BlueCat Receives HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year Award for HP Networking – Most Innovative Use of SDN
TORONTO – June 12, 2014 – BlueCat, the leading provider of IP address management, has been recognized with an HP AllianceOne Award for HP Networking – Most Innovative Use of Software Defined Networks (SDN) at the HP Discover 2014 conference.
Key takeawaysThis key takeaway was generated through LLMs crawling the page and coming up with an overview of the content.BlueCat was honored with the HP AllianceOne Award for HP Networking – Most Innovative Use of Software Defined Networks (SDN) at HP Discover 2014 for its BlueCat DNS Director application. The article explains how DNS Director leverages HP’s open SDN architecture to centrally control and apply automated DNS policies across devices and applications to prevent DNS-based attacks, secure application access and improve network resilience. The recognition highlights BlueCat’s integration with HP AllianceOne resources and SDN ecosystem to help enterprises address security, deployment speed and infrastructure efficiency challenges.
What is BlueCat DNS Director and what problem does it solve?
BlueCat DNS Director is an application that leverages SDN to control Domain Name System traffic across connected devices and applications. It addresses the problem that DNS is a trusted network service often used as an attack vector and for data exfiltration by giving enterprises programmatic, centralized control over DNS traffic and policies. By automating and deploying DNS policies across networks, DNS Director helps ensure secure application access, reduce exposure to emerging DNS threats, and increase network efficiency, flexibility and resilience.
How does the integration with HP’s SDN architecture benefit customers?
Integration with HP’s open SDN architecture allows BlueCat DNS Director to apply DNS policies consistently across diverse devices and application environments independent of device type or configuration. Using HP’s SDN capabilities, including its VAN SDN Controller and OpenFlow support, customers can centrally automate DNS controls to enhance end-to-end network security while improving operational efficiency. The HP AllianceOne program also provides tools, SDKs and ecosystem access that help accelerate application deployment, optimize infrastructure capacity and support broader SDN-based solutions.
Why did HP recognize BlueCat with the AllianceOne award?
HP awarded BlueCat the AllianceOne Award for Most Innovative Use of SDN because BlueCat demonstrated a compelling use of SDN through DNS Director to address important security and operational needs for customers. The award selection emphasized partners who develop distinguished solutions that provide clear value to customers and to HP; BlueCat’s ability to prevent emerging DNS security threats, ensure secure application access across devices, and leverage HP’s SDN ecosystem and AllianceOne resources met those criteria. HP highlighted BlueCat’s dedication and expertise in solving business and technology challenges for enterprises.
TORONTO – June 12, 2014 – BlueCat, the leading provider of IP address management, has been recognized with an HP AllianceOne Award for HP Networking – Most Innovative Use of Software Defined Networks (SDN) at the HP Discover 2014 conference.
The HP AllianceOne for HP Networking – Most Innovative Use of SDN award recognizes BlueCat for its BlueCat DNS Director, an app that leverages the power of SDN to control Domain Name System traffic across all connected devices and apps to prevent emerging security threats.
To learn more about BlueCat DNS Director, please visit: http://ow.ly/xViKu
The DNS is an essential network service for device-to-app, app-to-app and device-to-device communication. DNS relies on trust, which makes it a popular attack vector and data exfiltration vehicle. BlueCat DNS Director, combined with HP SDN open architecture, solves these business problems by ensuring secure application access across all devices through automated and centrally deployed DNS policies. It enables customers to enhance end-to-end network security and increase the efficiency, flexibility and resilience of their network to meet evolving business demands.
“The growth in the number and diversity of connected devices and apps has left organizations struggling with the complexity of defining and enforcing consistent security profiles across many different networks,” says Thomas Borrel, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, BlueCat. “Enterprises need programmatic control over all DNS traffic and the ability to apply policies independent of device type and app configuration to protect themselves against emerging threats. We’re honored to receive this award and to work with HP to meet the growing demand for a reliable, broad-based solution over constantly changing network infrastructures.”
The HP AllianceOne partner program offers a solid framework for collaboration by integrating servers, storage, networking, security, power & cooling and services. As a member of the AllianceOne program, BlueCat leverages HP AllianceOne solutions, tools and resources to help clients speed time to application deployment, optimize infrastructure capacity, reduce power consumption and free resources to focus on innovation that drives business growth.
Since 2007, HP Networking has provided organizations with open standards-based SDN solutions, including 30 million Open-Flow ports and its VAN SDN Controller, which enable customers to explore new business models and align their networks with business goals. HP customers and partners have access to HP’s comprehensive SDN ecosystem, including the software development kit (SDK) and SDN applications.
“Congratulations to BlueCat on their HP AllianceOne Partner of the Year award for HP Networking – Most Innovative Use of SDN,” says Doug Oathout, Vice President, Global Marketing, SMB and Alliances, Enterprise Marketing, HP. “BlueCat has demonstrated outstanding dedication and expertise in addressing the business and technology needs of its customers by helping them prevent emerging DNS security threats by ensuring secure application access across all devices.”
The HP AllianceOne Award winners were selected by representatives of the HP areas in which awards were given and presented to outstanding HP partners who have demonstrated the ability to develop and deliver solutions that clearly set them apart from others, as well as provide proof of their solutions’ value to their customers and to HP.
About BlueCat
BlueCat IP Address Management, DNS and DHCP solutions provide the foundation to build elastic networks that scale to match the ever-changing and unique demands on your infrastructure. We enable the reliability of your core network services and securely connect the people, physical devices, virtual machines and applications that drive your business. Enterprises and government agencies worldwide trust BlueCat to solve real business and IT challenges – from device on-boarding for BYOD to network consolidation and modernization to managing and automating virtualization, cloud and the Internet of Things.
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