TAP Into Technology Blog: Network Infrastructure (9)
3 Protocols You Need to Know Before Increasing Network Speeds
Traffic demands have spiked dramatically over the past five years, and gigabit Ethernet isn’t cutting it in enterprise networks anymore. While many companies have started making the transition from 1G to 10G, the next transition is pretty...
5 Steps for Tagging Packets in Port Channel Architecture
Antiquated infrastructure, slow technology migrations, and limited bandwidth can’t keep pace with the traffic demands of increasingly advanced communications software, real-time data backup solutions, and other high-bandwidth applications....
Not Ready for the 10G to 40G Transition? Consider Cisco's EtherChannel
Large enterprises know they will eventually have to make the transition from 10G networking to 40G if they want to overcome the challenges of big data and bandwidth-hogging applications. But boosting bandwidth quickly would require...
Network Architect’s Guide to Ensuring Network Monitoring Visibility
The days of solving network problems by purchasing more bandwidth, extra storage or new servers are over. As network traffic demands increase rapidly, these traditional approaches to resolving network issues become costlier and more...
Thwart Hackers By Fortifying Your Network Design & Security
Network security and design go hand in hand. If you’re not strategic about building a network designed to protect your data, you’re apt to suffer an abundance of network security issues. The key to your design is visibility, and the...
A Visibility Plane Can Lower Cyber Insurance Costs
Today, cyber insurance is very much like liability insurance but focused on covering the liabilities of a cyber breach. Right now, these plans are based on financial and cyber threat evaluation and not on the company’s: