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March 21, 2024
Wavelink, a leader in providing enterprise solutions to the channel, has announced a new distribution agreement with Garland Technology, a globally recognized provider of Network Test Access Points (TAPs), data diodes, and packet brokers. This strategic partnership lets Wavelink offer its partners a wide-ranging set of critical network visibility solutions, ensuring they can readily implement robust measures in an environment rife with increasingly sophisticated and pervasive cyber threats.
Effective immediately, Wavelink is distributing Garland Technology products through its extensive network of resellers and system integrators across various industries, including mining, manufacturing, finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure. Both businesses are committed to providing ongoing support and training for partners, from the initial implementation phase to ongoing operations, ensuring that their network infrastructure remains robust, secure, and efficient.
Garland Technology provides critical solutions for network visibility, which are essential for organizations to ensure that data can be monitored, analyzed, and protected efficiently. Network TAPs let companies access data traffic non-intrusively for full data visibility without compromising network integrity. Packet brokers optimize the traffic flow to monitoring tools, ensuring that security and performance monitoring systems receive the relevant data they need to operate effectively. Cloud visibility solutions extend these capabilities into cloud environments where traditional data access methods may not suffice. This means enhanced network performance, improved security posture, and better compliance with regulations for businesses as they gain the ability to monitor and respond to issues in real-time.
“The demand for network visibility solutions designed specifically for OT environments has grown substantially over the past 18 months. Garland Technology is excited to partner with the Wavelink Communications team and bring our Network TAP, Aggregator, and Hardware Data Diode solutions to the Australian market,” said Chris Bihary, CEO/Co-Founder of Garland Technology. Having a dedicated partner like Wavelink is crucial to helping Garland expand our network in Australia and New Zealand and assist in protecting vital critical infrastructure assets.”
Ilan Rubin, chief executive officer of Wavelink, said, “Garland Technology aligns perfectly with Wavelink’s mission to deliver high-quality, innovative solutions. Garland Technology’s products complement Wavelink’s existing portfolio and empower the organization to offer a comprehensive solution set for partners to help customers achieve their network performance and security goals.
“This partnership is a step forward in providing Australian and New Zealand companies with the tools they need to safeguard their digital assets and maintain operational integrity. By enhancing their network visibility and security capabilities, organizations can protect against threats and optimize their network performance, leading to better business outcomes.”
About Garland Technology
Garland Technology is an industry leader in IT and OT network solutions for enterprises, critical infrastructures, and government agencies worldwide. Since 2011, Garland Technology has been engineering and manufacturing simple, reliable, and affordable Network TAPs and Network Packet Brokers in Richardson, Texas. To help identify 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 GarlandTechnology.com.
About Wavelink
Wavelink specializes in providing leading-edge enterprise solutions to the channel. Wavelink distributes a range of products from Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Fortinet, Imprivata, Kontakt.io, Mobicall, Olinqua, SOTI, Scandit, Spectralink, and Vocera. For more information, please contact Wavelink on 1300 147 000.
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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.