Tim O'Neill
As the Senior Technology Consultant & Chief Editor at LoveMyTool, Tim O’Neill has over 45 years of technology experience at data/voice and video networking analysis companies, including successful senior roles in Sales, Product Design, Marketing Management, Business Development and Security.
Network Engineer’s Guide to Reducing Mean Time to Resolution
The days of siloed IT infrastructures are quickly ending as services, applications and network components become more interdependent. IT infrastructures are becoming more complex and it’s falling on your shoulders to keep mean time to...
TAP Test: Do you need a Network TAP?
Whether you are proactively designing a network for a new office or data center location, or looking to make changes to your current infrastructure, there are a lot of questions to ask during the initial design phase.
7 reasons why you shouldn’t choose SPAN as a real visibility access device
Every day I come across network techs who continue to rely on SPAN ports for their network access method. This blows my mind as its been proven time and again why you shouldn’t rely on SPAN ports. Let me share with you some of those...
Understanding the Visibility Limitations of SPAN Ports
Visibility is key for today’s Network Engineers and Managers. Visibility is a MUST when thinking about network security and compliance requirements and soon GDPR. I want to focus on the need for real visibility that only TAPs provide...
Fiber Optical Networking
Greater Data Speeds but New Challenges to Consider As we begin seeing much higher bandwidth speeds for data communications using fiber optical connections and enter into the non-linear world of photonic communications, many things will...
Halloween Hack: Should SCADA/ICS be Scared?
I’ve been saying for years that supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and industrial control systems (ICS) have a greater risk of being hacked. Unless changes and upgrades are made to these mission critical systems, a...