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Top 5 Data Center Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
Don’t make these five common data center mistakes. This article walks you through the pitfalls and how to avoid them along the way.
Automated PDU Provisioning and Configuration
ZPE Cloud centralizes management of data center, branch, and remote edge network infrastructure under a single cloud interface.
Carrier Community Enterprise 2023 – Berlin
ZPE Systems’ Rene Neumann is joined by other panelists in Carrier Community.
Best Practices to Protect your Infrastructure & Combat Ransomware with ZPE Systems Services Delivery Platform
Koroush Saraf shows why cyberattacks are still successful despite thousands of security products, and the best practice to stop attacks.
Defusing Cisco SD-WAN Time-bomb requires out-of-band access
Viptela SD-WAN devices are used at large enterprise branches all around the world. The success of SD-WAN replaced dedicated service provider managed MPLS with customer managed boxes that used commodity internet connectivity giving more options and power to leadership...
Edge Pen Testing: Run Horizon3 on ZPE Systems’ Services Delivery Platform
Summary Enterprise IT teams struggle to secure their environments. One proven approach is for teams to attack their own network, a process called security penetration testing, which is executed externally or internally of the network and extends to all areas of...
SASE: Deliver Cloudflare anywhere with ZPE Systems’ Services Delivery Platform
Summary Cloudflare One provides Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). This industry-leading solution is trusted worldwide to provide enterprises with secure connectivity for their distributed workforces. The challenge is that many...
ZPE Systems’ Nodegrid Virtual Services Router (VSR) and Out-of-Band Infrastructure WAN (OOBI-WAN)
Summary Most enterprises operate a hybrid- or multi-cloud environment, which adds significant overhead, complexity, and architectural challenges. This turns networking and security into an operational battleground, where teams are ill-equipped to win against...
Automated Infrastructure Patching for Ransomware Defense
Summary Ransomware attacks continue to be successful because organizations often leave infrastructure unpatched. IT teams sit on the latest patches and updates from their solution vendors, which exposes infrastructure for the taking and leaves it vulnerable to...
ZPE Systems’ Services Delivery Platform: Deploy Any App, Any Time, Anywhere
Summary Organizations struggle to manage the hundreds of products involved in enterprise security. Most NGFWs, SD-WAN, pen testers, and on-prem & cloud solutions require hardware platforms to be deployed with the rest of enterprise IT, which creates infrastructure...
3 Gaps That Will Leave IT Teams Scrambling
Today’s IT teams must maintain a growing infrastructure of on-prem and cloud solutions. These range from physical routers, out-of-band devices, and firewalls, to Zero Trust Security solutions, micro-segmentation tools, and network automation integrations. Despite an...
CIOs: Tempos difíceis estão chegando. 3 Resoluções diretivas para sobreviver ao inverno da Recessão e Lockdowns
O índice da bolsa de valores Dow caiu mais de 1000 pontos nesta última sexta-feira de agosto. O mesmo efeito ocorreu em todas as bolsas de valores do mundo. Companhias como Apple, Vale, Google e Netflix reduziram o número de contratações para este ano. Para CIOs, a...
ZPE Cloud – Silver Peak and Palo Alto Networks Edge Deployment
Want to know how to set up a Silver Peak appliance and Palo Alto Networks firewall? In our latest video, Director of Solution Engineering Rene Neumann walks you through how to easily create an edge platform using the Nodegrid Gate SR and ZPE Cloud.
Reliable Infrastructure for the Internet Association of Australia
The Internet Association of Australia provides Internet exchange infrastructure across the country. Read the full case study to see how they offer reliable services.
Mobile World Congress 2022 – Discounted Pass
MWC Las Vegas 2022, in partnership with CTIA, showcases the hottest trends in connectivity and mobile innovation. It’s where the ecosystem meets face-to-face to build strong relationships, to discover the latest trends and technology—as well as learn from the thought...
Channel Matters – July 2022
Channel Matters Driving your Success with Continuous Innovation for Network Resilience & ReliabilityIn Stock Serial Consoles & Services RoutersEmployee Spotlight: Gretchen Miller "Love the culture, co-workers, and products at ZPE!"Gretchen Miller - Channel and...
Nodegrid OS Version 5.6 – Product Updates
The goal of every release is to reduce complexity and improve security for our customers, and the new Nodegrid OS version 5.6 is no different. Some of the improvements which we implemented in Nodegrid OS 5.6 are: Improvements to a Nodegrid deployment process by...
Making Deployment and Management Easy for a Large Retailer
Simplified retail edge & critical remote access Making deployment and management easy for a large retailer A major retail company requires networking that can keep up with demand. However, having large distribution centers and enormous showrooms can push the...
What does 2001: A Space Odyssey have to do with network automation?
“I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”Those nine words couldn’t possibly be related to network automation. Or could they? Uttered famously by fictional supercomputer HAL 9000 in the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey, those words might have...
O que é EDGE COMPUTING e como ele pode reduzir seus custos de TI?
Edge Computing ou Computação de Borda trata-se do processamento de dados mais próximo ao usuário local, criando maior fluidez e rapidez. É uma arquitetura de TI distribuída, onde os dados dos clientes são processados perifericamente. Esta nova tendencia ou tecnologia...
Por que usar a solução de SD-WAN?
As soluções de SD-Wan chegaram para mudar o paradigma advindo do risco de uso de links de internet para conectividade entre empresas e filiais. Ela é uma solução que integra muitas características e serviços de uma rede como gestão, segurança e load balance, tudo isso...
Você sabe quanto custa para a sua empresa um servidor fora do ar?
Quando o seu servidor para de responder, está “fora do ar”, toda sua empresa sofre as consequências e fica “fora do ar” Não é a apenas a área de TI que está com problemas, mas sim a empresa inteira pois os e-mails podem parar de serem enviados e recebidos, talvez...
