Telstra has made Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) connectivity available to more of its business, enterprise and government customers.

We are in an awkward point in the history of the Internet. IPv4 address depletion has occurred yet we expect to use IPv4 for the next 15 to 20 years. Organizations see two paths before them. One alternative is to use continue to use IPv4 and expect to use multiple layers of network address translation (NAT) for many years to come. The other alternative is to start to use IPv6, however, the majority of enterprise organizations and content providers have not embraced the protocol.

All new customers of the South Australia-based ISP, Internode, will be automatically assigned IPv6 addresses

Telstra is offering IPv6 services to enterprise, Government and wholesale customers.

It appears those outside of the Asia-Pacific region are still wary of IPv6, according to a new report from analyst firm, Ovum.

Brocade gear is powering a cutting-edge network that supports IPv6, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and 100 Gigabit Ethernet for the U.S. Army at Fort Carson in Colorado.

One day after completing a successful 24-hour trial of IPv6, Facebook, Google and Yahoo said at a joint press conference that they would begin permanently supporting this upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol on some of their key websites.

The nation's largest telecom carriers, content providers, hardware suppliers and software vendors will be on the edge of their seats tonight for the start of World IPv6 Day, which is the most-anticipated 24 hours the tech industry has seen since fears of the Y2K bug dominated New Year's Eve in 1999.

Although he acknowledges businesses have yet to embrace IPv6, security guru, Scott Hogg, says that doesn’t mean IT executives can ignore the security problems that the next generation Internet protocol can present.