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Breathe New Life Into Your Existing Packet Broker

If you have been in networking long enough, you may have heard the phrase “breathe new life into old tools.” This concept is simple - security and monitoring tools only perform as well as the data...

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Network Packet Brokers: Tunneling Explained

We’ve discussed why network packet brokers are an essential component for the increasingly crowded data center, for traffic aggregation and load balancing. We’ve also begun diving into specific...

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Packet Deduplication Explained

Duplicate packets are one of those things that happen in a busy network. Although using different network equipment and optimizing your network will minimize duplicates, they’ll still crop up on a...

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Network Packet Visibility for Hybrid Cloud Environment

Nearly all cyber attacks must cross the network, so extracting security-relevant data from network traffic is essential across a wide range of security operations. As teams are moving to the cloud,...

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Improve Network Packet Broker ROI with an Aggregation Layer

The aggregation layer, and thus the four-tiered approach to network visibility grew out of the need to maximize the ROI of NPBs and monitoring and security tools. Before we talk about the aggregation...

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Unleash the Power of Packet Slicing and Time Stamping in your Network

In today’s environments with significant investment in security and monitoring tools, Garland Technology recognizes the need for a cost-effective solution that provides the flexibility and...

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