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[SlideShare] Tech Talk 2017: Sucking Mud, EL15 and Wave a Dead Chicken

The lazy days of summer are over and it’s time to sharpen our minds and have a few laughs along the way. In my third annual installment of Garland Tech Talk, I’m here to share with you the secret...

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Data at Risk Series: Cyber Security Needs of the Healthcare Industry

Back in 2013, the healthcare industry took over as the highest value sector of the United States economy with about $21.8 billion in revenue. Healthcare is huge and the sensitive nature of patient...

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Hijacking Healthcare: Ransomware Attacks vs. Health Record Security

We’ve touched on the looming presence of ransomware in the healthcare industry in the past—but this year it hit especially close to home. In April 2017, Erie County Medical Center, located just a few...

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Fiber Facts—Yes, You Do Need to Read This

Just like how network security used to be simple with just a firewall and the live wire, network connectivity used to be simply copper cabling and the popular RJ45 connector. While copper won’t be...

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The 101 Series: Link Failure Propagation and High Availability

Many customers that we talk to have more than one Internet connection at their facility. Referred to as a high availability (HA) scenario, this active/active or active/passive link setup ensures...

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Understanding the Need for Link Speed Synchronization

In increasingly complex networking environments, it is important to choose solutions that can automatically resolve transmission issues at the hardware level. This is particularly true when you’re...

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