Smaller is faster when it comes to IPv6

Size matters when it comes to the speed of adopting IPv6. Smaller companies will adopt somewhat faster. 70% of small companies (less than 100 employees) will have IPv6 on their internal networks and 68% on their websites within the next year. Among large companies (1,000-plus), half will have IPv6 on internal networks and 52% on their websites in the next year. The slowest adopters of the bunch will be midsize companies (101-1,000), of which 32% will have IPv6 on their networks and 39% on their websites in 12 months. This group also had the largest percentage of respondents who said they don't plan to use IPv6 on internal networks at all (26%). "There's no business need at my company for IPV6 now or in the foreseable future," one told us. Others are frustrated by that attitude, writing, "If I could only convince them to move on IPv6 for just their few public-facing resources ..."