Infoblox Hits 200 Customers, Unveils New Network Transformation Tools
▼ Summary
– Infoblox’s Universal DDI has been adopted by over 200 organizations to modernize networks and improve resiliency across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
– Legacy network services cause costly outages and security vulnerabilities, with downtime costing large enterprises $1.4M per hour.
– Universal DDI unifies network services into a comprehensive SaaS platform, automating operations and reducing outages for customers.
– New innovations include centralized Microsoft DNS/DHCP management, Google Cloud IP integration, unified external DNS control, and AI-powered threat detection.
– The platform eliminates trade-offs between control and speed, enabling faster deployments and providing the foundation for AI-ready networks.
Infoblox has reached a significant milestone, with more than 200 organizations now using its Universal DDI Product Suite to modernize their network infrastructure. This rapid adoption by major firms across finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail highlights a growing need for unified solutions that accelerate operations and strengthen resilience in hybrid and multi-cloud settings.
Many companies still rely on outdated network management methods, which often lead to expensive downtime and leave them vulnerable to increasing cyber threats. Research indicates that nearly 40% of organizations have experienced a major outage due to configuration mistakes in the last three years, with downtime costing large enterprises approximately $1.4 million per hour. Disconnected tools create operational silos, slow application rollouts, and leave IT teams struggling to meet the performance requirements of modern technologies like artificial intelligence.
The Infoblox Universal DDI platform directly addresses these issues by integrating essential network services into a single, comprehensive SaaS management plane for hybrid cloud networks. Customers report eliminating manual tasks, gaining centralized visibility across diverse environments, and automating processes that previously took weeks. This has led to fewer outages, faster deployments, and more time for teams to focus on innovation.
Alex Barrere, a senior core network engineer at Nordstrom, shared his experience: “Infoblox Universal DDI has completely changed how we handle DNS in our complex, multi-cloud setup. By bringing together fragmented components from Windows AD, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and soon OCI, we’ve cut latency, enhanced observability, and boosted operational performance by 30 percent. Deployment was smooth, and scaling has been straightforward, whether managing 6,000 internal DNS queries per second or launching new stores with cloud-managed DHCP. Infoblox is helping us update our infrastructure and get ready for the future of enterprise DNS, DHCP, and IP address management.”
Several new features and integrations further establish Infoblox’s leadership in the DDI market:
- Universal DDI for Microsoft Management gives customers centralized control over DNS and DHCP hosted on Microsoft server platforms, streamlining operations and troubleshooting while supporting modernization efforts.
- Integration with Google Cloud Internal Range ensures uniform IP address management policies across Google Cloud, on-premises, and other cloud environments, preventing IP overlap and speeding up cloud application deployments.
- Unified Management of External DNS extends Infoblox’s single DNS management plane to top external DNS providers like Akamai and Cloudflare, allowing organizations to oversee both internal and external DNS from a single dashboard.
- Strong Protection for Self-Hosted External DNS safeguards self-hosted DNS infrastructure from DDoS attacks and other DNS threats using Infoblox DNS Infrastructure Protection.
- Enablement of AI-Ready Networks builds on Infoblox’s expertise in AI-driven security by applying machine learning to detect IP conflicts, dangling DNS records, and other risks across hybrid and multi-cloud networks, ensuring a reliable foundation for GenAI workloads.
Scott Harrell, President and CEO of Infoblox, commented, “In today’s environment, where every application, user, and AI workload depends on the network, foundational network services are too often overlooked. That’s why we introduced Universal DDI. In just one year, we’ve seen impressive momentum, with customers achieving faster rollouts, greater resiliency, and the flexibility to modernize at their own pace. Universal DDI isn’t just a better way to run the network, it’s a cornerstone for modern enterprises aiming to confidently adopt new technologies like AI.”
This blend of customer traction and continuous innovation shows how quickly organizations can realize value from Universal DDI, transforming what used to be lengthy, disruptive projects into immediate gains in reliability and speed.
Mukesh Gupta, Infoblox Chief Product Officer, added, “For too long, network teams had to choose between control and speed. Our new Universal DDI capabilities remove that compromise. Customers can now centrally manage Microsoft DNS and DHCP without major overhauls, eliminate IP conflicts in AWS and Google Cloud through seamless IPAM integration, and unify internal and external DNS on one management plane. We’ve also embedded AI-powered analysis into Universal Asset Insights™ so teams can identify risks across hybrid, multi-cloud networks before they cause outages. These updates aren’t minor enhancements, they are actively enabling AI and multi-cloud transformation, fundamentally changing how enterprises run their networks at scale.”
Infoblox Universal DDI delivers the resiliency, automation, and visibility that every digital business relies on for its critical network services. For detailed information on the latest capabilities, visit the Infoblox blog to see how Universal DDI is making a difference for customers.
(Source: ITWire Australia)
