We Need a “Demand Side” World IPv6 Launch

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August 3, 2012
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I was chatting recently with Michael Vincent, an IPv6 savvy colleague, about worldwide IPv6 adoption, which despite the considerable press around World IPv6 Launch, is progressing at a snail’s pace. We lamented that while World IPv6 Launch provided great publicity around IPv4 exhaustion and the need for IPv6, the focus of IPv6 launch was on IPv6 deployment for the Internet supply side, i.e., websites. It’s absolutely wonderful that so many organizations have enabled IPv6 on their websites, but where are the IPv6 users, or the demand side? 

As IPv4 addresses dwindle in supply, service providers will ultimately need to begin assigning IPv6 addresses to their mobile and broadband subscribers. Nevertheless despite a growing number of IPv6 Internet users, these users will expect and demand ubiquitous Internet access, which requires connectivity to IPv6 and IPv4 websites. Therefore, each service provider will need to accommodate this customer requirement by either assigning both an IPv6 and an IPv4 address in a dual stack configuration, at least until IPv4 addresses run out, or by deploying address translators within their networks to convert IPv6 packets into IPv4 packets to reach IPv4 destinations. [Read more...]

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IPv6 — It’s inevitable!

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July 9, 2012
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The drivers for the adoption of IPv6 continue to mount. IPv4 address space exhaustion, the proliferation of more diverse and larger quantities of smart devices and the demand for real-time services over the internet are all inexorably moving us to an IPv6 world.

IPv6 will be a major force in alleviating those issues and expanding the use of the internet far into the future. When it comes to innovation however, for every step forward there are sometimes additional risks that come with that advancement.

Areas of potential risk and many misconceptions are associated with the adoption of IPv6:

So it is with IPv6 as there are a variety of security concerns and risk areas that need to be addressed as an organisation migrates toward an IPv6 world. [Read more...]

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IPv6 enabling Internet Growth

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June 27, 2012
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The number of Internet users globally has increased by over 500% since 2002, and that growth is accelerating. But it is not just the number of users but also the number of devices connected to the internet each user has. Televisions, PCs, smartphones, tablets all require unique IP addresses when connected to the Internet.

 

This is why the IPv4 address range is running out and the world is moving to IPv6 (to watch our explanation of IPv6 in 60 seconds, click here). IPv6 will ensure that everything that needs an IP address with have one. Where IPv4 accommodates around 4.3 billion addresses, IPv6 has the capacity to provide every IPv4 address with its own internet’s worth of IPv4 addresses. [Read more...]

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IPv6…Its all in the detail

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June 19, 2012
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In this video we hear from David Osborne, IPv6 Enterprise lead at BT, about IPv6 migration plans and IPv6 deployment has begun in earnest! Many organizations have taken action to deploy IPv6 in some form since last year’s survey. Thirteen per cent of survey respondents have taken such action,while only five per cent had done so in last year’s survey. [Read more...]

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Helping you integrate IPv6

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June 13, 2012
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With the explosive growth of wired and wireless devices connecting to the Internet over the last decade, there is now a shortage of IPv4 addresses. In fact within a couple of years, IPv4 addresses will completely run out.

Companies need to act now to ensure they are ready to connect to customers on IPv6 while continuing to manage their IPv4 addresses. A DIY solution will not be [Read more...]

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IPv6 Ovum report findings

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June 12, 2012
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A new Internet era has dawned with World IPv6 Launch. Over 2,500 organizations like BT have enabled IPv6 Internet reachability permanently to celebrate the launch.

The Internet is officially no longer a homogeneous IPv4-only Internet – it is now a dual-protocol IPv4-IPv6 Internet. While the proportion of IPv6 Internet traffic is [Read more...]

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IPv6: the end of the (Internet) world as we know it

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June 12, 2012
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Last week, we reported on the World IPv6 Day and our latest IPv6 research. Tim Rooney shares his views on the meaning of the World IPv6 Launch.

We’ve read about it on the web, seen it on TV, watched it in movie theaters: the Mayans predicted 2012 as the end of the world! Despite rumors about the predicted end of time resulting from lack of additional space on the rock on which the calendar was carved, I personally believe this was merely the “IPv4 Internet rock”, which has reached its end as a homogeneous entity this year.

The Mayans were very sophisticated in their foresight and technology, so we should not underestimate their ability to predict the end of the Internet as we know it! [Read more...]

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Top five stories for May

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June 7, 2012
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May’s top views spanned a diversity of interest as skittish as the weather.

From the blustery cold reality of cybercrime to the mixed outlook for BYOD, from the sunny prospects for flexible working, through the sudden dazzle of continued great Magic Quadrant performance, to a sharp shower of essential IPv6 information — Viewpoint in May covered it all.

The Viewpoint archive is packed with [Read more...]

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2012: It’s the end of the (Internet) world as we know it

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June 6, 2012
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We’ve read about it on the web, seen it on TV, watched it in movie theatres: the Mayans predicted 2012 as the end of the world! Despite rumors about the predicted end of time resulting from lack of additional space on the rock on which the calendar was carved, I personally believe this was merely the “IPv4 Internet rock”, which has reached its end as a homogeneous entity this year. The Mayans were very sophisticated in their foresight and technology, so we should not underestimate

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2012: It’s the end of the (Internet) world as we know it

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June 6, 2012
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We’ve read about it on the web, seen it on TV, watched it in movie theaters: the Mayans predicted 2012 as the end of the world! Despite rumors about the predicted end of time resulting from lack of additional space on the rock on which the calendar was carved, I personally believe this was merely the “IPv4 Internet rock”, which has reached its end as a homogeneous entity this year. The Mayans were very sophisticated in their foresight and technology, so we should not underestimate their ability to predict the end of the Internet as we know it!

All kidding aside, with World IPv6 Launch, the Internet has changed forever. Over 2,500 organisations including BT have enabled IPv6 websites permanently in celebration of the launch. This “supply” of web content will be welcomed by a burgeoning population of IPv6 users, arising from insatiable global demand for IP addresses, driven by explosive rates of [Read more...]

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