Networking Field Day 26
Did you miss our presentation at Networking Field Day 26? Watch the recording below! Watch NowIntroduction to ZPE SystemsZPE Systems enables ‘anywhere’ operations from the data center to the edge, with global out-of-band, modular hardware & software, and...
Security Field Day 7
Join us for Networking Field Day 27! Watch a live demo of Gen 3 Out-of-Band and our Zero Pain Ecosystem. Live stream at 8am Pacific, Jan 26, 2022. Don’t miss it!
ONUG Spring 2022
ONUG Spring 2022Thursday, April 28 11:10am ESTMeadowlands Expo Center, Secaucus, New Jersey Want to see what the Ukraine conflict has to do with edge networking? Join us at ONUG on Thursday, April 28 at 11:10am for a first-hand look at how to protect intellectual...
Data Center World 2022
Meet us at Data Center World, March 28-31 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Our engineers will be standing by to showcase some of our leading network resilience solutions, which are trusted by 6 of the top 10 global tech giants. Get hands on with our...
Security Field Day 7
Did you miss our presentation at Security Field Day 7? Download the presentation or watch the recording below! Here’s an overview of what you’ll discover: Why cybersecurity can’t be solved by a single vendor How to overcome risks & ransomware by using immutable...
What Makes a Gen 3 Serial Console?
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Shifting Gears: How Network Automation Drove an Auto Company to the Cloud
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What Makes a Gen 3 Serial Console?
The Gen 3 serial console is the latest innovation in out-of-band management.But what exactly is it, and where did it come from? In this post, we’ll briefly cover the basics of serial consoles and why you need them, and then dive into the evolving needs that brought...
Customer strategies in Ukraine to protect privacy and IP
How autonomous decommissioning via out-of-band has become essential to disaster recovery for edge deployments in uncertain geographies To say there’s instability in Eastern Europe would be a drastic understatement. Russia continues its attacks on many fronts in...
Nodegrid OS Version 5.4 New Features
Sales Engineering Manager Rene Neumann walks you through the new features in Nodegrid OS v5.4. Don’t miss these out-of-band and security updates.
What Makes a Gen 3 Serial Console?
The Gen 3 serial console is the latest innovation in out-of-band management.But what exactly is it, and where did it come from? In this post, we’ll briefly cover the basics of serial consoles and why you need them, and then dive into the evolving needs that brought...
Network Field Day 27
Join us for Networking Field Day 27! Watch a live demo of Gen 3 Out-of-Band and our Zero Pain Ecosystem. Live stream at 8am Pacific, Jan 26, 2022. Don’t miss it!
Network Field Day 27
Join us for Networking Field Day 27! Watch a live demo of Gen 3 Out-of-Band and our Zero Pain Ecosystem. Live stream at 8am Pacific, Jan 26, 2022. Don’t miss it!
Watch agile networking in action with these Nodegrid demos
Watch agile networking in action with these Nodegrid demos ZPE® Systems Network Solutions Architect Rene Neumann shows you how easy it is to enable agile networking. See Nodegrid and ZPE Cloud first hand with our collection of demo videos. You'll learn how to:...
ZPE Systems introduces fully-integrated, open SD-Branch platform
ZPE Systems introduces Next-Generation SD-Branch for distributed enterprises and managed service providersFremont, CA, December 8, 2021 – Despite using SD-Branch and next-gen firewalls for branch transformation, modern enterprises still struggle with critical gaps in...
The Importance of NetDevOps Automation for Modern Networks
The NetDevOps methodology is all about removing barriers and encouraging open collaboration between network, development, and operations teams. NetDevOps automation is what enables this collaboration to happen in real-time. Let's look at the key areas where automated...
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
Download the Case StudyNetwork 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...
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...
What Is Edge Networking, and Is It the Future?
We’re entering the era of edge networking Edge networking is critical to the future. Organizations continue to expand, and analysts predict that the data center won’t be the only workhorse when it comes to enterprise networking. In fact, some estimate that in a couple...
Retail Cost Savings Using Network Consolidation
When it comes to infrastructure, network consolidation is becoming a must-have. This is especially true in hyper converged architectures, where streamlining operations means the difference between profitability and major losses. Combining systems and reducing the...
Virtual Customer Premises Equipment with Palo Alto Networks and Nodegrid
Virtual Customer Premises Equipment Virtual Customer Premises Equipment, or vCPE, is the epitome of network function virtualization. Enterprises are implementing this form of customer premises equipment because it brings many benefits, such as faster deployments,...
Investing in Out-of-Band Management to Reduce Risks
In the finance industry, network modernization protects the most confidential customer data. Whether for processing minor withdrawals & deposits, or recording asset transactions & real estate purchases, your network must be secure and reliable from the ground...
Edge Networking: Your 4-Step Checklist to Becoming Future-Proof
Why you need to focus on edge networking You may already be witnessing a shift toward more advanced edge networking. The industry is realizing the drawbacks of traditional core-to-edge configurations, such as high latency due to bottlenecking and increased workloads...
How to Overcome 5 Challenges of Zero Trust Security
Zero Trust Security protects your enterprise inside and out. By safeguarding connections with approaches like traffic segmentation and multi-factor authentication, you can ensure total network security. But implementing and maintaining a zero trust posture poses...
Why You Need to Adopt Edge Networking
What does edge networking mean to your enterprise? Does it mean fast service delivery to hundreds of remote locations? Or smooth networking & security for your work-from-home staff? When your organization uses strong edge networking capabilities, you can adapt well...
