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 ...

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 ...

Regarded in IPv6 circles as the leader in deployment, also has the strongest motivation: the millions of cell phones, personal digital assistants and other devices its tech-savvy population famously ...

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 ...

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 ...

State-run National Internet Exchange of India or NIXI is at the forefront of enabling digital infrastructure, and has recently set up as nearly 80 exchange points to facilitate domestic internet ...

If you're Joe User, you don't have to worry about IPv6 yet. But, if you own a business in Europe, the Middle East or some of Central Asia, start worrying. RIPE NCC, the RIR (Regional Internet Registry ...

Organizations slow to adopt IPv6 take heed: Surging requests for IPv4 addresses are quickly drying up the available store, raising the specter of an IPv4 black market that could dramatically increase ...

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 ...

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority has assigned two large blocks of IPv4 addresses to the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre, activating a rule under which the agency will give out the last ...

IPv6 represents an evolutionary step for IP. Despite building upon IPv4 and the experience gained operating IPv4 networks, IPv6 has its own idiosyncrasies and unique functionality implementations. For ...