IPv6 Still Gets No Respect In The United States

What is the problem here? Do we have a clear, definable excuse as to why we continue going no place with this?

SAN FRANCISCO—Although the foundation of the next-generation Internet, IPv6, is gaining momentum in South Asia and receiving solid support in Windows Vista, enterprise IT managers based in the United States appear to be in little hurry to adopt the standard.

Such was the conclusion of a debate held here on June 14 at the Burton Group’s annual Catalyst conference.

In the IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) camp were Alex Lightman, CEO of IP telephony vendor Innofone.com, and Lawrence Hughes, chief technology officer of InfoWeapon, which offers an IPv6 network security appliance.

Holding up the IPv4 flag, or championing an all-things-in-their-season approach, was Senior Analyst Jeff Young of Burton Group, in Midvale, Utah.

Lightman ran through the usual technical arguments for IPv6 adoption, including its greater supply of Internet addresses, improved configuration capabilities, mandatory support for IP Security and QOS (quality of service), and simpler merging of networks…. Source: eWeek