Optimize Edge Networking With This Free Guide to Out-of-Band, SD-Branch, & More
Edge networking continues to grow as a vital component to business. With more people working remotely, whether from home, in the field, or on the road, it’s now critical to have a network that goes wherever your people go. And achieving that kind of connectivity is...
ZPE Systems Recognized as 2020-2021 Intel Winners’ Circle Member
Fremont, CA, January 11, 2021 – ZPE Systems, Inc., a leading provider of network infrastructure management solutions, has been recognized by Intel Corporation as a 2020-2021 Winners’ Circle Member for driving digital innovations that simplify and accelerate network...
7 Reasons Why We Put Intel CPUs in the Nodegrid Serial Console
Intel® CPUs power many of the computers we use today. These include everything from personal desktops and laptops, to high performance computing clusters that aggregate power to solve major global issues. So when choosing a suitable processor to build into our...
See How Nodegrid’s Out-of-Band Eliminated EBRC’s Single Points of Failure
European Business Reliance Centre, or EBRC, requires out-of-band management capabilities to keep business running. As a managed services provider, EBRC helps companies outsource their IT efforts and acts as a one-stop shop for organizations in finance, healthcare,...
4 Critical Things to Know About Zero Trust Security
Zero trust security is not a new concept, however it has gained popularity in recent years. As companies become increasingly distributed, they must offer network access that’s flexible, without putting sensitive data at risk. This is where zero trust security comes...
Provision Offline with Bluetooth Pairing for Nodegrid
Deployment day is here and it’s time to get your new remote branch up and running. Months of planning and preparation have gone into this project to ensure that everything goes smoothly. All of the vendors have been scheduled and the latest dry run went off without a...
Get Your Guide to Business Continuity with Out-of-Band Management
When business continuity is on your mind, out-of-band management should be, too. That’s because your network serves as the backbone of your enterprise. Whether you’re in retail, manufacturing, oil & gas, or another industry, you need to make sure information and...
6 IT Solutions to Implement Right Now for More Effective Remote Work
Many companies have found it difficult to adjust to remote work. In the face of drastic changes brought on by pandemics, natural disasters, and other challenges, untethering your workforce from the office can be a big ask. Your success relies on one crucial component:...
Secure Access Service Edge For an Oil & Gas Provider
Secure Access Service Edge is a new concept that’s transforming the edge network. SASE delivers more flexible and secure network access, so your business can adapt to drastic changes and accommodate a distributed workforce. Want to see it in action? Here’s a 90-second...
What is FCAPS?
What is FCAPS? Successful businesses rely heavily on their network infrastructure to keep up with demand and to allow work to flow smoothly. When outages occur, whole operations can come to a standstill which equates to wasted time & money, and most importantly,...
Help NetOps Teams Using Application Hosting & Guest OS
Application hosting helps your business become more flexible. This virtualization approach is a perfect solution if you’re looking to reduce your networking stack, make critical services more globally available, and ensure that your network is always up to date. If...
ZPE Systems and 128 Technology Announce Strategic Partnership
Fremont, CA, September 17, 2020 – Today, ZPE Systems, Inc., a leading provider of network infrastructure management solutions, and 128 Technology, Inc. (128T), a leading provider of software-defined networking solutions, announced a strategic partnership to offer...
How Nodegrid Improves Network Automation in the Test Lab
Is Your Test Lab Lacking Network Automation? Is Manual Testing Still Taking Up Resources? Without network automation, you’re familiar with having to spend time and resources on manual testing. You need highly technical staff to be on-hand, who then spend days or weeks...
Automation: Reducing Costs and Improving Efficiency
As networks and data centers grow and become more advanced, the time and maintenance required to keep them operating at peak efficiency also increases. This leads to more engineers working more hours which greatly increases your company’s overhead costs and cuts into...
SD-Branch for a Digital Security Leader
SD-Branch delivers some major advantages over traditional SD-WAN capabilities. Where typical software-defined approaches fall short at the branch level, SD-Branch picks up the slack to help you see and do much more. In case you need to catch up, here’s a 90-second...
Your Application Hosting & Guest OS Checklist
Follow these simple steps to get started setting up your virtual network environmentApplication Hosting and Guest OS Alleviate Many Problems for NetOps Teams. You typically need to install and manage applications on local devices. This is challenging because each...
Case Study: SD-Branch for a Digital Security Leader
SD-Branch delivers some major advantages over traditional SD-WAN capabilities. Where typical software-defined approaches fall short at the branch level, SD-Branch picks up the slack to help you see and do much more. In case you need to catch up, here’s a 90-second...
Aging/Unsupported In-Band and Out-of-Band Infrastructure
Background/Problem A large distributed business enterprise with multiple data centers located around the globe, housing thousands of physical and virtual devices, routinely requires sysadmins to access the devices within these data centers. Sysadmins need to make any...
Easily Migrate from One Console Server Maker and VM Vendor to Many Vendors
Easily Migrate from One Console Server Maker and VM Vendor to Many VendorsBackground/Problem A few years back, this company standardized on a particular vendor’s console servers. On top of this, they developed their own management tools based on scriptable CLI to the...
Providing a Safe Development Environment to Protect IP and Prevent Accidents
Providing a Safe Development Environment to Protect IP and Prevent AccidentsBackground/Problem Virtual Machines (VMs) and physical servers are located on the Telco’s production network. Their 1,000+ developers are located on a different network and need to access...
Nodegrid Manager® – Multi-Vendor Viewer
Background/Problem A Global customer had to deal with various vendor solutions implemented throughout their infrastructure – The customer wanted a single point of management to provide access and control over their devices. With an environment built up of various...
Saving Serial Ports with Device Cascading
Background/Problem A top global networking company asked ZPE Systems for a high-density device with a very specific feature set. The customer needed a 96 port console solution that could do bulk port configuration, zero touch provisioning (ZTP), port hostname...
