2021

Release 21.0.7 - 28 November 2021

Service enhancements

What is it: Multiple improvements of Import, Export and Search capabilities.

Release 21.0.6 - 18 April 2021

Improved Search

What is it: Portal search is expanded to Tags and Custom Fields.

Release 21.0.5 - 14 March 2021

REST API expansion

What is it: REST API support for CMDB Hardware Ranges and Hardware Types, as well as CMDB Risk Management.

Release 21.0.4 - 14 March 2021

REST API expansion

What is it: REST API support for CMDB Hardware Ranges and Hardware Types, as well as CMDB Risk Management.

Release 21.0.3 - 22 February 2021

CMDB Risk Management

What is it: CMDB Risk Management allows to capture, inter-relate and evaluate Risk and Lifecycle information of IT components.

Release 21.0.2 - 14 February 2021

Internal improvements and bug fixes

Release 21.0.1 - 7 February 2021

Internal improvements and bug fixes

What is it: Improved data import; transfer of account ownership; bug fixes.

2020

Release 20.1.9 - 29 November 2020

Internal improvements and bug fixes

What is it: Improved data import engine.

Release 20.1.8 - 17 October 2020

Support of IPAM Network Address Translation (NAT)

When to use it: When you need to mark certain networks or IP addresses that participate in a Network Address Translation.

Release 20.1.7 - 30 August 2020

Internal improvements and bug fixes

Release 20.1.6 - 16 August 2020

Expanded Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

When to use it: When you need more granular control over user rights.

What is it: Expanded RBAC allows you to define CMDB Site-specific user rights.

Release 20.1.5 - 18 July 2020

Extended CMDB hardware hierarchy

When to use it: When you have a complex hierarchy of hardware elements in the CMDB, and a relationship Vendor -- Device does not suffice.

What is it: This is an extension of ISA-95 object hierarchy model. In case of need, switch from the Simple to Extended hardware hierarchy. It allows you to make use of additional "Hardware Ranges" and "Hardware Types" layers to categorize and sort your hardware models.

Improved TCP port scanning

When to use it: When you need to scan public or secure network segments for the enabled services.

What is it: When scanning your network for active services (TCP ports), select an option to scan "silent" IP hosts that do not respond to ICMP pings. Even if an IP host is not ping'able, its presence and running services will be revealed.

Release 20.1.4 - 14 June 2020

Improved form views

What is it: Easier to use, better looking forms in our dialogs windows.

Release 20.1.3 - 18 May 2020

Updated Privacy Policy

What is it: Updated Privacy Policy with a more granular data classification.

Extended CMDB site hierarchy

When to use it: When you have a complex Organisation of Sites in your CMDB, and a lot of equipment on each site.

What is it: This is an extension of an ISA-95 object hierarchy model. In case of need, divide your Site into Areas, and further into Work Centers and Work Units. You can associate your equipment with an individual part of a site for more granularity.

Release 20.1.2 - 2 May 2020

New product pages

What is it: New, better looking Product and Marketing web pages. More relevant and up to date information.

Release 20.1.1 - 27 April 2020

CMDB Device Components support

When to use it: When you want to capture a list of individual device components in your CMDB.

What is it: Hardware components, such as Modules, Interfaces, CPU's can be captured in the CMDB and and associated with a given device.

Release 20.1.0 - 19 April 2020

Updated price model

What is it: We have adjusted our pricing and expanded it with a possibility to upgrade the CMDB database.

Release 20.0.4 - 22 March 2020

Role-Based Access Control

When to use it: When you need to have granular control over user rights that go beyond simple Read-Write or Read-Only privileges.

What is it: We replaced legacy per-user privilege management with more advanced Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), providing you granular access control and a better delegation of rights. You can define role privileges per object type, and assign a user to one or more roles.

Release 20.0.3 - 26 January 2020

Support of VLANs in IPAM

When to use it: When you need to capture Vlans configured within your Sites, and associate them with IPAM networks. This simplifies the network administration because of new filtering and mapping possibilities.

What is it: VLANs and VLAN Groups can be defined as separate CMDB objects.

Release 20.0.2 - 20 January 2020

Support of IPAM Roles and Statuses

When to use it: When you need to assign a custom role or status to your IPAM network or Vlan.

What is it: We replaced legacy predefined IPAM roles and statuses with new, flexible objects that can be assigned to your IPAM elements.

Release 20.0.1 - 12 January 2020

Improved documentation

What is it: We have added more snapshots and details to our documentation.

