White Papers, Presentations and Surveys

Many organizations have deployed network management systems and processes to provide structure and discipline to network configuration, changes and monitoring functions. Such discipline helps organizations reduce miscommunications and configuration errors, as well as continually improve processes and workflows. FCAPS has long been a standard framework for network management. Now the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) has come to the fore. Effective application of ITIL, either in concert with FCAPS or alone, can bring this important and potent discipline to the management of IP addresses.

This white paper will explain how each of the main ITIL areas can be applied specifically to IP address management (IPAM), and the benefits that can be accrued from using this management framework.