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NTIA releases IPv6 Readiness Tool for Businesses

The IPv6 Readiness Tool for Businesses is a comprehensive checklist for businesses preparing to deploy and adopt IPv6. The tool was developed by experts from industry and the Internet technical community in response to a call from U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra at an IPv6 workshop hosted by the NTIA in September 2010. www.ntia.doc.gov/advisory/IPv6/index.html […]

Asia Pacific region runs out of IPv4 Internet addresses

Media release – 18 April 2011 The organisation that manages Internet address allocation for the Asia Pacific region has announced that it has no more IPv4 Internet addresses available for general allocation. APNIC (the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) is now implementing austerity measures, in which its remaining few IPv4 addresses are rationed to its […]

IPv6 – Pressure growing on industry to act

(InternetNZ Media Release – 14 April 2011) 2011 is turning into a crunch year for adopting the new standard for Internet addressing, called IPv6. At the same time, with zero Government funding, industry groups are under increasing pressure. The New Zealand IPv6 Task Force and InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) are stepping up to the […]

Latest news from the NZIPv6 Task Force: it’s crunch-time for IPv4…

IANA runs out of IPv4 addresses The IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority – www.iana.org) has allocated the last IP address blocks from the global IPv4 central address pool, ending all debates over when this would happen. Several months remain before Regional Registries consume all their remaining regional IPv4 address pools, with recent trends suggesting that […]

New Zealand IPv6 Task Force endorses procurement guidelines

The New Zealand IPv6 Task Force has given its seal of approval to two IPv6-specific procurement guidelines. The Task Force’s preferred guideline is that issued by the Tasmanian Government. However, we also endorse the more comprehensive RIPE procurement guideline as an alternative for those who require more detail. Copies of both these guidelines are available […]