DDIIPAMNetwork AutomationSimplify SDN Deployments of User Networks with End-to-End AutomationAccess networks are evolving as enablers of digital transformation In these times of digital transformation and cloud migration that tend to lower the workload in enterprise-owned datacenters, there is one topic on which network teams are putting strong focus: the access network. Deploying an access network is still challenging nowadays. It requires preparation time, configuring equipments and services, manipulating multiple technologies, and coordinating with other teams. All these actions imply major delays. Viewed from other business lines in the enterprise,...
DDIDNSDNS SecurityIPAMNetwork AutomationPrivacy LawsVirtualization & CloudIT and Networks 2019: Prediction of Biggest Impacts2019 is here, so it’s time to look closer at what this year will bring for network management, IT digital transformation and cybersecurity. What recent trends will plant their feet and stand firm? What overhyped buzzwords will prove to have no substance? And, importantly, what actions will organizations take from the multiple cyber attacks which dominated 2018? From network automation and SDN taking off, to the reappearance of zero trust and the continuous impact of current GDPR regulations, here we...
DDIIPAMNetwork AutomationVirtualization & CloudUse Case: Cloud Automation Impact on Service Rollout SpeedCompanies are moving in droves to cloud, with the expectation that it will bring them enhanced agility for service rollout, and ideally considerable time and cost savings as well. The majority focus on orchestration tools for accelerating compute and storage, but IP resource provisioning and deprovisioning is often left as an afterthought. Generally, IP addresses are needed for all service components to communicate, not only with each other, but also with their environment. As a result, a deployment may remain...
DDIInternet of ThingsIPAMNetwork AutomationSuccessful IoT Projects: The Key Role of AutomationThe Internet of Things (IoT) is placing huge challenges on network managers across all industries. With booming endpoint numbers and generated traffic, device management and network efficiency become of paramount importance. Just as IoT solutions begin to be deployed at scale, many organizations face the impact of their partners’ migration projects, from traditional network architectures to IP-based networks. To cope effectively, automation using DNS-DHCP-IP Address Management (DDI) will become vital. Scale and IP transformation headaches For categories including consumer, industrial...
DDIDHCPDNSNetwork AutomationMass Wi-Fi at Events: How to Manage Peak Loads and Customer ExperienceThis week’s blog comes to us from our very own Paul-Emile Bellaloum, Global Project Delivery Manager. I’ve been playing tennis for many years now and as I am club president in my home town, I am invited every year to the first day of the famous Roland Garros French Tournament (otherwise known as the French Open). They call it “Presidents Day”. It’s a great place to meet with other people who are devoting their time off to their sporting passion....
DDIIPAMNetwork AutomationVirtualization & CloudWhy SDDC is Powerless without Automated DDI Provisioning ?Gartner has predicted that 75% of Global 2000 enterprises will require Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) by 2020. This move towards reliance on software-based infrastructure components is expected to bring agility to any service deployment workflow, and potentially also lower cost by using standardized hardware. However, realizing these benefits relies on infrastructure components being deployed and managed properly. This can only be achieved via automated provisioning of IP resources. As IP Address Management (IPAM) is at the core of this...
DDINetwork AutomationVirtualization & CloudMake Cloud Orchestration Simple Through DDIThe cloud has driven the greatest change in enterprise IT strategy within the last three years, with the public cloud services market increasing by 69% since 2014, according to Statista. Whether it is a public, private or hybrid cloud deployment, technology leaders see the value cloud provides for their businesses, often considered as a strategic initiative as part of a digital transformation program. Due to the complexity of multi-cloud and managing many providers, cloud orchestration is now an important challenge...
Network AutomationSecurity Advisory Meltdown and SpectreSecurity Advisory – Meltdown and Spectre Recent disclosure of the Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) and Spectre (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715) vulnerability affecting modern processors triggers many questions regarding the related impact on EfficientIP products. These exploits technically permit any program to read the entire memory of a computer resulting in potential confidential information leak. However, these exploits require the execution of specially crafted payloads on the targeted host. SOLIDserverTM security design does not permit non-administrator users to execute arbitrary code on SOLIDserver appliances....
DDIIPAMNetwork AutomationRemoving Network Management Complexity with AutomationIn today’s world, IT is powered by automation. If your network strategy involves cloud or software-defined data centers (SDDC), you also need to consider how your organization can overcome the complexity of managing the underlying infrastructure. A key step would be to use automation in the management of IP addresses, and integrate this process within a modern DDI (DNS-DHCP-IPAM) platform. Managing the corporate network Infrastructure management is becoming more and more automated, which means we’re going to need better ways...
DDIIPAMNetwork AutomationIPAM: A key component of the IT automation initiativeWalk around any data center anywhere in the world, and while you’ll see a lot of servers, you won’t see many people. That’s because they’re automated, the tasks that used to require teams of operators are now handled by software. Those empty halls are a sign of the huge changes that have swept through IT over the last decade. Servers may still fill our racks, but they’re now just the foundation of a compute and storage fabric that hosts virtual...
