Disrupting DDI @ Networking Field Day (In Tweets)

Last updated on April 29, 2021.

As first-time Networking Field Day presenters, the BlueCat team was thrilled to discuss the future of DDI (hint: it’s cloudy, plus a 100% chance of disruption by Adaptive DNS) with a dozen network-savvy delegates.

Kicking It Off

Check out the @BlueCatNetworks team getting ready to present to our #NFD19 delegates! pic.twitter.com/d5oM82cRrf

— Tom Hollingsworth (@networkingnerd) November 7, 2018

Getting ready to kick off #NFD19 with @BlueCatNetworks. Follow along for all the DNS goodness. https://t.co/KMIUm4SEyU

— Ryan M. Adzima (@radzima) November 7, 2018

IT’s a full first day at #NFD19 with the morning kicking off with @BlueCatNetworks at 10 PST. Tune into the livestream at https://t.co/XcL21Cl9At

— Rob Coote (@Rob_Coote) November 7, 2018

The Story: Disrupting DDI

This writer’s boss took the stage first, with a synopsis of BlueCat’s history. Did you know we began selling DNS servers in 2001?

Jim Williams dropped some serious truth in his talk.

“Traditional DDI holds all these things back.” @jimcwilliams #NFD19 pic.twitter.com/iLL7MQMHF5

— BlueCat (@BlueCatNetworks) November 7, 2018

#NFD19 @BlueCatNetworks says that 91% of malware uses DNS in attacks. It really is the most necessary service on the Internet.

— Tom Hollingsworth (@networkingnerd) November 7, 2018

The Routing Table’s Kevin Blackburn had the right idea, too.

Basic DNS is nothing more than a query and an answer. @BlueCatNetworks is beginning to explain how they are taking this to the next level. If you are not watching yet, join us NOW: https://t.co/VckEXY2MbB #NFD19

— Kevin Blackburn (@TheRoutingTable) November 7, 2018

Oh, and this happened.

Laptop sticker game strong. #nfd19 @ecbanks @packetpushers pic.twitter.com/cCTTxTLiXq

— BlueCat (@BlueCatNetworks) November 7, 2018

Then, we got technical.

Adaptive DNS evangelist, Jason Davis, broke it down.

3 pillars are essentials in any enterprise IT infrastructure : – IP Space – DNS world and the devices themselves. @BlueCatNetworks offers a unified solution that links all 3 worlds together. #NFD19

— Nicolas MICHEL (@vPackets) November 7, 2018

Where @BlueCatNetworks has gotten with DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) is unification of these 3 services into a single source of truth.

Monitor DDI transactions, and tell a story about the IP behind those transactions. Extract value from the transaction data.#NFD19

— Ethan Banks (@ecbanks) November 7, 2018

Discovery is a process that has to involve the teams and tools that are already in place. There is no magic bullet that you can fire into a network and get accurate data. #NFD19 @BlueCatNetworks

— Rob Coote (@Rob_Coote) November 7, 2018

We all but drew it out.

The @BlueCatNetworks story they are telling at #NFD19 gets more interesting when you put them in a role as a “single source of truth” for network automation.

The API capabilities tied back to custom workflows make the solution sound flexible to me. Hoping for more details here.

— Ethan Banks (@ecbanks) November 7, 2018

Sorry everyone, your PTR records are trash. #NFD19 @BlueCatNetworks

— Rob Coote (@Rob_Coote) November 7, 2018

In most customer environments, IPAM database does not reflect the reality because it’s usually a manual process. Automation is key in this industry to solve these problems #NFD19 @BlueCatNetworks

— Nicolas MICHEL (@vPackets) November 7, 2018

“We’re not just charting out the path to Adaptive DNS for customers, we’re helping figure out how to automate.” @wirespeed14 #NFD19 #networking #automation pic.twitter.com/KvhQtxthIx

— BlueCat (@BlueCatNetworks) November 7, 2018

Probably good that we didn’t draw it out. Apstra’s Carly Stoughton was miles ahead of us in that department…

Now THAT’S a whiteboard! #NFD19 @ApstraInc @_vCarly pic.twitter.com/kKN1q9QkrP

— Tom Hollingsworth (@networkingnerd) November 8, 2018

We did what we do best.

“It’s shocking that it takes some companies 2 weeks to deploy a host record.” @wirespeed14 #NFD19 pic.twitter.com/IjHCJLam68

— BlueCat (@BlueCatNetworks) November 7, 2018

We really mean it. It’s gold. #NFD19

— BlueCat (@BlueCatNetworks) November 7, 2018

Jason Davis presents for BlueCat Networks #NFD19 pic.twitter.com/8VcAw3h0S9

— Tech Field Day (@TechFieldDay) November 7, 2018

#NFD19 Was Sweet But Keeping Up With Everyone Will Be Sweeter

More great conversations between #NFD19 delegates and great presenters like @ApstraInc, @illumio, and @BlueCatNetworks! pic.twitter.com/cbjmhQc2PN

— Tom Hollingsworth (@networkingnerd) November 8, 2018

Thanks again @BlueCatNetworks, @jimcwilliams, @danaiskoldski, Noel Reynolds and Kevin Wilson for presenting during @TechFieldDay earlier this morning. #NFD19 #BlueCatNetworks

— Al Rasheed (@al_rasheed) November 7, 2018

Enormous thank you and ‘nice to meet you’ to everybody from NFD. You’re one in seven-point-seven billion.