Work Smarter, Not Harder
More efficient staffs make networks more reliable. Most organizations try to empower their staff to perform critical functions while minimizing mundane tasks, such as reactive troubleshooting and manually collecting and analyzing data. Recent analyst studies show that IT professionals spend more than 80% of their time in unplanned work—resolving preventable problems, generating needed ad-hoc reports and reiterating manual tasks.
Ad-hoc, manual work not only depletes time and resources from other critical initiatives. but also adds unnecessary risk. Overburdening your personnel leads to human errors, the kind where a single typo could crash an entire location. Improving your staff’s efficiency enhances the strength of your network. Infoblox has a range of solutions to help you increase efficiencies among your It staff that will result in a more reliable network.
To improve staff efficiency, organizations turn to Infoblox for help. Today over 5,000 customers use Infoblox solutions to improve efficiency, ensure maximum network uptime, meet internal compliance, manage changes, and keep the business running, while simultaneously making constant improvements to their dynamic infrastructure.
Challenges
The challenges with staff efficiency when managing the network infrastructure
If your network is very small, you may be able to get away with manual processes for day-to-day management. But as the number of users, IP-enabled components and network devices grows, the challenges and time needed to manage exponentially grows. With the time and resources needed to manage the infrastructure, staff needs to have varied expertise, which adds exposure when multiple people manage devices across an organization.
When organizations rely on manual processes, spreadsheets and databases for critical aspects such as network change, configuration and IP address management, the efficiency of staff is greatly reduced. In addition, the daily grind takes a toll on IT experts and can cause expensive churn among staff. The traditional ways of managing the network infrastructure includes concerns like:
- Wasted time - The “quick and easy” devices changes or spreadsheets grow unwieldy in a short period of time as size grows
- Error prone - Manual processes greatly increase the risk for unintended consequences and mistakes
- Wasted resources - Aspects such as reclaiming unused IP addresses is a tedious process and is often neglected
- Always reactive - Traditional methods of network infrastructure management tend to wait until there is an issue and troubleshooting begins
- Increasing problem resolution time - As networks become more complex, the time to identify, isolate and resolve performance problems increases
- Additional expertise needed – When manual processes are used, the number of trained staff needed increases as the number of devices and locations grows
Infoblox Solutions
The power of network automation and control for improved efficiency
The Infoblox solutions help users automate and control critical components of network infrastructure management so IT teams can work smarter, not harder. With automation of network change, configuration and IP address management, IT managers can focus on business impacting issues, instead of trying to maintain the status quo.
The Infoblox solutions add more capabilities and provide a faster time to value than basic tools available today. Instead of just logging network changes, pushing basic configuration updates or tracking IP addresses, the solutions embed extensive expertise and advanced toolsets so users get the most value. The easy-to-use interface and expert analysis arm IT resources with the right level of information so they can more effectively perform their existing tasks, but more importantly, focus on other initiatives that have been ignored because of lack of resources.
Key Infoblox capabilities
- Improves provisioning time – Network automation greatly reduces the number of steps and time needed to change or provision a new aspect
- Data collection and analysis – Instead of manually going device to device to collect information, the solutions automate the collection and analysis of millions of data points every hour and day
- Network change – Users can implement changes to individual or multiple devices in a fraction of the time with less chance for human error
- Embedded expertise – Leverage built-in analysis and best practices to find potential issues lurking in the network that no other tool would ever identify
- IP address management – The automation of IP address management reduces the challenge of the spike in IP-enabled devices growth
- Detailed discovery – Instead of guessing or relying on outdated spreadsheets, automation provides a deeper, current view of exactly what is on the network
- Ease of use – The easy-to-use interface ensures each IT staff member has the capabilities and tools to successfully manage the network with less time and effort
Demos & Resources
See the power of network automation and control in action
Since every network environment is unique, the best way to see the power of the Infoblox solutions is to request a one-on-one, interactive demo. Our experts will discuss your current requirements and future needs, and tailor the presentation to cover the aspects most critical to you.
Additional resources
- Overviews: Summaries of Infoblox and our solutions
- Data Sheets: In-depth descriptions of the Infoblox solutions, product lines, services and maintenance
- Case Studies: Real-world success stories from Infoblox customers
- White Papers: Business-level overviews and best practices in network services and network infrastructure management
- Solution/Tech Notes: Detailed technical discussions and instructions on network integration and specific applications
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