IBM NS1 Connect

Score8.9 out of 10

23 Reviews and Ratings

What is IBM NS1 Connect?

IBM NS1 Connect is a managed service for authoritative DNS and traffic steering designed to improve application performance and network resilience.

Categories & Use Cases

Managed DNS

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM NS1 Connect offers DNS and traffic steering service which enhances application and services performance. Major upsides of using IBM NS1 Connect is 100% uptime SLA by suing resilient and redundant resources. Integration with other services is well guided and easy to use. It has given our public services more visibility.

Pros

IBM NS1 Connect provides a comprehensive solution for managing and optimizing traffic steering.
It provides solutions like Dedicated DNS, which offers a separate resolution network for authoritative DNS, ensuring maximum uptime even in the face of outages.
It utilizes real-time metrics and automated DNS routing decisions to optimize traffic distribution and ensure resilience.

Cons

The user interface could be made for friendly
Additional monitoring services should be added in dashboard
DNS timeout issues should be resolved

Return on Investment

Application uptime has improved by 40-45%
Although there have been few outages, the services uptime has significantly improved our trust by clients.
Cost is on higher side, however in the long run it does provide good ROI

Alternatives Considered

Amazon Route 53

Other Software Used

Amazon Route 53, Azure DNS, CloudfloorDNS

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM NS1 Connect is used by the devops team of my company to manage DNS connections of the IPs to the domain names and to manage the health of the DNS nodes health and monitoring all its IP to DNS mapping. The UI is used to monitor the connections and check DNS health.

Pros

Checking DNS health, whether it is active or inactive. Its ability to connect with IP.
Monitoring the DNS connections with IPs(which IP is connected to which DNS)
To check DNS availability

Cons

Its UI could be better
The costing is a little off according to the functionalities that it provides
Third party software integrations

Return on Investment

Management of DNS with automated alerts for on DNS downtime saving company money
Bad returns on the costing side, there could be other software considerations
Decent UI panel to check and monitor DNS connections

Alternatives Considered

Azure DNS and Amazon Route 53

Other Software Used

Amazon Route 53, Aptean Routing & Scheduling, 1ntegrate

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM NS1 Connect to manage our external DNS as out school. It works flawlessly. Easy to manage DNS records and review reports on how many hits our entries are getting. We also leverage the detailed reporting to see if there are entries that are orphaned or if something malicious might be happening.

Pros

Reporting
Management of records
Ease of configuration and editing
intuitive

Cons

Lower the price a bit
easy configuration wizards
multi-site management simplified.

Return on Investment

The cost was reasonable for a solution that is well known
Having hosted DNS saves us money on maintenance
Reports give us critical insight into our domains and how often they are used.

Alternatives Considered

Infoblox DDI (BloxOne)

Other Software Used

Ingram Micro, AudioCodes Mediant Enterprise Session Border Controllers (E-SBCs), Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper Enterprise Routers

Usability

Alok Singh ☁️View profile

Technical Consultant in Information Technology at Salesforce (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using it for improving user experience. It offers smart routing which helps sites to be reliable and performance got improved. In my organization use case it was huge traffic and it was very necessary for system to be responsive all the time.

Pros

Routing based on user location
endpoint switching based on latency
DNS response time

Cons

User Experience - Please make it more easy to use for Admins
Also add some more details in the reference documents
Try if they can offer a monitoring tool

Return on Investment

Availability
Response Time
Security
Trust on IBM NS1 Connect

Alternatives Considered

SAP Integration Suite

Other Software Used

Salesforce Experience Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud, Slack, Google Meet

Lokesh Pandey View profile

Servicenow Consultant in Information Technology at EY (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my organization, IBM NS1 Connect is used in managing DNS for the applications within ServiceNow. Low latency and smarter traffic routing are one of its key features that impress me. It addresses the automation challenges that we come across when working with tools like SNOW and need reliable service delivery across all the environments.

Pros

Real time monitoring
Intelligent traffic routing capabilities
API driven

Cons

Learning materials depicting flows that can help users who are completely new to networking
Pricing can be more transparent
I feel UI is a bit complex to adapt, especially for new users, it should be made more intuitive

Return on Investment

Controlled downtime/Reduced downtime
Time saving through automation
Enhanced visibility

Alternatives Considered

Google Cloud DNS

Other Software Used

ServiceNow App Engine, Postman, GitHub

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