Proteus - Delivering the Promise of IPAM Intelligence™

The Five Pillars of IPAM Intelligence

The Proteus IP Address Management (IPAM) platform from BlueCat Networks is the industry’s most complete, scalable IPAM solution. Purpose-built for high-performance, Proteus has the power to manage complex IP infrastructures for the most demanding government, military, financial services, education, retail and manufacturing organizations.

Management Streamline the management of your IP infrastructure

Providing the ability to track and allocate IP addresses and networks, as well as the tools to accurately model IP data, Proteus allows organizations to move away from spreadsheets and homegrown systems to a fully-enabled IPAM solution. Coupled with this is the ability to manage DNS and DCHP services across sometimes global, distributed networks. Proteus manages both Windows® servers and BlueCat’s own award-winning Adonis DNS/DHCP appliances to turn once disparate systems into IPAM-enabled assets. Proteus gives enterprises the power to centrally manage, monitor and administer their entire IP data environment with the granular audit and reporting capabilities they need. BlueCat’s Proteus platform brings true IPAM Intelligence™ to today’s challenging IP network ecosystems. With tools that IT administrators can use everyday, Proteus’ innovative design delivers enhanced management, control, visibility, continuity and integration to the enterprise. Proteus is the ideal IPAM platform for centrally managing the increasing complexity of IP networks. Proteus IPAM Platform Benefits:

High Availability, Failover and Disaster Recovery Workflow and Self-Provisioning tools IP Inventory Management and Reconciliation Centralized Windows® Server and Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance Management Advanced Reporting and Auditing capabilities Secure, Error-Free Network Configuration Simplified Data Migration Web-Services Application Programming Interface (API) Advanced Data Checker Secure Appliance-Based Architecture Data Restoration capabilities Industry-Leading VoIP Support IPv6-Ready

Control Command your IP space with delegated access and control Visibility See and do more with your IP data with centralized, granular views, audit trails and reporting Continuity Ensure IP infrastructure resiliency so you’re always conducting business Integration Leverage existing network investments and functionality with flexible asset integration

Management Proteus is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use management platform that reduces the time and effort administrators spend configuring and managing their growing IP space. Proteus gives IT administrators the tools they need to properly and efficiently manage their increasingly complex IP infrastructure. Now, with a minimal amount of effort, administrators can take complete command and control of their IP domain space while having more time to focus on other business-critical projects. IP Reconciliation – Intelligent IPAM Automation For an IPAM solution to be effective, it must be kept up-to-date with what is occurring on the actual network. While DNS and DHCP integration help to achieve this, static IP address management can be a time consuming affair. IP Reconciliation uses automated scheduled Network Discoveries to track actual IP usage on the network and reconcile this to the data within Proteus. This allows administrators to unearth reclaimable IPs, those no longer in use on the network, as well as discover IPs in use that have not been permitted by Proteus. Using IP Reconciliation, administrators are able to automatically reconcile the data within Proteus with the actual network to ensure the accuracy of all IP data. Self Provisioning – Reduce IP Management Costs In many organizations the brunt of daily IPAM administration involves fulfilling user requests for new IP addresses, networks and DNS hosts. These requests often account for the lion’s share of the work in maintaining an IPAM system. Proteus now gives administrators the ability to automate user requests through a Self Provisioning portal or can directly tie-in to an organization’s existing change request tool. Users can make their own requests, have them automatically added to Proteus; and then have an administrator notified in real-time who can approve the request. By automating these demanding tasks, Proteus drastically reduces the time and effort spent managing their IPAM system and the IP space it controls.

