“The drive to gain cooperation in the move to IPv6 has been, in a way, a victim of its own success. IT folks have been hearing about the crisis for years, and the crisis never comes. It simply is much easier to state flatly that “the Internet is running out of IP addresses” than to discuss the more subtle reality of what this actually means and what is going on. The distribution of the last batch (allocations are nicknamed “slash 8s”), however, doesn’t mean that crunch time finally is here and that there are no more IPv4 addresses available. The RIRs still have their own private supply that can last for a good bit of time, though they will be given out parsimoniously.” Read full article.

We were overwhelmed and humbled by all the interest and activity at our demonstration booth from partners, customers, distributors and analysts. To all RIPE 63 organizers and attendees – thank you for hosting us in Vienna this year and for taking time to learn more about 6connect. Interested in taking your own demo? You don’t have to fly to Vienna!