DDIDHCPDNSInternet of ThingsIPAMNetwork AutomationHow DDI Helps Higher Education Surf the Network Automation WaveUniversity networks are increasingly burdened with new technologies and security concerns brought with the explosion of mobile devices and applications. At the same time, network administrators are becoming overwhelmed by privacy and compliance requirements, while also trying to meet student expectations for high performance and always-on connectivity. With limited budget and resources, the only way to cope is by adopting networking automation. Core to this are data insights, open APIs, and Network Source of Truth (NSoT). For advancing network automation...
DDIDHCPDNSInternet of ThingsIPAMNetwork AutomationHow DDI Helps Telcos Move Their Network Automation ForwardWith ever complexifying networks, multi-cloud adoption, stricter regulations, explosion of IoT, and new services introduced by Private 5G, telcos and ISPs are turning to network automation for improving operational agility and efficiency. At the heart of this is trusted data (Network Source of Truth), open APIs, and DDI. The new IDC 2023 Network Automation report explains drivers, inhibitors, benefits seen, and why DNS-DHCP-IPAM (DDI) is an obvious starting point for enabling zero touch operations. Why is the Telecom Sector Turning...
DDIDNSDNS SecurityIPAMDDI for Telco: Improving Business Continuity, Operational Efficiency and ScalabilityFor Telecom operators and Internet Service Providers, IP networks are becoming increasingly complex to manage and evolve. Multi cloud, IoT, 5G and other digital transformation projects have introduced “anything-as-a-software”, SD-WAN, NFV and SDN architectures and opened up new usages requiring ultra-low latency. DNS, DHCP and IPAM (known collectively as DDI) are critical technologies for IP networks, and together with automation are mandatory for simplifying management via zero-touch operations, while ensuring service availability and enhancing user experience. EfficientIP’s all-in-one solution integrates...
DDIIPAMNetwork AutomationAnsible & DDI Automation: Connecting Compute and Network TeamsAnsible as a solid automation foundation Ansible is a great open source software for managing server fleets with regards to their installation and configuration. With Ansible able to exchange with a DDI solution (DNS, DHCP and IPAM), the compute teams can use automation to keep the global repository up to date, and use it for all the valuable data in the IP plan and associated metadata. This collaboration between DDI and Ansible raises automation of compute resources and helps ops...
DNSDNS SecurityNetwork AutomationHow to Enhance Threat Intelligence with Newly Observed DomainsDomain names life cycle… Domain names are used as a way to abstract the location of the related application or service and hide its IP address to the user. It is much easier to remember a meaningful name than a meaningless IP address, particularly when it comes to IPv6 addresses. Before anything, one needs to register the new domain name in a Domain Name Registrar. This corresponds to reserving the name so no one else can use it from then...
DDIDHCPDNSIPAMDDI Automation for Infrastructure as CodeWhen using code to automate the activities in the infrastructure department, a DDI solution (DNS, DHCP & IPAM) is one of the parts to connect to and use data from. It may actually be a good strategy to start your Infrastructure as Code initiative with DDI in your bucket of tools and software integrations, as it will facilitate the development of other parts thanks to its “IP Source of Truth” data repository and network services automation. Automated Infrastructure It was...
DDIIPAMHow to Migrate Smoothly to IPv6 with Smart DDIIoT proliferation and the 5G new paradigm are stressing the need for Telcos to deploy IPv6 at an unseen scale on their public infrastructures. At the same time, in the context of private networks, enterprises could face the need to move faster from IPv4 coexistence to IPv6 migration in order to simplify service deployment at scale. IP address is required for every device Nowadays, and even more so in the future, any device is expected to have an IP address...
DDIDHCPDNSIPAMNetwork AutomationSOLIDserver 7.1: Optimizing Application Traffic Routing & DNS Security Policy ManagementThe new release of SOLIDserver 7.1 confirms EfficientIP’s innovation and growth in key digital transformation areas concerning enterprise network security, IP resource management and application traffic routing, for both on-premise and multi-cloud environments. The release brings exciting new and updated functionality in three main sectors: 1) Application Traffic Management Maintaining accurate real-time visibility over deployed applications on a complex, multi-cloud, infrastructure and related IP resources is difficult. Ensuring the availability of these applications is an even greater challenge. The most...
DDIIPAMNetwork AutomationIPAM Best Practices for Simplifying Network ManagementWe live in an IP-centric world. The explosion of IP addresses is being driven by increases in connected devices, apps, and mobility. The outcome is unmanageable network complexity, which is being magnified by IPv6 coexistence and multi-cloud. Network managers are consequently asking themselves: “how can I control my IP network if I can’t control IP resource allocation, access & routing?” Their top priority for the management of their networks has now become clear: simplification, driven by automation. This is achieved...
DDIDHCPDNSIPAMNetwork AutomationSOLIDserver 7.0: Bringing Enhancements for Simplifying and Securing Your NetworkWith the new release of SOLIDserver 7.0, EfficientIP continues to prove its pivotal role for networks in the areas of IP resource management, automation and security. This new release comes with exciting new features such as a brand new user interface designed to improve user experience. Powerful enhancements of our DNS Guardian highlight, more than ever, the key role of the DNS in the global network security ecosystem. DDI has not been left out either, with important evolutions to support...
