3 Tips to Improve Edge Network Resilience
When it comes to improving edge network resilience, traditional WAN architectures can easily get in your way. Suppose you’re setting up an electrical substation, cellular base station, or other distributed remote infrastructure to incorporate cloud-based networking....
SASE Implementation: A Step-by-Step Guide for Businesses
SASE—which stands for secure access service edge—is a relatively new framework that converges wide-area networking with security into one cloud-based service stack. SASE uses software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) technology to directly connect branches offices...
The Importance of Micro-Segmentation for Zero Trust Networks
As workloads, applications, and data move to the cloud and business operations expand to include branch offices, remote data centers, and work-from-home staff, how do you define your network security perimeter? With zero trust networks, you don’t have to. Zero trust...
Detecting Ransomware on a Network: 3 Critical Steps to Ensure Network Security
Ransomware is one of the biggest threats to enterprise network security. Recent findings show that 37% of organizations were affected by ransomware attacks in 2020 alone. These attacks can be financially devastating, costing companies an average of $1.85 million in...
What Are the Key Zero Trust Security Principles?
Perimeter-based security is no longer sufficient for today’s enterprise network. You may even struggle to define your network perimeter anymore, mainly if you use cloud infrastructure, have remote data centers and branch offices, or rely on “Internet of Things” (IoT)...
Centralized vs. Distributed Network Management: Which One to Choose?
Though every business network is unique, they all broadly fall under one of the following architecture categories: centralized (or decentralized using server clusters) and distributed. Let's discuss how centralized vs. distributed network management models work,...
Zero touch provisioning: 3 drawbacks you need to know
It’s Friday morning, and you’re bringing a new site online with zero touch provisioning. Your remote branch devices arrived the night before, and all you want the store manager to do is plug them in. A few minutes later, your job is finished and you’ve still got your...
Understanding Key SASE Components & Benefits
SASE—secure access service edge—combines SD-WAN technology with network security functionality into a single cloud-native solution. SASE uses SD-WAN’s intelligent routing to connect remote and branch users directly to cloud services, improving network and application...
ZPE Systems strengthens growth strategy with strategic hire
Fremont, CA, August 24, 2021 – ZPE Systems, an innovator of network and critical IT infrastructure management solutions, welcomes Steve Jehring as Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Steve brings more than 30 years of sales, business development, and...
Out-of-Band Network Management: Fundamental Principles & Use Cases
Out-of-band network management gives enterprises secure and remote access to critical network infrastructure, even during outages and service interruptions. It separates your production network from your management plane, allowing you to remotely troubleshoot,...
3 Zero Trust Security Benefits for Large Companies
Network security has become more challenging for large companies whose employees, devices, and applications no longer reside within one easily defended perimeter. Zero trust security, which operates under the assumption that every user, device, and application is...
ZPE Systems announces Nodegrid Data Lake, app marketplace, and sensors to help organizations uncover valuable data for edge operations
Fremont, CA, August 10, 2021 – ZPE Systems launches a new applications marketplace, along with a portfolio of USB-type environmental sensors, meant to help organizations leverage valuable data generated by their IT components. As networks and users become more...
Network Management Best Practices for Enterprises
Enterprise network management is the practice of administering, managing, and operating an extensive business network, often (but not always) with multiple branches in different geographical locations. Network management best practices aim to ensure the enterprise...
The SASE Model: Key Use Cases & Benefits
Secure access service edge (SASE) is the recommended architecture for security and connectivity. SASE combines wide area network (WAN) technology for robust onramp to cloud and network security services into one cloud-delivered connectivity and security software...
4 Things to Avoid When Choosing a VPN
Do you know what to avoid when choosing a VPN? These virtual private networks are commonly promoted as the key to online privacy and security, as they employ dedicated point-to-point connections, tunneling protocols, and encryption. With the sharp increase in...
How to Implement a Zero Trust Security Strategy in an Enterprise Environment
Large enterprises may be hesitant to adopt zero trust security because it may seem too disruptive to their business. However, cyberattacks on businesses continue to increase, costing affected enterprises an average of $3.92 million per breach, so it’s clear that...
