TAP Into Technology Blog: Data Center (2)
How to Make 40G Fiber More Accessible—A Primer on Cisco BiDi Technology
Just as large enterprises settle into 10G networking, bandwidth intensive applications and big data demands are forcing companies to adopt 40G network speeds. However, the shift from 10G to 40G requires a major investment in a new cabling...
PacketMAX: Find your visibility truth
Designed to redefine how you approach your network, Garland Technology is excited to announce the launch of two new products to our purpose-built packet broker line. These products were specifically created to address critical needs of our...
A Brief History of Multi-mode Fiber; Are you ready for what’s next?
The magnitude of what we can do on any given mobile device has grown exponentially over the past few decades; our productivity is no longer dependent upon the ability to commute to work, but rather our connectivity to those we work with,...
The 101 Series: Filtering TAPs
In our 101 network TAP series, we have explained the functionality of the various network TAPs that are available to gain access to the traffic that is typically found in a network. We have reviewed passive fiber TAPs, copper network TAPs,...
What White-Box and Brite-Box Mean for Your SDN Deployment
Even though there’s still plenty of excitement surrounding software-defined networking (SDN), the conversation has really changed over the last few years. One of the most-anticipated benefits of building out SDN was the cost savings. That...
The Controller Problem in Software-Defined Networking
It was great to see our technology partner, Big Switch Netw orks , included in this year’s Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Networking . After years of using the Big Monitoring Fabric (BMF) as a network packet broker/Trojan horse to...