M E D I A  R E L E A S E

Industry Consortium to develop Next Generation Internet E-Business Tools

2 June 2006

Australian businesses, particularly small businesses, will have better access
to e-business through next generation Internet resources based on Internet
Protocol version 6 (IPv6).

The Internet Society of Australia, au Domain Administration Ltd, the Australian
Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association and BuildersNet Pty Ltd
will work together on a new project to be funded under the ITOL program of the
Australian Government. 

IPv6 is a more powerful Internet protocol that can deliver a vastly increased
scale Internet, with automatic security and autoconfiguration potentially
producing substantial benefits for businesses, particularly in international
e-commerce.

"This project will develop new business models for adoption of IPv6 and
transition planning tools" said Tony Hill, president of ISOC-AU. "We anticipate
these tools will be invaluable for businesses looking to become early adopters
of next generation Internet technologies."

"auDA works hard to make sure that Australian Internet domain names serve the
interests of individual and business Internet users, and this project will
ensure that .au domain names are fully updated to work with IPv6," said Chris
Disspain, CEO of .au Domain Administration.

"The Australian Defence Department is already committed to implementation of
IPv6 by 2013," said Brett Biddington, Chair of ADIESA.  "This project will
provide essential building blocks for defence suppliers who will need to work
with IPv6 products and supply chains to deliver secure networking capability to
our armed forces."

Graham Orr, Business Development Manager with BuildersNet, said that the
building and construction industries consist of complex supply chain
interactions among thousands of businesses and IPv6 technology is suited to the
needs of the industry for e-commerce transactions with its capacity to address
many individual devices as well as computers.

Specifically, the project will deliver:
.  A map of software, services and technologies currently taking advantage
   of IPv6
.  Integrated business models, checklists and tools, to enable Australian
   businesses to more easily adopt IPv6
.  Information resources for building broad awareness of IPv6 opportunities
.  Some elements of the underpinning infrastructure to support IPv6
   addresses by Australians

The four organisations were awarded funding for this project under the
Australian Government's ITOL programme.  "The organisations are very interested
to talk with other groups who wish to explore the potential of IPv6 for
e-business", said Mike Biber, representing the IPv6 Forum in Australia. The
IPv6 Forum is supporting this initiative.

Contact: 
Tony Hill, ISOC-AU, president@isoc-au.org.au, ph 02 6257 5544
Chris Disspain, auDA, ceo@auda.org.au, ph 03 9349 4711
Brett Biddington, ADIESA, bbiddington@cisco.com ph 0401 890 368
Mike Biber, IPv6 Forum Downunder, mbiber@ipv6forum.org.au, ph 0412 058 808

About the Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU)
ISOC-AU is a non-profit society founded in 1996 which promotes Internet
development in Australia for the whole community - private, academic and
business users: the Internet is for everyone! ISOC-AU is a chapter of the
world-wide Internet Society.  www.isoc-au.org.au

About au Domain Administration
.au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA) is the policy authority and industry
self-regulatory body for the .au domain space.  www.auda.org.au

About ADIESA 
The Australian Defence Information and Electronic Systems Association
(ADIESA) is a defence industry association with a mission to achieve Defence
and industry capabilities in information and electronic systems.
www.adiesa.aeema.asn.au

About BuildersNet Pty Ltd
BuildersNet is a dedicated group of 'hands on' building, quality and
educational professionals, who are independent of any industry groups or
industry suppliers.  They help businesses to navigate the maze of the
building industry by developing simple and valuable 'maps'.  BuildersNet
works with Commercial, Residential and Owner-Builders as well as a variety
of Sub-Contractors to the Industry to develop and continually improve new
information, tools and documents.  www.buildersnet.com.au

About IPv6 Forum
A world-wide consortium of leading Internet vendors, research & education
networks shape the IPv6 FORUM with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by
dramatically improving the market and user awareness of IPv6, creating
a quality and secure Next Generation Internet and allowing world-wide
equitable access to IPv6 knowledge and technology.  www.ipv6forum.com

About the Information Technology Online (ITOL) programme 
ITOL is an Australian Government funding program administered by the
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA)
designed to accelerate the national adoption of e-business solutions,
especially by small to medium enterprises (SMEs).

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