Infoblox
DELIVERING THE ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YOUR KEY APPLICATIONS
Khipu Networks were one of the first security integrators to introduce Infoblox into the UK market in 2005 and since this time, we have deployed some of the largest and complex Infoblox projects in Europe.
Infoblox network identity appliances provide the essential foundation for delivering utility-grade core network services including DNS, DHCP and IPAM. The Infoblox core network services platform can be used to upgrade legacy infrastructure, support advanced applications, and build identity-driven networks that integrate identity into the fabric of the network for security and compliance.
Conventional solutions for network identity services are based on software running on servers with standard operating systems, and are difficult to deploy and manage, expensive to patch and maintain, and do not provide the level of service integration or real-time performance necessary to support new security initiatives, pervasive mobile networking, convergence applications like VoIP, or compliance reporting requirements.
Why Infoblox instead of Microsoft or in-house developed solutions?
This February 2009 white paper by ESG's Jon Oltsik explains why
most enterprises are wasting time and money by manually managing
their networks with freeware and spreadsheets and/or legacy IPAM
solutions. This is a great companion piece to a recent
Computerworld report that found enterprises incurring rising per
unit costs as additional IP addresses are added to a network.
ESG's Jon Oltsik shows why most organisations are spending too much
on simply keeping their network available by relying on outdated
tools and processes for IP address management - many enterprises
could reduce their capital and operating expenses by as
much as 50% by automating and integrating IP address
management with other core network services including DNS and
DHCP.
This 9 page report is remarkably concise and powerful and also include a 3 year total cost of ownership (TCO) comparison between manual IPAM with freeware and spreadsheets and fully automated and integrated IPAM via an appliance-based solution. Please click here to download the report.
Technology Solutions
Infoblox offers the full range of solutions for managing todays complex and expansive networks. Small business or large enterprise, your organization has to secure and maintain a network that can accommodate the proliferation of devices and applications that populate todays connected world.
Here are some of the most common technology solutions we offer our customers to help them manage and improve their networks.
- DNS- Keep Your DNS Infrastructure Current
Infoblox can automate the delivery and management of DNS on your network and ensure that your DNS infrastructure is up to todays demanding standards. Infoblox can also consolidate your servers and eliminate layers of complex, error-prone network tasks that drive up your costs and jeopardize availability of your network. With Infoblox, you can reduce the capital and operating costs of your network by up to 50%, while boosting availability and application performance.
- DHCP - Resilient and Highly Available Infrastructure
Infoblox automates the DHCP administration process for you completely, including on-going oversight that delivers resilient and highly available DHCP infrastructure. Infoblox monitors the DHCP address pool usage constantly for overuse, and takes corrective action if the pool utilization becomes too high. Infoblox ensures that new devices can receive IP addresses at all times, and makes reports readily available for troubleshooting as needed, including logs detailing to show which devices had which specific IP addresses at any given date and time
- IP Address Management - Reduce Costs, Risks, and Time
The need for automation of IP address management has never been greater. The criticality of TCP/IP networks continues to increase over time. Virtualization, cloud and mobile computing, and the introduction of diverse IP-based devicessuch as IP telephones, cameras, and RFID readersare proliferating at a dramatic pace. Soon, IP networks will mediate all business and everyday activitiesfrom gaining access to a building to making a phone call. Infoblox IPAM takes the human-error risk factors out of your IP management and drives down the expenses of todays complex and powerful networks
- Network Change and Configuration Management - Take Control Automatically
Instead of relying on manual processes or cumbersome scripts, the NetMRI® network automation and configuration management software helps users automate and control change and network configuration for multi-vendor layer 2 and 3 network devices. Embedded intelligence and best practices ensure device configurations are set correctly and alert users automatically of incorrect or suboptimal settings. For compliance and standardization initiatives, the built-in rules (including PCI, HIPAA, ISO, DISA, NSA and IAVA and other standards) quickly verify policies are followed or generate alerts for any violation.
- Orchestration/IF MAP - Enterprise-Class Integration and Coordination
Instead of relying on manual processes or cumbersome scripts, the NetMRI® network automation and configuration management software helps users automate and control change and network configuration for multi-vendor layer 2 and 3 network devices. Embedded intelligence and best practices ensure device configurations are set correctly and alert users automatically of incorrect or suboptimal settings. For compliance and standardization initiatives, the built-in rules (including PCI, HIPAA, ISO, DISA, NSA and IAVA and other standards) quickly verify policies are followed or generate alerts for any violation.
- DNSSEC- Protection Against DNS Cache Poisoning Attacks
Infoblox automates and simplifies the deployment and management of DNSSEC for you. Using hardened appliances that run on patented GridTM technology, DNSSEC from Infoblox meets the challenges and eliminates the risks of DNSSEC implementation. Infoblox makes DNSSEC affordable, available, and accessible to organizations like yours. Reducing the risk of configuration errors, supplying the expertise you want to have available, and making the cost of implementation and maintenance manageablethese are part of the Infoblox DNSSEC solution
- Microsoft DNS/DHCP Management - Automation within Windows Servers
Infoblox provides automation, visibility, control, delegated administration, and full IP Address Management capabilities for your existing Microsoft DNS and DHCP servers through one unified web-based interface. With the only technology of its kind, Infoblox requires no add-on software (agents) or any other components to be installed on your Microsoft DNS and DHCP server. The Infoblox integration is seamless with bi-directional support, so you can continue to use the Microsoft MMC or the more flexible Infoblox web-based interface
Infoblox is the market leader in network identity appliances and has been deployed by leading companies around the world as American Express Hertz and Pfizer, to deliver network identity solutions as from External and Internal DNS, to Radius and Authenticated DHCP solutions.
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For further information including evaluations, please contact Khipu.
E: sales
T: 0845-2720900
Further information can be obtained at www.infoblox.com
