. For e.g., mail addressed with ZIP codes 9xxxx are directed to the West coast. Regional and local post offices on the West coast then sort the mail by looking further into the ZIP code. For example, 98xxx letters are sent to Washington while 97xxx letters are sent to Oregon.)

Makes it possible to upgrade functionality as needed, e.g., multicasting, QoS and mobility features. Quality of Service (QoS) is a technology that helps ease the congestion in packet-switched networks. QoS provides for network traffic to be divided into different classes during times of congestion, and helps in prioritizing information transfer.

On the IPv6 platform, billions of new devices such as cell phones, PDA's, appliances and even cars can be IPv6 enabled;

The Internet can extend its reach to billions of new users in densely populated regions of the world;

The protocol makes it possible for "always on" access technologies like xDSL, Cable or Ethernet connectivity.

Mobility

With IPv6, mobile access of the Internet becomes simplified to a great extent, as it incorporates a specific protocol, called Mobile IP to support mobility. In an IPv6 environment, there is support for roaming between different networks.

Security

In addition to supporting mobile devices, security is a matter of increasing concern. IPv6 incorporates Internet Protocol security (IPsec), which provides for authentication, encryption, and compression of IP traffic. IPSec is a set of open standards meant for the protection of data communicated over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. It achieves this protection through the use of cryptographic security services. IPsec supports network-level peer authentication, data origin authentication, data integrity, and data confidentiality (encryption), and replay protection. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) IPsec Working Group has developed the standards for IPSEc.

Multicasting

A large part of the TCP/IP communications involves the sending of messages from one source device to one recipient device, and this is referred to as unicast communication. It is also possible to send a message from one device to a set of recipients, otherwise known as multicasting. Multicasting support is a standard feature of the IPv6 protocol, making the process of communication faster, easier and more reliable.

RFC's

The Requests for Comments (RFCs) consist of a series of notes that relate exclusively to the Internet. RFCs discuss many aspects of computer communication, focusing on networking protocols, procedures, programs, and concepts. RFC 2460 is the document that covers the Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification in detail.