CIO OPINION
For cloud-born businesses , cloudmanaged DDI makes it simple to eliminate resource-heavy physical appliances in branch and remote offices .
Ali Sleiman , Technical Director , MEA , Infoblox
Cloud-Managed DDI : Optimising networking at the Edge
For many organisations , cloud-managed DDI provides a more flexible , agile and costeffective complement to on-premises , server-based DDI solutions . Ali Sleiman , Technical Director , Middle East and Africa ( MEA ), Infoblox , explains why cloud-managed DDI matters when optimising networking at the Edge .
In a cloud-first world , the nexus of activity is no longer in your data centre , it ’ s at the network edge . The hub and spoke way of networking cannot keep up with the soaring demand for direct-to-cloud access at the Edge . Unfortunately , many organisations are still relying on siloed hardware that locally manages DNS , DHCP and IP address management ( collectively known as DDI ) individually for each site .
Why does that matter ? Because fast , reliable DDI services are essential to all modern networking , including the cloud . Consequently , the ‘ local hardware ’ management of core DDI services creates a host of problems , including higher costs , higher latency , manual errors , slower performance , security gaps and no local survivability .
Your organisation wants to embrace the cloud and all its benefits – yet you need a simpler , more reliable way to manage your network , devices , apps and services across all locations .
Enter cloud-managed DDI
By moving the management plane for DDI from the appliance to the cloud , it enables you to centrally manage your borderless enterprise and with far greater elasticity , reliability , security and automation than traditional on-premises DDI solutions provide . Plus , cloud-managed DDI reduces latency by ensuring that traffic from all locations connects directly to the cloud through the closest point of presence ( PoP ). As a result , critical cloud-based apps like Microsoft
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