Major League Baseball Team "Hits It Out of the Park" With Infoblox Appliances for Essential Core Network Services

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - August 25, 2008) - Infoblox Inc. today announced that Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks have deployed Infoblox appliances for the delivery of core network services, including external and internal domain name resolution (DNS) and IP address assignment and management (DHCP/IPAM) -- essential network services for all IP networks and applications, such as email, eCommerce transactions and more.

Now in their eleventh season playing at Chase Field in Phoenix, the D-backs have seen a constant increase in attendance and their fan base. The team's administrative office personnel depend on their IT network to support the operational aspects of running a highly successful team, a growing fan base and popular ballpark. And, the D-backs have representatives from hundreds of worldwide media outlets attending each game. Each outlet needs a secure IP address to seamlessly log into the network and file their stories.

Finally, due to the sensitive financial information, such as player contracts and customers' personal credit card information, security is a significant concern for the D-backs.

"Prior to Infoblox, we were using a general purpose server-based solution to manage all the DNS and DHCP services across the network; this system was inherently insecure and difficult and timely to patch and upgrade," said Christine Stoffel, the D-backs' vice president of IT. "There was a distinct effort from our IT department to put a more robust, secure and stable infrastructure in place and we wanted to go with Infoblox. The Infoblox appliances have unique technology that provides secure and reliable core network services we know we can count on."

The Infoblox appliances are deployed in high availability pairs at Chase Field as well as the team's training facility. Infoblox grid technology provides resiliency advantages, ensuring that the network and applications are always available, and links the appliances into a unified, centrally managed, core network services platform that facilitates one-button upgrades, saving significant IT resources.

"Before Infoblox, there was no redundancy and when we had to schedule a network upgrade there was an 8- to 10-hour outage," added Stoffel. "Now when we upgrade the systems, there is no recognizable downtime to our staff and end users; that is an incredible cost savings and operational advantage for our IT team."

Additionally, Infoblox's purpose-built appliance solution has a hardened operating system, no open ports, and no general user logins, making it much more difficult to penetrate than general-purpose operating systems with known vulnerabilities.

And, the D-backs' IP addressing, which was static prior to using Infoblox, is now automated and robust enough to easily handle peak game time IP address requests from media representatives and D-back personnel.

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 2,300 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.

About Arizona Diamondbacks

Celebrating their 10th anniversary during the 2008 season, the Arizona Diamondbacks have won four National League West Division Championships (1999, 2001-02, 2007) since entering Major League Baseball as an expansion franchise in 1998. The D-backs also became the fastest expansion team to win a World Championship after defeating the New York Yankees in the 2001 World Series in only their fourth year of existence. The club has played in front of more than 26 million fans during its decade of existence at Chase Field, which features a signature swimming pool and a retractable roof to keep fans comfortable in an air-conditioned facility during Phoenix's hot summer months. The organization has also donated more than $13 million to non-profit organizations in Arizona since 1997 through its Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation and was named a "Best Place to Work" in 2007 by the Phoenix Business Journal and BestCompaniesAZ. To learn more about the D-backs go to www.dbacks.com.

Contact Information: Media Contact: Jennifer Jasper Infoblox 408.625.4309