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Nominum and IBM BladeCenter

Deploying DNS and DHCP Services for Next Generation Network Infrastructure

"From IP telephony to multimedia messaging and Triple Play, next generation communication services rely on the Domain Name System to navigate networks and connect resources. When DNS servers are slow, services are slow. Without DNS, the network does not work."

— Paul Mockapetris, Chairman & Chief Scientist , Nominum

"We teamed with IBM because it has a powerful platform. The BladeCenter and BladeCenter T servers are setting the pace for carrier-grade infrastructure. Carriers are migrating to this platform to reduce cost and to be more competitive."

— Tom Tovar, Vice President Business Development, Nominum

Telecommunication service providers are increasingly requiring a secure, robust and scalable DNS and DHCP infrastructure that enables "always-on" networked services. Challenged by malicious Internet activity such as "denial of service" (DoS) attacks, increasingly demanding web applications, "triple play" services including VoIP and the explosive growth of Internet usage.

Nominum DNS Servers: Fast and Reliable DNS Servers

Nominum offers one of the industry's fastest and most scalable DNS servers in the market today. ANS provides authoritative name services (making your services available to the world at large), while CNS handles caching DNS services (connecting subscribers to the services they want to use).

Nominum DHCP: Agile and Highly Available DHCP Services

Nominum DCS provides highly flexible and available DHCP services to support large numbers of mobile subscribers and offers failover capabilities.

Nominum's Foundation Management Center (FMC), simplifies the process of managing and maintaining the IP address infrastructure, enabling centralized administration and automation for complex, global IP networks.

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Nominum and IBM BladeCenter, a winning combination

When combined with the IBM BladeCenter platform, the Nominum Foundation Caching Name Server (CNS), the Foundation Authoritative Name Server (ANS) and the Foundation Dynamic Configuration Server (DCS) create a solution that enhances DNS and DHCP capacity, provides robust protection for end-users and helps reduce overall operating and capital costs.

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