Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) has emerged as the most important function of network management for service providers and enterprises alike. The reasons are pretty simple: Internet usage continues to grow, the number of online devices is not slowing down,...
Enterprises that still manage their IP addresses manually, using spreadsheets and the like, can reduce network complexity, improve service levels and greatly increase the productivity of their network administrators by automating their IP address management, But are...
If you’re a network manager and you work in the trenches, you probably are already well aware that something has got to give on the IP management front. At this point, trying to keep up with all the adds, deletes, and changes using a manual, spreadsheet-based...
If you’re a service provider in the market for an automated IPAM solution, one fundamental decision that your network managers must make is whether to deploy hardware-based IPAM appliances or implement a pure software-based provisioning solution. The IPAM appliance...
Many service providers view their IPAM software as network provisioning tools – when they really aren’t. Networks are managed with a variety of tools and processes ranging from home grown databases to proprietary hardware appliances, to spreadsheets and flat files....
IP networks have become the medium for most commercial transactions, customer engagement, virtual workloads, and employee interactions. This makes Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) a core foundation of network management, bar none. But how do most network...
