If you have your head wrapped around SDN or software defined networking, you won't be surprised to hear the next big thing is already here. IBN or intent-based networking is Cisco's new entry into the long simmering pot of networking acronym soup. Announced this summer, IBN architectures combine software and hardware to control overall network [...]
It's been a long week. Not just because we're rapidly racing toward the end of the year and holiday slowdowns, but because I keep getting asked for product comparisons—how are other products like Uplogix, how is Uplogix different from other products... It's a tough request. The first was a request from a federal partner to [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12" column_style="light"][fsn_text] Uplogix customers BlueTide Communications and Orange Business Services announced a new partnership to transform maritime communications with a suite of services over Ku-band VSAT. The global services network will deliver communications, navigation and asset management services. Orange brings the managed Ku-band capacity with the ability to switch between satellite beams for seamless [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column column_style="light" width="12"][fsn_text] This week began with the zero-day news for a bug that effectively broke WPA2 wireless security. KRACK, named for Key Reinstallation Attack, is a fundamental flaw in the operation of Wi-Fi Protected Access II, the security protocol upgrade from the old, broken WEP protocol. The issue is with the systems four-way handshake [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] One of our sales execs was recently pitching a wind energy company and mentioned cellular out-of-band as an option. The initial thinking was that their wind fields were likely too remote for a decent signal. That sounded like a challenge to the team here at Uplogix, always looking for a problem to solve [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] For many, the arrival of fall signifies IT budget season. These poor souls aren't thinking about football, cooler temperatures or dove hunting, but are spending their time trying to anticipate the needs and costs of IT for the year to come. While most IT budgets are predicted to rise slightly over 2017 spending, [...]
[fsn_row][fsn_column width="12"][fsn_text] The devastation of Hurricane Maria will require a massive recovery operation to restore basic services. The cellular network rebuilding effort was recently visualized through Speedtest maps overlaid on the island. AT&T, Spring and T-mobile all have teams on the ground bringing sites back online as fast as possible, but some locations on the [...]
Montgomery County in Alabama was hit by a ransomware attack that left IT staff scrambling to regain control of their systems. Among other impacts, vehicle tags and registrations are unable to be processed as officials investigate the cause of the breach and their options to regain control and clean up their system. The debilitating ransomware [...]
The finance and accounting departments know all about separation of duties (SoD) -- the person who writes the checks isn't the same as the person who approves the checks. For the IT department, SoD is a little newer, but no less important. When regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and the Gramm-Leach-Billey Act (GLBA) were enacted, [...]
The much-anticipated precise de-orbiting of the Cassini spacecraft this morning was a fiery end to the highly successful mission to study Saturn. It is a stark contrast to how most networking gear goes out. NASA engineers watched a screen showing signal strength from the 20 year-old craft traveling nearly one billion miles away fade out [...]
