by Angela Guess
According to a new press release, “SolarWinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced the latest edition of SolarWinds® IP Address Manager (IPAM), which now includes API support to provide two-way integration with third-party software. In conjunction with this news, SovLabs, a leading provider of integration software for cloud management platforms, announced its SovLabs® vRA Integration Pack for SolarWinds, consisting of IPAM and DNS integration modules for VMware®vRealize® Automation based on the new API.”
The release goes on, “SolarWinds IP Address Manager is a leading tool for helping to eliminate IP conflicts and save IT professionals time when managing IP addresses and DHCP and DNS services. It now features create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) functionality to enable two-way integration with third-party software, including automation, orchestration, inventory management, and help desk systems. The API also provides functionality to find, reserve, and release available IP addresses, as well as create, update, and remove DNS entries. Additionally, IT professionals can now create and manage new subnets through the API. These features enable the automation of IP address management with third-party systems and empower IT professionals to manage and monitor their current infrastructure from a centralized web-based console.”
Christoph Pfister, executive vice president of products at SolarWinds, said, “SolarWinds has a long history of listening to our customer community when it comes to product development, and API functionality for SolarWinds IP Address Manager was a key request… As networks get bigger and more complex—driven by the need for greater performance, BYOD, virtualization, cloud migration, and smart devices—managing IP addresses and vital DHCP and DNS resources with automation is likewise growing ever more important for IT professionals. We’re excited to be able to help enable this through the API feature.”
Read more at Globe Newswire.
Photo credit: SolarWinds