Early IPv6 adventures

Just on a whim, I decided to fire up my gogo6 tunneling client once more. Although I’ve had it for months, it has remained unused ever since I first tried it because the IPv6 tunnel was so unstable. It just kept resetting every few minutes. That wasn’t fun at all.

This time, however, things were different.

To my surprise, the tunnel remained stable. As of this writing, it’s been up at least six or seven hours without resetting. Ive managed to surf to a few IPv6 sites and pinged a a few as well (using ping6, of course). The results are in the screenshot below.

Pinging CERNET's IPv6 site with ping6

I checked out the CERNET IVI Project website and ran their IPv6 test. The screenshot below shows a successful test. Take note that I erased my IPv6 address in the screenshot to keep curious fans from trying to connect directly to my system. My assigned IPv6 address is a routable public addresses, after all.

An IPv6 connectivity test from CERNET

With that done, I proceeded to the Hurricane Electric site where I had an IPv6 certification testing account. I was still a certified newbie there and I wanted to run some tests and upgrade my IPv6 certification. And so I did. I must admit, it felt kinda nice getting this:

Needless to say I wanted to advance much farther, but that will have to wait until I can get my hands on an IPv6-capable website or webserver where I have write privileges. Looks like I have some work to do!

IBM centennial kicks off in Cebu

(This article also appeared in the Computerworld Philippines website: http://computerworld.com.ph/ibm-centennial-kicks-off-in-cebu/)

IBM Philippines President and Country General Manager James Velasquez

To launch IBM’s year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary, IBM Philippines conducted a series of briefing sessions in Cebu City dubbed “IBM Comes to Cebu.” The event was held at the uptown Marriott Hotel last march 3, 2011. The Philippine office is joining with other IBM offices around the world in a series of activities engaging those it identifies as local “thought leaders,” centered around the theme of “changing the way the world works.”

As part of the initiative, IBM executives met with around 100 of its business partners in the region, sponsored a lunch with some 25 representatives from all the cities in Cebu, and held a briefing with local media.

James Velasquez, President and Country General Manager of IBM Philippines, began with a presentation of IBM’s long history of innovation and its latest achievements in the last year. These included the inauguration of its new facilities in Buildings E, F and J in UP Ayala Technohub, Smarter Cities Summit last December 2010 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Makati, and the opening of its Global Business Services GDC located at the I2 building in Asiatown IT Park, Cebu City.

“To mark our history and to show our commitment to the future expansion of our business, we will celebrate IBM’s Centennial across the nation with a number of activities including a day of service for the community in June when our employees will have the opportunity to apply their business skills and work experiences to address local critical community challenges and societal needs,” Velasquez announced.

IBM was founded on June 16, 1911 as the Computing, Tabulating, and Recording Company. In 1924 it was renamed International Business Machines, reflecting a global outlook for the future tnat was ahead of its time, Velasquez said. He also noted that IBM Philippines will turn 75 in 2012. The local office was established on July 20, 1937.