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Infoblox Solutions Enhance Network Services for a Prominent Social Media Company

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

Infoblox Grid™
Infoblox DDI
Infoblox NetMRI

Tech Stack

Infoblox Grid™
Infoblox DDI
Infoblox NetMRI

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Digital Expertise
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Applicable Industries

Software
Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

System Integration
Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

About The Customer

This customer is a social media company that facilitates communications between retail businesses and large groups of people. Since the company’s product exists only on the Internet, core network services like Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) are paramount. The company is a leading Infoblox customer and is known for its innovative approach to integrating technology solutions to enhance its operations. As a prominent player in the social media industry, the company is continuously expanding its reach and opening new offices regularly. The company values efficient and reliable network services to support its growth and ensure seamless communication and operations across its platforms.

The Challenge

Most Infoblox customer stories start with a discussion of the legacy solution we replaced. This customer went directly to a commercial-grade solution. “We had a lot of knowledge of generic and open-source platforms,” says the company’s senior director of information security and network engineering. “We had also seen a demo of Infoblox solutions. We were pretty sold with everything we saw.” Rather than hire another senior-level network engineer and systems administrator to come in and try and use an open-source product to build out an anycast network that could be deployed globally, the IT team chose to take advantage of the capabilities Infoblox had demonstrated to them. “It was the quick way to get visibility into the network, deploy on a sound technology with an anycast back end, and get redundancy in the bargain—rather than go down the path of trying to custom build everything ourselves,” the director says.

The Solution

With consulting from Infoblox Professional Services, the company’s IT staff was able to migrate all its services over to Infoblox in a month, without disrupting end users. The solution included Infoblox Grid™ technology for central management and high availability, Infoblox DDI for core network services, and Infoblox NetMRI for automation. Instead of the struggle with cumbersome tools and the time spent developing scripts that characterize the initial forays of many companies into core network services management, the social media company enjoyed from the outset the benefits of central management, an easy-to-use interface, and automation. Functions that could have taken months were accomplished in days. He also mentions the value to a growing organization of having backup capability in case of a disaster, which has already proven itself when a flooded floor of the building destroyed 15 access-layer switches in the room below. “We were able to replace those the next day and have them up and running in 10 minutes because we had the configurations backed up.” The company is still growing, and the Infoblox solution will grow with it. “We’re opening offices on a regular basis,” the senior director says, “and our plan is to utilize the Infoblox product stack to replace core infrastructure services at each of these new offices.”

Operational Impact

Central, simple management of network services was achieved, allowing for streamlined operations and reduced complexity.
Disaster-recovery capabilities were proven effective when a flooded room destroyed switches, demonstrating the robustness of the backup systems.
The company was able to replace destroyed switches and have them operational in 10 minutes due to backed-up configurations, showcasing the efficiency of the solution.
The Infoblox solution facilitated rapid deployment and integration, allowing the company to open new offices regularly and replace core infrastructure services efficiently.

Quantitative Benefit