IPv6

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• The sorry state of federal IPv6 support

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 19 April, 2012 07:39

  U.S. federal government agencies must meet an aggressive deadline of Sept. 30, 2012, to deploy IPv6 on their public-facing websites, under an Obama administration initiative. But with less than five months to go, more than 99% of federal websites aren't supporting the next-gen Internet Protocol on their DNS, email and Web services.

• Check Point harnesses cloud security to deter botnet infections in enterprise

  By Ellen Messmer | 18 April, 2012 00:34

  Check Point Software Technologies Tuesday announced a cloud-based threat-detection service that can help to identify botnets in real time and block them from wreaking havoc on enterprise networks.

• Business continuity emerges as latest IPv6 killer app

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 12 April, 2012 02:26

  DENVER - IPv6 appears to have found a new killer app: business continuity.

• Big news for IPv6: Akamai to launch service in April

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 27 March, 2012 02:17

  Akamai will offer IPv6 services to its entire customer base in April -- a long-awaited move that will be a major boon to the adoption rate of the next-generation Internet Protocol.

• Qualcomm adds IPv4/IPv6 to embedded Wi-Fi chip

  By John Cox | 21 March, 2012 02:47

  Qualcomm has released a low-power 802.11n radio chip designed for embedded machine-to-machine wireless communications for smart building and smart appliance applications.

• A10 CEO spells out application delivery controller advantage and next steps

  By John Dix | 23 February, 2012 03:28

  A10 has built a solid business in the application delivery controller (ADC) market, but its platform also supports IPv6 migration and many cloud requirements, nicely positioning the company for the future. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently sat down with A10 founder and CEO Lee Chen for a company update. Chen, who was co-founder of Foundry Networks, says A10 already has 1,700 customers and more than 7,000 devices deployed.

• IPv6: Dual-stack strategy starts at the perimeter

  By Scott Hogg | 14 February, 2012 03:47

  We are in an awkward point in the history of the Internet. IPv4 address depletion has occurred yet we expect to use IPv4 for the next 15 to 20 years. Organizations see two paths before them. One alternative is to use continue to use IPv4 and expect to use multiple layers of network address translation (NAT) for many years to come. The other alternative is to start to use IPv6, however, the majority of enterprise organizations and content providers have not embraced the protocol.

• Cisco's John Stewart on the latest security threats … and what enterprises can do to fight back

  By Susan Perschke | 14 February, 2012 03:17

  Freelance writer Susan Perschke recently sat down with Cisco Vice President and Chief Security Officer John N. Stewart for an in-depth discussion of the state of enterprise security.

• How to shop for Application Delivery Controllers

  By Scott Hogg | 13 February, 2012 16:22

  The key difference between Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) is the way they can be integrated into your organization's network topology. Most organizations may deploy a server load balancer/ADC in-line as a Layer-3 reverse-proxy-server.

• Brocade hones app delivery controllers for IPv6, net management

  By Jim Duffy | 02 February, 2012 09:30

  Brocade this week released new software for its application delivery controllers that gives users greater visibility into performance, and enhances IPv6 communications.

• Cisco expands smart grid portfolio

  By Jim Duffy | 19 January, 2012 15:30

  Cisco this week expanded its smart grid portfolio for utilities with a reference architecture, products and services intended to modernize the electric grid.

• Internode turns on IPv6 for new customers

  By Hamish Barwick | 18 January, 2012 12:12

  Internode has become the first Australian broadband provider to make IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) available by default for new customers.

• Leading ISPs, websites commit to June 6 start for IPv6

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 18 January, 2012 04:36

  Several of the world's largest ISPs and websites have committed to permanently enabling IPv6 -- the next-generation Internet Protocol -- on their products and services starting June 6, 2012.

• 5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 04 January, 2012 01:24

  2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a technical and policy perspective since the late 1990s, when this network-of-networks stopped being a research project and became an engine of economic growth.

• Comcast expands IPv6 services into four more states

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 15 December, 2011 02:20

  Comcast continues to extend its leadership role in the adoption of next-generation Internet services with the news that it has expanded its production IPv6 deployment into four more states -- Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey -- over the past six weeks.