EfficientIP's Cloud IPAM Sync adds visibility to multicloud environments
EfficientIP, a provider of network security and automation solutions, has launched Cloud IPAM Sync, a new service that enables IT managers to improve control over applications hosted in multicloud environments.
Cloud IPAM Sync uses DDI, which stands for domain name system (DNS), dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), and Internet protocol address management (IPAM), to provide real-time repository information that enhances visibility and management for internal and cloud data centres.
According to EfficientIP, the global COVID-19 pandemic has made the cloud more popular than ever, as enterprises drive an increasing number of applications to the cloud to better enable remote work. As they do so, companies are mixing the use of their own private clouds with the use of public, third-party clouds (such as Amazon Web Services or AWS and Microsoft Azure Cloud), which creates a dispersed, hybrid-cloud environment that is difficult to oversee and protect.
Even without COVID-19 cloud has become a target for cyberattacks. The joint 2020 Global DNS Threat Report from EfficientIP and IDC found that companies experienced a 22% rise in attacks on the cloud last year. In Singapore, DNS attacks caused cloud service downtime for 50% of companies, and for 65% in India.
“You cannot control what you do not see!” says Jean-Yves Bisiaux, CTO of EfficientIP.
“An accurate inventory of deployed VM and IP-related resources is at the foundation of efficient network control and automation. EfficientIP offers the required visibility across hybrid cloud infrastructures based on AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.”
Cloud IPAM Sync provides a more accurate vision of what virtual machines (VMs) and apps are being created in the public clouds. It offers near real-time updates to the repository data—a comprehensive inventory of apps, devices, and IP-related information—which becomes a “single source of truth” across both a company’s internal data centre and the public cloud, whether AWS or Azure.
This functionality enables IT managers to detect unknown resources and combat shadow IT. It also allows planning and control of IP resources regardless of location, which can optimise resource utilisation, decrease operating expenditures, and improve capacity planning. It gives business leaders the agility to make informed decisions regarding new deployments and modifications, as well as enabling smart integration and automation with third-party applications for accelerating IT service deployment. It can also track data for potential audits and assist with company compliance.
“As a digital economy and way of life becomes the norm, agility will be central to organisations. This is especially so in Southeast Asia, home to the region’s largest Internet economy, and matured economies (that) hold large amounts of data. Providing network administrators with the visibility and control will help manage and prevent any incidents in real-time,” highlighted Nick Itta, Asia Lead, EfficientIP.
Cloud IPAM Sync is part of a wider update. Release 7.2 of EfficientIP’s SOLIDserver brings improved visibility on cloud resources, eases integration and digital transformation, and places IPAM at the heart of infrastructure and operations (I&O) solutions. The release brings new features and updates to many DDI components, mainly in the areas of network automation (such as APIs, network discovery) and security (such as DNS over Transport Layer Security or DoT, threat intelligence and client filtering).
Cloud IPAM Sync uses DDI, which stands for domain name system (DNS), dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), and Internet protocol address management (IPAM), to provide real-time repository information that enhances visibility and management for internal and cloud data centres.
According to EfficientIP, the global COVID-19 pandemic has made the cloud more popular than ever, as enterprises drive an increasing number of applications to the cloud to better enable remote work. As they do so, companies are mixing the use of their own private clouds with the use of public, third-party clouds (such as Amazon Web Services or AWS and Microsoft Azure Cloud), which creates a dispersed, hybrid-cloud environment that is difficult to oversee and protect.
Even without COVID-19 cloud has become a target for cyberattacks. The joint 2020 Global DNS Threat Report from EfficientIP and IDC found that companies experienced a 22% rise in attacks on the cloud last year. In Singapore, DNS attacks caused cloud service downtime for 50% of companies, and for 65% in India.
“You cannot control what you do not see!” says Jean-Yves Bisiaux, CTO of EfficientIP.
“An accurate inventory of deployed VM and IP-related resources is at the foundation of efficient network control and automation. EfficientIP offers the required visibility across hybrid cloud infrastructures based on AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.”
Cloud IPAM Sync provides a more accurate vision of what virtual machines (VMs) and apps are being created in the public clouds. It offers near real-time updates to the repository data—a comprehensive inventory of apps, devices, and IP-related information—which becomes a “single source of truth” across both a company’s internal data centre and the public cloud, whether AWS or Azure.
This functionality enables IT managers to detect unknown resources and combat shadow IT. It also allows planning and control of IP resources regardless of location, which can optimise resource utilisation, decrease operating expenditures, and improve capacity planning. It gives business leaders the agility to make informed decisions regarding new deployments and modifications, as well as enabling smart integration and automation with third-party applications for accelerating IT service deployment. It can also track data for potential audits and assist with company compliance.
“As a digital economy and way of life becomes the norm, agility will be central to organisations. This is especially so in Southeast Asia, home to the region’s largest Internet economy, and matured economies (that) hold large amounts of data. Providing network administrators with the visibility and control will help manage and prevent any incidents in real-time,” highlighted Nick Itta, Asia Lead, EfficientIP.
Cloud IPAM Sync is part of a wider update. Release 7.2 of EfficientIP’s SOLIDserver brings improved visibility on cloud resources, eases integration and digital transformation, and places IPAM at the heart of infrastructure and operations (I&O) solutions. The release brings new features and updates to many DDI components, mainly in the areas of network automation (such as APIs, network discovery) and security (such as DNS over Transport Layer Security or DoT, threat intelligence and client filtering).
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