High Density NodeGrid Serial Console™ Saves Space and Reduces Costs
Background/Problem A top global networking company asked ZPE Systems for a high-density device with a very specific feature set. The customer needed a 96 port console solution that could do bulk port configuration, zero touch provisioning (ZTP), port hostname...
Connecting to Networking, Servers, and Power Devices within the Data Center
Background/Problem A web scale company needed a solution for their environment that would securely access and control networking, servers, and power devices. They needed LLDP to detect network devices, configuration finger print check for security purposes, advanced...
Protecting IPMI Networks with Nodegrid®
Protecting IPMI Networks with Nodegrid®Background/Problem A top financial organization was concerned about security problems with their IPMI management network. They were having to deal with security vulnerabilities on the Management Port of IPMI enabled devices. In...
Supporting the Financial Industry with Enhanced Out-of-Band Management
Background/Problem A Fortune 250 multinational financial services institution needed a replacement for their Cisco Integrated Service Routers that were reaching End of Life (EOL). The customer wanted an Infrastructure Management solution that would replace the Cisco...
Enhanced Out-of-Band Management with Nodegrid
Background/Problem A Fortune 250 multinational financial services institution needed a replacement for their Cisco Integrated Service Routers that were reaching End of Life (EOL). The customer wanted an Infrastructure Management solution that would replace the Cisco...
Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) for IPv4 and IPv6
Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) for IPv4 and IPv6Background/Problem Engineers are constantly looking for ways to improve their network infrastructures. These improvements can come in the form of increased efficiency, robust security, infrastructure flexibility, reduced...
Securing your Network Infrastructure with Nodegrid
Securing your Network Infrastructure with NodegridBackground/Problem Network-based security attacks can jeopardize the integrity of your organization’s network infrastructure. As technology continues to evolve, so do the vulnerabilities and sophistication of...
Better Application Hosting & Guest OS
Better Application Hosting & Guest OS As your business continues to expand, your infrastructure needs to adapt and grow to keep up with increases in demand. Rack space in your data centers comes at a premium with little to no additional room for unnecessary...
ZPE Systems Announces Integration with Palo Alto Networks to Provide Enhanced Network Security
Fremont, CA, August 21, 2020 – Today, ZPE Systems, Inc., a leading solutions provider for network infrastructure management solutions, announced an integration with Palo Alto Networks to provide enhanced networking, out-of-band management and security capabilities to...
Secure Access Service Edge: What It Is, Why It Matters
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE): It’s one of those new-ish IT acronyms that many folks have heard about, but far fewer have actually used or really even understand it. But if you have remote and branch office (ROBO) infrastructure as part of your operations, you...
Transform Enterprise Network Operations With Application Hosting & Guest OS
Application hosting and guest OS are transforming enterprise network operations. With the ability to globally distribute software via the cloud and take advantage of applications regardless of operating system requirements, application hosting and guest OS deliver...
Your 4-step Checklist to Reliable & Flexible Cellular Failover
Downtime can cost $300,000 per hour. But there’s a simple way to safeguard your business from expensive outages, and that’s by using cellular failover. When your T1, DSL, fiber, or cable connection is knocked out of service, failover automatically kicks in to securely...
10 Things to Consider when Choosing a Branch Networking Solution
Branch networking is evolving. From the core to the edge, you need to consider so many factors, such as scalability, costs of deployment & maintenance, the speed of installation, and much more. What affects all these the most are the devices and tools you use,...
What is Cellular Failover?
Learn the basics of Cellular Failover in this 2 1/2 minute video. John Paul Kang, Solutions Engineer at ZPE Systems, shares his IT and data center expertise to provide a high-level overview of cellular failover. What is Cellular Failover? What problems does it...
Best Practices for Deploying your Branch Network
Even if you’re familiar with these 10 things to consider when choosing a branch solution, you might not be sure about how to overcome the challenges of deploying branch networks. Here are some of those challenges. Deploying Your Branch Network is a Physical Ordeal...
Why Your Business Continuity Plan Needs Cellular Failover
Cellular failover sets a new standard in high availability. When your primary WAN connection goes down, this wireless option keeps you safe from expensive outages. Compared to traditional redundancy strategies, cellular comes with a few very crucial advantages for...
Why Out-of-Band Management for the Branch is Better With Nodegrid
Out-of-band management (OOB) and business continuity go hand-in-hand. If set up properly, your OOB network should provide safe, reliable, always-ready access to your critical infrastructure components. Even when there’s not an outage, OOB is the key to optimizing your...
How to Prepare for Cellular Failover
It’s 3AM and you’ve just been woken up by the sound of your phone ringing. As you struggle to shake off the drowsiness, you start to feel that all too familiar wave of stress wash over you. A critical system at one of your remote branch locations is down. There’s also...
The Definitive Guide to Zero Touch Provisioning
It’s no wonder why zero touch provisioning (ZTP) is becoming more highly sought after. Whether business is expanding, going global, or simply in need of more nimble networking, ZTP sets the standard in effortless scaling. Compared to traditional provisioning methods,...
Benchmark Nodegrid Services Router
In these challenging times support staff demand secure remote access to critical infrastructure devices, as it accelerates troubleshooting and negates the need for on-site visits. There are plenty of appliances that offer these services but we've yet to see any that...
Keep Your Network Outage-Proof
You can’t control the weather, a pandemic, or natural disasters. But you can control network uptime with remote out-of-band management from ZPE Systems. Time and money hinge on your network. So what happens when you lose connectivity at a site halfway across the...
