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Background I could go on and on talking about the DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack that happened last Thursday. But, if you work in IT, you probably are already weary from being pulled into meetings, or being tasked to write a carefully worded email or prepare some slides for executive row to address the obvious questions, such as: Did we get hurt?

Over the last decade, Network Management has become an immensely important issue for enterprises to handle due to ever increasing speeds and the complexity of network architectures.

Background I’m sure you’re already aware of the battle between the Network Tap and the switch port analyzer (SPAN port) for network monitoring purposes. Both of these serve the function of mirroring traffic on your network and sending it to out-of-band security tools such as intrusion detection systems, network recorders, or network analyzers.

In 2005, I was invited to an evening meeting in Cupertino, California, where a group of angel investors were listening to an investor pitch from a first-time CEO of a startup company.

INTRODUCTION: Hi everyone, I’m Tal Arad, marketing manager for Niagara Networks, and to kick off my series of blog posts about our company, I sat down with our CEO, Ben Askarinam, to get his perspective on the recently announced spin-off of Niagara Networks from Interface Masters Technologies, and to understand his vision for both companies. -Tal Arad

As the Internet has become much more prevalent in our day-to-day lives, the need for constant, reliable internet connectivity is evermore critical. Organizations such as hospitals, department stores, high-speed trading and banking establishments cannot tolerate even a few minutes of network downtime without having a possible negative effect on their business. Luckily, companies can utilize a network bypass switch as part of their network infrastructure to ensure the network has