Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) November 04, 2014 -- Garland Technology, experts in the field of network design, including network analyzers, next-generation firewalls, computer forensics analysis and data capture, application performance monitoring and more, is a gold sponsor of the Riverbed FORCE Show this year. Garland Technology will be attending the show alongside Big Switch Networks, an SDN (software defined network) focused firm.
Riverbed FORCE will feature a multitude of keynote speakers and session speakers for the annual event. Some of these sessions include, but are not limited to:
As a proud partner of Riverbed technology and a sponsor of Riverbed FORCE 2014, Garland Technology will be exhibiting solutions customized for Riverbed users at the event this year. “FORCE is a great conference,” says Garland Technology CEO Chris Bihary. “As a technology partner, we look forward to the opportunity to continue getting to know Riverbed users and better serve them.”
“FORCE gives our users a chance to see how all of the technologies in the Riverbed ecosystem come together,” said Katie Colbert, vice president, global technology alliances at Riverbed. “In addition to showcasing our partners, the conference gives us a chance to announce new products and features, like the Riverbed-Ready Technology Alliance program.”
Riverbed FORCE is taking place at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA from November 3rd to the 6th. Registration details can be found here: https://secure3.aetherquest.com/riverbedforce2014/
About Garland Technology: 
Garland Technology guarantees precise data monitoring capabilities with a full line of access products: network TAPs that support aggregation, regeneration, bypass and breakout modes; packet brokering products; and cables and pluggables. We want to help you avoid introducing additional software, points of failure and bulk into your network. Garland’s hardware solutions let you see every bit, byte, and packetTM in your network.
Not an expert in network TAP technology or network connectivity? That’s all right. Garland’s design and education-based approach takes you from square one to network design specialist. Garland also works with your vendor of choice in the solution areas of network analyzers, intrusion detection, intrusion prevention systems, bandwidth management, computer forensics, data capture, content filtering, data leakage prevention, and lawful interception. Your Garland Technology network designer works directly with you and your team to meet your network access needs and provide you with the best solution.
Visit garlandtechnology.com for additional information, and let us help your company with its network visibility needs. For more information, visit http://www.garlandtechnology.com.
Riverbed FORCE 2014 
Riverbed FORCE 2014, November 3 – 6 at the San Jose Convention Center, gathers global IT leaders and industry pioneers to focus on The Hybrid Enterprise: How to Make Yours Perform at Its Peak. FORCE offers attendees thought-provoking General Session keynotes from industry experts; free technical certification testing; a Riverbed-Ready Technology Partner Pavilion; and 80 hands on labs and technical sessions that deliver in-depth training with hybrid architectures and solutions in performance management, WAN optimization, branch converged infrastructure and application delivery. More than 1,000 customers, technology partners and industry and Riverbed technology experts are expected at this premier event. Learn more at http://www.riverbedforce.com.
If the inline security tool goes off-line, the TAP will bypass the tool and automatically keep the link flowing. The Bypass TAP does this by sending heartbeat packets to the inline security tool. As long as the inline security tool is on-line, the heartbeat packets will be returned to the TAP, and the link traffic will continue to flow through the inline security tool. 
If the heartbeat packets are not returned to the TAP (indicating that the inline security tool has gone off-line), the TAP will automatically 'bypass' the inline security tool and keep the link traffic flowing. The TAP also removes the heartbeat packets before sending the network traffic back onto the critical link. 
While the TAP is in bypass mode, it continues to send heartbeat packets out to the inline security tool so that once the tool is back on-line, it will begin returning the heartbeat packets back to the TAP indicating that the tool is ready to go back to work. The TAP will then direct the network traffic back through the inline security tool along with the heartbeat packets placing the tool back inline. 
Some of you may have noticed a flaw in the logic behind this solution!  You say, “What if the TAP should fail because it is also in-line? Then the link will also fail!” The TAP would now be considered a point of failure. That is a good catch – but in our blog on Bypass vs. Failsafe, I explained that if a TAP were to fail or lose power, it must provide failsafe protection to the link it is attached to. So our network TAP will go into Failsafe mode keeping the link flowing.
Single point of failure: a risk to an IT network if one part of the system brings down a larger part of the entire system.
Heartbeat packet: a soft detection technology that monitors the health of inline appliances. Read the heartbeat packet blog here.
Critical link: the connection between two or more network devices or appliances that if the connection fails then the network is disrupted.