ipv6 - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

• Telstra's business broadband now IPv6 compatible

  Telstra has begun offering IPv6 support for its business ADSL services.

• Internet industry reports progress on IPv6, but work remains

  One year after the World IPv6 Launch Day, the Internet industry has reported steady progress moving users around the world to the new Internet Protocol version. However, Australia continues to lag behind other companies in IPv6 uptake, industry figures told Computerworld Australia.

• Comcast to IPv6-enable commercial broadband service

  Comcast plans to expand its IPv6-based offerings for business customers with the launch of commercial broadband and Metro Ethernet services that support the next-gen Internet Protocol later this year.

• Recent signals point to escalating jitters for IPv4 market

  Publications discussing the transition to the IPv6 addressing system have revealed mounting anxiety regarding the economics and service impact of the global shortage of IPv4 addresses.

• New IPv6 training video released

  Seeing an uptick in demand for IPv6-trained engineers in Europe, IT video training firm CBT Nuggets is offering a new 21-hour class aimed at teaching the basics of the next-gen Internet protocol.

• NEC rolls out OpenFlow for Microsoft Hyper-V

  NEC this week unveiled a virtual switch for Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V hypervisor which is designed to bring OpenFlow-based software-defined networking and network virtualization to those Microsoft environments.

• Industry pointing fingers as IPv6 adoption crawls forward

  The Internet Society of Australia predicted “piecemeal improvements” to IPv6 adoption in 2013.

• Cisco uses LISP to articulate programmability

  Network virtualization is one of the hotter trends in the industry today, and when Cisco speaks to it you hear a distinct LISP.

• In Pictures: Top 25 network and IT industry stories of 2012

  The Cloud, tablets, software-defined networking, IPv6 and 4G wireless reshape the enterprise IT landscape in 2012

• Videoconferencing latency delays add twist to orchestra contest

  AARNet videoconferencing will power a world music competition tonight with orchestras in Australia, Asia and Europe.

• 10 tips for implementing IPS securely

  An intrusion prevention system (IPS) includes all the features of an intrusion detection system but also has the ability to act upon malicious traffic. Since the IPS usually sits in line with network traffic it can shut down attacks, typically by blocking access from the attacker or blocking access to the target. In some cases, the IPS can talk to the firewall to block an attack.

• U.S. government honored for pioneering work in IPv6

  The IPv6 Forum on Tuesday presented a special award to four U.S. government officials for their pioneering work in promoting IPv6, an emerging upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

• ISOC honors Facebook, Comcast execs for IPv6 work

  The Internet Society last night awarded its highest honor for work related to IPv6, the next generation Internet Protocol, to executives from Facebook and Comcast. Recipients of the award were Paul Saab and Donn Lee, software engineers at Facebook, and John Brzozowski, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for IPv6 at Comcast.

• IPv6 due for wide deployment in 2012, experts say

  This was the year that IPv6 garnered major headlines, but 2012 is expected to be the year when the next-generation Internet protocol gets widely deployed by U.S. carriers and enterprises.

• Comcast expands IPv6 services into four more states

  Comcast continues to extend its leadership role in the adoption of next-generation Internet services with the news that it has expanded its production <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/073009-ipv6-guide.html">IPv6</a> deployment into four more states -- Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey -- over the past six weeks.