As Chief Technology Officer, Richard Hyatt is the visionary guiding the product development teams at BlueCat Networks. As the driving technical force behind BlueCat’s innovative technology, Hyatt has applied his extensive expertise in multiple programming languages, system design and application targeting for multiple operating systems to the BlueCat portfolio of products. Under Hyatt’s direction, BlueCat continues to develop world-class network integration and security appliances that are used by vital organizations and classified government agencies around the world. In 2000, Richard was nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Prior to founding BlueCat, Hyatt co-founded Dyadem International in 1994 with his brother and business partner, Michael Hyatt. Dyadem has grown to become a world leader in engineering software. Richard studied Materials Engineering at the University of Toronto before embarking on a career in software development.

Mr. Hyatt will discuss FIVE PILLARS OF INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS MANAGEMENT (IPAM) INTELLIGENCE. IP-based infrastructures form the cornerstone of today’s high speed voice and data communications networks. The increasing numbers and types of network attached devices, the dwindling supply of available IP addresses, transition from IPv4 to IPv6, and the need for ‘always-on / always accessible / always secure’ corporate and government networks are driving requirements for sophisticated IP Address Management (IPAM) solutions. These solutions offer tools to monitor and control the IP address space, prevent address conflicts, reclaim and reallocate unused addresses, and predict address requirements, all in accordance with network governance & security policies. They are considerably more functional and secure than the legacy IPAM solutions, spreadsheets and other ‘homegrown’ systems that are commonplace today. In his presentation, Richard Hyatt will focus on how the latest innovations in centralizing the management of DNS and DHCP services gives IT administrators the necessary network intelligence to reduce operational costs while enhancing network reliability and security. Specifically, Mr. Hyatt will discuss the ‘Five Pillars of Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) Intelligence’: Management, Visibility, Integration, Continuity and Control.