IPv6: The evolution of the Internet

PV6 : EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNET SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE INTERNET HAS EXPERIENCED HUGE GROWTH, IMPACTING INDIVIDUALS, SOCIETIES, GOVERNMENTS 2018 AND BUSINESSES IN WAYS FEW COULD HAVE PREDICTED. 2017 PROJECTED CONNEC TIONS FOR THE WORLD IPV6 LAUNCH, THIS INFOGRAPHIC - PUT TOGETHER BY THE RIPE NCC - MAPS KEY MILESTONES IN THE 2016 → 19 BILLION GLOBAL NETWORK CONNECTIONS (FIXED AND MOBILE) HISTORY OF THE INTERNET, THE FREEDOM OF ITS EVOLUTION, THE EXPLOSION IN INTERNET-ENABLED DEVICES, AND THE → 3.4 BILLION INTERNET USERS 2015 JOURNEY FROM IPV4 TO IPV6. → OVER 8 BILLION HANDHELD OR PERSONAL MOBILE-READY DEVICES → 2 BILLION MACHINE-TO-MACHINE CONNECTIONS 2014 → 71% OF ALL SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS (1.6 BILLION) COULD BE CAPABLE OF CONNECTING TO AN IPV6 MOBILE NETWORK → RIPE NCC/MENOG'S IPV6 ROADSHOW BEGINS 2013 → 39% OF ALL GLOBAL MOBILE DEVICES (MORE THAN 4 BILLION), COULD BE IPVG-CAPABLE → IANA'S AVAILABLE POOL OF IPV4 EXHAUSTED IN → WORLD IPV6 LAUNCH FEBRUARY. RIPE NCC RECEIVES ONE OF THE FIVE LAST ALLOCATIONS 2012 IPV6 → OVER 10 BILLION MOBILE INTERNET-CONNECTED DEVICES → GOOGLE+ LAUNCHED 2011 → WORLD IPVG6 DAY HELD 2010 → RIPENESS, THE RIPE NCC'S IPV6 READINESS RANKING SCHEME LAUNCHED → wwW.IPVGACTNOW.ORG, THE RIPE NCC'S COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE ON IPV6 LAUNCHED 2009 → RIPE NCC BEGINS TO OFFER IPV6 TRAINING COURSES TO ITS MEMBERS 2008 → THE ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEM FOR SMARTPHONES RELEASED → APPLE 2007 INTRODUCES iPhone IPHONE 92MN → OVER 92 MILLION WEBSITES ONLINE 2006 → RIPE NCC ENABLES IPV6 ON CORE SERVICES → FACEBOOK LAUNCHED O Like → TWITTER LAUNCHED 2005 → YOUTUBE → MOZILLA FIREFOX OPEN-SOURCE WEB BROWSER IS RELEASED LAUNCHED 2004 → FLICKR LAUNCHED → LINKEDIN 2003 LAUNCHED → NATIVE IPV6 ADDED TO RIPE NCC'S DNS SERVICES → ITUNES INTRODUCED BY APPLE → 544.2 MILLION INTERNET USERS WORLDWIDE 2002 → WIKIPEDIA GOES ONLINE 2001 → PALM, INC. INTRODUCED THE KYOCERA 6035, THE FIRST SMARTPHONE → RIPE NCC BEGINS IPV6 TESTING ON 2000 ITS NETWORKS → RIPE NCC GIVES OUT FIRST IPV6 ALLOCATION ON 12 AUGUST 1999 1999 → MYSPACE.COM GOES ONLINE IPV6 * → BLUETOOTH INTRODUCED 1998 > IPV6 INTRODUCED AS THE NEW ADDRESSING SCHEME. IT MASSIVELY INCREASES THE → INITIAL RELEASE OF NAPSTER NUMBER OF AVAILABLE IP ADDRESSES → GOOGLE SEARCH IS CONCEIVED → ASK (FORMALLY → THE TERM "INTERNET OF THINGS" IS FIRST USED 1997 KNOWN AS ASK JEEVES) IS FOUNDED AS A Q&A FOCUSED → AROUND 340 TRILLION, TRILLION, TRILLION IPV6 ADDRESSES 1996 SEARCH ENGINE → APPLE INTRODUCES THE FIRST IMAC → YAHOO! INC. IS 1995 → 6BONE, THE FIRST WORLDWIDE IPV6 TEST NETWORK IS LAUNCHED LAUNCHED AS A WEB DIRECTORY 1992 → TIM BERNERS-LEE OF CERN DEVELOPS THE WORLD WIDE WEB, UNLIKE OTHER PROTOCOLS, THE WEB IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A GRAPHICAL USER → RIPE NCC SET UP TO REGISTER AND DISTRIBUTE INTERNET NUMBER RESOURCES AND SUPPORT NUMBER OF CONNECTED DEVICES 1989 INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE INTERFACE → THE IETF CONCLUDES THAT IPV4 ADDRESS SPACE WILL NOT SCALE → THE WORD "INTERNET" IS USED FOR THE FIRST TIME 2020 → 31 BILLION 1982 2015 → 15 BILLION 1981 → MS-DOS INVENTED 2010 → 5 BILLION 2006 → 2 BILLION → IPV4 FIRST USED BY → THE FIRST IBM-PC 1980 JOHN POSTEL IN A → INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) INVENTED TEST NETWORK 2000 → 93,047,785 ADDRESSING SYSTEM DEVELOPED. THIS LATER 1990 → 313,000 1974 BECAME KNOWN AS IPV4 1980 → 188 → 4.3 BILLION IPV4 ADDRESSES → ELECTRONIC MAIL INTRODUCED BY 1972 1970 → 13 → THE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY NETWORK (ARPANET) GOES ONLINE, CONNECTING FOUR MAJOR U.S. UNIVERSITIES. RAY TOMLINSON 1969 1960 →0 obbos:1o 8ap:L002 0.101198.51.1 6/98:3080 cb00 RIPE www.ipv6actnow.org www.ripe.net NCC Sources: IDC Directions 2010, ICT Outlook: Recovering Intel a New World, Doc# DR2010_GS2_JG, March 2010, http://www.businesswire.com/newa/home/20100816005081/en/Intemet-Connected-Devicee-Pass-5-Billion-Milestone, Cisco Visual Networking Index 2012