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Load Balancing at the Edge – Saves Budget While Keeping Up with Network Speed

Every security architect is facing the same problem today—pack more in-line security appliances into the stack on a limited budget. However, the challenge goes deeper than simply adding DDoS...

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The Cost of Network Outages

“Network outages can cost financial institutes up to $60k for 30 minutes of downtime.” I was just speaking to a long time customer of ours that divulged this to me when discussing their upcoming...

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Garland Unveils New 1G Modular Packet Broker System

On April 28th, Garland Technology revealed its new 1G Modular Packet Broker System, in either a 1U or 2U Chassis. This is Garland's first 1G chassis system capable of intelligent port-to-port data...

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MTP® Brand Connectors—An Integral Part of the Move to 40G/100G Networking

Data centers are being inundated with heavier workloads every day and network architects at large enterprises are forced to start planning a move to 40G or 100G network connectivity. The debate has...

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[Webinar] Find Your Network Blind Spots Sponsored by Palo Alto's Fuel User Group

At last year’s Ignite Conference and the 6 Spark User Summits we attended, we were surprised to find just how many network professionals are still relying on SPAN ports. Even though SPAN ports seemed...

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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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