LTE mobile broadband networks might look like an obvious job for a Wireless Network Engineer. And in fact, wireless knowledge is essential when optimizing the service itself. But underneath the antennas, the Core Network Engineer is the one that ensures full connectivity in the entire mobile network. Although 3G was …
Read More »Low latency networks for financial and trading applications
Financial and trading firms don’t care about a “fair game”, all they care is winning and making a profit. Thanks to high-end technology, they have the ability to trade extremely fast which gives them advantages on the market. Low latency networks are the weapons of choice! The trading game is …
Read More »9 Types of Software Defined Network attacks and how to protect from them
It is a fact, corporations are looking towards Software Defined Networks (SDN), but something keeps troubling their peace of mind…their network security. Software defined network attacks are unfortunately a reality nowadays, so let’s see how they try to breach into the network. Many things have been said about the ability …
Read More »Kentik Alerting & DDoS Protection Review (with webinar)
When we reviewed Kentik Detect last year, the main issue we had with the product was its alerting feature. In the time since then Kentik has not only improved on this feature, but they’ve added more functionality to it too. In this review we’ll cover how you can use Kentik’s Alerting feature to detect …
Read More »Container technology: opportunity and challenge for network engineers
In previous years, physical limitations such as space and electric power, forced data centers to adopt virtualization strategies. Virtual servers redefined what we know about the Data Center and added a new layer of abstraction. Just as Virtual Machines (VM) transformed the way we manage information, so is container technology …
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