BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence Company™, will demonstrate the latest version of its next-generation Proteus IPAM solution at the Interop New York IT Conference and Exposition, September 15-19, 2008 (Booth 221). Developed to set an IPAM benchmark, Proteus 2.5 incorporates functionality including: Workflow for change approval, Data Restoration, Intelligent IPAM Automation, and enforcement of corporate Naming Policies.
Faced with market drivers including VoIP, virtualization, RFID, wireless devices (including IP security cameras), and IPv6 which all require a significant increase in the number of IP addresses on the network, enterprises are demanding purpose-built appliances to manage network availability and accessibility. BlueCat Networks' IPAM solutions answer this demand by making it simpler than ever before for organizations to securely centrally deploy, manage and monitor all distributed IP addresses.
"Proteus continues to out perform all competitive products by continually enhancing the IPAM management experience," said Richard Hyatt, CTO and Co-Founder, BlueCat Networks. "BlueCat Networks is committed to being the defacto IPAM standard worldwide, and with Proteus 2.5's powerful capabilities it sets the benchmark for IPAM," Hyatt continued. "Understanding what our customers need to be effective is critical to the evolution of our products, and Proteus 2.5 underscores how we meet these requirements by bringing best-of-breed IPAM solutions to market."
Product Enhancement Highlights:
Delegate with Confidence
Most enterprise organizations have dozens of administrators who need access to IP Address Management in order to make changes - whether it's adding a DNS host, reserving a DHCP address or provisioning a new subnet. However, not every administrator has the level of knowledge and skill needed to guarantee that the data they enter is correct and accurate. To help safeguard against administrative mistakes and errors, Proteus introduces Workflow and Data Restoration.
Proteus Workflow introduces a change approval mechanism that provides an approval process for changes made by lower-level administrators. Senior administrators are automatically notified when a change request is made so that all they need to do is review and approve the change. Workflow allows senior administrators to delegate daily IPAM tasks to more junior administrators with the confidence and knowledge that any mistake made can be caught and corrected prior to going live across the network. This gives senior administrators time to focus on more strategic initiatives, while still ensuring that any errors are proactively caught before a network disruption can occur.
Proteus Data Restoration introduces the ability to selectively restore deleted data. Similar to a Recycle Bin, Data Restoration provides a holding area for all deleted data. Any configuration data, along with any associated information that has been accidentally deleted, can be restored. An administrator who deletes a DNS zone only to find out that it is still in use by legacy systems, can easily restore the deleted zone, along with all its host records and settings. This provides a much-needed safety net for organizations to ensure that erroneous changes can always be easily corrected.
Intelligent IPAM Automation
For an IPAM solution to be effective, administrators need a way to validate the IP data within Proteus to ensure that it is updated and accurate. In short, your IPAM solution must be kept up-to-date with what is occurring on the actual network. While DNS and DHCP integration help to gain real-time visibility into dynamic content, keeping up with static IP address content is a time consuming affair.
IP Reconciliation builds on Proteus' existing Network Discovery functionality, allowing administrators to track actual IP usage on the network and compare this to the data within Proteus. This allows administrators to unearth reclaimable IPs (that are no longer in use on the network), as well as discover IPs in use that have not been permitted by Proteus. These "˜unknown' IP addresses pose potential security risks as they could be rogue systems added to the network without authorization. Using IP Reconciliation, administrators are able to reconcile the data within Proteus with the actual network to ensure the accuracy of all IP data.
Enforce Corporate Policies
Many businesses have incorporated strict naming policies which dictate how systems are named within the organization. This prevents users from assigning non-business related names to corporate systems. Proteus now includes the ability to enforce corporate naming policies that have been mandated by the organization. This prevents users from veering from the corporate naming policy by enforcing what valid names can be used. It also optionally restricts what names can be used when assigning hosts by prohibiting vulgar content, trademarked names or user-defined keywords and phrases that may be deemed unacceptable for use by the organization.
About BlueCat Networks
BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence Company™, 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™ IPAM platforms and Adonis™ family of DNS/DHCP appliances have been successfully deployed to meet the rising IP management demands of government, military, financial services, 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.
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