Survey: Feds Lack Plans, Funding for IPv6
Additionally, it is questionable whether IPv6 actually solves any real problem(s)...
Carolyn Duffy Marsan writes on NetworkWorld:
Federal IT officials lack knowledge of IPv6, haven’t finalized plans to upgrade to the next-generation IP and haven’t received funding for the migration, according to a survey due for release Monday by Cisco.More here.
The survey consisted of 200 telephone interviews with federal IT officials that were conducted in May by research firm Market Connections.
The survey was designed to measure attitudes about IPv6 within U.S. government agencies, which are under a mandate from the Office of Management and Budget to upgrade their network backbones to support IPv6 by 2008.
Cisco officials said the survey findings show the challenges that IPv6 vendors face in convincing the federal market about the benefits of IPv6.
posted by Fergie @ 6/26/2006 08:38:00 AM
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