TAP Into Technology Blog

Choosing the Right Pluggables and Cables for Your IT or OT Network

Pluggables and cables in IT and OT networks. They’re a necessity. You wouldn’t drive an automobile without windshield wipers. You can’t fish for large mouth bass without a good monofilament line in...

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“Not another installation setback”

As my daughter approaches her 3rd birthday, we've loosened up the rules on watching cartoons. Now, we all look forward to Saturday morning cartoons … and pancakes. Personally, I haven’t watched...

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Fewer Surprises Make Better Deployments

I remember it clearly. Christmas 1982. I was 6 years old. I wanted only one gift from my parents that year: Masters of the Universe Castle Grayskull As the big day grew closer, I knew exactly what...

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Don’t let snags unravel IT network deployments

Maximizing the merriment in December requires Santa-like scheduling superpowers. There are friends and family to visit, gifts to buy, cookies to bake, and Hallmark movies to binge. Likely, there’s...

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5 Reasons to TAP your Network

Why do I need TAPs? That’s a question I hear a lot from people in the field. Either they aren’t familiar with TAPs, or even if they are, with a low utilization, they may think there isn’t an...

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Understanding OT Frameworks & Standards for Secure Industrial Networks

In April 2021, a ransomware attack shut down the largest pipeline network in the United States. Colonial Pipeline, which supplies almost 50% of the Northeast’s energy needs, lost nearly 100 gigabytes...

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