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Managed DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (IPAM) Services for Private Networks

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In the past, network management was relatively straightforward.

You have DNS servers; you have a spreadsheet with the ranges of IP addresses for your network equipment. You have one person who assigns out new IP addresses, and you go weeks or months between any IP address requests. 

The game has changed.

Every day, 24x7, users need access to your network, your applications and your core business resources. Your users need IP addresses for their laptop computers, mobile devices, VoIP telephones and video teleconferencing. Your users move their equipment between rooms, floors, buildings and even connect from remote networks – multiple times a day. In today’s typical business environment, the IP activity is impossible for a single person to manage. Add in the evolving trends of assigning IPv6 addresses, and signing for security, and network management has evolved into a really complex task.

The Problem: DNS, DHCP and IPAM services require specialized knowledge

Networks are designed to help your users share information. Domain Name Services(DNS) are a critical component of modern networks because they help network end points locate one another so that information may be shared. DNS is the service responsible for static network points, and DHCP is its counterpart for dynamic addresses. As the quantity of network endpoints grows, DNS becomes more complicated to manage and maintain. This is especially true if the endpoint addressing changes frequently (for example, mobile devices that frequently join, move within and leave your private network).When DNS or DHCP fail, your network users cannot reach critical network resources. The DNS industry has spent years building the tools and services required to simplify the management and maintenance of addressing services such as DNS and DHCP. Tools such as IP Address Management (IPAM) provide visibility into DNS and DHCP services, but no matter how automated these tools may be, a critical gap remains in knowledge, experience, and time to properly maintain the services.The traditional approach to mitigate the problem is to maintain a dedicated team with the knowledge and experience to keep the DNS, DHCP and IPAM (DDI) services running. The trade off is that, while maintaining these critical services your staff is not developing and maintaining features and components of your core business.