ITWire

As John Van Siclen, General Manager of Compuware’s APM business unit  explains, the Internet is going through a major architectural change as its core network layer protocol, Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), is being replaced by IPv6 “due to the rapid growth of the Internet and exhaustion of IPv4 addresses.”  “This change adds complexity at the edge of the Internet to the way browsers and devices connect and how services operate and are accessed.”

Van Siclen cautions that this puts end-user experience, revenue and brand reputation at risk and also impacts the way application performance is tested and monitored. “Compuware’s analysis comparing performance of IPv4 and IPv6 URLs showed that on average IPv6 sites were 80 percent slower than their IPv4 counterparts.”

According to Van Siclen the complex problems of transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 are addressed by the company’s APM platform with support for IPv6 with Compuware’s Gomez and dynaTrace solutions. “IPv6 is important to our customers and we understand the complexity it adds at the edge of the Internet that can cause poor application performance, putting end-user experience at risk. With Compuware APM’s support for IPv6 we can ensure that our customers have a smooth and successful transition to IPv6, with uninterrupted services.”