A decade ago, organizations went through a massive overhaul of their IT infrastructure in an effort to prevent the massive outages anticipated with Y2K. Now they need to decide whether a similar investment will be needed again. Publicly routable IPv4 address allocations are going to reach exhaustion in the next two years, if the projections from the Number Resource Organization (NRO) are to be believed. Soon after that, finding IPv4 addressing won't be easy.
IPv6 News
First accreditation issued for testing to US IPv6 product specs
February 8, 2010
The University of New Hampshire's test lab is among the first wave of labs to be accredited to test networking products for compliance with government specifications for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), which will be required for government procurements this year.
Where do web giants stand on IPv6?
February 5, 2010
IPv6-enabled web content is "one of the things we need to have," says Timothy Winters, a senior manager at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), which provides IPv6 product testing.
Google's leading, but where do other Web giants stand on IPv6?
February 4, 2010
IPv6-enabled Web content is "one of the things we need to have," says Timothy Winters, a senior manager at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), which provides IPv6 product testing. "As all of these LTE and wireless broadband networks go to IPv6, the content providers have no choice but to create mobile content and make it IPv6 aware."
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation Certifies High-Tech Testing Lab
February 3, 2010
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory -- an independent lab that provides advanced technologies to the networking industry -- has reportedly received accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation, a nonprofit, non-governmental, public service, membership society.
UNH-IOL Accredited as Testing Lab for USGv6 Test Program
February 2, 2010
DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), the networking industry’s premier independent third-party proving ground for developing technologies, today announced the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), a nonprofit, non-governmental, public service, membership society, has accredited the laboratory for technical competence in the field of Information Technology testing in accordance with the recognized International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005, General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories. The accreditation demonstrates technical competence for Internet Protocol version 6...
Setting the Stage for IPv6
July 31, 2009
Carl Weinschenk spoke with Timothy Winters, the senior manager at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). UNH-IOL and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently completed testing on the U.S. Government IPv6 (USGv6) Test Program, which is designed to help government buy equipment that is compliant with IPv6 standards.
Interview of USGv6 Test Event on Federal News Radio
July 27, 2009
The UNH-IOL's Tim Winters was interviewed by AM 1500 Federal News Radio about the lab's recent USGv6 Test Event and testing program.
Feds strike deal on IPv6 testing
July 27, 2009
The UNH-IOL was featured in the Network World article, “Feds strike deal on IPv6 testing,” by Carolyn Duffy Marsan on 7/27.
UNH-IOL Collaborates with NIST to Create IPv6 Test for U.S. Government Compliance
July 13, 2009
Official press release on USGv6 Test Event held July 13th, 2009