Load Balancer

Infoblox (News - Alert) Inc. has introduced Infoblox Load Balancer Manager, a new software module for Infoblox’s industry leading automated network control platform.

Officials with Infoblox said that with the new Infoblox Load Balancer Manager, network administrators can centrally manage their F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM) appliances from the same intuitive management interface used to efficiently manage the Infoblox infrastructure.

Company officials pointed out that leveraging the new module can reduce the complexity, risks, time and costs associated with administering F5 BIG-IP GTM appliances.

This offering delivers on Infoblox’s strategy to reduce IT complexity and cost through automation of the tasks required to support complex computer networks.

“Today’s fast pace environments require higher levels of efficiency to remain competitive. Two key areas that can greatly improve the efficiency for IT organizations are centralization and automation. Central management for multiple areas of network operations reduces the need to run multiple consoles. Automation accelerates repeatable IT tasks and reduces errors often introduced by manual processes,” said Tracy Corbo, principal research analyst at EMA (News - Alert), in a statement.

Corbo said that the ongoing partnership between F5 and Infoblox provides tight integration that customers can take advantage of to streamline their internal IT processes.

“The new Infoblox Load Balancer Manager helps reduce repetitive tasks that IT administrators have to frequently perform to access and manage their critical network infrastructures through discreet management consoles,” said David Gee, executive vice president of marketing, Infoblox.

Gee said that extending Infoblox’s automation and management capabilities to harness the powerful F5 global traffic management infrastructure underscores Infoblox’s commitment to continue helping enterprise IT departments transform and scale their complex networks.

“On our first glance at the Infoblox Load Balancer Manager, we can see real advantages of the single management console; above all, it allows a reduction in the steps required to manage our BIG-IP GTM devices. We like the ‘single pane’ of visibility into both our DNS and global traffic infrastructures, as well as the delegation capabilities that can be leveraged across geographies and teams,” said a network engineer at a large medical device manufacturer that is an F5 and Infoblox customer.

“We expect the added BIG-IP GTM management capabilities to deliver tangible returns in time and cost reduction,” said the engineer.

“Infoblox has proven management capabilities that are a natural fit with F5’s global traffic management systems,” said Calvin Rowland, VP technology & ISV Alliances at F5 Networks (News - Alert), Inc.

“The combination of our solutions can deliver enterprise customers administrative and dramatic cost-savings advantages,” said Rowland.

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