TAP Into Technology Blog

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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Visibility by Design for Application/Network Performance Monitoring and Security

We recently formalized a technology partnership with Savvius, a company I’ve been working with since early in my career when they were called WildPackets. The Savvius and Garland Technology...

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Defining a True Data Center Rack TAP Solution

Think back to the beginning days of IT—the 1980s and 1990s when portable network analyzers were all the rage. These massive suitcases might have been anything but portable as IT professionals threw...

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Purpose Built Network Packet Brokers

I’ve been talking with quite a few customers lately on data center management and monitoring projects. One recurring specification I keep hearing is to be able to accommodate a variety of network...

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What's the State of SDN?

It feels like there have been two extremes in software-defined networking (SDN) discussions over the last few years. On one side, you have people who focus on the fact that SDN hasn’t lived up to its...

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MTP® Brand Connectors versus Generic MPO in Fiber Networks

Generic MPO connectors have been the standard for network architects who require density and strive for shorter install times, as well as simplified cabling infrastructure for their 40G/100G data...

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