IPv6 Survey:
Taking the Federal Pulse on IPv6
Summary Results
Market Connections, Inc.
June 2006
Outline
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Goals and Objectives
Methodology
Respondent Demographics
General Business and IT Issues and Challenges
Understanding of IPv6
Respondents Directly Involved with IPv6: Status and
Challenges of Transition and Implementation of IPv6
Vendor Outsourcing
Key Findings (to come)
Goals and Objectives
Study undertaken on behalf of Cisco Systems to
enhance marketplace understanding and strategic
direction. Specifically we looked at:
– Business and IT issues and challenges agency
decision makers face on a daily basis.
– Involvement and understanding of IPv6.
– Challenges and barriers surrounding IPv6
transition plans and implementation.
– Vendor outsourcing and contractors likely to be
considered as a networking solution provider for
IPv6 implementation.
Methodology
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200 telephone interviews conducted in May
2006 from a Government Computer News
subscriber list.
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Respondents screened for level of
involvement in the implementation of IT and
network solutions for their agency.
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Mix of civilian and defense agencies,
business and IT job functions and involvement
with IPv6.
Respondent Demographics
Overall Sample Population:
Agency, Job Function and
Involvement
Agency
Defense or
Intelligence
28%
Involvement in IT
63%
Evaluate
products/services
54%
Recommend/specify
brands
Civilian or
Independent
72%
Primary Job Focus
Line of
Business
47%
53%
Determine the need
50%
Establish tech specs
or architects
IT related
53%
Establish business
plan
42%
Authorize/approve
purchases
41%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
You are an employee of which of the following? Are you mainly involved in the daily business operations of your agency or more specifically, IT related functions?
Please indicate the scope of your involvement of IT and network solutions for your agency or organization.
50%
60%
70%
Overall Sample Population:
Involvement in IPv6
Involved
34%
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The survey meant to evaluate
attitudes of all IT decision makers
toward IPv6.
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One-third of respondents were
directly involved in the planning or
implementation of IPv6.
Not directly
involved
66%
Involvement by Line of Business
75%
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Significantly more IT related and
defense agency respondents were
involved in the planning or
implementation of IPv6 than
business or civilian respondents.
Not involved
59%
26%
Involved
0%
41%
10%
20%
30%
40%
IT related
50%
60%
70%
Business
On a scale of one to five, where one is not at all involved and five is very involved, how involved are you in the planning or implementation of IPv6 within your agency organization?
80%
General Business and IT
Issues and Challenges
All IT Decision Makers:
Business Issues
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Overall, workforce productivity
and continuity of operations
(COOP) were the most important
business issues to respondents.
Business respondents were more
focused on the importance of
workforce productivity, citizen
satisfaction and cost reduction
than IT respondents.
85%
Workforce
productivity
83%
Continuity of
operations (COOP)
74%
Citizen satisfaction
69%
Regulatory
compliance
64%
Cost reduction
58%
FISMA compliance
0%
20%
40%
60%
% Rating Important
On a scale of one to five where one is not at all important and five is very important, how important are the following business issues right now?
80%
100%
All IT Decision Makers:
IT Issues
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While most IT issues were important
to respondents, privacy and security
of communications and quality of
service were most important, overall.
93%
Privacy and security
of communications
92%
Quality of service
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Respondents directly involved in IPv6
rated network performance,
management and cost of operations
significantly more important.
86%
Network performance
77%
Network
management
73%
Cost of operations
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Interoperability was more important to
defense agency respondents than
civilian respondents.
68%
Interoperability
0%
20%
40%
60%
% Rating Important
On a scale of one to five where one is not at all important and five is very important, how important are the following IT issues right now?
80%
100%
Understanding of IPv6
Concern for Availability of IP
Addresses by Involvement
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Overall, 48% of respondents were
concerned with the availability of IP
addresses.
58%
Involved with IPv6
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Respondents involved with the
planning or implementation of IPv6
were significantly more concerned
for the availability of IP addresses
going forward.
42%
Not involved with
IPv6
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
% Concerned
On a scale of one to five, where one is not concerned at all and five is very concerned, how big of a concern for you is the availability of IP addresses going forward?
50%
60%
Overall Sample Population:
What is Associated with IPv6?
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Top of mind, respondents
associated security with IPv6
implementation.
8%
Security
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There was no clear, single
association with IPv6.
