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Google, Facebook promise new IPv6 services after successful trial
One day after completing a successful 24-hour trial of IPv6, Facebook, Google and Yahoo said at a joint press conference that they would begin...
IPv6 transition framework for the enterprise
If all the excitement about IPv6 has finally convinced you to take a serious look at what's involved in the transition, you'll want to start with...
No news is good news on World IPv6 Day
World IPv6 Day, a 24-hour trial of next-generation Internet services, is going as smoothly as participating websites had hoped, sparking comparisons...
IPv6 traffic surges at launch of World IPv6 Day
A surge of IPv6-based Web traffic began flowing over the Internet last night when World IPv6 Day began, according to data gathered by Arbor Networks.
World IPv6 Day: Tech industry's most-watched event since Y2K
The nation's largest telecom carriers, content providers, hardware suppliers and software vendors will be on the edge of their seats tonight for the...
Can't reach your favorite site? IPv6 may be to blame
A small number of Internet users will experience delays or time-outs as they attempt to visit Facebook, Google, Yahoo and other popular websites...
Hackers may try to disrupt World IPv6 Day
Hundreds of popular websites -- including Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Bing -- are participating in a 24-hour trial of a new Internet standard called...
Comcast expands IPv6 trial
Comcast has expanded its IPv6 trial, adding hundreds of cable modem subscribers in the San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago and Miami areas to...
Internet architect Vint Cerf to young people: science and tech careers can be rewarding
Vint Cerf is one of the most decorated people in the technology field, and with good reason: He co-designed the TCP/IP protocols and was one of the...
Large-scale IPv6 trial set for June 8
The largest experiment in the 40-year history of the Internet will take place on Wednesday, as hundreds of Web sites test a new standard called IPv6...
8 security considerations for IPv6 deployment
Now that we're out of IPv4 allocations, it's time to get serious about adopting the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6.
Cisco adds IPv6 migration features to routers
Cisco this week rolled out products and services designed to ease the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 for enterprise customers.
Lack of IPv6 traffic stats makes judging progress difficult
The Internet is poised to undergo the biggest upgrade in its 40-year history: from the current version of the Internet Protocol known as IPv4 to a...
What if IPv6 simply fails to catch on?
During the past six months, the Internet engineering community has undertaken an unprecedented effort to promote IPv6 as an urgent and necessary...
FAQ: IPv6 for enterprise networks
With the availability of IPv4 addresses drying up, enterprise IT managers know they need to move to IPv6, but the migration raises all sorts of...
Does ARIN have the right to approve all IPv4 address sales?
A U.S. bankruptcy court in Delaware recently approved Nortel's sale of 666,624 IPv4 addresses to Microsoft for $7.5 million. Despite this precedent,...
25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years
Imagine a world where the computers, networks and storage systems are all tens of thousands of times faster than they are today -- and then think...
25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years
Imagine a world where the computers, networks and storage systems are all tens of thousands of times faster than they are today -- and then think...
Book excerpt from IPv6 for Enterprise Networks
Chapter 3: Common IPv6 Coexistence Mechanisms
Microsoft, Juniper urged to patch dangerous IPv6 DoS hole
Security experts are urging Microsoft and Juniper to patch a year-old IPv6 vulnerability so dangerous it can freeze any Windows machine on a LAN in a...
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