Don’t fear broadband – tame it with SD-WAN. Software-defined wide area networking allows agents to feed their clients’ appetites for higher bandwidth at a lower cost, with continuous uptime.
Read MoreTaming the Broadband Bear
#Ouchage: The Agony and Expense Caused by a Network Outage
Network outages hurt customers, employees and the community. With businesses losing between $84,000 and $108,000 (US) every hour of IT system downtime, it’s time to put an end to outages and say hello to Never Down™ technology.
Read MoreMPLS, is SD-WAN Trying to Steal Your Girlfriend?
Whenever I see new marketing posts from the ever-growing list of SD-WAN technology companies knocking MPLS, I think of the Cheers episode where the French guy Henri teases Woody that he is going to steal his girlfriend Kelly.
Read MoreForget BGP. There’s a Better Alternative.
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the routing protocol that makes the Internet work, but it is not needed by most organizations, Multihoming without BGP is a better alternative for load balancing and failover between multiple ISPs. Learn more.
Read MoreSD-WAN Proof of Concept Data Speaks Volumes: New Network Improvement Technology Report
It will only take you a few minutes to read, but it’ll tell you a lot about how much you can improve your network. New SD-WAN Technology Report graphs network performance data.
Read MoreWidespread Internet Outages Slow, Stop Commerce [Video]
On August 4, widespread outage in the Tennessee Valley and other part of the U.S. caused businesses to love revenue. Many retail stores could only accept cash and some couldn’t do transactions of any kind.
Read MoreBIND Vulnerability: Ecessa Units Not Impacted by Security Threat
Last week ISC published a patch for a critical remotely exploitable vulnerability in the BIND DNS server capable of causing a crash with a single packet. Ecessa firmware is NOT impacted as it does not use BIND.
Read MoreQ & A with Ecessa: Cisco ASA and Aborted VPN Client Connections
I have a customer that has 2 ISP’s connected to a Cisco ASA. They were recently using SLA monitor and altering their route tables if an interface went down. I am trying to find a solution where they can have both lines active and in use.
Read MoreBeverage Distributor for Pepsi Stays Ahead of the IT Curve
Jim Hill, Director of IT at Admiral Beverage, a beverage production and distribution company, describes how he fool-proofs his IT network.
Read MoreGoing Above and Beyond Link Bonding and Failover Into SD-WAN Features
Recently, we came across a great post, Hybrid WAN or SD-WAN, on NetCraftsmen. As the article’s author, Peter Welcher, explains there are a number of new offerings in the space. “As witnessed at Network Field Day 9, there is a hotbed of innovation occurring right now in the Hybrid WAN or SD-WAN space. I’m still… Read more »
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