What is SDN? I hear so much about it!
December 10, 2012There has been a lot of buzz of a new concept emerging in the network community– software defined networking (SDN). SDN is glamorized as the network’s latest push towards a more streamlined and cost-efficient solution compared to the physical infrastructure … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, What's New in Research | Tagged abstraction, API, Application, architecture, Brocade, Cariden, cisco, commoditization, control plane, controller, data plane, DDoS, decouple, hp, ibm, Infrastructure, interoperability, Juniper, layer 2, layer 3, microsoft, network, network architect, Open Networking Foundation, OpenFlow, OSI, physical, router, SDN, software defined networking, stack, standards, switch, traffic flow, utilization, virtual, virtualization, VMWare | Comments Off
Top security vendors go head-to-head in annual security roundup – but who came out on top?
January 24, 2012Cue “Eye of the Tiger” – it’s time for a battle royale between security’s top performers. In its recent Vendor Landscape: Annual Security Roundup, Info-Tech selected just six vendors that scored across multiple product categories and pitted them against each … Continue reading
Posted in Advisory, Infrastructure, News & Analysis, What's New in Research | Tagged anti-malware, Check Point, data loss protection, encryption, idp, Juniper, mcafee, security, siem, Sophos, Symantec, Trend Micro, UTM | Comments Off
Navigate the WLAN Vendor Landscape with Confidence
September 21, 2011It wasn’t very long ago that wireless access was seen as a luxury. Today the idea of an office or public space without Wi-Fi is starting to sound quaint. Widespread availability of fast wireless access has largely enabled the proliferation … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Research, What's New in Research | Tagged Aerohive, Aruba, cisco, Enterasys, hp, Juniper, LAN, Meraki, Meru, Motorola, network management, networking, networks, Ruckus, wi-fi, wifi, wireless management, wireless network, wireless-lan, wlan | Comments Off
Vendor Landscape: Unified Threat Managament
August 19, 2011Recently Info-Tech reviewed the Firewall / Unified Threat Management / Next Generation Firewall (UTM hereafter for sake of ease) market, including the following notable vendors: Champions WatchGuard, with its balance of strong product and vendor capabilities at a market-leading price-point, … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, News & Analysis, Research, What's New in Research | Tagged Astaro, Barracuda, Check Point, cisco, firewall, Fortinet, Juniper, mcafee, Next Generation Firewall, NGFW, Palo Alto Networks, security, SonicWALL, Unified Threat Management, UTM, WatchGuard | Comments Off
