Are you ready for IPv6?
Are you ready for IPv6? It may sound arcane but without support for the latest version of the Internet Protocol the rapid expansion of people and devices trying to link to the Internet could hit a major speed bump.
The pool of available Internet Protocol addresses could run out before the end of 2011 under today's IPv4 software. That's leading a widening circle of companies and organizations to press for support for Internet Protocol version 6 in anything connected to the Net.
Online counters are ticking down the number of IPv4 addresses available in what feels like a replay of the Year 2000 scare that passed without the major computer and network crashes some predicted. In hopes of a similarly smooth transition we thought it would be good to ask engineers whether they are building IPv6 support into their 2010 products.
