Welcome to this week’s installment of Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware or software – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share it if we [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Networks'
Cool Tool Friday: SoftPerfect Network Scanner
December 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center
Tags: Cool Tool Friday·cool tools·Networks·SoftPerfect Network Scanner
Palo Alto Networks in Gartner’s Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls
December 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Firewalls, Security, Uncategorized
Santa Clara, Calif., December 15, 2011 – Palo Alto Networks, a leading provider of Enterprise Network Firewall solutions, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls.
In its analysis, Gartner evaluated the Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewall (NGFW), based on its “ability [...]
Tags: Firewalls·Gartner·Networks·Palo Alto Networks·Security
CoS/QoS – Do They Really Matter?
December 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Switches
We so frequently hear terms like class of service (CoS) and quality of service (QoS) thrown around in the context of VoIP and other applications. The thing we need to ask ourselves is: what is the point?
At the end of the day, CoS and QoS are important capabilities to have in the network, but understanding [...]
Cool Tool Friday: WhatsConnected
November 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Servers, Virtualization
Welcome to this week’s installment of Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware or software – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share it if we [...]
Tags: Cool Tool Friday·cool tools·Networks·Servers·Virtualization·WhatsConnected
Cool Tool Friday: LanTopolog
October 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center
Welcome to this week’s installment of our new feature, Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware or software – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share [...]
Cheap Firewalls: In the End, You Get What You Pay For
October 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Firewalls, Security
Part of establishing a proper security cordon around your business data is having the right hardware – like a router/firewall – to get the job done, and done well. Resorting to cheap and basic equipment might cut it for simple personal or home use, but it’s not ideal for business applications.
In business, protecting important information [...]
Cool Tool Friday: CatTools
August 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Backup, Dallas Data Center, Routers, Security, Switches
Welcome to this week’s installment of our new feature, Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware or software – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share it [...]
Tags: Backup·CatTools·Cool Tool Friday·cool tools·Managed Services·Networks·Routers·SolarWinds·Switches
The Art of Modern Threat Prevention
August 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Firewalls, Security
Are you concerned about sophisticated malware and threats lurking in your current network? How confident are you about the effectiveness of your IPS (intrusion prevention system) against modern threats? Research and recent news suggest that IT organizations are losing the battle against increasingly well trained, well organized, and well-funded hackers.
Modern hackers increasingly turn to applications [...]
NSS Labs Evaluates Palo Alto Networks IPS Capabilities
August 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Firewalls, Security
You may have heard from industry analysts about the trends driving the convergence of firewalling and IPS solutions. You may be wondering how effective these IPS capabilities in next-generation firewalls really are against modern threats. NSS Labs, a recognized authority on security product testing, recently conducted its benchmark IPS vendor group test and the results may [...]
Find Out Your IP Address
August 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Managed Hosting
Sometimes you need to find out your IP address for networking, troubleshooting, gaming, or tech support purposes. There are two IP addresses you may need to consider—your “external” IP address (the IP address the rest of the world sees to locate your computer or network) and your “internal” IP address (which identifies your particular computer [...]
Tags: IP address·networking·Networks
Beware: Hackers Exploit Loopholes in Public Wi-Fi
June 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Security
Public Wi-Fi is all well and good, but its very nature makes it easy to exploit and allow hackers access into your system – unless you have the proper security protocols in place.
These days, Wi-Fi is everywhere. Airports, coffee shops, train and bus stations, malls – almost every public place you can think offers Wi-Fi [...]
Outsourcing Your Wi-Fi Hotspot
April 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Security
More and more people are demanding that business establishments they visit provide free Wi-Fi. Setting up the hotspot network yourself might seem to be a good idea, but you’re probably missing a lot of fundamental security protocols that leave your network open to abuse.
Many businesses have seen the demand for free Wi-Fi at their establishments [...]
Securing Yourself on Shared Wi-Fi
March 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Cloud, Security
Using shared Wi-Fi networks can be really convenient, but it is not without risks of its own. These days, more and more people are on the go, and many of them bring their work with them. And in this day and age, it’s ideal if you’re working – or playing for that matter – while [...]