Webinar: Deploying Smart Edges to Support Modern Applications
About the Webinar: The advent of AR/VR, autonomous cars, smart everything, IoT, and other 5G applications requires processing of data at the edge of the network to shave off response times, manage core bandwidth, and improve security. This drives the requirement for...
How ZPE Systems Improves Secure Access Service Edge
Secure Access Service Edge transforms edge networking. See how ZPE Systems — a leading innovator in network infrastructure management — introduces even more capabilities to this cloud-based solution. What is Secure Access Service Edge? Secure Access Service...
4-Step Checklist for Setting Up Zero Touch Provisioning
Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) makes deployment fast, easy, and automatic. ZTP uses automation and scripting to eliminate expensive, time-consuming manual provisioning. Instead of spending days or weeks inputting configuration into the command line interface (CLI), ZTP...
What is Zero Touch Provisioning?
Learn the basics of Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) in this 2 1/2 minute video. Rene Neumann, EU Solutions Engineering Manager at ZPE Systems shares his IT and data center expertise to provide a high-level overview of ZTP. What is ZTP? What pain points does it address?...
A Closer Look: Zero Touch Provisioning Vs Manual Configurations
Our previous post about zero touch provisioning (ZTP) details the basics about what makes ZTP work. You need to have the proper scripting and automation tools, along with a well-designed workflow. These help you test and prepare configurations in a lab environment,...
Maintain Branch Deployments Using the Cloud
The cloud — it’s great for delivering services and applications that are crucial to your business. It can help your continuity efforts by providing SASE solutions where you need most, and it can also make deploying new locations easy with zero touch provisioning. But...
A Brief Introduction to Zero-Touch Provisioning
Another day, another deployment. Business is good and you’re scaling fast to keep up. This means opening more data centers, branch offices, and retail locations. Large or small, each deployment takes careful planning and coordination to pull off successfully, all...
Understanding SD-Branch
This 90-second video explains how you can remotely take full control of your network with 360-degree visibility to all your devices. Learn how ZPE System’s Nodegrid appliances and vendor-neutral management software extends beyond your data center with a solution that...
The Benefits of Cloud-based Deployment for Your Out-of-band Network
Your out-of-band (OOB) network can make scaling more bitter than sweet. Growing your business comes with exciting new opportunities, and you know how to set up your OOB connections for proper network management. But if you’re still using traditional deployment...
Serial Console Servers: 5 Reasons Why Your Business Needs Them
Today, businesses depend highly on IT, and they cannot afford to experience downtime. That’s why they need robust IT infrastructure. Robust IT infrastructure can ensure businesses do not experience downtime and prevent financial losses resulting from the inability to...
OOBM: 4 Reasons Why You Need it for Your Business
The IT industry is rapidly growing. In 2020, spending on IT services reached almost $952 billion worldwide, with software accounting for the largest percentage of spending. However, while companies spend more on software, there’s one key thing they need to spend on...
What Goes Into Zero Touch Provisioning?
Without zero touch provisioning (ZTP), setting up a new data center or branch location takes work. You know that along with all your new hardware comes plenty of manual input and configuration before things can function properly. After unboxing and racking your...
Managing a Remote Team
It Happened Overnight. One day it was business as usual. The next, we were scrambling to set up our home offices. COVID-19 meant even the largest companies had to figure out remote work. And they had to adjust fast, not only to stay afloat and maintain business...
3 Ways the Cloud Improves Out-Of-Band Management at the Branch
3 Ways the Cloud Improves Out-Of-Band Management at the Branch For decades, out-of-band management (OOB) has been supporting business continuity needs for organizations of all sizes. It’s a crucial tool for deploying new locations, setting traffic rules,...
3 Ways Docker Improves Network Management
Docker is the best way to deploy applications. There are several ways Docker improves network management. From being compatible with almost any programming language and machine, to its ability to run multiple containers in the same infrastructure, Docker has a lot to...
Use These Best Practices to Set up Your Out-Of-Band Network
If you’ve read our previous post about out-of-band management 101, you know how important it is to have an out-of-band network. To recap, there are two methods you can use when managing your network: in-band and out-of-band. In-band management involves connecting to...
Maintain Uptime With a Reliable Data Center and Business Continuity
The data center and business continuity — these go hand-in-hand, as one relies so heavily on the other. Because your data centers are mission critical, an outage can bring down your network and your business. But taking control of your data centers can be more than a...
How One Unified Platform Gives You More Control Over Branch Networking,
Branch networking comes with its own set of challenges that can get in the way of normal operations. As a network engineer, you’re tasked with preventing business disruptions while simultaneously scaling, troubleshooting, and managing network connections. This can be...
3 Reasons Why Your Business Needs Out-of-Band Management
Out-of-band management is an essential tool that should be part of your business continuity strategy. But What Exactly is Out-of-Band, or OOB? Your network is comprised of many devices and solutions, and it allows your organization to carry out normal operations. To...
How Network Automation Improves Out-of-Band Management
Business Continuity: Why Better Networking Helps you Weather the Storm Even with an adequate out-of-band (OOB) management path established, managing your network infrastructure can still leave you wanting more efficiency across the board. The good news is, network...
The Role of OOB Management – Today and into the Future
In this 5 1/2 minute video Scott D. Lowe, CEO of ActualTech Media, talks about the importance of Out-of-Band Management to keep organizations’ IT up and running from anywhere even when your IT team isn’t available. He talks through some of the benefits of automation...
ZPE Systems, Chatsworth Products Collaborate to Provide Network Managers with Out-of-Band Outlet Control and Monitoring Capabilities
ZPE Systems, Chatsworth Products Collaborate to Provide Network Managers with Out-of-Band Outlet Control and Monitoring Capabilities ZPE Systems’ Solution Now Fully Integrates with eConnect® Power Distribution Units to Automate Network Management in Remote Sites...
