Government IT

October 8, 2010

Friday, October 08, 2010 5:38 PM/EST

Ready or Not, Here’s IPv6

By P. J. Connolly

The Federal government has announced its plan to have public-facing systems using IPv6 within two years, and other systems using it within four years. Is the private sector ready? Well, it depends. Although much of the gear behind a home or SMB firewall may be ready for IPv6, the box that connects you to your ISP may not be. We think it's time to start making plans for deploying IPv6, if you haven't already.

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August 9, 2010

Monday, August 09, 2010 3:44 PM/EST

Childs Sentenced in SF FiberWAN Case, but Bosses Also Bear Blame

By P. J. Connolly

Although Terry Childs is headed to state prison for holding San Francisco's IT network hostage in mid-2008, his managers bear substantial responsibility for letting the situation reach the point it did.

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