BlueCat adds Nutanix AHV to its VM deployment options

BlueCat now offers Virtual Machine deployments of its Adaptive DNS solutions on Nutanix AHV – a demonstration of our expanding implementation options.

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The article introduces BlueCat’s Adaptive DNS approach for addressing the growing complexity of modern networks by delivering dynamic, open, secure, scalable, and automated DNS infrastructure. It explains the real-world need for quicker, reliable provisioning and management of DNS resources across diverse tooling and cloud environments to improve security and operational efficiency. The key outcome announced is that BlueCat’s DDI management platform now supports deployment on Nutanix AHV, offering customers an additional software-based, hyper-converged infrastructure option for flexible, scalable DDI deployments.

What problem does BlueCat’s Adaptive DNS approach aim to solve in modern network environments?

Adaptive DNS addresses the compounding complexity of today’s networks by providing a dynamic, open, secure, scalable, and automated DNS infrastructure. This approach helps organizations deploy, scale, and manage DNS resources quickly and reliably across diverse tools and cloud environments, reducing operational friction. The result is improved agility for spinning up or drawing down DNS resources, enhanced security posture, and more efficient day-to-day infrastructure management.

How does supporting Nutanix AHV benefit customers who use BlueCat’s DDI management platform?

Supporting Nutanix AHV gives customers another deployment option that leverages hyper-converged infrastructure to run BlueCat’s DDI management platform as a fully software-based solution. This enables customers to reduce dependency on physical appliances or ‘counting boxes’ and instead deploy DNS, DHCP, and IPAM services within a flexible, scalable virtualized environment. It aligns with BlueCat’s priority to offer integrations and deployment options that let customers provision and manage DNS resources quickly and reliably using their preferred tools.

What operational outcomes does BlueCat emphasize with its integrations and deployment options?

BlueCat emphasizes enabling customers to spin up, draw down, and manage DNS resources quickly and easily regardless of the tools they use, prioritizing agility and reliability. The integrations and deployment options are intended to make cloud deployments easier, networks more secure, and daily infrastructure management more efficient. By expanding support to platforms like Nutanix AHV, BlueCat aims to provide flexible, software-based DDI deployments that reduce operational complexity and improve scalability.

Responding to the compounding complexity of today’s networks requires a dynamic, open, secure, scalable, and automated network infrastructure.  Enter Adaptive DNS, the concept underlying BlueCat’s approach to making cloud deployments easier, networks more secure, and day-to-day infrastructure management more efficient.

To enable a more nimble, flexible approach, BlueCat is prioritizing the integrations and deployment options that allow our customers to use DNS resources quickly and reliably.  We want our customers to have the ability to spin up, drawdown, and manage DNS resources quickly and easily, whatever tools they use.

To that end, we’re proud to announce that BlueCat now supports deployments of its DDI management platform on Nutanix AHV.  By integrating with the hyper-converged infrastructure of Nutanix AHV, BlueCat provides yet another option for customers looking to stop counting boxes and move to a fully software-based DDI platform.


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BlueCat provides core services and solutions that help our customers and their teams deliver change-ready networks. With BlueCat, organizations can build reliable, secure, and agile mission-critical networks that can support transformation initiatives such as cloud adoption and automation. BlueCat’s growing portfolio includes services and solutions for automated and unified DDI management, network security, multicloud management, and network observability and health.

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