Welcome to the October issue of bloxNews™, the official monthly newsletter covering issues in Core Network Services, provided by Infoblox.

Issue Highlight: Perspectives on IPAM and DNS Security             Exclusive bloxTV™ Interview with Cricket Liu      Cricket talks about the DNS security "Big Picture" (17 minutes)   InfoWorld: 10 Future Shocks for the Next Ten years   Computerworld Survey: Larger Networks have Higher per-IP Costs

Infoblox News:             bloxRadio™: Keeping Operations Going 24/7 at Fifth Third Bank   White paper: Reducing IP Address Management Costs   Webinar: Best Practices for IP Address Management in Microsoft Environments   Triple Play: Infoblox announces DNS Firewall, bloxTools™ and IPAM advances   Spain’s Banc Sabadell Deploys Infoblox   Latest Infoblox Events         Next Issue:           bloxTV™ - Cricket explains DNSSEC

DNS Security – the Big Picture For those tracking the DNS exploit buzz: John Furrier follows up on his recent bloxTV DNS Exploit interview by asking Cricket about the DNS security big picture. Get Cricket’s perspective on the future of DNS security and what we’ll have to do differently as a result of the Kaminsky discovery. bloxTV Episode 2 (17 minutes)    DNS Security- The Big Picture     InfoWorld 10 Future Shocks for the Next Ten Years We're admittedly setting the stage for bloxNews next month by highlighting this recent article citing cloud computing and "unbroken connectivity" as two of the ten future shocks "My main prediction is that the high cost of power and space is going to force the IT world to look at cloud services, with a shift to computing as a cloud resource occurring in the next five years." By Brian Chee, InfoWorld "Checking to see if you're connected to a network will seem as old-fashioned as turning on a device to get information in 10 years." By Curtis Franklin, InfoWorld         ComputerWorld Research Report IP Address Management Costs Increase with the Size of the Enterprise A recent survey of IT managers responsible for managing core network services like DNS and DHCP is showing that core network services are not scaling well to meet the demands of larger enterprises. Larger organizations are actually paying more to manage each IP address than smaller ones, and they may also be less flexible. Learn More

DNS Issues Hit Home in New CSI Report Insider abuse shows marked drop-off in 13th annual survey by Computer Security Institute - Tim Wilson   Dark Reading "Enterprises are beginning to feel the heat from two emerging classes of exploits that have emerged over the past year: targeted attacks and DNS vulnerabilities, according to a new study scheduled to be released next week." > Learn More     Infoblox Upgrades DNS Appliance The new software rev of makes DNS infrastructures more resistant to cache-poisoning attacks - Mike Fratto   InformationWeek "Infoblox has updated the software powering its DNS appliance on Monday, releasing version 4.3 r2. The new rev makes your DNS infrastructure more resistant to DNS cache poisoning attacks by detecting and optionally reacting to the attack in real time..." > Learn More     Infoblox upgrade thwarts DNS attacks Infoblox adds DNS alerting, reporting and firewall protection capabilities to its core network services appliances - Denise Dubie   Network World "Infoblox Monday announced upgrades across its line of core network services appliances that are designed to better protect DNS servers from cache poisoning and other malicious attacks." > Learn More

Grid Technology Best practices at Fifth Third Bank Fifth Third Bank, based in Cincinnati Ohio, is a Fortune 500 institution with 1300 branches in 12 states. This 14 minute interview with VP of Network Services Shawn Griffin will give you some valuable insight into why Infoblox selected his team as a Grid Technology Best Practices Award recipient. Listen Now     White Paper Controlling IP Address Management Expenses Find out why IP address management is becoming more strategic and yet more costly for enterprises. This 19-page white paper combines invaluable information for controlling IPAM expenses with advice on how you can take back control of your network. View White Paper         Webinar IPAM Best Practices in Microsoft Environments This classic webinar on IPAM is one of our most popular. It runs 45 minutes and is packed with 32 self-directed slides on everything from trends and analyst perspectives to informative Q&As about how IPAM works in a Microsoft environment. Watch This Webinar Now         New Product Release Infoblox Announces its Triple Play Product Release The latest release includes DNS firewalling, IPAM feature updates and a new bloxTools™ ecosystem. DNS Firewall IPAM Feature Update bloxTools™ Community     Infoblox Win Spain’s Bank Sabadell Deploys Infoblox "Security and manageability were critical factors in our decision to migrate to an appliance-based solution," said Joan Reig, Infrastructure Management Director at Banco Sabadell. "We love Infoblox’s grid technology for easy management, deployment and maintenance." Details         Latest Events Meet us in October Meet Cricket Liu in person in Irvine, CA or San Diego; or attend an upcoming Riverbed co-sponsored webinar on the serverless branch office. Details

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