IP address management

Quick: How many IP addresses are you managing? When was the last time you checked to see if all the IP addresses were being used? Do you have an automated systems for managing IP address changes? In this Technology Insider, we'll lay out the problem and describe how your peers are handling it.

Crunching the numbers
IP address management comes to the forefront as IT shops work to deliver more services and ensure their networks remain available and secure.

Lucent edges MetaInfo in IP address management test
VitalQIP is fast and scalable, Meta IP offers security and useful reports and ApplianSys' DNSBox 300 is an easy-to-deploy plug-and-play device.

Appliance factor
MetaInfo and Lucent offer a software-only central console and the other components in either appliance or software form. The ApplianSys DNSBox product is appliance-only. Appliances are naturally easier to install and can be easier to maintain, especially

How we did it
Inside our IP address management test.