Further Reading; Expert Opinion on IPv6

You don't just need to take our word for it that IPv6 is coming and that the implications of the change could be enormous, check out the following articles by industry-leading publications covering the change from a variety of angles.

Fox News ran a story on the change in Internet Protocols on Wednesday of this week, leading with the line that the change would be the 'end of the web as we know it'. The article goes on to explain both the situation and the problems associated with it in very easy to understand, non-technical, language.

The English edition of Xinhua, a popular Chinese news site, ran an article which included an interview with one of the founders of the Internet, Vint Cerf. Cerf described the problem as 'his fault' before the article runs on to detail some of the 'solutions' that have been explored.

This Network World article provides a view from the U.S. focusing on how the cable companies there are adapting (or not) to the forthcoming changes. A second Network World article covered the story the BBC ran with detailing how sites such as Facebook, Google and Yahoo! were helping to trial the new protocols.

For help or advice on any of the above, contact your account manager or e-mail ipv6@atlasbiz.com.

Atlas Kick-Off Meeting 2011

Selected photographs from our 2011 Kick-Off Meeting, the annual gathering of all the Altas staff, this year held at our new head offices at Globe Works, Nantwich. A summary of the day's content can be found on our main website.

The L-Shaped Executive Meeting Room at Globe House made it a perfect venue - albeit a difficult one to get all attendees in one shot! Rest of staff members just off-camera, to the left.

Group Managing Director, John Butler opens proceedings.

Members of the technical department (right) along with ASM engineer Tony (far left) and consultant David (back left) get stuck in to one of the morning workshops.

Customer Services Manager Kelvin Redmile lead a lively session involving ventriloquist's dummies!

John Butler took to the floor again to end the morning sessions.

Lara Bailey delivered a presentation about evolving both our own website and those of our customers.

As has become custom at Atlas meetings, John Bilyj sang us out. The crowd went wild!

Another Atlas tradition of awarding high performers was also adhered to. Here, Ruth Doe collects her award for contributing to our excellent customer-facing team.

Ben Butler collects his award for pitching in and helping out with a variety of our bigger projects - just when they needed him!

Yulia Ellis from our accounts department collects a long service award to recognise the great years she has had with Atlas. Yulia will be leaving at the end of January and will be greatly missed by the whole Atlas team.

Catherine Ball was another award recipient for her hard work on a number of intricate projects this year.

The final award went to Matt Watson for leading the way on streamlining communication within the technical department.