{"id":3131,"date":"2015-08-13T18:49:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T18:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:30:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:30:10","slug":"analyzing-the-benefits-of-ip-address-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/company\/analyzing-the-benefits-of-ip-address-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyzing the Benefits of IP address management"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sometimes it\u2019s hard to quantify the value of automation. After all, you\u2019re calculating something that didn\u2019t take place. That\u2019s never easy.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also hard \u2013 speaking as a vendor \u2013 to quantify why an organization should invest in an enterprise-grade platform like ours versus those that are \u201cfree\u201d (like Microsoft\u2019s DNS, DHCP, and network management tools) and promise \u201cme too\u201d features. Too often, busy IT executives focus on vague check-box comparisons and not how a solution will actually be used in a real-world environment. But again, the challenge is often \u201cfree is good enough\u201d when dealing with services like DNS, DHCP and IP address management (IPAM).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why Infoblox commissioned the Tolly Group, a leading global provider of third-party validation tools, to conduct a total cost of ownership (TCO) evaluation for the Infoblox solution, estimated over three years, in comparison to what Microsoft offers. The key difference is when dealing with real-world scenarios, Microsoft alone doesn\u2019t provide enough visibility and management, so additional steps, processes and workflows are needed to get similar information to do your job.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Infoblox Authoritative IPAM provides:<\/p>\n