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Every year, the SC Conference – also known as the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis – moves to different American cities, showcasing cutting-edge supercomputing technology powering scientific and commercial breakthroughs.
In the weeks leading up to the exhibition, a volunteer force of some of the brightest minds in networking converge to build SCinet, the world’s fastest temporary network, established to support the enormous high-performance networking needs of the conference.
Each year, we challenge ourselves to advance the network’s capabilities. As SCinet chair for this year’s SC Conference (SC24), my job is to lead the full implementation of IPv6 into the network.
The event demands months of planning and teamwork to ensure we’re covering every aspect needed for seamless connectivity and compatibility while providing the security necessary to protect the systems using the network during the conference.
With IP addresses running out due to all the devices coming online, the US government has mandated that agencies achieve 80% compliance with IPv6 by the end of fiscal year 2025. This puts pressure on agencies, but the rest of the world will need to keep up too as the need for IPv6 is real, especially in a world where IoT devices stretch computing and data collection to places
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