February 2, 2022
NEW YORK, February 02, 2022 – Garland Technology, a leading provider of network TAP (test access point) and packet broker solutions, announced a partnership with UK-based Iris Networks to bring its network TAP and packet broker solutions to more companies across the United Kingdom.
Iris Networks, a leading UK VAR specialises in helping clients design, deploy, secure and troubleshoot the core, edge and mobile infrastructure of their networks.
“Garland Technology is committed to finding partners like Iris Networks who are dedicated to bringing world-class networking and security solutions to their customers,” said Ross Green, European Sales Director, Garland Technology. “By joining the Garland Technology TAP-IT Partner Program, Iris Networks will be taking part in our comprehensive partner onboarding program including our new Grow with Garland partner acceleration program.”
Iris Networks’ mission is to bring business outcome focused visibility and security solutions to their customers. “Our partnership with Garland Technology enables us to offer reliable, secure and highly flexible network TAP and packet broker configurations to extract maximum value, scalability, control and resilience from visibility and security tooling,” said Anthony Barrow, MD/CEO at Iris Networks.
“The Grow with Garland Partner Accelerate Program is designed to provide resellers and integrators with the training, resources, and materials needed to help accelerate sales by rewarding partners for certifications, sales and marketing activities and pipeline development. Garland strives to provide partners with simple, easy to use programs that help maximize revenue,” added Katelyn Huderle, Worldwide Partner Program Manager, Garland Technology.
Iris Networks, a leading UK VAR specialises in helping clients design, deploy, secure and troubleshoot the core, edge and mobile infrastructure of their networks. Their ‘Iris Networks Cloud & Security’ division, offer business outcome focused cyber security and executive support to customers of all profiles and sizes across the UK and Europe. For further information, please visit www.irisnetworks.co.uk
Garland Technology is an industry leader of IT and OT network solutions for enterprise, critical infrastructures, and government agencies worldwide. Since 2011, Garland Technology has been engineering and manufacturing reliable and affordable Network TAPs and Network Packet Brokers in Richardson, Texas. For help identifying the right IT / OT network visibility solutions for projects large and small, or to learn more about the inventor of the first bypass technology, visit Garland Technology.com or @garland-technology-llc.
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MEDIA CONTACTS:
Garland Technology
Jason Drewniak
jason.drewniak@garlandtechnology.com
+1-716-242-8469
Iris Networks
Ross Clark
rclark@irisnetworks.co.uk
+44 1925 357770
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.