TAP Into Technology Blog

Four Roadblocks to Deploying a Full Stack of In-Line Security Appliances

It's hard to remember that the commercial firewall, as we know it today, has only been around since 1994. This was the first firewall that could monitor every layer of the OSI stack—a formidable...

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A Practical Example: 1G In-Line and Out-of-Band Connectivity

Even if you’ve already realized the inferiority of SPAN ports and started moving to network TAPs, you still have to make sure your network design is set up for visibility into every bit, byte and...

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Bringing Remote Management to Network Architecture

Industries such as finance and retail are accustomed to dealing with the common challenges of remote site management. However, while virtual network computing (VNC) has made IT systems administration...

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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...

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[Video] “May the 4th Be with You” Promotion - A BB-8 Could be Yours

[Now the "TAPit to WINit" Giveaway] A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. The GT-TAP1G droid joined the TAP fleet running data missions in the Garland galaxy. Under steady attacks from the dark...

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Edge Devices Perform More Tasks Than Any Other Layer

Your edge devices play a critical role in your network management. While the muscle (or core) of your network does the heavy lifting – forwarding packets of data to other network layers – the edge...

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