Ok, now that we know what IPv6 IP address are all about in part I and II, lets take a look at what it would be like using them for sites hosted on your server.

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I know I said I’d talk about IPv6 DNS records in this post, but I realized that we’d have to cover a few basics first. So lets cover those first before moving on…

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Well, if your already setup, then you wont have to worry too much. At the current rate, the general opinion is that new hosts will have to be assigned IPv6 addresses by 2012(if the world doesn’t end). So if those hosts wish to communicate with the other IPv4 servers, using the IPv4 network infrastructure, hosts will have to start understanding both IPv4 and IPv6. At least till the transition is complete. To make the transition as smooth as possible, various transition mechanisms have been put forward, of which RFC 4213(Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers) will make an interesting read for any Webhost who plans to buy servers after 2012. More after the jump.

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Life is never complete without friends. That’s a reason good enough to have a day dedicated to friendship. Spare a day to have fun and share good old memories with your pals.

A coffee with a good old friend is moment of joy for many. One who cherishes such a moment is probably the luckiest person on earth. If you are not really looking forward to such moments, you are truly lost! Even if that’s the case, this friendship day should change you and your life!

On this Friendship day, find time for your friends, find time for your life. An eve to celebrate the most special relationship of your life. ~ ~\___/~ ~

We’ve spoken about Going Green, and the little things we can do to save our future. So as a Webhost, what else can you do? Well, for one thing, when shopping for servers, go for something Green. How will you know if the server you are looking at is “Green”? and I’m not talking about the color!

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Ok, I lied. OpenDS will not help you put the elephant inside the fridge. But why did you want to put that poor creature there, in the first place? No, I’m not going to talk about elephants or fridges. Today, its all about the process of “putting”. From the very beginning in the history of computing, storing data has been a big question. If we look at the road-map, we can highlight the growth something like this:

• How to save data?
• How to save data efficiently so as lesser space is consumed?
• How to save data, so that it takes very less space, and can be retrieved fast?

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April 29 was pretty big day for all of us who make our living in the net. We all had the great privilege to see the arch-rivals in the industry, Microsoft and Apple, both of them supporting the same cause. Perhaps they called it in their own ways, but I call it simply, the future of Internet video- H.264.

On Thursday morning, Steve Jobs published his article “Thought on Flash” in the Apple blog. He made it very clear about Apple’s stand on Flash. Why apple will not/ is not supporting flash in their iPhones, and many more. As soon as the article was released, folks began to tweet about Jobs article and the future of flash. The hype didn’t last long. The very afternoon, General Manager of the Internet Explorer division, Dean Hachamovitch published his thoughts on flash. Or rather, his article spoke loudly that his thoughts are “not on flash”.

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Product differentiation is the edge in a competitive market. That being said, businesses still revolve around customer relationships. Long term success of a business relates to how quickly your customer moves up your loyalty ladder. This article is about converting your customers to die hard fans of your products and services. Watch your prospective customer climb up the loyalty ladder, becoming an advocate of your products and offerings.

The five strategies covered here are : How to >

a) Develop your core operations for a “Long Term” customer relationship.

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Reduce Overheads, Mobilize/Free-Up Resources, Avoid/Reduce capital expenditure, Improve Efficiency, Improve Speed of Service, Get access to Specialized Skills, Avoid the cost of Chasing Technology etcetera etcetera...

Wait, this is not a promo of a brand or company. I am just selling an idea…”spread your wings and fly higher… with Strategic Outsourcing“.

Have you spent days with a management or technical aspect, that is slowing you down? Has it occurred to you that a prospective partner somewhere, might already have a ready solution available!!

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Managing the reputation of your IP addresses is an important step in ensuring that emails sent by your customers reach their destination. One important step in maintaining the reputation of your IP address is joining an email Feedback Loop(FBL). An FBL is a service provided by many webmail and internet service providers. What an FBL does is, it generates a report each time an email is reported as “spam”, and it sends that report to the owner of the IP address from which that “spam” mail originated.

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