AWARD-WINNING ADONIS DNS APPLIANCE™ FROM BLUECAT NETWORKS NOW INCLUDES DHCP SERVICES MANAGEMENT 
Crossover High Availability (XHA™) Architecture Ensures Seamless Failover of DHCP Services

 

Data Checker Helps Resolve Errors Before Deployment

 

Richmond Hill, ON — September 7, 2004 — BlueCat Networks, Inc. the leading provider of simple and affordable security appliances, released details of the new edition of its award-winning1 DNS appliance. The Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance™ now includes a suite of easy-to-use features to manage powerful DHCP services, in addition to its friendly tools and wizards to configure and manage DNS operations. Current Adonis customers can perform an online upgrade to enable DHCP services at no cost.

“The Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance is the catalyst for DNS and DHCP best practices,” notes Michael Hyatt, President of BlueCat Networks, Inc. “Our award-winning Adonis DNS Appliance™ is recognized for its ease-of-use and security features to manage DNS. Now, the same design principles are integrated into IP address distribution. BlueCat Networks alleviates customers’ DNS management pains. Today, DHCP is no longer a challenge with the new Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance.”

The unique Crossover High Availability (XHA™) architecture of the Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance makes both DNS and DHCP redundancy, reliability and availability possible. Loss of DNS and DHCP services is preventable.

The Adonis Data Checker identifies errors contained in DNS and DHCP configurations. Resolution of DNS errors and IP address or resource allocation conflicts before the live deployment of configurations prevents loss of DNS and DHCP services.

Designed with security in mind, the 1U, rack mountable Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance is powered by a hardened Linux® OS kernel and integrated firewall. Between the appliance and its cross-platform Adonis Management Console™ client application is 128-bit encrypted SSL connectivity that provides DNS and DHCP administrators with added protection from external security threats and risks.

Adds Hyatt: “DNS and DHCP are two critical elements of any organization’s network infrastructure that can’t be ignored. Adonis took the grind out of BIND. Now, Adonis removes the pain of IP address distribution as well.”

The Adonis DNS/DHCP Appliance will ship later this month.