Shield Your Business with Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is quickly evolving how enterprises offer secure connectivity. As the modern workforce becomes increasingly distributed, you need to accommodate more branch locations and remote workers. This is especially important given the global...
Make Management More Secure and Easy with Single Sign-On
Managing many network devices and applications can be a chore, and a lot of this stems from having to manually authenticate with each. You typically need to keep a spreadsheet containing your different credentials (or run the risk associated with having one set of...
10 Things to Consider when Choosing a Branch Networking Solution
10 Things to Consider when Choosing a Branch Networking Solution Branch networking is evolving. From the core to the edge, you need to consider so many factors, such as scalability, costs of deployment & maintenance, the speed of installation, and much more. What...
ZPE Systems – A Smarter Vantage Point
ZPE Systems - A Smarter Vantage Point Today, as broadband services have become more reliable and cost-effective, companies are shifting from expensive MPLS links to SD-WAN, which promises firms more agile, dynamic, and inexpensive branch-office connectivity that...
Control More of Your Network with SD-Branch
In recent years, SD-WAN has addressed enterprise networking challenges by virtualizing the components of traditional WANs. This software-defined approach offers greater reliability by using augmented connection types, improved traffic routing through increased network...
ZPE Systems Welcomes Michael Zabolitzki – Director of Sales, ZPE Systems Europe
ZPE Systems Welcomes Michael Zabolitzki - Director of Sales, ZPE Systems Europe Fremont, CA, September 19, 2019 – ZPE Systems, Inc., a leading provider of software-defined, vendor-neutral open infrastructure management solutions, welcomes Michael Zabolitzki as...
ZPE Systems Announces ZPE Cloud, Cloud Based Configuration and Management Platform for Branch Networks
In Addition, Two New Hardware Networking Solutions, Nodegrid Link SR and Nodegrid Gate SR, to Bridge the Gap Between Data Center and Branch Networks. Fremont, CA, June 6, 2019 – ZPE Systems, Inc., a leading provider of software-defined, vendor-neutral...
ZPE Systems Names Rahi Systems, 2018 Partner of the Year
Fremont, CA, April 30, 2019 – ZPE Systems, Inc. (www.zpesystems.com), a leading provider of software-defined, vendor-neutral open infrastructure management solutions, today announced the winner of 2018 Partner of the Year Award, Rahi Systems. Rahi Systems, a global...
How One Unified Platform Gives You More Control Over Branch Networking
Branch networking comes with its own set of challenges that can get in the way of normal operations. As a network engineer, you’re tasked with preventing business disruptions while simultaneously scaling, troubleshooting, and managing network connections. This can be...
ZPE Systems Announces Initial List of Virtualized Network Function (VNF) Applications for Nodegrid SR Solutions
ZPE Systems Announces Initial List of Virtualized Network Function (VNF) Applications for Nodegrid Services Router and Nodegrid Bold SR Solutions Fremont, CA, January 24, 2019 – ZPE Systems, Inc. announced today it’s initial list of 3rd-party Virtualized Network...
Cisco Live! 2019 – Barcelona
Attending Cisco Live! in Barcelona? Team ZPE will be at Cisco Live! 2019 in Barcelona on January 28 - February 1, 2019 – hosted at the Fira Gran Via. Stop by booth B31 and meet the team, grab a prize or two, and get acquainted with our Nodegrid Open Infrastructure...
ZPE Systems: Celebrating 5 Years of Success!
ZPE Systems: Celebrating 5 Years of Success! September marked an amazing milestone for the team here at ZPE Systems as we celebrated our 5 Year Anniversary! We’d like to thank our customers, employees, and strategic partners for their contributions to our continued...
Enterprise Networking Magazine Names ZPE Systems “Top 10 Networking Startups of 2018”
Enterprise Networking Magazine Names ZPE Systems "Top 10 Networking Startups of 2018" Edge Computing Increasing the Scope for Business In today’s day and age of cloud computing that firmly lies at the edge of the network, Edge computing still is a relatively new...
ZPE Systems, Inc. Announces Litigation Settlement
Fremont, CA, February 22, 2019 – ZPE Systems, Inc., a California-based company that provides hardware and software products to control IT infrastructures, recently settled litigation brought against it by Avocent Corporation and Avocent Huntsville, LLC, subsidiaries...
Are Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Lines still the best Failover option?
Most of us still remember the sounds of an analog modem connecting to the ISP or back to the corporate office. These nostalgic sounds are a thing of the past as broadband connections have pushed PSTN lines further away from the norm. For some, a PSTN line is still a...
10 Things to Consider when Choosing an Edge Solution
The edge is changing; CAPEX & OPEX costs, scalability, the number of devices and tools that make up the environment, and the speed of deployment, all need to be taken into consideration for the evolving EDGE. Many of these devices and tools are outdated, sit in...
How Nodegrid Serial Console / Nodegrid Services Router can improve the Test Lab with Automation
Are you in a test lab that needs automation? Are you in a test lab that has automation, but you need to get more out of it? We can help. This situation seems to be quite common from what we’ve seen. Lab managers either have an “automation” solution that’s limited in...
Data Logging, Alert Notifications and Actionable Data
When you’re the one responsible for critical infrastructure assets within the data center, you’ve got to be quick to respond and readily available to take care of any issues that might surface. What if something goes wrong? Without Nodegrid’s Data Logging features,...
ZPE Systems, Inc. Announces Significant Litigation Victories
Fremont, CA, August 23, 2018 - ZPE Systems, Inc., a California-based company that provides hardware and software products to control IT infrastructures, recently obtained two significant favorable rulings in a patent litigation brought against it by Avocent...
