“The switch is the enforcer. It locks the port down, sets the policy up, where the TippingPoint device is the intelligence behind it that understands malicious traffic and sends the commands,” Daly said.
Security now tops most customers’ lists of networking concerns, and quarantine capabilities are particularly attractive, solution providers said. “Now you can [segregate an infected machine] so an end user can’t screw up the network by ignoring spyware or going to [suspect] sites,” said Mark Essyian, owner of KME Systems, a 3Com partner in Lake Forest, Calif.
Available now, Switch 4500 is priced starting at $695 without PoE and $2,295 with PoE.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
