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IP Address Management
Tracking changes and updates to an enterprises IP address space is cumbersome. Existing spreadsheets based solutions and home grown applications are not linked to DNS and DHCP servers, this makes keeping these inventories accurate increasingly difficult. It is the complexity of these networks that is driving the need for dedicated IP Address Management (IPAM) solutions. Proteus Enterprise IP Address Management Appliance™ version 2.0, is the best way to handle the myriad of details involved in managing complex distributed networks.
Proteus is designed to meet the needs of organizations in a number of markets including:
- Financial Services (Banking, Brokerage, Retail, Insurance)
- Retail and Manufacturing Organizations
- Healthcare (Hospitals and Extended Care Facilities)
- Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical
- Government (Federal, State Government Agencies)
- Military (Intelligence, National Security, Department of Defense, Army, Navy)
- Educational Organizations
- Organizations with complex VoIP and Unified Communications Deployments
- Proteus IPAM Appliance enables organizations to structure and run mission-critical IP networks based on the needs of business while simplifying the arduous task of complying with securities and privacy regulations. Using a unique Multi-Core architecture, Proteus seamlessly aligns and translates business policy with DHCP and DNS services across the enterprise. Proteus provides end-to-end integrated IP Management service for unified control of network administration, authorization, authentication and audit.
Web-Based, Purpose-Built Enterprise IPAM Appliance
Proteus is the industry's only 100% web-based, Enterprise IP Address Management (IPAM) appliance to provide integrated management of IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
Proteus is a purpose-built appliance based on an optimized firewall-grade operating system that has never in its 5 years of use, to our knowledge, been breached. Proteus provides the industries most advanced IPAM application programming interface (API) to speed integration with third party provisioning systems, enterprise resource planning applications and other tools. The API uses web-services (SOAP) to drive interoperability; this means organizations can easily create custom integrations using Java and Perl scripting. Proteus enables you to automatically deploy, manage, and monitor your entire IP infrastructure to drive ensure compliance with industry regulations such as SOX, SAS No 70, GLBA, SEC, and HIPAA regulations.
The Proteus IP Address Management (IPAM) Appliance is designed to help organizations with large, geographically dispersed networks to easily configure, automate and integrate IP services across the entire network, regardless of network, size, scope or location. Proteus is massively scalable and provides non-stop high availability. A single Proteus appliance will easily manage millions of IP addresses and thousands of domains. Proteus streamlines the management and operation of your organization's existing DNS and DHCP servers, making management, deployment, and administration of these mission-critical infrastructure applications simple and secure.
DNS + DHCP + IP Modeling = PROTEUS
Any device or service connecting to a network requires a unique IP address, but using a spreadsheet or database to keep track of addresses invites disaster in today's business environment. An onslaught of wireless mobile devices and VoIP devices are feeding an insatiable appetite for scarce IP addresses an effective IP address management solutions integrates IP inventory management, network modeling and then automatically translates these models and inventories into functional, error-free DNS and DHCP configurations.
Design your networks with a simple conceptual view, then deploy and manage those networks across the entire organization. With Proteus, network administrators get the benefits of centralized proactive management, audit reporting, and lower total cost of ownership for network resources. Enabling groups of administrators to proactively manage up to 100,000 zones, the typical return-on-investment for a Proteus IPAM solution is as high as 500%.
IP Address Management: under the hood
Proteus uses a multi-core architecture to seamlessly manage and monitor all DNS and DHCP service activities on the network. The multi-core architecture makes integration with identity management (IDM), Pre and Post Connect Network Access Control (NAC) easy as well. This architecture enables organizations to manage thousands of Adonis DNS/DHCP/IDM appliances, making Proteus the ideal tool for planning and implementing complex IP networks. Proteus works with existing security and authentication infrastructure as RADIUS/LDAP/AD /Kerberos /RSA SecureID support is built-in.
Proteus handles the non-intuitive service integration details, freeing you to envision and design an entire network solution without the distraction of actual implementation. When it's time to deploy, Proteus becomes “mission control, offering full customization of configurations from a centralized and secure web-based interface.
See a view of the data that matches the perspective most suitable to the situation conceptual or task-oriented and let Proteus manage the behind-the-scenes details. Proteus checks DNS records syntactically and logically prior to configuration deployment, enabling administrators to edit any portion of the configuration before deployment. All links are verified with Proteus' advanced live data-checking feature, ensuring availability, minimizing dead records, and improving network resource resolution and reliability.
End-to-end solutions, security, and support
One in ten companies with revenues exceeding one billion dollars still lack an IP Address Management (IPAM) solution, according to Forrester Research, with almost half of US businesses still using spreadsheet-based IP management and a limited-functionality manual update process. IPAM enables centralized management of large distributed and dynamic networks, but any size organization can benefit from implementing a comprehensive IPAM solution. The inherent complexity of managing unified policies for IP protocol, DHCP, DNS, and other directories is rapidly forcing organizations to adopt end-to-end IPAM solutions like Proteus.
With Proteus, organizations large or small benefit from an IPAM design and implementation that is secure and stable at all levels. Defeat hackers, DNS cache poisoning, and denial-of-service attacks with the tightest ACL/TSIG-implemented security available in current networks. Every transaction is audited and available to administrators, and DNS configurations are validated to ensure availability and minimize critical outages. Proteus Enterprise IPAM Appliance is all about the details, but delivers big-picture benefits that include intuitive interfaces, the most advanced data checking tools available, and world-class technical support from the Client Care professionals of BlueCat Networks.
