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Cisco Prime IP Express: DDI
Deploying a Scalable, Resilient, High-Performance DDI Solution
Overview
With the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend, enterprises are seeing an explosion of connected devices in the
workplace - smartphones, tablets, video cameras, card readers, and much more. And the Internet of Things (IoT),
a rising tide of billions of new connected devices that will come online over the next several years, is also bringing
an onslaught of wireless devices and services to enterprise networks.
At the same time, the growing trend toward virtualization exponentially increases the complexity of the network,
adding more network management points, more systems to be managed, and many more IP addresses consumed
per physical machine.
All of those physical and virtual devices need fast, reliable connectivity to the enterprise network. And all of them
depend on basic Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP), and IP address
management (IPAM) services to provide that connectivity. But is your current DNS, DHCP, and IPAM (DDI)
framework ready to deliver it? Ask yourself the following questions:
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Can you easily scale DDI services across all of your sites and manage them centrally and automatically? Or
are you relying on a patchwork of basic
“freeware” solutions and spreadsheets that have to be managed
manually at each site?
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Do you have a rock-solid, highly available framework for the core DDI services that are the bedrock of your
business connectivity? Or are you vulnerable to an outage or DNS attack in one segment of the network
cutting off hundreds or thousands of employees from critical business applications?
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Are your DDI platform and processes ready to transition to IPv6 when the coming wave of new IoT and
network connections makes it a basic business requirement? Or will you have to overhaul your systems?
Despite the reality that DDI is the foundation of your business’s Internet and network connectivity, many
enterprises still rely on aging, localized, and largely manual DDI tools. These systems are barely equipped to keep
pace with today’s higher network traffic volumes and the growing number of connected devices - much less meet
the connectivity needs of tomorrow. Fortunately, there’s a better solution: Cisco Prime
pace with today’s higher network traffic volumes and the growing number of connected devices - much less meet
the connectivity needs of tomorrow. Fortunately, there’s a better solution: Cisco Prime
™
IP Express.
Cisco Prime IP Express
Cisco Prime IP Express provides a highly reliable, scalable, and centrally managed DDI solution for enterprise
networks. Based on the same Cisco Prime Network Registrar DNS and DHCP technology used in many of the
world’s largest service provider networks, it brings industrial-strength performance and security, massive
world’s largest service provider networks, it brings industrial-strength performance and security, massive
scalability, and high availability to your enterprise DDI services.