A joke in networking circles is that the switch from IPv4 to IPv6 is always a few years away. Although IPv6 was introduced in the early 90s as a result of the feared imminent IPv4 address drought ...

IPv6 was designed to be an evolutionary step from IPv4. It was not a design goal to take a radical step away from IPv4. Functions that work in IPv4 were maintained in IPv6, and those that didn't work ...

The looming transition to IPv6 is making busy work for IT recruiters. Businesses and government agencies are racing to upgrade networks and Web sites for the transition to the new Internet Protocol ...

Just about everyone in the IT business has heard the promises of IPv6. Why continue leasing Class A blocks to individual companies when most companies have to beg for a Class C block of 256 IP ...

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 this framework. After all, transitioning to IPv6 can ...

The IPv6 transition is here and the move from IPv4 to IPv6 can be a big opportunity for the IT channel. Check out CRN's IPv6 tutorial, IPv6 security coverage and more. With the arrival of IPv6 comes a ...

Verizon’s professional services arm has introduced a service to convert networks to IPv6, anticipating that large organizations will soon need help with such projects. “These services will span the ...

Wednesday, June 8 is World IPv6 Day, an event in which some of the most recognizable technology companies in the world, including Google, Facebook and Akamai, will offer content over the Internet ...

Throughout the age of the internet, IPv4 has proven a sturdy foundation for internet communications. While this protocol has withstood various digital transformations, modern internet communications ...

The transition from IPv4 to IPv6 is kind of confusing if you've never really read much about it, but the idea is pretty simple. IPv4 is what we currently use, and it results in IP addresses with four ...

IPv6 solves Internet scaling challenges, provides a flexible transition mechanism for the current Internet, and meets the needs of such new markets as mobile personal computing devices, networked ...