Removal of legacy IPAM Location field

What is it: IPAM Location field was replaced by a new CMDB Site object.

Release 20.0.0 - 5 January 2020

CMDB Device Inventory

When to use it: When you need to collect the hardware and software inventory of your devices, and ensure its up-to-date status.

What is it: Devices connected to a network can now be scanned by SNMP protocol, and their details like Vendor/Model/Serials/Hardware retrieved and automatically added to the CMDB database.

CMDB Device Lifecycle Compliance report

When to use it: Lifecycle Compliance report provides you with an instant view of your Region/Site/Device hardware and software compliance with corporate standards.

What is it: All CMDB devices can be compared against the company requirements for Hardware and Software levels.

Improved periodic network scanning

When to use it: When you need to scan all networks within a VRF, or all devices within your CMDB.

What is it: The ability to launch a scan of all networks within a given IPAM VRF, or all devices within your CMDB. You can also define these scans to run on a periodic basis.

2019

Release 19.2.4 - 6 October 2019

VRF wide address scanning

• IPAM VRF scanning. We added the possibility to scan all leaf networks of an IPAM VRF at once. This makes it easy to trigger a global refresh of your IP addresses.
• New portal Dashboard. We added a new Dashboard to show the summary of all CMDB and IPAM elements.

Release 19.2.3 - 29 September 2019

New Network CMDB

• The configuration management database maintains relationships between network components, elements of the Organisation and an IP Address Manager. Have a look at our Docs page.

Release 19.2.2 - 5 August 2019

Performance improvements

• Internal performance boost and minor improvements.

Release 19.2.1 - 21 July 2019

Expansion of Network CMDB - Geographic Areas

• Regions and Sites. We have expanded our Network CMDB with the support of Regions and Sites, including the integration with Google Maps. Have a look at our Docs page.

Release 19.2.0 - 6 July 2019

Expansion of Network CMDB - Tenancy

• Tenants and Tenant Groups. As part of the Network CMDB scope, we added the support of Tenants - internal departments or external companies that may own certain network assets. Check our Docs page.

Release 19.1.7 - 14 June 2019

Invoice based subscriptions

• Invoice based subscriptions. For those customers that cannot use digital payments we have added the support of traditional invoice based subscriptions.

Release 19.1.6 - 26 May 2019

Improved IP object Filtering.

• IP octet masks. We have added the octet mask filter to IP Address and Network lists. It allows to search for patterns like *.*.10.* or *.*.10-12.*

Release 19.1.5 - 22 May 2019

Focus on better Search and Filtering.

• Tags. We have added the support of Tags as an easy way to group, search and filter any objects.

Release 19.1.4 - 12 May 2019

Focus on data model expansion.

• Better custom fields. You can expand any object by adding Custom Fields to it and defining their type (text, integer, drop-down selection, etc).

Release 19.1.3 - 6 April 2019

Focus on REST API improvements.

• More API accounts. You can create more than one API account and individually control their rights.
• Changed API authentication scheme. We have switched from Basic to Bearer authentication.
• Added more API endpoints. We have exposed VRF Groups and Network Services through API.

Release 19.1.2 - 29 March 2019

Focus on better customer communication.

• Added online chat to the portal. It's now easier to get in touch or request information.
• Added demo videos. As an answer to the question "how does it really work".
• Highlight portal top menu. Depending on the page, the top menu of the portal is highlighted.

Release 19.1.1 - 24 March 2019

Focus on Invoicing and Search improvements.

• Improved Search and Filtering. Partial search is made the default search option. We added the checkbox to trigger an exact pattern matching.
• Better subscription overview. More details provided on the subscription overview page.
• Better email notifications. More details provided when changing your subscription.
• Improved invoice list. Months that have no transactions are included in the list.

Update of Terms of Service - 22 March 2019

• We have added point 6d (termination of abandoned user accounts).

Release 19.1.0 - 17 March 2019

Major update covering all areas.

• New, completely updated User Interface. More readable, lightweight and convenient.
• New top menu. It brings you to new portal pages: these are lists of all IPAM objects with filtering and export possibilities.
• New list of Network Services. You can easily see how many servers make use of a particular TCP port; search and export that list.
• More stats. There is more statistics and cross-references on every page.
• New IP Address view. In the past clicking on an IP Address would show you the Edit dialog; now it brings you to the new view showing details of that IP entry.
• Better search engine. We updated search engine that can also handle partial searches like 'abc*' (start with 'abc') and '*abc' (end with 'abc'). Note: you can search for IP addresses too: for example, 10.11.12* will show you all networks and IP addresses starting with 10.11.12.
• Easier way to ask for help. When logged in to the portal note the "doctor's bag" icon at the top and bottom of page. Use it to raise help tickets and include page snapshots if needed.