ZPE Participates in the 18th Annual Hope Chest Golf Tournament
ZPE Participates in the 18th Annual Hope Chest Golf Tournament Fiddler's Elbow - 18th Green Team ZPE had the pleasure of participating in The Hope Chest Scholarship Foundation's 18th Annual Golf Tournament and fundraiser in New Jersey. The Hope Chest Scholarship...
ZPE Systems and DataFrameworks Announce Strategic Integration Partnership
DataFrameworks’ ClarityNow Software Qualified for use on ZPE Systems’ Nodegrid Services Router Fremont, CA, June 12, 2018 - ZPE Systems, Inc. and DataFrameworks announced today the qualification of ClarityNow, DataFrameworks’ storage management software for use in a...
Cisco Live! 2018
Attending Cisco Live! in Orlando? Team ZPE will be at Cisco Live! 2018 in Orlando on June 10-14, 2018 – hosted at the Orange County Convention Center. Stop by booth 2132 and meet the team, grab a prize or two, and get acquainted with our Nodegrid Open Infrastructure...
ONUG Spring 2018
Attending Open Networking Users Group in San Francisco? Team ZPE will be at the Open Networking User Group Spring 2018 Conference on May 8-9, 2018 – hosted at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center. Stop by and meet the team, grab a prize or two, and get acquainted...
Data Centre World – ExCeL London
Join ZPE at Data Centre World 2018 Team ZPE will be at Data Centre World on March 21-22, 2018 - Hosted at ExCeL London. Stop by booth #D1062, meet the team, and learn how to modernize your infrastructure management with Nodegrid Open Infrastructure Management...
Cisco Connect – San Francisco
Join ZPE at Cisco Connect San Francisco Team ZPE will be at Cisco Connect on March 6, 2018 - Hosted at Bespoke in San Francisco. Stop by, meet the team, and learn how to modernize your infrastructure management with Nodegrid. Cisco Connect is a series of day long...
Webinar – Enhanced Converged Infrastructure
Webinar: Enhanced Converged Infrastructure True Access, Control, and Management with Nodegrid Description: Modern network infrastructure needs to be versatile in order to keep up with the growth of the industry. Scalability more so than ever is at the center of...
Introducing: Nodegrid Bold SR
ZPE Systems Unveils Nodegrid Bold SR – A Compact Form Factor Infrastructure Management Solution with Software-Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization Capabilities for Out-of-Band Management at the Edge of the Network. Fremont, CA, November 16, 2017 -...
CAPEX and OPEX… Are you Making the Right Considerations on Your Out-of-Band Expenditure?
When considering your new infrastructure management solution, your organization’s primary focus may be on Capital Expenditure (CAPEX), which refers to the initial cost to deploy a solution. Rarely is Operational Expenditure (OPEX), the operational cost to maintain...
Open Networking User Group – Fall 2017
Attending Open Networking Users Group in New York? Team ZPE will be at Open Networking User Group Fall 2017 on October 17-18, 2017 – hosted at the New York Metropolitan Pavilion. Stop by and meet the team, grab a prize or two, and get acquainted with our NodeGrid Open...
Introducing: Nodegrid Services Router – A Modular x86 Appliance with SDN, SD-WAN, Networking Functions, DevOps, Compute and OOB Capabilities
Fremont, CA, June 27, 2017 - ZPE Systems unveils Nodegrid Services Router ™(NSR) - A modular x86 open framework appliance designed for software-defined networking (SDN), SD-WAN, network function virtualization (NFV), DevOps, remote & branch offices and out of band...
ZPE Newsletter – April 2017
ZPE Newsletter - April 2017 Team ZPE will be at Interop ITX on May 15-19, 2017 - Stop by booth #532 to meet the team, grab a some prizes, and sign up for your chance to win a Google Home! Get hands on with NodeGrid Open Infrastructure Management solutions and...
The Case For Nodegrid Clustering
Background / Problem: A fortune 500 organization reached out to ZPE with a problem many organizations face when growing. They had multiple data centers around the world and were looking to "upgrade" their sites. They needed an out-of-band management tool...
Supporting The Financial Industry With Enhanced Out-of-Band Management
Problem A Fortune 250 multinational financial services institution needed a replacement for their Cisco Integrated Service Routers that were reaching End of Life (EOL). The customer wanted an Infrastructure Management solution that would replace the Cisco ISR’s while...
ZPE Newsletter – March 2017
ZPE Newsletter - March 2017 Hello, We've been hard at work, improving upon everything you know and love about ZPE. In case you missed the press releases or the latest posts on our blog, here's a quick overview to get you caught up on ZPE...
Take OOBI and OOBM to New Heights
Take Your Legacy OOBI and OOBM Solutions to New Heights - Simply, Quickly, and Cost Effectively Are you ready to bridge the management gap between legacy, current, and future IT infrastructures? If so, Nodegrid Open Infrastructure Management™ makes it easy. Upgrade...
Announcement: Cisco ISR2900 Series – End of Life
Cisco Announces End of Production for ISR2900 Series Integrated Services Routers Cisco's ever popular ISR2900 Series of integrated service routers has reached end of life. Cisco suggests the ISR4000 Series as the replacement - But is it right for you? For standard...
ZPE Systems Announces New Corporate Headquarters, Continued Global Expansion and Brand Redesign
Fremont, CA, February 7, 2017 - ZPE Systems announced today the opening of its new larger corporate headquarters in Fremont, California, and continued global expansion with the opening of ZPE Europe in Dublin, Ireland. To mark the new expansion, ZPE also unveiled a...
Cisco Live
Attending Cisco Live this year? Make sure to stop by Booth #518 Team ZPE will be at Cisco Live on June 25-29, 2017 - hosted at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stop by and meet the team, grab a prize or two, and get acquainted with our NodeGrid Open...
