A recent IPv6 Summit held in Canberra, Australia, highlighted concerns regarding the transition to IPv6. We’ve all heard many times the looming shortage of IP addresses and the estimated date when IP addresses are likely to run out (I think Geoff Huston predicts this to happen in 2010), but it seems there are many who are doing nothing in preparation.
Only a third of the world’s top 21 ISPs have begun the move to IPv6, according to a report in ComputerWorld that quotes Latif Ladid, president of the IPv6 Forum.
Ladid made a few interesting comments, such as Bechtel, a major contractor to the US Department of Defence, will soon require all contractors to be IPv6 compliant. He also argued the transition won’t cost organizations as much as many think, noting that for the past three years major engineering firm Bechtel has only budgeted $100,000 per year for IPv6 upgrades.
To read the full article in ComputerWorld, see computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1434651888;fp;2;fpid;1. There is also another report on the IPv6 Summit from ComputerWorld at computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1680921443;fp;2;fpid;1.
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