Enterprises are not ready for IPv6
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informationweek.inPosted Jul 3, 2011, 7:04 PM UTC
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informationweek.inIf we let 'enterprise readiness' dictate progress then we would all still be using IE6.
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Most of the ISPs aren't either so it's not that surprising.
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That's it! Halt all ipv6 activities. Enterprises not ready for ipv6... we can't go forward with ipv6.
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Get Jean-Luc Picard on the problem.
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NCC-127.0.0.1: no bloody A, B, C, or D.
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I predict that the IPv6 switchover will go as smoothly as the Y2K fixes. Companies will do nothing for as long as possible, then make a mad scramble to convert before the ax falls. The trouble is, Y2K had a built-in deadline, but no one knows when it will no longer be feasible to remain IPv4-only.
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Not true. Some us know. We're just not telling our competitors.
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This article is full of shit.
"Gateway devices".
No.
Build your IPv6 network properly.
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Management will never approve a proper solution. If the problem can be "fixed" cheaply, management will choose the cheap fix. Then when it comes back and bites them, they'll act surprised* and blame IT.
*They may not need to act.
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Are enterprises ever ready for any new technology?
I'll tell you when we stop using Windows 2000.