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Garland Technology is committed to educating the benefits of having a strong foundation of network visibility and access. By providing this insight we protect the security of data across your network and beyond.

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Garland Technology's resource library offers free use of white papers, eBooks, use cases, infographics, data sheets, video demos and more.

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The TAP into Technology blog provides the latest news and insights on network access and visibility, including: network security, network monitoring and appliance connectivity and guest blogs from Industry experts and technology partners

Partners

Our extensive technology partnership ecosystem solves critical problems when it comes to network security, monitoring, application analysis, forensics and packet inspection.

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Garland Technology is dedicated to high standards in quality and reliability, while delivering the greatest economical solutions for enterprise, service providers, and government agencies worldwide.

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Whether you are ready to make a network TAP your foundation of visibility or just have questions, please contact us. Ask us about the Garland Difference!

Providing 100% visibility, in real time, all the time

Fiber Optic Network TAPs

Network TAPs for traffic speeds of 1G/10G/25G/40G/100G/400G

Fiber is the future of networking. With network speeds increasing by the day, it’s no longer a surprise to come across networks operating at 40Gbps, 100Gbps and even 400Gbps. Optical fiber is capable of transmitting data at higher speeds and over much longer distances than copper. So while copper isn’t going anywhere, new networks, especially in the telecommunications industry are being designed with fiber.

When it comes to selecting the correct fiber optic Network TAP for your environment, there are more factors to take into consideration compared to copper networks. Before you even consider speed, knowing whether you need single-mode or multi-mode fiber is the place to begin.

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Single-mode fiber cables have a smaller core size than multi-mode, which reduces the number of light reflections as the light passes through the cable, allowing the signal to travel further.  That makes it especially attractive for organizations that have long distance and higher bandwidth needs, such as telcos and universities. 

Multi-mode fiber on the other hand has a larger core size which allows multiple modes of light to pass through.  As a result, the number of reflections created increases as the light passes through. Multi-mode fiber is less expensive than single-mode fiber, and is largely used for shorter distance runs such as inside a data center or building.  

Another factor to consider is the fiber optical connector. Garland Technology has products that use different connectors ranging from LC to SFP, MPO/MTP® and Cisco BiDi. Knowing the requirements of your environment and the tools that you want to send copies of the traffic to will help identify the different types of network TAPs that are compatible with your needs. 

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Future Proof your Network with OM5

Garland Technology the leader in product research, development and evolution released the industry’s first Optical Multi-Mode 5 (OM5) media type for extended long-range and short-range data center applications and their environments.

Improving upon the OM4 that was made standard by the Telecommunications Industry Association, Garland Technology’s OM5 Fiber Test Access Point (TAP) creates an opportunity to provide increased network performance to support longer distances, more ethernet connections, and fiber channel applications.

Advantages of moving to OM5:

•  Design for the future - newest MM Fiber technology, no outdated technology

•  Backward compatible with OM3/OM4

•  Support for 100G SWDM links, offering lower cost of DC migration to 100G

•  Support for Cisco 100G BiDi

•  Offers a 50% link length increase over OM4 for 100G applications

•  No longer need parallel fibers for 40/100G MM transmission, offering a cost reduction over MPO/MTP12

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Fiber Network Solutions

Fiber TAPs solve many issues. Let's explore fiber network TAP use cases to see why:

Creating a foundation of visibility is key for network management. Once deployed, network TAPs allow you to access that point in your network at any time. Many organizations have adopted the stance of tapping all critical links for easy access during troubleshooting or inevitable security breaches.

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Case Study

Monitoring Telecommunications
Enhance Remediation and Resolve Vulnerability

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Case Study

Monitoring 5G Environments
Troubleshooting User Performance Issues At The Fronthaul

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Case Study

Financial Services
Providing threat prevention optimization and analysis

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Fiber Solution Resources

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Visibility Fabric Best Practices

This EMA white paper reviews implementing a network visibility fabric, comprised of TAPs, aggregation devices, and network packet brokers, network visibility fabrics specialize in delivering right-sized packet flows to network and security analysis tools.

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Network Connectivity

This white paper is a comprehensive guide to the network connectivity, including choosing copper or fiber, optical insertion loss considerations, different types of fibers, making a connection with MPO, and Cisco’s Bi-Directional Technology.

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TAP into Technology

Leading the way in Network Technology

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| February 22, 2024

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| December 14, 2023

Summary Gift giving, like new IT & OT network technology deployments, can go sideways when the surprises are disappointing. This blog discusses..

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