IPAM Intelligence: All Roads Lead to Proteus

IPAM Intelligence - All Roads Lead to ProteusT
A number of factors are fuelling the demand for a new, intelligent approach to IP Address Management (IPAM). This document describes these factors while highlighting deficiencies in the legacy IPAM solutions and manual management techniques commonly used today.This paper introduces the 'Five Pillars of IPAM Intelligence', BlueCat's framework for articulating its revolutionary, holistic approach to IPAM. This methodology is the foundation for the design of Proteus, BlueCat's next generation, intelligent IPAM platform.
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BlueCat Networks IPAM Intelligence - All Roads Lead to ProteusT | iiExecutive Summary
BlueCat Networks is leading the market in 3rd generation IP Address Management and is defining it as IPAM IntelligenceT. It explains in detail the urgency around moving from spreadsheets, homegrown, and legacy solutions to intelligent IPAM solutions.The increasing numbers and types of network attached devices, the dwindling supply of available IP addresses, and the need for 'always-on / always accessible' corporate networks are driving requirements for sophisticated IPAM solutions. These solutions offer tools to monitor and control the IP address space, prevent address conflicts, reclaim and reallocate unused addresses, and predict address requirements, all in accordance with network governance policies. They are considerably more functional than the legacy IPAM solutio... [download for more]