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University of Wyoming Selects Infoblox Appliances for Nonstop DNS and DHCP Services
| Source: Infoblox
SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - February 4, 2008) - Infoblox Inc. today announced that the
University of Wyoming, the largest provider of baccalaureate and graduate
education in Wyoming, has selected and deployed Infoblox appliances to
deliver internal and external domain name resolution (DNS) and IP address
assignment (DHCP) -- core network services that play an essential role in
almost all network applications.
"Infoblox has a reputation for quality, ease of use and delivering on its
promises," said Matt Kelly, network manager of DNS and DHCP at the
University of Wyoming. "Infoblox lived up to its reputation -- it is an
appliance that works the way you expect it to and it takes very little
effort to maintain."
The University's main campus is located in Laramie, and maintains the
UW/Casper College Center, nine outreach education centers across Wyoming,
and cooperative extension service centers in each of the state's 23
counties. The IT network is instrumental to delivering the 180 educational
programs and services to its more than 13,000 undergraduate, graduate, and
professional level students.
However, one "program" that was earning failing grades was the University's
previous, antiquated system for delivering DNS and DHCP services. It
frequently failed, causing staff and students to lose network access and
preventing outside constituents from accessing the university web site and
services. Additionally, the old system ran on Sun and required a Solaris
systems administrator to do upgrades and patching -- a cumbersome and
manually intensive process that took days.
To remedy these problems, the University of Wyoming IT team evaluated
several new options and selected Infoblox due to its integrated, secure and
highly reliable appliance-based solution.
Bradley Thomas, network specialist at the University of Wyoming, summarized
the advantages of Infoblox: "Our DNS and DHCP system has gone from academic
probation to the Dean's List in a matter of a semester. We have not
experienced one outage. The updates and patching that used to take two
days worth of man power can be done in minutes. And, because of the
delegated administration capabilities, departments can now manage their own
domains taking additional burden off of the IT department."
The University selected six Infoblox-1050 appliances running the DNSone®
package. Installation was easy, and they were able to upgrade the software
with the click of a button using Infoblox's unique grid technology. What
used to take one or two man days a month is down to minutes.
For more information about Infoblox products, visit:
http://www.infoblox.com/products/.
About Infoblox
Infoblox appliances deliver utility-grade core network services, including
domain name resolution (DNS), IP address assignment and management (DHCP
and IPAM), authentication (RADIUS) and related services. Infoblox
solutions, which provide the essential "glue" between networks and
applications, are used by over 2,000 organizations worldwide, including
over 100 of the Fortune 500. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara,
Calif., and operates in more than 30 countries. For more information, call
+1.408.625.4200, email info@infoblox.com, or visit www.infoblox.com.