2018

May

• 25 May. We updated our Privacy Policy to better describe the types of collected data and the customer rights.

April

• Updated User Interface. We discontinued supporting browsers older than IE11.

January

• Two more versions of Sentinel agent released - Windows service and command line.

2017

October

• Password Policies let you define your own complexity and expiration password rules.
• New role of IPAM adminstrator provides a quick way to delegate full IPAM rights.

September

• The new free IPAM quota threshold of 500 IP objects has been introduced.
• Node list in IP Address Manager can now be adjusted to display the desired node fields.

August

• Expanded IPAM Smart Filters functionality with possibility to search on custom fields.
• Added option to control individual user rights to Helpdesk.
• Expanded the management of user rights: they can be defined on a per-VRF basis.
• Added DCIM Connectivity fields to IPAM nodes.
• Added option to change the payment method of a running subscription.
• Updated Privacy Policy document with a new location of data storage.

July

• Improved IPAM Search.
• Added the possibility to export results of a Search or Smart Filter to a file.

May

• VRFs can be grouped using the new IPAM VRF Group object.
• Client log can be exported to a comma-separated value (CSV) file.
• Periodic network scans can now be executed twice a day if needed.
• Improved display of custom fields of IPAM elements.

April

• IPAM can now import IP networks directly from a routing table of a live router. This allows for the real time comparison and synchronization of an IPAM database with a live network.

February

• Two new products released: Helpdesk and Request Management & Operational Planner.

2016

November

• The support of custom fields has been added to IPAM networks, nodes, and other IP elements.

October

• User interface has been adjusted for modern browsers that take into account the display's pixel density.

September

• REST API interface to Apteriks IP Address Manager has been released.

August

• We enabled Premium subscriptions with possibility to upgrade or downgrade at will.

May

• Apteriks portal has tightened the security and achieved the PCI compliance. The support of the legacy encryption protocols has been turned off.

March

• SmartFilters added to the IP Address Manager. They act as a virtual folders and define flexible search criteria for your IPAM data.

January

• Performance and User Interface improvements in the IP Address Manager.

2015

November

• Major upgrade of an IP Address Manager. Added support of folders, introduced FlexTree, improved user interface.

September

• We have changed our Privacy Policy: in order to provide the true geographic redundancy of our service, as of now the user data can be stored in any geographic region.

August

• The Terms of Service have been updated to reflect the formal ownership of Apteriks portal.
• Support of SNMP-based discovery has been added to the new release of Sentinel, allowing to obtain device Hardware/Software/Model details along with many other things.
• New unified IPAM interface to perform the infrastructure discoveries.

April

• Statistical overviews and summaries are added to IP Address Manager, providing more insights on the utilization of your IPAM.

March

• For the second year in a row, Gartner included Apteriks in year 2015 global market guide on DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI).

January

• An action log and Administrative Types and Statuses have been added to the IP Address Manager.

2014

November

• Apteriks solution was presented to the public at the WebSummit 2014 conference in Dublin, Ireland.
• New features added to IP Address Manager: The search function; Support of DHCP and Generic IP ranges; Expanded control over user rights.

October

• The IT Infrastructure Discovery got its own product page and is now able to initiate the exploration of any arbitrary network with a single button click.
• An automatic generation of Infrastructure Discovery Reports.

September

• Support of TCP Service Discovery for any managed network.
• Support of Service Provider setup; now Apteriks solution can be used to manage your own clients.

August

• The launch of distributed architecture based on interaction of Apteriks portal with remote sentinel agents. This breakthrough development allows for the integration of company IT environment with Apteriks portal, and delivery of full-featured products from the web.

April

• Added the new user interface. UI improvements in IP Address Manager.
• Gartner included Apteriks in year 2014 global market guide on DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI).

March

• Support of overlapping addresses in VRFs.
• Implementation of multi-user setup and User Rights Management in IP Address Manager.

February

• New product: a Device Processor interprets the network configuration and helps to extract and visualize the data.
• All data to the portal is now SSL encrypted.

January

• Any Apteriks tool can now directly query the public Whois databases of Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).
• New tool: Online IPv4/v6 IP Subnet Calculator has been launched and integrated with an IP Address Manager.
• Added the IPAM Quick Start guide for the new Apteriks users.
• First release of Apteriks IPAM service.