Juan Garza
Juan is the Regional Sales Manager for Garland Technology representing the Western US territories. He has had 20 years experience in technology segments including networking, data center, virtual compute, cloud monitoring and semiconductors.
Firewall Primer: Best Practices for Avoiding Downtime
Firewalls are the most recognized security tool for safeguarding your network and are a critical component of any security infrastructure. Firewalls are considered the gatekeeper for most network security architectures, allowing only...
Adapting to New Security Demands at the Edge
In Part 1 of this “Master the Edge of the Network” series, we talked about the key networking factors you have to consider managing the edge of the network to gain these edge computing benefits. But edge computing isn’t without challenges....
How to Manage the Network Edge
The ability to detect and remediate cyber attacks pose an existential threat to IT organizations worldwide. A study from IBM and Ponemon found that companies that detect and contain data breaches within 30 days save, on average, more than...
Improve Network Packet Broker ROI with an Aggregation Layer
The aggregation layer, and thus the four-tiered approach to network visibility grew out of the need to maximize the ROI of NPBs and monitoring and security tools. Before we talk about the aggregation layer and the benefits it brings, let’s...
Network Visibility Fabric Design - Focus on the Core
We’ve previously talked about the importance of the access layer, aggregation layer and edge to a well-designed network visibility fabric. Tapped traffic from the access layer flows to the aggregation layer, where it’s collected,...
The Role of Bypass Solutions in a Network Visibility Fabric
Designing complete network visibility solutions takes more than just Network TAPs and Network Packet Brokers at key points in the access and aggregation layers of the network. With network security being more important than ever before,...