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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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The 101 Series: Why Do We Need an Aggregating Network TAP?

If you remember in my post on Breakout TAPs, there was a small problem when your network analyzer or monitoring device only had one network interface card (NIC). You could only look at the traffic...

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Network Functions Virtualization—What Is It and Why Should You Care?

Remember back in 2013 when software-defined networking (SDN) was going to change the world? It’s still the future of the data center, but the revolution is happening slower than people expected four...

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[Demo] Advanced Load Balancing for Multiple Active, In-line Security Tools

What do you do when you have low utilization and are not ready to invest in a 10G NextGen Firewall? The key to adapting to a 10G shift on a limited budget is to make the most of your current...

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What's the 2020 on Application Performance Management (APM)?

Cloud, firewalls, and even SDN are all some of the most well-known technologies currently in use. For the next part of our 2020 series, however, we're going to take a look under the hood at...

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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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