TAP Into Technology Blog

Avoiding the Critical OM3/OM4 Fiber Pitfall—Micron Mismatching

So much networking buzz revolves around 40G and 100G networking speeds these days, but we aren’t forgetting about the vast landscape of 1G and 10G networks. If you’re building a new 1G or 10G fiber...

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Data at Risk Series: Healthcare Cyber Security - is Now Life or Death

In our first Data at Risk post about healthcare, we discussed the current state of security in the industry. After highlighting the key vulnerabilities for healthcare providers—the move to digital...

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Tapping to the Music—Looking Back at the 1990s

In our new infographic, The Evolution of Network Visibility, we took a trip down melody lane to show readers the events and innovations that sparked the rise of network visibility. Relax and rewind...

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Making the Switch: Serial Bus to Ethernet

There’s a lot of talk these days about Industrial Ethernet. What it is and what it is not. Part of the misunderstanding is that the standards are very simple, yet stringent. The simple part of...

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On TAP at the Cisco Berlin Expo—Ensuring Network Visibility as Network Speeds Increase

Every year, Cisco—a Garland Technology partner—hosts a number of user expos across the globe to deliver premier education and training for network engineers all the way up to IT directors. On...

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Fractal Networks Require a Focused and Flexible Foundation

Focused and flexible are sometimes opposites but these are required in today’s higher, almost quantum network speeds. Is 100G the end? Absolutely not. Are Fractal Networks possible?

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