Get ready for the ride: Tech needs for 2012

A recent article by the Cisco Innovators Program likened managing a network today to being on a wild ride. With administrators strapped in and riding through: " A steep climb in Internet traffic and network access from smartphones and tablets Increased traction in cloud services and virtualization The growing popularity of IP voice and video [...]

New users of local management on the high seas

For nearly 100 years, Radio Holland has brought the latest communications technology to sea to improve maritime business, shipboard life and safety. In addition, Radio Holland USA uses Uplogix to reduce support costs for satellite communications and to improve customer experience. With a corporate emphasis on quality service, Radio Holland uses Uplogix to monitor shipboard [...]

Out-of-band options for any situation

One of the key features of the Uplogix Local Management Platform is the ability for a Local Manager (LM) to connect back to the NOC over an out-of-band (OOB) link when the primary network link is not available. This connection is a secure two-way link that not only allows Uplogix to feed centralized management tools [...]

Cloud Computing: The Destroyer of IT?

Will the biggest disruption of Cloud computing be to the workforce? There are countless articles on how Cloud computing will revolutionize the IT industry, but a blog by Larry Dignan, highlights a recent presentation at the Garner Symposium in Orlando that says that as servers become virtualized, so will the humans that currently support them. [...]

Wrapping up National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Uplogix Local Management can help you celebrate National Cyber Security Awareness Month While possibly not as visible as Halloween festivities or the pink-trimmed uniforms of professional athletes promoting breast cancer awareness, October is also National Cyber Security Awareness Month. There aren't many days left to celebrate, but cyber security is clearly a daily obligation for [...]

Locally managing inline devices with Uplogix

Inline devices like intrusion prevention systems (IPS) and WAN acceleration are a common part of most network setups today. While these applications have become critical to network operations, they also pose a critical point of failure based on their location, often between layers 2 and 3 in the network topology. Network-independent local monitoringUplogix local management [...]

Deploying local management in your network virtually

All Uplogix custom solutions are based on the patented Local Management Software (LMS), originally developed for use on specialized Uplogix hardware (Uplogix Local Managers). Uplogix LMS is now available, in its entirety, packaged as a virtual machine. Virtual Local Managers of all kinds can be mixed and matched in the same deployment with Uplogix Local [...]

Inside looking out: Local info for centralized network management

The device-level data used by traditional centralized management tools includes device statistics collected via ICMP, SNMP get requests and SNMP traps based on predetermined thresholds and rules. These tools gather and receive this important information from devices over the network. If the network isn’t available, the data isn’t either, and centralized network management cannot do [...]

The Power of Local Management for the Energy Industry

The networking challenges in the Energy business rival those of any other industry. Combine vast distances between sites, large amounts of data and truly critical requirements for uptime and security with the fact that much of the infrastructure is years and decades old, and it's clear why Uplogix has found wide adoption in Energy. Our [...]

Local management for server automation (Part 2 of 2)

The first part of this article had an introduction of some of the functionality Uplogix brings to server management and an example of what that impact looks like when solving a problem.This article will provide more details on what Uplogix does for servers. Uplogix gives you the option of connecting to servers over Ethernet, Serial [...]