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Garland Technology Announces Expansion of Richardson, TX Office

October 7, 2014

Garland Technology announces immediate plans to expand their Richardson, TX office. The new office space will now be over 5,000 sq. ft.

Richardson, TX (PRWEB) October 07, 2014 -- Garland Technology, experts in the field of network design, intrusion Detection, bandwidth management, computer forensics, data leakage prevention, and much more, is excited to announce the expansion of their Richardson, TX office. The new space is currently being renovated and Garland Technology aims to complete the new office as soon as possible. Garland Technology will now be able to handle even more shipping, receiving, and manufacturing duties thanks to this expansion.

As the foremost network design and visibility providers, Garland Technology’s physical growth could not come at a more opportune time. With an unrivaled focus on client satisfaction, the new office space will serve to heighten their already glowing reputation in the network design marketplace. “Getting products tested and to our clients on time is our #1 priority. With more space, we can make sure we are delivering our quality as demand grows,” says Garland Technology CTO and Co-Owner Jerry Dillard. “We couldn’t be more pleased with the progress on this expansion thus far and believe our clients will see the benefits as well.”

Clients and interested parties are encouraged to keep up with the company, including product announcements and educational materials, at the Garland Technology blog:http://blog.garlandtechnology.com/blog

About Garland Technology: 
Garland Technology guarantees precise data monitoring capabilities for enterprise networks with no added point of failure. Garland's line of Test Access Points (TAPs) are the foundation to all network monitoring by delivering access to all data for security, network visualization, network performance monitoring, forensics, deep packet capture, data leakage, and compliance.

Garland Technology’s full line of Network, Aggregation, Bypass, and Regenerating TAPs, as well as the Filtering Aggregation Load Balancing (FAB) product line, is the leading Network Access Solution. Garland's Network Access Products are available for 10/100/1000, 1 Gigabit, 10 Gigabit, 40 Gigabit, and 100 Gigabit local and wide area networks. 
For more information, visit http://www.garlandtechnology.com

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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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