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It is a brand-new year, and by now you would probably hear from someone that they were busy or sharing about their unique virtual SKO experience.

Caltech has an amazing history of scientific discoveries and breakthroughs. For many people Caltech is synonymous with “rocket science.” The institute was the first to discover gravitational waves and the existence of a ninth planet. Caltech discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe, some 30 billion trillion miles away in a quasar. The list is long and ever growing.

Nowadays, defending against asymmetrical cyber warfare using the old paradigm of focusing on North-South traffic is no longer valid. Attackers have discipline, creativity and more aggressive plans as the attack surface continues to expand with more digital assets inflating the value. Most cyber attacks and defence will start from a North-South direction, but once inside the network, an attacker will spread horizontally using East-West tactics. This is the precise moment when a combina...

What is SDN? Where networks and network traffic were once managed using hardware appliances, modern network management can now be handled through virtual data centers using software management tools which allow for increased agility and flexibility.

Do you need a Network Packet Broker? Before you can decide whether you need one or not, let's remember what a NPB is…

Network visibility is becoming increasingly important as organizations are challenged to deploy increasingly complex network services, such as security, performance management and monitoring on an ever evolving and expanding network and data center architecture.

Improved efficiency of security tools In the first part of this blog series, we looked at how 100GbE-based Network Packet Brokers (NPBs) can help establish resilient connectivity between 10/40GbE-capable network security tools and 100GbE core networks. In this post, we will look at how NPBs optimize distribution of traffic from 100GbE networks to lower speed appliance ...

Once again, Cisco Live US lived up to the hype. People came from every part the world to enjoy the largest networking conference of North America! Last year, there were over 30k attendees, and this year it sure seemed like the crowd grew tremendously! For a 2nd year in-a-row, the show took place in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Attendees were enjoying themselves all around the city, especially on the night of the Bruno Mar...

The importance of having complete network visibility today can’t be overstated. If an organization can’t see into its network infrastructure, the consequences can be detrimental. With comprehensive network visibility, enterprises and service providers can identify and address network outages, enhance security, and deal with potential regulatory compliance issues—before there’s any negative impact on the business. But fo...