Archive for October, 2010

Google Sets New Internet Traffic Record

October 25, 2010 by Craig Labovitz

In their earnings call last week, Google announced a record 2010 third-quarter revenue of $7.29 billion (up 23% from last year). The market rejoiced and Google shares shot past $615 giving the company a market cap of more than $195 billion. This month, Google broke an equally impressive Internet traffic record — gaining more than [...]

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IPv6 Momentum?

October 14, 2010 by Craig Labovitz

Last month, the Obama administration sponsored one of the first high-level government workshops on IPv6. At the meeting, the administration’s Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra, announced a remarkable 2012 deadline for federal agencies to support IPv6. So with a high-level US government mandate and a recent spade of vendor and carrier IPv6 announcements (e.g. Verisign, [...]

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