Men&Mice
Men&Mice is an enterprise software company that provides network infrastructure management solutions focused on centralized control of Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and IP address resources across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) software platform for heterogeneous environments
- Abstraction layer for managing on-premises (on-prem), cloud, and multi-vendor DNS and DHCP services
- IP address planning, allocation, and auditing capabilities for enterprise networks
- APIs and automation features for integration with DevOps, cloud, and orchestration workflows
- Visibility and governance over DNS, DHCP, and IP address data across distributed infrastructures
More About Men&Mice
Men&Mice focuses on DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) (network infrastructure) for enterprises and public sector organizations that operate mixed on‑premises, virtualized, and cloud environments. Its software is designed to System Integration Testing (SIT) as a control and abstraction layer on top of existing DNS and DHCP services from multiple vendors and platforms rather than replacing them, which aligns it with overlay DDI management and orchestration categories.
The company’s platform is used to unify management of DNS zones, DHCP scopes, and IP address allocation across infrastructure components such as Microsoft Active Directory-integrated DNS, BIND, cloud-native DNS services, and various DHCP servers. This centralization can support governance and consistency for institutions that have accumulated heterogeneous network services through growth, mergers, or cloud adoption. The software is positioned to help administrators maintain a single source of truth for IP resources while still using underlying services from different providers.
From a technology perspective, Men&Mice’s offerings operate at the control plane for DDI (network operations), providing interfaces and APIs for automated provisioning, policy enforcement, and reporting. The platform commonly interacts with standard DNS and DHCP protocols and with IP address management workflows, while exposing RESTful APIs and integration points for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), and orchestration tools. This enables DDI data and changes to be incorporated into automated deployment pipelines and cloud provisioning processes.
Enterprises use Men&Mice to support networking for hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, where DNS and IP resources must span data centers, private cloud platforms, and public cloud providers. By enabling unified management of these distributed components, the solution is categorized within network infrastructure management and DDI, with applicability in environments that require Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), change tracking, auditability, and delegation of network operations tasks across teams or business units.
In directory and marketplace taxonomies, Men&Mice is best placed under network infrastructure software with a focus on DDI management, IP address management (IPAM), and DNS/DHCP control-plane orchestration. Its combination of an abstraction layer over heterogeneous DNS/DHCP services, automation interfaces, and IP address lifecycle management aligns it with tools used by enterprise architects, network engineers, and platform teams responsible for reliable name resolution, address allocation, and policy-compliant network configuration across complex infrastructures.