European businesses are being held back from migrating to IP version 6 due to the way IP addresses are being allocated, according to the director of IT at the UK internet registrar, Nominet. IPv6 will ...

Before a tsunami hits shore the sea recedes abruptly and there is a deceiving period of calm before the waves arrive. Given IPv6 address allocation trends, perhaps the analogy applies to the ...

Many organisations are complaining that software and hardware compatibility is hampering their move to IPv6. Marco Hogewoning investigates the IPv6-readiness of some vendors' customer premises ...

When will the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 complete? IPv6 adoption stalls at 40% despite IPv4 exhaustion. Learn why the transition won't complete until 2045 and what can be done instead. The reality ...

Network World ran an article I wrote in January of last year discussing the decline in IPv6 address allocations since 2002 and the prediction that the tide will begin to turn. Now that 2007 is behind ...

It's generally agreed that the Internet addresses available under the current IPv4 protocol will be gone within three years. IPv6 is supposed to replace it, but progress has been slow. The good news ...

At last, a small set of unicast addresses have been defined for special use. They do not carry a scope, so they are discussed independently of the other unicast addresses. Two basic addresses carry ...

Just four months after the 2012 World IPv6 Launch Day, RIPE NCC — the RIR (Regional Internet Registry) for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia — has announced that it has distributed ...

This is Part 3 of a series about IT fundamentals. These articles are based on excerpts from the Society of Broadcast Engineers CBNT/CBNE Study Topics webinar series, designed to assist those seeking ...

Indian authorities have sought a major change in the way the next-generation IPv6 Internet address resources are to be shared, suggesting a countrywide allocation in the Asia-Pacific region rather ...