TAP Into Technology Blog: Network Design (10)
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 network connectivity needs. As a financial...
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 filtering and aggregation between TAPs,...
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 raged on for years whether copper or...
[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 to serve network architects well in the...
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 network—or expanding an existing...
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?