HBPO Group was formed in 1992 from the joint venture of automotive suppliers Hella, Mahle (formerly Behr) and Plastic Omnium. The market leader in their field, HBPO Group specializes in the design, development, assembly and logistics of automotive front-end modules. HBPO Group makes \u2018faces\u2019 for cars.<\/p>\n
HBPO\u2019s car faces range from the familiar features of Nissan, Renault and Volkswagen to the somewhat rarer front silhouettes of Bentley, BMW and Porsche, as well as almost every automobile face in between.<\/p>\n
Headquartered in Lippstadt, Germany, HBPO optimizes their individually tailored solutions by running 32 production plants and research facilities in close vicinity to their customers\u2019 production facilities across the world.<\/p>\n
Having experienced a significant increase in sales and production since 2010, HBPO receives orders for individual modules every minute of the day. To HBPO, a well-functioning network is indispensable to their success.<\/p>\n
When their VitalQIP license expired, HBPO Group, as a Microsoft shop, decided to go native and make do with the IP Address Management tools built into Microsoft servers. Despite the useful native server tools, the HBPO team quickly realized that the distributed and dynamic nature of their operations called for a unified network overview and centralized management.<\/p>\n
To Daniel D\u00f6ring, an HBPO System Administrator, global collaboration was key. With IT personnel all over the world tending an assortment of networks with mixed histories, all team members needed to come on board from the word go.<\/p>\n
To avoid legacy issues and potential IP conflicts leading to downtime, the new solution needed to be robust enough for large networks, yet simple enough for everyone to use. Critically, HBPO\u2019s dedication to just-in-sequence production and delivery means the timely precision of production is paramount. The new solution didn\u2019t only have to be reliable, robust and easy to use. It also had to be very, very fast.<\/p>\n
The exponential rise in global connectivity has left no business untouched by the critical pillars of the internet: DNS, DHCP and IP address management. This includes the factory floor, regardless of whether it\u2019s the manufacturing of pencils or the production of highly specialized automobile parts. To ensure optimal output, all modern manufacturing facilities are deeply dependent on reliable, stable and fast networks. For HBPO Group, an effective network is mission-critical.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cFor us it\u2019s important to be able to manage everything from everywhere in a sense. It\u2019s not just about centralization, which is an important aspect, but also allowing the people on site to do their jobs, and be self-sufficient in certain regards. It\u2019s centralization and delegation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel D\u00f6ring \u2013 System administrator<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Finding the fast without the furious<\/h2>\n
With the nuts and bolts of their search for a solution well-defined, the HBPO infrastructure team set about trying out all the major IP address management solutions on the market. After stringent evaluation, HBPO opted to invest in the Micetro for DNS, DHCP and IP address management.<\/p>\n
Aside from Micetro\u2019s simplicity and ease of use, the team was taken by the very pragmatic Micetro overview. At a glance, the information presented in the Micetro UI provides comprehensive data on critical network components and displays how resources are being utilized by specific IP numbers. On closer inspection of an IP address range, it\u2019s easy to see and control the DHCP reservations and DNS records in a single interface.<\/p>\n
Daniel was taken by the superior functionality. \u201cAs a system administrator, it\u2019s not the aesthetics, but the ergonomics that matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
All systems go \u2013 fast<\/h2>\n
Micetro significantly changed the way the HBPO Group IT teams view and manage their networks. Battling a lack of documentation, born of distributed locations and legacy networks, had long been one of their bigger, riskier headaches. With Micetro, it\u2019s easy for teams to keep address spaces documented, preventing conflicts and boosting network security. Additional safety is provided by the suite\u2019s integrated network discovery scans, eliminating the likelihood of IP collisions caused by human error.<\/p>\n
The team was relieved to discover Micetro\u2019s advanced level of Microsoft DHCP failover integration. Alerted by the built-in health monitoring system and consistency checks, the IT team was able to identify and deal with inconsistencies in DHCP replication, before it could spin out of control.<\/p>\n
Micetro improves system health and provides the essential functionality for keeping the system clean, helping to tidy up current documents and remove undesirable legacy documents. Thanks to Micetro\u2019s unrivalled integration with Microsoft Active Directory, there is also now no more need for the team to spend valuable time on regenerating DNS and DHCP databases manually, one at a time.<\/p>\n
What used to take quite a long time is now an issue of seconds or minutes. I can create a new network, turn an IP address range into a scope and configure the failover and it\u2019s really quick and easy.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMicetro doesn\u2019t need a lot of consultants and its own teams, it just works\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel D\u00f6ring \u2013 System administrator<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n\u201cWhat used to take quite a long time is now an issue of seconds or minutes. I can create a new network, turn an IP address range into a scope and configure the failover and it\u2019s really quick and easy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel D\u00f6ring \u2013 System administrator<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
First to the Finish<\/h2>\n
For HBPO Group, Micetro has not only transformed the way they see their networks, but also delivered on the company\u2019s need for network administration speed. \u201cPersonally, it sped up every workflow regarding DNS and DHCP.\u201d<\/p>\n
Confident in the stability brought to their IP infrastructure by Micetro and its ease of use, intuitiveness and low maintenance, Daniel expects a smooth IP address management ride for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
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