By Ed Silverstein, TMCnet Contributor
The University of North Texas (UNT) recently installed 21 Infoblox (News - Alert) appliances throughout its network locations in Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton.
UNT explains it is using Infoblox appliances to deliver network infrastructure services, including internal and external domain name resolution (DNS), and IP address assignment and management (DHCP/IPAM). For UNT, the automation of normal daily activities, including DNS management and other critical functions are essential for overall service availability and network uptime.
UNT was experiencing rapid network growth that eventually included the consolidation of services across all campuses in the UNT system. The rapid growth pooled with the need to save money meant UNT had to look outside their homegrown systems for a more reliable and manageable solution.
With an enrollment of more than 36,000 students, UNT is the fourth-largest university in the state. The university hosts websites for the Laura Bush Foundation, the Texas State Historical Association and the sunset 911 commission, among others.
The Infoblox Grid technology positioned UNT to be able to expand to meet these challenges without having the growing pains normally associated with such a large project. Four vendors were evaluated. The Infoblox solution was the only one to offer the reliability and flexibility required by UNT, with the ability to easily migrate the records from the homegrown system to the Infoblox solution, the company said.
In addition, Infoblox appliances provide the university features such as centralized management.
Infoblox is a developer of network infrastructure control solutions. Infoblox’s technologies, including the Infoblox Grid—a real-time, data distribution technology—increase network availability and control, while automating time-consuming manual tasks associated with network infrastructure services like domain name resolution (DNS), IP address management (IPAM), network change and configuration management (NCCM) and network discovery, among others, the company said.
Infoblox solutions are used by over 4,500 organizations worldwide, including more than one third of the companies on the Fortune 500. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and operates in more than 30 countries.
For more information about Infoblox products, visit: http://www.infoblox.com/products/