LACNIC in 2014

22/12/2014

IPv6 Tour

Starting in February, LACNIC organized a series of visits and meetings with officials and businessmen in different Latin American and Caribbean countries. These visits and meetings aimed at creating awareness on the exhaustion of the regional pool of available IPv4 addresses and providing information on the technological changes that need to be implemented in relation to IPv6 so that the Internet can continue to grow.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/anuncios/2014-visitas-informativas-colombia

IPv4 Exhaustion

In May, the region’s pool of available IPv4 addresses reached the 8.3 million limit and Latin America and the Caribbean entered the IPv4 exhaustion stage. This triggered a global policy for the IANA, the organization that oversees the global assignment of IP addresses in accordance with the five Regional Internet Registries.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/anuncios/2014-no-hay-mas-direcciones-ipv4-en-lac

“An historic moment”

More restrictive resource allocation policies came into force in June, once the stock of IPv4 addresses (4,194,302 addresses) was officially exhausted. Raúl Echeberría, LACNIC’s CEO at the time, considered it to be “an historic moment.”

FRIDA+ Awards

Five initiatives that in the past year contributed to the development of the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean were presented with LACNIC’s FRIDA+ Awards.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/anuncios/2014-frida-5-iniciativas-premiadas

Start-Ups

In 2014, four ICT projects received a “Start-Up” award. Each of the four projects received up to USD 14,000.

Digital Inclusion

FRIDA, an initiative that promotes digital inclusion throughout the region, also awarded grants to six of the research projects submitted during the 2014 call for proposals. Grant recipients received a total of over USD 120 thousand.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/anuncios/2014-frida-grants

Haiti on the Move

During its second year of activities, Ayitic helped strengthen the technical skills of more than 200 Haitian information and communications technology students and professionals.  Ayitic “Internet for Development” is a LACNIC initiative supported by the Internet Society, Google, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, ICANN, and NSRC.
http://www.ayitic.net/es/index.html#sobreAyitic

LACIGF: A Model to Be Followed

More than 150 representatives from 21 different Latin American and Caribbean countries participated in the seventh Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Internet Governance Forum (lacIGF) held this year in El Salvador.
http://www.lacigf.org/sp/lacigf7/index.html

365 Days

On World Internet Day, LACNIC emphasized the sustained and steady development of Information and Communication Technologies within the region, home to more than 10% of the world’s Internet users, and reaffirmed its commitment to working towards a stable, secure, open, and participatory Internet.

Broadband

During the 2014 JIAP meeting, one of the most important technology events to be held in Uruguay, LACNIC President Oscar Messano spoke about the challenge of balancing profitability and developing connectivity to ensure access to broadband.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/anuncios/2014-jiap

Montevideo Valley

LACNIC welcomed Montevideo Valley, an initiative that seeks to bring together the Uruguayan community of entrepreneurs and professionals involved in information technology (IT).

Lifetime Achievement Award

Italian engineer Ermanno Pietrosemoli received the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award. Since 2009, each year LACNIC has honored those individuals who have permanently and significantly contributed to the development of the Internet and the Information Society in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/trayectoria/inicio

Leaving a Mark

On 30 June, Raúl Echeberría resigned his position as LACNIC’s CEO, a position he held for 12 years. Echeberría was part of the group that initially began working on the creation of LACNIC back in 1998. In June 2002, he formally joined LACNIC’s Interim Board of Directors, which he chaired until November 2002.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/anuncios/2014-ceo-lacnic

From Mexico to Chile

During the months of May and October, respectively, Cancun (Mexico) and Santiago (Chile) welcomed the LACNIC community to discuss key issues related to the region’s Internet. More than 400 experts and professionals representing private companies, organizations, governments, and Latin American and Caribbean universities participated in each of these meetings.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/anuncios/2014-santiago-de-chile-acogera-evento

Always Aiming Higher

According to a study conducted by Merco Plus Latin America, LACNIC members are highly satisfied with the work and services provided by the organization responsible for managing internet numbering resources for Latin America and the Caribbean.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/lacnic/2014-encuesta-de-satisfaccion-de-clientes

The New Internet

Held in Brazil with significant involvement on the part of LACNIC, the NetMundial summit demanded that the Internet be managed in a multistakeholder manner as a step towards reducing the United States’ hegemony over the Internet.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/anuncios/2014-i-post-netmundial-meeting-statement

New Functions

After a long consultation process, the Latin American and Caribbean Internet community concluded a fruitful discussion by providing input and contributions for the new stewardship of the IANA functions relating to the management of Internet number resources.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/transicion/inicio

Incident Response

LACNIC launched a computer security incident response coordination center for the members of its community. This team will coordinate and facilitate incident handling so that the members of the regional community can manage their computer security issues and gain access to confidential information regarding latent threats in Latin America and the Caribbean.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/warp/inicio

Among the Best

For the third consecutive year, Great Place to Work ranked LACNIC among the top ten companies to work for in the category of up to 150 employees.
http://www.lacnic.net/web/anuncios/2014-gptw