TAP Into Technology Blog: Network Design (9)
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 speeds, for example - customers want to be...
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 going from ports A to B or the traffic...
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 years ago. Amidst all of the SDN hype,...
[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 appliances by implementing advanced load...
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 application performance management (APM). This...
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 protection to your existing intrusion prevention...