Nearly all companies today, from the top 500 to small and medium enterprises, rely on TCP/IP networking for core business services. At a minimum, their internal e-mail, web, network printing, and file storage infrastructure depends on the network. In most cases, the network also supports critical business applications, such as e-commerce, enterprise resource planning, customer management, and sales force automation. Increasingly, networked applications also link companies with their customers, suppliers, and partners.

This rising complexity has placed additional pressures on network teams (and operating budgets) as they try to keep up with changes while ensuring that the network stays available. Recent research has found that networks experiencing growth also see per unit IP management cost increases. Automated, integrated, IPAM can actually reduce those expenses.


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