IPAM Intelligence™

Executive Summary

BlueCat Networks is leading the market in 3rd generation IP Address Management and is defining it as IPAM Intelligence™. 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 confl icts, 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 solutions, spreadsheets and other ’homegrown’ systems that are commonplace today.

The features and functions that distinguish intelligent IPAM solutions from spreadsheets and other legacy products can be conveniently arranged in five value categories – the ‘Five Pillars of IPAM Intelligence’ : Management, Visibility, Integration, Continuity and Control.