We encountered some malicious queries, and BlueCat Edge proved invaluable in detecting these DNS threats. While currently only operating in monitor mode, its biggest benefit has become its instrumental role in diagnosing performance issues. It serves as a crucial troubleshooting toolset within our infrastructure, helping us identify and resolve outages effectively. BlueCat Edge's ability to provide agnostic DNS discovery and resolution across multiple cloud environments is fantastic. I even use it for various DNS providers, including Active Directory, F5, Route 53, and GCP. This capability makes it a key component for me, as it allows me to seamlessly navigate the same DNS namespace across different infrastructures, something that I've found only BlueCat can offer. The main benefits of BlueCat Edge are its improved performance over our previous infrastructure and its large cache management capabilities. Both contribute to exceptional performance gains. Additionally, it provides valuable visibility into DNS activity, revealing which clients are making what queries and enabling detailed investigation. As we migrated more of our infrastructure onto BlueCat, beyond just the Edge product, we observed immediate benefits in terms of visibility. The biggest hurdle we faced was redirecting our internal clients to use Edge over existing internal DNS solutions. This initially slowed down our metrics, but we still had access to the data. As more systems started using Edge, the benefits became increasingly apparent. BlueCat Edge has helped our organization reduce operational expenses by decreasing our downtime and providing better DNS performance for queries, as well as helping us identify misconfigurations within our clients' networks.