Control The Proteus IPAM platform simplifies and centralizes the control of network services and resources. It actively orchestrates user access control and delegation settings regardless of their location. This gives administrators the control to delegate access and change rights with multi-level granularity out to remote locations, while keeping an eye on everything from central office. Delegation – Centralize Control and Decentralize Workload A single Proteus platform can provide concurrent delegated administration for dozens of administrators, spread over multiple locations with hundreds of thousands of IPs under management. This ability to centralize the management and control of DNS and DHCP services across the entire organization gives administrators a powerful tool that drives operational efficiencies - balancing the workload and freeing up critical IT resources to work on other business initiatives. Workflow – Delegate with Confidence Enterprise organizations have dozens of users that need access to IPAM in order to make changes. However, not every administrator has the level of knowledge and skill needed to guarantee that the data they enter is correct or accurate. Proteus Workflow introduces a change approval mechanism which allows senior administrators to delegate daily IPAM tasks to more junior administrators with the confidence and knowledge that any mistake made can be caught and corrected prior to going live across the network. This gives senior administrators time to focus on more strategic initiatives while continuing to ensure that any errors are proactively caught before a network disruption can occur. Data Checker – Secure, Error-Free Network Configurations Unearthing errors before deploying information into a live environment prevents service outages, allowing businesses to remain in an active state. Proteus’ advanced data checker provides a holistic inspection of all entered data to pinpoint errors and mistakes that might occur during configuration. Running periodically in the background, or on demand as needed, the Data Checker scans all configured data against a set of rules based on industry standards and BlueCat’s own best practices. By catching common errors and issues before data is made live, Proteus proactively mitigates any issue that might lead to a service disruption or outage. Data Restoration – Undo Unwanted Errors Proteus now offers the addition of a ‘Recycle Bin’ that allows administrators to restore deleted items. Users have their own personal bins while administrators with proper privileges have access to all deleted items for a given object. The ability to undelete changes reduces the risk of mis-configurations and disruptive system downtime.

Visibility Proteus continues to deliver value long after the network is configured and deployed. Transparent, permission-based access with real-time event notification enables granular visibility into core network services and makes change

management across a large, distributed network much more efficient. Extensive audit trails give complete visibility into all administrative changes to facilitate governance and compliance requirements for industry-specific regulations. Audit and Reporting Capabilities – Leverage Your IP data Proteus’ built-in audit and reporting functions enable organizations to dramatically improve the monitoring of network address resources. With detailed audit trails for all activities, Proteus can track all DNS, DHCP and IPAM changes on the network to provide complete visibility into IP address assignment and allocation. Reports are available through the web-based management console to give organizations on-demand report generation in a variety of formats allowing visibility into network utilization, administrative changes, DHCP utilization and much more. System Monitoring – Real-time Monitoring of Your Entire IP Space Proteus provides the ability to monitor DNS and DHCP service both remotely and on-box. This functionality allows real-time, centralized monitoring of performance and overall service availability across the entire network. This helps to ensure operational efficiency by instantly notifying administrators should there be any change in the state of a service, such as an outage or capacity issue. Administrators can also proactively monitor their entire IP space to identify trends or potential threats, giving them the tools they need to ensure ultimate network performance.

Continuity No IP. No Network. No Business. Continuity of services ensures that your company is always conducting business. To safeguard organizations against a single system failure, BlueCat includes high availability features to shield businesses from costly network down time or service disruption. High Availability, Failover and Disaster Recovery Proteus provides enterprise-class business continuity and disaster recovery with database replication and high availability support for maximum system and network resiliency. Proteus allows organizations to create clustered pairs where data is automatically replicated between the two systems. Administrators can access either system to make configuration changes and updates. Should any single system fail, the other system within the cluster can be accessed to ensure minimal or no network disruption occurs. Separation of Service – Enhance Disaster Recovery Capabilities Proteus becomes an organization’s IP policy and configuration manager for all connected DNS and DHCP servers. This means configuration and network change data is stored on Proteus while Windows® or Adonis servers provide the actual DNS and DHCP services. The separation of services ensures that

DNS and DHCP or IPAM services can run independent of one another. Should Proteus experience an outage, the network will continue to operate without a negative impact on business operations.

