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Garland Technology Expands into the Nordics Through Partnership with RTS

April 22, 2021

NEW YORK, April 22, 2021 – Garland Technology, a leading provider of network TAP (test access point) and packet broker solutions, announced a partnership with Swedish-based RTS to bring its network TAP and network packet broker solutions to more companies across Sweden.

RTS, an IT infrastructure partner, is focused on providing successful operations and network solutions across Sweden, with a passion for building on close relations with employees, customers and partners to help customers realize their goals. 

“Garland Technology is dedicated to the channel, and has committed to growing our business by joining forces with resellers like RTS who have deep technical knowledge and strong relationships in their local markets, said Chris Bihary, CEO / Co-Founder, Garland Technology. “And we remain dedicated to creating innovative, reliable, and scalable TAP and packet broker solutions that allow our partners to provide measurable value to their customers.”

“Partnering with Garland Technology will give RTS customers much better possibilities to have control and create good management of their networks and in their security operation” says Johan Rosenqvist, Co-Founder and Business Developer of RTS.

 

ABOUT RTS

RTS is a brand independent, IT infrastructure advisory partner. With excellence in IT and digitalization, RTS enables businesses and organizations to establish a sustainable and successful operation, by offering the right digital environment and tools. RTS holds certificates for both Quality and Environmental management. For more info, please visit: rts.se 

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Heartbeats Packets Inside the Bypass TAP

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.

Glossary

  1. 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.

  2. Heartbeat packet: a soft detection technology that monitors the health of inline appliances. Read the heartbeat packet blog here.

  3. Critical link: the connection between two or more network devices or appliances that if the connection fails then the network is disrupted.

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