VitalQIP DNS/DHCP IP Address Management Software

Market-leading VitalQIP DNS/DHCP Address Management Software helps the U.S. Federal Government efficiently configure, automate, integrate and administer IP services across its entire network — locally or globally. This powerful management software centralizes planning and administration, enabling government agencies to rapidly provision address space and reliably deliver critical IP name and address services throughout their IPv4 and/or IPv6 networks.VitalQIP software expedites connection processes by simplifying IP name and address management services — from initial planning to solution deployment, auditing IP address utilization to performing everyday administrative functions.

The system consolidates all IP address information in a single location, ensuring that diverse, geographically dispersed administrators managing the network can access the same IP database, eliminating duplication of administrative effort and allowing network administrators to maintain a consistent IP inventory network-wide. Supporting both Alcatel-Lucent and other vendor DNS and DHCP servers, VitalQIP allows government agencies to readily configure and deploy IP services across their distributed networks, synchronizing data updates in real time.

VitalQIP is the most flexible IP management tool available tool today and can be deployed in numerous ways: as a software appliance on hardware servers; in a virtual environment; and using the VitalQIP Appliance Manager (AM).

Customers can choose from the following management modules to augment the value and versatility of the VitalQIP software solution:

• Audit Manager: enables users to track the usage history of an IP address and the associated user or group
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Module: provides visibility into the network services engines running DNS and DHCP protocols and helps to maximize the overall uptime performance of these services
• Usage-Based Billing Interface: collects and tracks IP address assignments and links each address to a billing location or group
• API Toolkit: extends and integrates the VitalQIP system into other critical network applications
• Network Allocator: automates the creation of subnets
• Services Manager: specifically designed for the server administrator, enabling any administrator with access privilege to verify the operation of the DHCP and DNS environment
• Registration Manager: streamlines network administration and enhances address tracking; authenticates each enterprise user and dynamically allocates an IP address, based on a profile that can be mapped to levels of service to which the user is entitled
• AutoDiscovery: provides a snapshot of the IP/Ethernet network "as is"
• ENUM Manager: provides the ability to administrate ENUM records in the VitalQIP database and manage and update the Alcatel-Lucent DNS server

Features and benefits of VitalQIP include:

• Multi-vendor, multi-platform compatibility: for investment protection and cost-effective growth
• Industry’s highest performance DHCP and DNS servers: enables rapid IP address assignment for the delivery of robust IP services
• Scalability: manages millions of IP addresses with one readily extensible solution
• High availability architecture: minimizes downtime of critical IP services and maximizes user satisfaction
• Flexible administration: local or remote administrators streamline management of IP names, addresses and distributed DHCP/DNS services to reduce operating expenses
• Consolidated IP inventory: ensures network-wide consistency and accuracy of management data
• Add-on modules: extends the solution with optional pre-integrated solutions that suit specific agency needs
• Return on Investment: IDC reports that customers deploying VitalQIP IP solutions in place of manual or other IP name and address management systems realize an average return on investment (ROI) of 930 percent, with an average payback period of 106 days

VitalQIP has dominated the IP management market seven years running, with more than 40 percent market share – nearly double the closest competitor. Beyond the U.S. Federal Government and military forces, customers include most of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, banks, universities, and institutions that are running some of the worlds most critical data networks.