“IPv6 is the future of the Internet, and performance monitoring will be even more critical as a far greater number of devices are connected,” said Vadim Mazo, founder and chief technical officer of Dotcom-Monitor. “Increasingly, more companies and organizations are making the switch to IPv6, and our monitoring service helps ensure that Ipv6-enabled websites and web applications are performing as expected.”

IPv6 is the essential backbone protocol for next-generation networking on the Internet, and is replacing the current IPv4 standard. All devices that are connected to the Internet have a unique IP address as an identifier, and IPv4 can support approximately 4 billion unique addresses. It is widely estimated that all IPv4 IP addresses will be exhausted by 2011. In comparison, IPv6 will support approximately 1 doudecillion (10 to the 38^th power) IP addresses.

Dotcom-Monitor is deploying monitoring for native IPv6 end-to-end transport as well as for IPv6-over-IPv4 encapsulation, which is also known as tunneling. A number of Internet powerhouses, including Google and Alta Vista, have deployed IPv6-accessible websites, and the 2008 Beijing Olympics featured the first-ever IPv6 Olympics website as part of the world’s largest end-to-end IPv6 network. Operating systems, such as the latest versions of Microsoft Windows, include IPv6 support.

Dotcom-Monitor is an external performance monitoring service. Using computer agents strategically located in cities around the globe, Dotcom-Monitor checks websites and web applications as often as once every minute. As an external service, Dotcom-Monitor accesses websites using the same Internet services as end users, providing a true view into end-user connectivity. Dotcom-Monitor provides instant notification whenever a problem occurs.

Dotcom-Monitor’s customers include financial services companies, healthcare providers, international manufacturers, media outlets, online retailers and governmental organizations worldwide.

About Dotcom-Monitor
Dotcom-Monitor is the leader and innovator in advanced website monitoring services. Founded in 1998, Dotcom-Monitor has helped over 2,000 companies save money by insuring maximum website uptime—at a cost up to 50 percent less than other services. Dotcom-Monitor watches businesses from the outside by simulating real-world, end-user actions. The company ensures that clients are open for business around the world, 24 hours a day. No additional or no hardware is required to use Dotcom-Monitor’s services. For more about Dotcom-Monitor, go to www.dotcom-monitor.com.