Documenting the Expense of IPAM Manual Labor
July 17 2009 by 
Greg Ness (Infoblox)
Infoblox Launches ROI Calculator
Conventional wisdom suggests that spreadsheets and manual labor are almost free when it comes to managing IP addresses. Yet a recent Computerworld Survey of enterprises found IPAM costs rising (on a per IP address basis) as networks grow.
Perhaps conventional wisdom is wrong. Perhaps manual labor actually costs more than automation when it comes to the network, except it’s hard to track because it is scattered among multiple departments as a kind of invisible line item. As we mentioned at the Future in Review panel with Cisco, VMware and F5 executives, “today’s networks are [often] run like yesterday’s businesses…”
Documenting the Automation Payoff
A recent infrastructure 2.0 case study insert featured in Network world last spring showed Infoblox customers spending less than half of their peers on IP address management. If you are curious as to the kind of impact that Infoblox IP address management appliances can have on your IT costs, now you can check out the new Infoblox ROI calculator.
In a matter of minutes the calculator will give you a ball park estimate based on your existing infrastructure and the experiences of Infoblox customers. That’s right; in addition to increasing the availability of your network Infoblox may be able to reduce your network expenses.
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