BlueCat recognized as a leader and outperformer in 2023 GigaOm Radar Report for DDI

BlueCat has been recognized for the second straight year as a leader and outperformer in the 2023 GigaOm Radar Report for DDI.

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BlueCat Networks was recognized for the second consecutive year as a leader and outperformer in the 2023 GigaOm Radar Report for DDI, highlighting its Integrity platform for centralized, enterprise-grade DNS, DHCP, and IPAM management. The report emphasizes real-world problems—complex network communications, security threats, and scalability during digital transformation—and praises BlueCat Integrity’s single web-based interface, pay-as-you-grow scalability, and safe migration capabilities that improve network performance and reduce vulnerabilities. The acquisition of Men&Mice and its Micetro orchestration solution extends BlueCat’s mid-market reach and strengthens its portfolio to better serve hybrid cloud and rapid application development environments.

What aspects of BlueCat Integrity did GigaOm highlight in the 2023 DDI Radar Report?

GigaOm highlighted BlueCat Integrity as a purpose-built enterprise DDI platform that centralizes core DNS, DHCP, and IPAM services and offers insight into enterprise-wide relationships among devices, users, and IP addresses through a single web-based interface. The report noted Integrity’s deployment flexibility, true pay-as-you-grow linear scalability, and the ability to perform safe, secure migrations. These attributes address operational needs for centralized control, visibility, and scalable deployment models during digital transformation initiatives such as hybrid cloud adoption.

How does the Men&Mice acquisition affect BlueCat’s DDI offerings according to the announcement?

The announcement states that BlueCat acquired Men&Mice and its Micetro DDI orchestration solution in May 2023, extending BlueCat’s mid-market offerings and enhancing its core network services portfolio. GigaOm’s recognition of Men&Mice for innovation is presented as evidence that BlueCat is now better positioned to provide cutting-edge DDI platforms and solutions to a wider range of enterprises. Operationally, the acquisition broadens BlueCat’s solution set for orchestration and mid-market use cases, complementing Integrity’s enterprise capabilities.

What operational benefits does BlueCat claim its Adaptive DNS and DDI platform deliver?

BlueCat positions its Adaptive DNS and DDI management platform as dynamic, open, secure, scalable, and automated to support challenging digital transformation initiatives like hybrid cloud adoption and rapid application development. The company and GigaOm emphasize benefits such as simplified management through centralized control, improved network performance, reduced vulnerabilities, deployment flexibility with linear scalability, and safe migrations. Collectively, these operational benefits aim to help network teams thwart security threats, ensure resilience, and maintain reliable, secure network access from any location and network environment.

TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2023 (Globe Newswire) – BlueCat Networks, a leading provider of mission-critical network and cloud infrastructure software for reliable and secure DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (collectively known as DDI), today announced that it has been recognized for the second straight year as a leader and outperformer in the 2023 GigaOm Radar Report for DDI.

DDI provides the core services that route traffic and enable network communications. The report highlights key DDI vendors and equips IT decision-makers with the information needed to select the best fit for their business and use case requirements.

GigaOm describes BlueCat Integrity as a purpose-built enterprise DDI platform for centralizing control of core DDI services and gaining insight into enterprise-wide relationships among devices, users, and IP addresses via a single web-based interface.

“Right-sized from the start, BlueCat Integrity offers deployment flexibility with true pay-as-you-grow linear scalability and safe, secure migrations,” wrote GigaOm analyst Ivan McPhee.

The report also recognized Men&Mice as an outperformer. BlueCat acquired Men&Mice, and its DDI orchestration solution, Micetro, in May 2023. The move extends BlueCat’s mid-market offerings and enhances its core network services portfolio. GigaOm’s recognition of Men&Mice for innovation demonstrates that BlueCat is now even better positioned to offer cutting-edge DDI platforms and solutions for a wider range of enterprises.

“Network teams need dynamic tools that help them simplify management, thwart security threats, and ensure resilience,” said Martin McNealis, Chief Product Officer at BlueCat. ”GigaOm’s analysis highlights how our portfolio delivers on that promise, improving network performance and reducing vulnerabilities for our customers.”

Last year, BlueCat was also recognized in GigaOm’s annual report as a leader, outperformer, and mature play provider of integrated DDI solutions.

To download a complimentary copy of the 2023 GigaOm Radar Report for DDI and review the key criteria for evaluating DDI solutions, visitbluecat.com/gigaom.

About BlueCat


BlueCat is the Adaptive DNS company. The company’s mission is to help organizations deliver reliable and secure network access from any location and any network environment. To do this, BlueCat re-imagined DNS. The result – Adaptive DNS – is a dynamic, open, secure, scalable, and automated DDI management platform that supports the most challenging digital transformation initiatives, like adoption of hybrid cloud and rapid application development. BlueCat’s DDI management platform was recognized as a market leader and outperformer in the 2022 and 2023 GigaOm Radar reports that evaluated all the vendors offering DDI management. The company is headquartered in Toronto and New York and has additional offices throughout the world, including in Germany, Iceland, Japan, Singapore, Serbia, and the United Kingdom. Learn more at bluecat.com.

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