ZDNet recently interviewed Owen DeLong, Hurricane Electric’s Director of Professional Services and IPv6 Evangelist, for his take on ARIN (The American Registry of Internet Number)’s announcement that North America has reached Phase 4 as it runs out of IPv4 addresses. From the article: North America is down to its last IPv4 addresses Summary: ARIN, which oversees the Internet addresses for Canada, the United States, and much of the Caribbean, is down to its last few IPv4 […]
TechZone, a feature section of TMCnet, recently featured Hurrican’s Owen DeLong for his piece on the implications of IPv6 for business. From the article: Most readers are probably already aware that the Internet as we have known it for the last 20 years is running out of addresses. For those that haven’t been paying attention to the details, the Asia Pacific region effectively ran out in 2Q 2011, Europe effectively ran out in 3Q 2012, […]
Titled “Inertia: The Silent IPv6 Killer,” this is the second of Owen DeLong’s posts for Light Reading discussing the challenges and benefits of Internet Protocol Version 6. From the post: As most of you know, IPv6 is the newest internet protocol for systems to run on, creating the opportunity, perhaps necessity, for change depending on a business’ desires or needs. We have a number of situations however, where the motivation for the change required to […]
Owen DeLong recently wrote a post for Light Reading titled “Taking the Fear out of IPv6.” From the article: IPv6 can strike fear into the hearts of many in the Internet world, and not just because it sounds like a communicable disease. IPv6 is still a new protocol. (Get tested here!) Deploying it in the average enterprise requires a substantial investment in training, education and planning. It also requires changes to established IT practices and often affects […]
Owen DeLong lent his expertise and knowledge to The WHIR’s guest writer spot titled Industry Perspectives. His piece, called “Technological and Ecological Change: Five Stages of Reaction,” explores the integration and acceptance of climate change and IPv6. From the article: Humans are creatures of habit. That people often avoid change – even when doing so is detrimental – is evident in our response to two very different situations facing us today. The first is the […]
GCN’s recent article quotes Hurricane Electric’s Owen DeLong as it explores the question, “Will IPv6 ever have a killer app?” From the article: Owen DeLong, IPv6 evangelist for Hurricane Electric, obviously is a fan of the new protocols. He thinks doing away with NAT will be a good thing. So what does he think the killer app for IPv6 will be? “None,” he says. People don’t feel they are missing anything with IPv4 now, […]
