Company Overview

Infoblox pioneered the development of core network services appliances, which deliver utility-grade domain name resolution (DNS), IP address assignment and management (DHCP/IPAM), authentication and authorization (RADIUS), configuration (TFTP/HTTP), and network time (NTP). Infoblox solutions control and automate the core services that drive all networks and applications.

Core network services are essential for all networks and applications. Put simply: without core network services, IP-based networks and applications grind to a halt. They provide the “glue” that binds networks, users, devices, applications, and policies.

IP networks and applications are increasingly dependent on core network services and the interchange among them. For example, Microsoft’s Active Directory makes extensive use of DNS to function correctly. Voice over IP (VoIP) depends upon DHCP and TFTP in order to work. Secure wireless access requires RADIUS for 802.1X authentication. Network Access Control (NAC) requires tight integration between RADIUS and DHCP. And most modern applications—including e-mail, ERP, CRM, and all web-based applications—are heavily dependent on DNS. The importance of core network services is poised to increase even further due to the growth in IP-enabled devices—such as RFID systems, VoIP handsets, wireless devices, etc.—and the advent of new requirements to support mobility, convergence, security, and compliance.

Legacy core network services solutions (software on servers) do not support the demands of today’s applications and networks and the people who run them.

Key concerns with legacy solutions include:

• Hard to manage: Inefficient, expensive, error prone, unauditable
• Unclear accountability: Servers and systems are not consolidated or integrated, administration is fragmented across multiple groups (network, server, etc.) with no overall architecture, overlapping responsibilities, and inefficient operations
• Insecure: Core network services protocols and the underlying server operating systems require frequent patching to close security vulnerabilities.
• Vulnerable to downtime: Providing local redundancy, service failover, and disaster recovery requires special systems and expertise, is costly, and often causes data errors
• Costly: Systems are often managed with the help of custom scripts, driving up management costs and making organizations vulnerable to loss of specialized personnel

Infoblox delivers the industry’s most powerful and widely deployed platform for controlling and automating core network services. Infoblox solutions can add control and automation to your existing infrastructure, or can replace your legacy infrastructure with a consolidated, unified, enterprise-wide system. You can add centralized visibility and management for your existing Microsoft DNS and DHCP services on Windows® platforms using the Infoblox IPAM WinConnect solution. Alternatively, you can replace your legacy systems with an Infoblox appliance grid.

Infoblox appliances are purpose-built, high-performance hardware devices that serve as the foundation of Infoblox solutions. They ship standard with the security-hardened Infoblox NIOS™ software, a high-performance operating system that supports a series of service delivery modules and an API for easy integration with third-party systems. Infoblox’s patented grid technology allows a group of distributed appliances to perform and be managed as a unified system.

Software packages, which can be loaded on any Infoblox appliance, combine service modules and protocols to meet a range of requirements..

Infoblox’s core network services platform helps customers:
• Simplify their networks with advanced automation and consolidated services.
• Fortify their businesses with hardened security and unsurpassed resiliency.
• Save time and money by driving up efficiency and productivity and reducing downtime.

www.infoblox.com