Case Study: CSC (now DXC)

Before implementing BlueCat, CSC (now DXC) struggled to understand and optimize its vast network address space across 30 data centers while managing millions of IP addresses for itself and far more for clients. The organization faced challenges addressing real-world network management and connectivity issues, protecting DNS transactions from cyber attacks, preparing for IPv6 growth, and conforming to security best practices such as DNSSEC. These gaps increased risk to corporate information, users and customers and complicated the ability to deliver consistent, cost-effective services.

BlueCat provided CSC (now DXC) with a consolidated platform acting as the single source of truth for IP address management, DNS and DHCP data. This consolidation enabled generation of actionable network intelligence to drive more reliable service delivery and improve security and reliability while reducing infrastructure and IT management costs. Additionally, the solution established a foundation for securely separating enterprise network portions and supporting multi-tenant and multi-role management, allowing different regions and client operations to be managed more effectively.

Following deployment, CSC (now DXC) gained improved network intelligence that supported more reliable service delivery and enhanced security, including better protection of DNS transactions and alignment with cyber security practices like DNSSEC. The consolidation lowered infrastructure and IT management costs by centralizing IPAM, DNS and DHCP functions and enabled secure separation of network segments to support multi-tenant and multi-role management. These outcomes allowed regional teams and client-specific operations to manage networks more effectively, positioning CSC (now DXC) to handle future IPv6 growth.