The IT Nerd

IPv4.Global, part of Hilco Global’s Capital Solutions division, today announced the relaunch of ProVision, the advanced network automation platform trusted by enterprises and service providers to simplify and scale critical infrastructure management. The move reflects Hilco Global’s commitment to expanding IPv4.Global’s technology capabilities and delivering innovative solutions that help organizations monetize, manage, and automate their IP resources with greater efficiency and control.

ProVision is a comprehensive, API-first, multi-tenant DDI platform that automates IP address management (IPAM), DHCP, DNS, BGP peering, and more. With its relaunch under IPv4.Global, the platform is entering a new stage of innovation—delivering greater scalability, seamless integrations, and enhanced customer support.

The ProVision suite and services includes expanded platform capabilities:

• ProVision IPAM – management of overlapping/duplicate IP space with RIR/LIR integration
• DHCP Controller – multi-vendor capable overlay for simple integration and provisioning
• DNS Controller – multi-tenant zone and record management with overlay features and approval workflows
• Global Commander – centralized overlay for cross-cloud visibility in hybrid environments with support for federated deployment models
• Peering Manager – BGP session management, monitoring and automation with email and router integration
• Resource Manager – metadata aware asset database allows for storage of complex data structures
• REST API – API-first development with live documentation for simple integration
• ManyCast DNS – end-user assistance with connection to the closest and healthiest DNS node available to help reduce latency and improve uptime

ProVision also continues to support consulting services, including data normalization, network migrations, and business process automation, making it a full-service solution for modern network operations.

The original ProVision architects and engineers have joined IPv4.Global to guide product evolution and ensure continuity for existing users:

• Aaron Hughes, VP Strategic Business Development
• Pete Sclafani, VP Professional Services
• Bill Renner, VP Software Engineering

The relaunch of ProVision underscores IPv4.Global’s mission to help organizations monetize, manage, and automate their IP infrastructure. It also aligns with Hilco Global’s Capital Solutions strategy, focused on asset-based investing, private credit, and technology enablement.

Visit https://www.ipv4.global/provision to learn more or request a demo.

IPv4.Global, the world’s largest, most trusted and transparent IPv4 marketplace, today announced a first-of-its kind loan facility backed by the borrower’s IPv4 addresses as collateral. 

IPv4.Global’s offering is an important evolution of a financial product, building on the vehicle developed by Cogent, which offered notes secured by the revenues from their leased addresses with back up collateralization of the addresses themselves.

With IPv4.Global’s innovative IPv4 collateral lending structure, the asset itself is the collateral. Customers can now leverage their IPv4 addresses as collateral against a loan, securing needed funding while still having access to – and full use of – their IPv4 assets. In-place leases are not part of the collateral and so none are required.

IPv4.Global is the leading IPv4 address marketplace in the world. The transparent online marketplace is the definitive industry benchmark for IPv4 transactions and transfers. IPv4.Global works with customers to buy, sell, lease, and now borrow against IPv4 blocks, regardless of size, and has completed more transfers globally than any other provider, and its private sales channel manages both seller and buyer interests off-platform.

IPv4.Global, the world’s largest, most-trusted and transparent IPv4 marketplace, today announced it reached $1 billion in IPv4 address sales. 

Of the five Regional Internet Registries responsible for distributing IP addresses, most have run out of IPv4 addresses. However, there remains a robust global demand for IPv4 addresses, especially by growing networks. These assets, which rarely appear on balance sheets or asset schedules, have become a source of cash for organizations in all sectors with unused blocks of addresses.

IPv4.Global’s success and momentum in the field is a direct result of its transparent marketplace, which is the most comprehensive in the industry and the only one to publicly publish the current pricing of IPv4 blocks traded on its platform. IPv4.Global’s recent first half of 2023 trends report highlighted current pricing and trends that impacted the market. While the analysis suggests stable to rising prices in 2023 for large blocks, small blockprices have been falling. Increased and increasing worldwide volumes support the thesis that prices will rise. 

The company’s $1B transfer milestone can also be linked to the skills of the dedicated IPv4.Global team. The company’s transfer agents are well versed in navigating the complexity of IPv4 transfers and make the potentially onerous process fast and seamless for both buyers and sellers. This expertise was recently recognized by ARIN, who named IPv4.Global as one of the few companies to meet the rigorous requirements for its Qualified Facilitator Status. 

The company’s technical expertise also means that it can help rehabilitate the reputation of IP blocks previously hijacked by spammers. It also offers a free audit tool, ReView, that allows network operators and administrators to gain visibility of their IP address usage quickly and easily, and more effectively manage their records. 

IPv4.Global customers have also benefitted from the fact that the company is backed by Hilco Streambank – which has multiple options for financing the acquisition, sale, or leasing of IPv4 addresses. 

IPv4.Global, a division of Hilco Streambank, the largest, most trusted and transparent IPv4 marketplace in the world, today announced the release of ReView, a new, first-of-its-kind digital IP address audit tool at RIPE 86.ReView was developed in collaboration with 6connect, the authors of revolutionary provisioning and IP address management software.

Many organizations have disorganized IP address holdings and are deterred from performing a detailed inventory by the potential time and expense. ReView, a new, free audit tool from IPv4.Global, allows network operators and administrators to quickly and easily gain visibility of their IP address allocations, and more effectively manage their records. ReView allows users to easily understand how their IP addresses are allocated and assigned. 

While many companies have turned to IP address management (IPAM) software to help them manage IP address allocations in increasingly dynamic networks, a significant proportion still attempt to track their IP addresses manually. Ineffective manual management of IP addresses results in increased risk of service interruptions, creates potential security risks, and makes updates to the network more time consuming. IPv4.Global’s ReView delivers the information needed to optimize network efficiency and unlock cost savings.

With ReView, organizations can quickly gain a clear picture of their entire address holdings. In addition, a thorough address audit delivers additional financial benefits as address consolidation avoids unnecessary purchases of new addresses and often reveals hidden, unused IPv4 address blocks which can be monetized.

With well-organized IP blocks, network administrators can easily group devices with the same rules and permissions into consecutive addresses or blocks, ensuring faster network updates and reducing the likelihood of accidentally creating security risks by omitting devices from updates. Additionally, network expansion is more efficient as new addresses can be rolled out quickly and optimally. 

To perform an IP address audit using ReView, users need to sign up for a free account, download and run the app from Windows, Apple, or Linux. They then choose their preferred network discovery approach – which is performed either via a fully automatic network scan, or by importing configuration details directly to their local ReView app. The app then lists the IP blocks that are in use, allowing users to see how efficiently their IP address blocks are being consumed.

For more information: https://ipv4.global/review/