Integration Proteus gives enterprise customers the ability to leverage current network investments and seamlessly deliver IPAM capabilities across their existing infrastructure. The Proteus IPAM solution is capable of centralizing all DNS/DHCP services across multiple platforms within the organization. Sophisticated APIs facilitate integration with external systems and centralize all IP data to give administrators an integrated view of their entire network. In addition to this, Proteus’ advanced migration tools allow administrators to easily import data from other systems to reduce the time and complexity of getting Proteus up and running quickly. DNS & DHCP Integration – Centralized Control of Mission-Critical Services Proteus integrates with DNS and DHCP servers to provide a centralized platform for management and real-time visibility into an organization’s IP infrastructure. With the rise in dynamic IP addressing, integrating directly with an organization’s DNS and DHCP services provides instant notification of changes in IP address assignments and gives administrators an accurate and up-to-date picture of their entire IP network. Proteus integrates with: Existing Windows® DNS and DHCP servers – Windows® DNS and DHCP server deployments number in the tens of thousands today. Unfortunately, they lack the visibility and control that organizations require to effectively and centrally manage DNS and DHCP services. Proteus allows organizations to benefit from IPAM functionality and better leverage their existing Windows DNS and DHCP investments. BlueCat’s own award-winning Adonis DNS/DHCP appliances – Adonis DNS/DHCP appliances, rated “The Best” by Network Computing Magazine, keep some of the world’s largest networks protected and highly available. Fully scalable, security optimized, and purpose-built, the Adonis family of appliances enables administrators to centrally manage multiple DNS and DHCP configurations from a robust, single management console.

Application Programming Interface (API) – Flexible Design Architecture Integrating change and asset management systems into IPAM provides an easier way to facilitate change requests and track network assets. To integrate these systems, Proteus provides a flexible API to manipulate data remotely, securely and without restriction. Proteus’ API enables users to add, update and delete IP, DNS and DHCP configurations using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) to connect to the API web-service, enabling users to manage almost any aspect of Proteus. Data Migration – Simplify the Move to True IPAM One of the largest costs associated with adopting an IPAM solution is migrating existing configurations and IP inventories. BlueCat Networks makes migrating to Proteus painless with built-in migration tools, allowing users to migrate data from existing DNS and DHCP configurations from Microsoft DNS/DHCP, BIND and ISC DHCP. In addition to this, Proteus can migrate data from legacy IPAM tools, such as spreadsheets and homegrown systems, and software solutions, such as Lucent’s VitalQIP™, Nortel NetID and other legacy solutions.

IPAM Intelligence is here. With Proteus, enterprises of all sizes can have the IPAM Intelligence they need to drive their business forward. IPv6-Ready When You Are With Proteus, managing IPv6 networks has never been easier. Organizations can plan for the future and, when needed, confidently deploy their IPv6 networks knowing that Proteus is ready for the challenge. With the ability to manage and deploy both IPv4 and IPv6, Proteus allows organizations to manage their current and future IP space within a single system. No other IPAM solution provides this level of support for co-existing IPv4 and IPv6 networks. Lowest TCO, Highest ROI of Any IPAM Solution – No Per-IP Pricing Compared to competing solutions, Proteus provides the industry’s highest return on investment (ROI) and lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). The appliance-based design allows an organization to scale to meet growing network requirements without the fear of recurring and escalating annual per-IP costs. A single Proteus can allow dozens of concurrent administrators to manage millions of IP addresses. With advanced IP management tools, such as IP Reconciliation and sophisticated migration tools, Proteus can easily build out new configurations to help reduce the amount of administrative effort needed to develop and manage your organization’s network.

BlueCat Networks’ IPAM Leadership BlueCat Networks offers true enterprise-class IP address management platforms in the form of proven, secure, reliable and scalable network appliances. The Proteus Enterprise IPAM Platform gives administrators a superior IP address management solution that integrates IP inventory tracking and allocation, along with DNS and DHCP management. Administrators can now design networks with a simple conceptual view, then deploy and manage them across the entire organization. When managing DNS and DHCP, Proteus becomes “mission control”, offering full command, control and customization of configurations from a centralized and secure web-based interface.

About BlueCat Networks BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence Company™, is a profitable and rapidly growing leading provider of enterprise-class IP Address Management (IPAM) platforms and secure DNS / DHCP network administration appliances. Today, thousands of BlueCat’s award-winning Proteus™ IPAM platforms and Adonis™ family of DNS/DHCP appliances have been successfully deployed to meet the rising IP management demands of small-medium enterprises, government, military, financial services, retail and manufacturing organizations worldwide. Find out why more Fortune companies chose BlueCat solutions to gain complete, centralized Command and Control of their IP networks at www.bluecatnetworks.com.

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