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	May 10, 2007 Taking IP From A Commodity To A Utility Network Operations Must Master DHCP, DNS, And RADIUS To Support IT by Robert Whiteley with Galen Schreck, Christine E. Atwood	Average: 4  (6 ratings)

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Executive Summary

Today's networks are part of a mission-critical IT infrastructure fabric. They provide the "dial tone" of IT — an always-on, always-available service for connecting to data and applications. But most companies don't invest in the infrastructure that's needed to support this dial tone. Forgotten services like DHCP, DNS, and RADIUS are critical network services components that dictate availability. Yet most are woefully out of date, stagnating on non-enterprise-grade infrastructure, with few security mechanisms. To prevent your network from becoming an IT bottleneck, you must build a utility-grade network; one where devices and services just plug in and work. How? By first transitioning your services off commodity hardware to newer appliances and, secondly, investing in the proper IP address management (IPAM) tools.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• The Plight Of The Network Renaissance Man
• Empower Network Ops And Invest In A Utility-Grade Network

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WHAT IT MEANS

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