IP Communications

Fifth Third Bank has deployed Infoblox (News - Alert) appliances company-wide for delivery of core network services, including internal and external domain name resolution (DNS) and IP address assignment and management (DHCP/IPAM), throughout their banking centers.

 

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank, elite Fortune 500 ranked company, operates over 1,300 full-service banking centers.

Fifth Third Bank's IT network is vital to delivering financial services online and from its various banking centers.

Prior to Infoblox the bank was using a Windows-based platform that was not meeting the ever-increasing business requirements of the enterprise.

After evaluating several vendors, Fifth Third Bank selected Infoblox citing several advanced technologies and administration advantages unmatched by other solutions.

 

"In selecting a new solution, having a secure, hardened platform was our first priority," said Shawn Griffin, senior manager, network services and data delivery, Fifth Third Bank, in a statement.

"Reliable service delivery is equally as important and Infoblox is the clear leader on both fronts. We have had flawless performance since we implemented the Infoblox solution."

 

Infoblox appliances deliver utility-grade core network services, including domain name resolution (DNS), IP address assignment and management (DHCP and IPAM), authentication (RADIUS) and related services.

Domain name resolution and IP address assignment services are essential for all IP networks; without them, the network and applications can halt. And, when they are not robust enough or integrated properly, application malfunctions can be the result.

 

The Interwoven (News - Alert) IT team recognized this first-hand when they implemented a network access control (NAC) solution with a legacy Windows-based core network services infrastructure that did not allow for effective dynamic DNS updates, producing data inconsistency. 

As a result, when certain users attempted to access the network, they were erroneously instructed to scan their system and/or update their end point security software, compromising productivity and causing many end-user frustrations. Interwoven looked at several core network services solutions and selected Infoblox as its new next-generation infrastructure. 

“NAC was the driver to upgrade our entire core network services system,” said Raymond Lockley, CORE systems manager at Interwoven. “And now, our NAC solution is much more effective; since installing Infoblox, we have not had any DNS-based network connectivity issues.” 

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