Newest Micetro release unifies network infrastructure management with support for Cisco Meraki
Organizations can optimize their SD-WAN environments by centralizing DHCP for cloud-based applications and remote locations.
Key takeawaysThis key takeaway was generated through LLMs crawling the page and coming up with an overview of the content.BlueCat Networks announced an update to Micetro, its DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) orchestration solution, adding native consumption and management of DHCP configurations from Cisco Meraki devices to better support SD-WAN environments. The release addresses real-world challenges in network modernization by providing centralized, agnostic DHCP orchestration and enhanced visibility across cloud, corporate, and remote branch networks, reducing conflicts and outages while enabling granular role-based access control. Micetro remains deployable on premises, hybrid, or multicloud environments, offers an intuitive UI and API for automation, and adds extended language support for global organizations.
What specific capability does the latest Micetro release add for organizations using Cisco Meraki?
The release enables Micetro to seamlessly consume and manage DHCP configurations from Cisco Meraki devices, providing centralized and agnostic DHCP orchestration across SD-WAN-enabled branch locations, corporate networks, and cloud environments. This integration improves visibility into allocated IP space and supports more granular role-based access controls for network teams. By orchestrating Meraki DHCP through Micetro, organizations can scale DHCP deployment across branches while reducing network conflicts and outages through a single source of truth.
How does Micetro help network teams manage modern network environments and reduce operational risk?
Micetro consolidates DNS, DHCP, and IP address management to create a unified, automated source of truth that improves transparency and security across networks. Its orchestration of DHCP from Meraki and other environments gives network teams centralized visibility into IP space and enables granular role-based access controls, which reduces misconfiguration, network conflicts, and outages. Additionally, Micetro’s intuitive user interface and API facilitate automation of core network services, supporting modernization initiatives like cloud adoption, SD-WAN, SASE, and efficient provisioning and administration.
In what deployment scenarios and global contexts is the updated Micetro available?
The updated Micetro is available for deployment in on premises, hybrid, and multicloud network environments, enabling organizations to implement unified DDI orchestration regardless of their infrastructure model. The release also includes extended language support to meet the needs of global organizations with diverse linguistic requirements. BlueCat’s product positioning highlights support for cloud-connected networking platforms and broader enterprise modernization efforts while the company maintains offices across multiple countries including Canada, the United States, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Singapore, Serbia, and the United Kingdom.
TORONTO, October 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)—BlueCat Networks, a leading provider of core services for network infrastructure management, automation, and security, announced the latest release of Micetro, its industry-recognized DNS, DHCP, and IP address management orchestration solution. This release offers organizations with Cisco Meraki deployments a powerful new way to manage and monitor DHCP within their SD-WAN environments.
DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (collectively known as DDI) are the cornerstones of network modernization. Together, they ensure that users can access network resources and applications from anywhere and on any device–whether on premises or from any cloud.
This release extends Micetro’s capabilities by seamlessly consuming and managing DHCP configurations from Meraki devices. This integration provides agnostic and centralized DHCP orchestration and visibility across the cloud, corporate networks, and remote offices enabled by SD-WAN. By orchestrating DHCP configurations from Meraki, organizations get improved visibility into their IP space. It also provides network teams with even more granular role-based access controls. This helps network teams deliver and scale Meraki DHCP across branch locations.
“Micetro helps organizations improve transparency with a single source of truth, enhances security, and automates core network services, reducing network conflicts and outages,” said Scott Fulton, Chief Product and Technology Officer at BlueCat. “We’re seeking to expand our cloud-connected networking support across additional platforms and to support enterprises looking to reap the benefits of network modernization.”
Micetro is available for deployment in any on premises, hybrid, or multicloud network environment. Its intuitive user interface and API make it easy for IT teams to manage and automate their network infrastructure operations. This release also features extended language support, a crucial function for global organizations with diverse linguistic needs.
Learn more about Micetro’s unified DDI orchestration.
About BlueCat
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 network modernization initiatives such as cloud adoption, SD-WAN, SASE and automation of key network provisioning and administration tasks. BlueCat’s growing portfolio includes services and solutions for automated and unified DDI management, network security, multi-cloud management, network observability, performance management and health. BlueCat’s DDI management platform was recognized as a market leader and outperformer in GigaOm’s 2024 Radar reports. The company is headquartered in Toronto and New York and has additional offices in Germany, Iceland, Japan, Singapore, Serbia, and the United Kingdom. Learn more at bluecat.com.
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