Infoblox loads DNS services onto Cisco routers

Enterprise IT executives looking to cut costs and consolidate infrastructure might be interested in news jointly announced Monday by Infoblox and Cisco, as the vendors team to offer Infoblox DNS, DHCP and other core network services via blades designed to slide into Cisco's integrated services routers.  

The technology partnership will enable network managers to put DNS, DHCP, IP address management and other core network services on blades in Cisco routers deployed at branch office locations, eliminating the need for a separate server to maintain those services. The product, developed under Cisco's Application eXtension Platform (AXP), enables customers to push network services closer to the edge and consolidate infrastructure in remote offices. Industry watchers say the partnership reflects a trend among enterprise companies to reduce infrastructure while maintaining services.

"Remember the 'Trapper Keeper?' That's what Cisco's routers are becoming for enterprise branch office: a single place to keep all critical network applications and services," says Phil Hochmuth, senior analyst at Yankee Group. "This is being enabled largely by the AXP, which allows organizations to cram as many services -- even ones beyond Cisco's own scope, such as Infoblox IP address management -- onto a single platform."

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