Respondents’ answers varied
widely.
5%
Cost
5%
More IP addresses
Better
communication
0%
What do you think of first or associate with IPv6 implementation?
4%
5%
10%
15%
20%
Overall Sample Population:
IPv6 Benefits and Challenges
IPv6 Benefits
10%
Security
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Security and additional IP
addresses were the leading top of
mind benefits respondents
associated with IPv6
implementation.
9%
More IP addresses
4%
Better communication
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
IPv6 Challenges
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Cost and security were noted as
the top challenges respondents
will face implementing IPv6.
11%
Cost
6%
Security
0%
5%
What do you believe will be the ONE most significant benefit once the implementation of IPv6 is completed?
What do you believe will be the ONE most significant challenge or barrier you will face implementing IPv6?
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Specific Business Issues Impacting
Implementing IPv6
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Business respondents believed
implementing IPv6 would have
the most significant impact on
COOP, workforce productivity and
citizen satisfaction.
64%
Continuity of
operations (COOP)
58%
Workforce
productivity
56%
Citizen satisfaction
49%
Regulatory
compliance
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
% Stating IPv6 Will Have an Impact
On a scale of one to five where one is no effect at all and five is a significant impact, how do you believe implementing IPv6 will affect the following
business issues? (Asked only of those primarily involved in agency business activities.)
70%
Specific IT Issues Impacting
Implementing IPv6
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IT respondents believed
implementing IPv6 would have
the most significant impact on
expanding network
capacity/scalability and privacy
and security of communications.
73%
Expanding network
capacity/scalability
70%
Privacy and security
of communications
0%
20%
40%
60%
% Stating IPv6 Will Have an Impact
On a scale of one to five where one is no effect at all and five is a significant impact, how do you believe implementing IPv6 will affect the following IT
issues? (Asked only of those primarily involved in agency IT activities.)
80%
Respondents Directly Involved with IPv6:
Status and Challenges of
Transition and Implementation of IPv6
Involvement with IPv6
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According to respondents,
IT/IS/MIS/Network/Systems
managers will be the most
involved in the planning and
implementation of IPv6.
83%
IT/IS/MIS/Network/Systems
manager
68%
Program/project manager
58%
CIO or other C-level
executive(s)
44%
Outside consultant or
vendor
42%
In-house application
developers
0%
20%
40%
60%
% Involved
Where one is not at all involved and five is very involved, to what extent are the following involved in the planning and implementation of IPv6 within
your agency or organization?
80%
100%
Expected Timeline of IPv6
Planning and Implementation
IPv6 Planning Complete
Within the 2007
fiscal year
37%
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Don't know
27%
Less than two percent of
respondents have completed
their IPv6 planning process.
Already
complete
2%
Within the 2006
fiscal year
30%
Only fourteen percent of
respondents have begun their
IPv6 implementation process.
More than one-third of
respondents will not complete
their IPv6 planning or
implementation process until the
2007 fiscal year.
IPv6 Implementation Complete
Within the 2007
fiscal year
38%
Don't know
30%
Within the 2006
fiscal year
18%
When do you expect to complete your IPv6 planning process?
When do you expect to begin your IPv6 implementation process?
Within the next
three months
4%
Already started
14%
Not Yet Begun Milestones of
IPv6 Conversion
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Sixty percent (60%) of
respondents had not yet begun to
receive funding approval.
60%
Received funding approval
53%
Monitor benefits of IPv6
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Defense agency respondents
were more likely to have
assigned an officer to coordinate
and lead agency planning than
civilian agency respondents.
51%
All agency infrastructures using IPv6
IPv6 transition plan
39%
Identified funding for implementation
39%
34%
Assigned an officer to coordinate planning
31%
Impact and risk analysis stage
26%
Inventory of existing technology devices
0%
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
% Who Have Not Yet Begun
Please tell me if you have not yet begun, are in the process of or have completed working on the following milestones for IPv6 conversion.
Completed Milestones of IPv6
Conversion
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Respondents were most likely to
be in the process of or completed
inventorying existing technology
devices.
31%
Inventory of existing technology devices
28%
Assigned an officer to coordinate planning
22%
Identified funding for implementation
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Less than ten percent of
respondents have completed
monitoring the benefits of IPv6,
an IPv6 transition plan or all
agency infrastructures using
IPv6.