The Top 4 Network Management Issues Your Company Needs to Be Aware Of
Managing today’s enterprise network is more challenging than ever before. Most network infrastructure is no longer centralized, and we frequently need to incorporate cloud, SaaS, and other third-party services and technologies into our network architecture and...
Zero Trust Security for IoT: How to Secure Your Network
The internet of things (IoT) is driving companies to rethink how they secure their networks. When you introduce unmanaged, internet-connected smart devices to your network, you’re also introducing many new potential access points for malicious actors to breach your...
3 Ways Your Critical Remote Infrastructure Is Costing You
It’s easy to imagine all the ways that downtime can throw a wrench into your critical remote infrastructure operations. Things like scaling, service outages, and tedious management are just part of the job. No matter how much these stand in the way of business,...
ZPE Systems Announces Nodegrid Serial Console Plus, a High-density, Cellular-enabled Serial Console for Datacenters and Critical Remote Locations
Fremont, CA, June 22, 2021 – ZPE Systems adds to their lineup of datacenter infrastructure management solutions with the Nodegrid Serial Console Plus (NSCP). Like previous generations of Nodegrid Serial Console, the NSCP is a high-density appliance that streamlines...
Zero Trust Architecture: What to Know About the Latest Cybersecurity Executive Order and How to Implement It
Without a zero trust architecture in place, your business might suffer a setback of $4 million or more due to cybercrime. That’s how much the Colonial Pipeline recently paid out after hackers shut down their oil delivery infrastructure and held its restoration for...
Out-of-Band Is a Lifesaver for Critical Edge Networking. Here’s Why …
The edge of the network is where local area networks make their connections to the edge of the Internet and to wide-area networks. Thus, edge networking serves edge computing, which brings computation and storage resources closer to the locations where it’s needed to...
Critical Remote Infrastructure and Why It Matters
Companies are finding it challenging, and sometimes difficult, to adjust to remote work. But “work from anywhere” (WFA) isn’t just a passing fancy, nor is it likely to subside even when the world emerges from the other side of the pandemic. An untethered workforce, in...
Advanced Out-of-Band Management for a Major Media Provider
Out-of-band management brings critical connectivity to your network infrastructure. As a secure way to access your systems, out-of-band (OOB) helps you troubleshoot issues, patch devices, and maintain uptime with more control of your network.Here’s a 90-second video...
Shifting Gears: How Network Automation Drove an Auto Company to the Cloud
Network automation and zero touch provisioning are more than luxuries. They’re quickly becoming the powertrain of business, helping you meet growth demands and keep up with important opportunities. These technologies also prove invaluable to making sure everyday tasks...
Improving Network Design for a Major Online Retailer
Out-of-band management is a critical component of network design. Instead of using one of your main networks for administrative tasks, out-of-band (OOB) gives you admin access via a completely separate path. In this blog, you’ll learn about how one of the world’s...
Your 5-Step Checklist to Network Automation
How can you overcome the challenges of network automation?Network automation is key to simplifying administration. As infrastructures become increasingly complex, IT teams everywhere struggle to optimize their enterprise networks and minimize downtime. This brings...
ZPE Systems Announces the New Edge Transformation Partner Program
Fremont, CA, March 31, 2021 – ZPE Systems, Inc., a leading innovator of network devices and cloud-based infrastructure management solutions trusted by the world’s top companies, officially launched the Edge Transformation Partner Program. This program is designed for...
What Is the Network Edge, and How Do You Manage It? Watch Our Webinar
What is the network edge? The network edge consists of systems that are not part of the data center. Think of a typical enterprise network: the data center is at the core, and then there are locations distributed across a market, area, or region, or even across the...
Webinar: Managing the Network Edge: Why your best practices need out-of-band management
Not at Cisco Live? Join our free webinar Setting up POPs, colocations, and remote networks is a lot of work, and ongoing maintenance sinks your resources. But out-of-band management and converged solutions give you on-demand control of your edge. Don't worry about...