Microsoft has been forced to start using its global stock of IPv4 addresses to keep its Azure cloud service afloat in the U.S., highlighting the growing importance of making the shift to IP version 6.

Tanya Candia is an international management expert, specializing for more than 25 years in information security strategy and communication for public- and private-sector organizations. Federal ...

Today is World IPv6 Day. Don't worry, you don't need to send a card -- it's just a 24-hour test by Google, Facebook and many other websites of a new way of connecting to the Web. Richard Trenholm ...

When the ARPANET was designed in the late 1960s, it was outfitted with a Network Control Protocol (NCP) that made it possible for the very different types of hosts connected to the network to talk ...

I love a car with a nice V6 under the bonnet... Good for you, but IPv6 has nothing to do with cars. It actually stands for Internet Protocol version 6, the name for the next-generation IP addressing ...

The Number Resource Organization warned Monday that the number of available IPv4 addresses had slipped below 10 percent, with one service predicting that the available addresses will expire in a bit ...

Tanya Candia is an international management expert, specializing for more than 25 years in information security strategy and communication for public- and private-sector organizations. Domains that ...

Today, the last current-generation Internet addresses were divvied up at the highest level. Here's a look at what happens next in rebuilding the Net with the newer IPv6. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. The Number Resource Organization warned Monday that the ...