BlueCat Networks Affirms Research Findings: Demand for 3rd Generation IP Address Management (IPAM) Solutions At All Time High, And Climbing.Enterprises are consuming IP address at alarming rate and lack automation tools to gain visibility, control and predictability: Proteus resolves issues with IPAM (IP Address Management) The administration of DNS and DHCP, which are the services that assign and resolve IP addresses to machines in a TCP/IP network. There are numerous graphical-based IPAM applications that take the tedium out of manually writing DNS records and TORONTO -- BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence Company[TM], today affirms the findings and data points in the Association of Telecom Management Professional's (AOTMP AOTMP Association of Telecom Management Professionals AOTMP Attack of the Mutant Penguins (Atari Jaguar game) ) latest industry research entitled, "Network Performance Management Report: The Network is Not Down." This report highlights factors fuelling demand for a new, intelligent approach to IP Address Management (IPAM) and the deficiencies in the manual management techniques commonly used today. The report uncovers several trends that highlight the need to improve the systems that enterprises use for IPAM including: * 73% of enterprise expect their broadband needs to grow * 61% of enterprises list their top challenges as a lack of automation and inaccurate inventory in the management of IP addresses, hardware, applications and network services * 58% of enterprises possess an insufficient expertise in performance management, optimization, and acceleration "The findings confirm what we have been advocating for some time and what we have been witnessing in our customer base," said Michael Hyatt, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BlueCat Networks. "Most network managers rightly believe that the uptime of their network is critical to their business," Hyatt continued. "After all, if devices cannot obtain a valid IP address and if networks are not readily accessible, then businesses can concretely associate these two critical factors not only with poor network performance and productivity, but also, more significantly, with a negative impact on profitability and customer relationships." The report includes a case study that illustrates how VoIP fuels demand for IPAM. The case study outlines how IPAM enabled an organization to simplify the deployment of its new VoIP system by streamlining the administration, distribution, and reporting of its IP addresses for its new phone system, computers, and numerous wireless devices on the network. "Managing IP addresses is only going to get more complex as more devices are added to the network," stated Joe Basili, vice president of research for AOTMP. "Furthermore, managers of today's dynamic enterprise network environments face a number of challenges including a lack of automation with spreadsheet tracking for IP addresses, usage, and auditing of IP address inventories," Basili continued. "Intelligent IPAM solutions embody these features and functions as well as offering other services like database backup and restoration, clustering with data replication and automatic failover, data checking, system monitoring A System Monitor (SM) is a process within a distributed system for collecting and storing state data. There are many issues involved with designing and implementing a system monitor. , auditing and reporting to ensure high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and continuity of network services." BlueCat's worldwide award winning product, Proteus, is driving the acceptance of IPAM by lowering the Total Cost of Ownership and enhancing the end-user experience. The demand for a sophisticated IPAM brings new management requirements, which BlueCat's Proteus IPAM platform delivers. These include: * Workflow management * Granular policy administration * Automatic IP discovery, reconciliation and reclamation * Monitoring of remote appliances * Restoration of any deleted data pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to domains, networks or IP addresses * Quick navigation functionality to view entire networks * Network event notification Event notification is a term used in conjunction with communications software for linking applications that generate small messages (the "events") to applications that monitor the associated conditions and may take actions triggered by events. * Enforcement of corporate naming policies * Accurate modeling of network domains for the purpose of anticipating requirements for IP addresses The report concludes by recommending that action be taken to evaluate the merits of technology like IPAM, WAN emulation/optimization, network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. , VoIP management, and security solutions. Readers can download the complete unabridged report at http://www.aotmp.com/research/REP0708BC.aspx. BlueCat Networks offers a true enterprise-class IPAM platform in the form of proven, secure, reliable and scalable network appliances (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything . Proteus gives administrators a solution that integrates IP inventory tracking and allocation, along with DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Software that automatically assigns temporary IP addresses to client stations logging into an IP network. It eliminates having to manually assign permanent "static" IP addresses. DHCP software runs in servers and routers. management. Administrators can design networks with a simple conceptual view See view. , then deploy and manage them across the organization. When managing DNS and DHCP, Proteus becomes "mission control", offering full command, control and customization of configurations from a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. and secure Web-based interface. About BlueCat Networks BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence Company[TM], is a profitable, rapidly growing leading provider of enterprise-class IP Address Management (IPAM) platforms and secure DNS/DHCP network administration appliances. Today, thousands of BlueCat's award-winning Proteus[TM] IPAM platforms and Adonis[TM] family of DNS/DHCP appliances have been successfully deployed to meet the rising IP management demands of government, military, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , retail and manufacturing organizations worldwide. Find out why more Fortune companies choose BlueCat solutions to gain complete, centralized Command and Control of their IP networks at www.bluecatnetworks.com. Proteus, Adonis, Meridius, IPAM Intelligence, IPAM Intelligence Company, IPAM for Everyone, and BlueCat Networks are trademarks of BlueCat Networks Inc, and/or BlueCat Networks (USA) Inc. Other products mentioned here in may be trademarks and / or registered trademarks of their respective owner. |
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