20%
Impact and risk analysis stage
17%
Received funding approval
9%
Monitor benefits of IPv6
8%
IPv6 transition plan
3%
All agency infrastructures using IPv6
0%
10%
20%
30%
% Who Have Completed
Please tell me if you have not yet begun, are in the process of or have completed working on the following milestones for IPv6 conversion.
40%
Challenges Implementing
IPv6
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Funding/budget was the top
challenge respondents were
facing completing their IPv6
implementation.
A lack of time and experienced
staff also presents a challenge to
many respondents.
62%
Funding/budget
52%
Developing transition
plan
51%
Other projects get
higher priority
45%
Lack of experienced
agency staff
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
% Considered a Challenge
On a scale of one to five, where one is not at all challenging and five is extremely challenging, how challenging are or were the following in your
completion of IPv6 implementation?
60%
70%
Addressing IPv6 Planning and
Implementation
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Half of respondents plan to
develop their transition plan inhouse.
Almost half of respondents were
planning to collaborate with a
vendor to address IPv6
implementation in their agency.
Addressing Transition Plan
50%
Develop the solution
plan in-house
36%
Collaborate with a
vendor
Outsource the
development and
implementation
0%
14%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Addressing Implementation
42%
Collaborate with a
vendor
Internal agency staff to
develop a custom
solution
29%
21%
Off-the-shelf
software/solutions
8%
Outsource the entire
implementation
0%
10%
20%
Which of the following best describes how you are planning to or already addressing the transition plan of IPv6 within your agency or organization?
Which of the following best describes how you are planning to or already addressing the implementation of IPv6 within your agency or organization?
30%
40%
50%
60%
IPv6 Mandate
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Likelihood to Consider Without a Mandate
More than half of respondents
would likely consider IPv6 even if
it had not been mandated.
Reasons for not considering
implementing IPv6 if it had not
been mandated include: cost, no
compelling business driver, and
hesitancy to implement unproven
technologies.
53%
Somewhat/very likely
35%
Somewhat/very
unlikely
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
When Implement Without a Mandate
39%
Fiscal year 2008 or later
29%
Within the 2007 fiscal year
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Without a mandate in place,
almost forty percent of
respondents would not have
implemented IPv6 until FY 2008
or later.
2%
Within the 2006 fiscal year
30%
Don't know
0%
10%
How likely would you be to consider IPv6 now if it had not been mandated? What is your reason for not considering IPv6 implementation?
Without the mandate in place, when do you believe your agency would have implemented IPv6?
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Vendor Outsourcing
Solution Provider Assistance for
IPv6 Implementation
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Respondents were most likely to
consider using an industry
solution provider for technical
support during implementation,
and for technical assistance
during planning stage.
43%
Tech support during
implementation
37%
Tech assistance
during planning stage
31%
Risk management
30%
Ongoing maintenance
and user support
19%
Developing a
business case
15%
Third party analysis
0%
10%
Which of the following could an industry solution provider assist you with to improve or enhance your IPv6 implementation?
20%
30%
40%
50%
Vendors Associated with IPv6
Top of Mind IPv6 Leader
51%
Don't know
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More than half of respondents
could not name a top of mind
vendor they considered a leader
for planning and implementing
IPv6 in federal agencies.
22%
Cisco
3%
IBM
3%
AT&T
0%
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When given a list of vendors to
choose from, almost threequarters of respondents selected
Cisco as the networking company
they most associate with IPv6.
10%
30%
40%
50%
60%
ONE Company Most Associated with IPv6
73%
Cisco
13%
Verizon
5%
Juniper
5%
Lucent
3%
AT&T
Sprint
2%
0%
Which ONE company would you consider a leader in helping plan and implement IPv6 in federal agencies?
Which ONE of the following networking companies do you most associate with IPv6?
20%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Important Attributes When
Choosing a Vendor
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The most important attributes
when selecting a vendor for
respondents included: providing a
system-wide view, risk mitigation
tools for transition, cost, and
training and support.
77%
Provides a systemwide view
Provides risk
mitigation tools for
transition
76%
74%
Cost
74%
Training and support
70%
Supports ongoing
operations
0%
20%
40%
60%
% Considering Important
Using a scale of one to five, where one is not at all important and five is very important, how important are the following attributes/factors when
choosing a vendor to assist you in your efforts?
80%
Contact Information
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