We looked at BlueCat and Umbrella. We went with BloxOne because it integrates better with our system. The functionality also looked a little bit better than that of the other two products.

We did not evaluate other options before selecting BloxOne.

We have not evaluated other solutions. We would end up having to go to another company and replace everything. We didn't see that as being feasible.

We have been using Infoblox, as a whole, for over 20 years. When they add new things to their portfolio, because we are already standardized in Infoblox, it is easier for us just to evaluate what they are offering versus trying to start over again. Most are add-on things that can be added to our existing Infoblox. 

We wanted to go with BloxOne Threat Defense because it was a simple integration. Instead of an installation, it was just something that we turned on.

At this point, we haven't really utilized the integrations with security systems, such as vulnerability scanners, ITSM, SIEM/SOAR, NAC, and next-gen endpoint security. We don't use a lot of the vulnerability scanners because we have in-house products for that, like Carbon Black.

We've briefly looked at some of the solutions. It was integrated with our existing system, so it really didn't make sense to change.

We may look at alternatives in a few years, but it won't probably happen for two to three years at this point. We would like to keep an eye on what's out there. We have had some issues with not necessarily the support, but the customer service team from Infoblox has been frustrating to deal with a few times. So, we would like to keep our options open.

We investigated two systems beside Microsoft and BlueCat.

My parent company and its subsidiaries were already on Infoblox, so we're an Infoblox family now.

One of the main differences between Infoblox and Cisco Umbrella is that Infoblox supports the DNS check completely, whereas Cisco Umbrella does not. You can also see the original client IP address and not just the outgoing IP address.

In terms of scalability, Infoblox is the better solution.