A year of important changes to Internet addressing and the operating-system and database foundations used by server applications.
IPv6 and server-platform foundations
- World IPv6 Launch
Participating networks, equipment makers and web companies permanently enabled IPv6 through the Internet Society initiative.
Internet Society / World IPv6 Launch ↗ - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Ubuntu introduced another long-term-support release for its operating-system platform.
Canonical / Ubuntu ↗ - PostgreSQL 9.2
A new major database version was released.
PostgreSQL release history ↗
What this means for infrastructure planning
Connectivity and platform versions belong in the same deployment plan. An application can be healthy on the server while still being unreachable through an untested address family. Record the network paths, system versions and recovery requirements together.
Editorial review of selected industry developments. Historical releases are included for context; use current support and compatibility information when planning a deployment.
