IBM® NS1 Connect is a managed service for authoritative DNS and
traffic steering that improves application performance and network
resilience.
Revenue-generating applications require authoritative DNS
resolution to keep critical applications and websites online. Unless
your DNS infrastructure is always-on and resilient, network reliability
and user experience will suffer.
IBM NS1 Connect provides fast, secure connections to users anywhere
in the world with premium DNS and advanced, customizable traffic
steering. NS1 Connect’s always-on, API-first architecture enables your
IT teams to more efficiently monitor networks, deploy changes and
conduct routine maintenance.
For enterprises looking to further optimize DNS performance, IBM NS1
Connect offers rich DNS data analytics to streamline the identification
of the root cause of anomalies within traffic.
IBM NS1 Connect Features
Global anycast DNS network: Enjoy fast connections to consumers around the globe through an anycast network with 26 points of presence (PoPs).
100% uptime SLA on DNS resolution: Maximize uptime and revenue generation with resilient, always-on, authoritative DNS.
API-first architecture: Integrate and automate workflows with NS1 Connect's well-documented API.
Real-time user monitoring-based traffic steering: Use real-time intelligence on network performance and availability to
direct DNS connections to the best available application resource.
Built-in resilience: Add a single-tenant, redundant DNS layer and manage it from the same portal as your primary DNS.
Managed DNS for China: Improve performance for the Chinese mainland by segmenting traffic with NS1 Connect’s Managed DNS for China.
DNS insights: Get a better understanding of DNS traffic patterns by mining your
DNS data to identify security issues, misconfigurations and performance
issues.
DDoS protection: Cap your query-based spending with protection against unexpected surges in traffic from distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Uptime monitor: Quickly identify issues and automatically adjust DNS traffic steering configurations with native health check alerts.
DevOps tool integrations: Preconfigured integrations with leading DevOps tools including
Ansible and Terraform to help automate routine maintenance, manage data
sources and feeds.
