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The increasing numbers and types of network attached devices, the dwindling supply of available IP addresses, and the need for ‘always-on / always accessible’ corporate networks are driving requirements for sophisticated 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 policies. They are considerably more functional than the legacy IPAM solutions, spreadsheets and other ’homegrown’ systems that are commonplace today.