Abstract

Today, the vast majority of network problems are likely tied to change – mistakes made when manually changing devices, setting poor configurations, using inconsistent standards and inadvertently impacting other devices when enabling ports through firewalls. Many IT teams still rely on an assortment of tools including manual CLI access, custom scripts and vendor-supplied tools that haven’t kept up with the new challenges in today’s ever changing, dynamic world. The manual processes not only add risk, the sheer financial cost to organizations is spiking as networks become more dynamic. Automation can eliminate human error, reduces the reliance on senior IT expertise and enables staff to focus on critical business initiatives.

Infoblox commissioned Tolly to evaluate the return on investment (ROI) when comparing the efficiency of its Network Automation platform compared to traditional manual processes. Tolly found that the Infoblox Network Automation capabilities ultimately save users time and money through automation of common tasks, embedded expertise for multi-vendor environments, intuitive provisioning of changes including firewall and router ACLs and rules and continuous monitoring for security and policy enforcement.