Interop ITX
Attending Interop ITX this year? Make sure to stop by Booth #532 Team ZPE will be at Interop ITX on May 15-19, 2017 - Hosted at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stop by and meet the team, grab a prize or two, and get acquainted with our NodeGrid Open Infrastructure...
NodeGrid Serial Console T48S Announced
An Auto-switching Serial Console Server with USB Connectivity for Next-gen IT Solutions Fremont, CA, August 18, 2016 - ZPE Systems unveils NodeGrid Serial Console T48S, a next generation serial console server featuring USB connectivity and auto-switching technology....
ZPE Systems Unveils NodeGrid Service Processor
A BMC management platform inspired by the Open Compute Project Las Vegas, NV, July 11th, 2016 — ZPE Systems unveiled NodeGrid Service Processor TM at Cisco Live! 2016 – An IPMI, BMC and IoT management solution geared towards servers, storage, power,...
ZPE Systems Announces NodeGrid USB™
Fremont, CA, July 6th, 2016 — ZPE Systems unveiled (IP patented) NodeGrid USBTM - A truly unified solution designed for mobility development and testing environments. NodeGrid USB improves productivity in the mobility development cycle by replacing the inefficient and...
ZPE Systems Announces Two New Products for IT Infrastructure Management of IoT and Edge Devices
LAS VEGAS, NV, May 3rd, 2016 — ZPE Systems unveiled two new products for resilient IT infrastructure management of IoT and Edge devices at Interop 2016: NodeGrid Bold™ - a compact form factor appliance, and NodeGrid Flex™ - a flexible port configuration appliance....
Reducing Downtime and Saving Money with a Well-orchestrated Out-of-Band Infrastructure
A well-orchestrated Out-of-Band infrastructure (OOBI), or Remote Access and Control solution (as it’s sometimes called) is a vital component in the fight against downtime and lost revenue. Every second a network, server, Virtual Machine, or storage device is down, not...
ZPE Systems Announces 100,000th Port Shipment of NodeGrid Serial Console
FREMONT, CA, February 25, 2016 — ZPE Systems today announced the shipment of its 100,000th port of NodeGrid Serial Console since launching in April 2015. Its open modular design, fast x86 CPU and built-in flash combined with the latest 64-bit Linux OS enable lightning...
Smart Serial Console Servers Conserve Network Ports
NodeGrid Serial Console (NSC) is able to share network ports with fellow devices, sharply reducing network switch port usage for OOB device management. This new port saving feature is already reliably and securely saving many valuable network switch Ethernet ports,...
Maximizing Retail And Remote Office Uptime
NodeGrid Serial Console™ is not just for data centers. Retail, Remote Office and POD/POP environments normally do not have dedicated IT support staff available. So who will monitor and repair network and server downtime issues? Can your business afford to turn...
One Easy Way To Consolidate Your Out-Of-Band Management – And Save Money
Did you know there's an easy way to consolidate your Out-Of-Band data center management – and save money? For all that IT provides, there is a constant cry from businessmen to cut costs, find cheaper vendors, outsource whatever can be outsourced – and provide better...
Nodegrid 3.0 Generally Available
Nodegrid 3.0 Generally Available FREMONT, CA, September 29, 2015 — ZPE Systems today announced general availability of Nodegrid version 3.0, the core software platform that runs Nodegrid Out-Of-Band and In-Band infrastructure management products...
It’s Time For a New Set of Tires
When your car needs new tires, or some other repair, (AND YOU KNOW IT) do you wait until you get a flat on the freeway, or break down and need a tow? Or do you (PROACTIVELY) take it to the shop for new tires or repairs before something happens that ends up costing you...
NodeGrid With Monitoring And Dashboard Available
Although we imagine you enjoy getting exercise, we want to make sure that you and your crew don't have to walk around manually resetting servers, virtual machines and routers at the data center or NOC on a daily basis. Our Nodegrid family of out-of-band (OOB) hardware...
Learn About the World’s Fastest Serial Console Switch
What moves faster than bottled water in a desert? The world's fastest, smartest serial console! If you’re planning an upgrade, refresh, or new deployment of serial consoles, there’s never been a better time. We designed and built NodeGrid Serial Console using the...
ZPE Systems Joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program
ZPE Systems Joins the VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program FREMONT, CA, May 5, 2015 — ZPE Systems, Infrastructure Redefined, today announced it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. Members of the TAP program collaborate with VMware...
5 Ways to Find Data Center Devices Using NodeGrid Serial Console
How Does Natural Language Search Help Me Find IT Devices in the Data Center? By using NodeGrid Serial Consoles in standalone or cluster configuration, it’s easy to find physical servers, routers and switches, storage and power devices – with one search bar and five...
Why NodeGrid Serial Console has an x86-64 CPU and More Memory Than Traditional Console Servers
ZPE Systems Recently Released the World's First 64-bit x86 CPU Based Serial Console Server with Faster Processing Speeds and More RAM and Storage Than All Legacy Vendors' Consoles. Hip sysadmins and Data Center Operators Know Why. Here's the Skinny on Why we Chose to...
Part 2: Why Build a 96-Port NodeGrid Serial Console?
This is the second of a multi-part series of posts about our new NodeGrid Serial Console product. Why we built it, how we decided on which features to include and why, and more, which we’ll cover in future installments. Part 2: Why Build a 96 Port NodeGrid Serial...
Part 1: Our Motivation Behind NodeGrid Serial Console
This is the first part of a serialized exploration of our new NodeGrid Serial Console™ product. Why we built it, how we decided on which features to include and why, and more, which we’ll cover over the coming weeks. The overall answer is to help data centers better...
ZPE Systems Unveils NodeGrid Serial Console—96 Port Density, Open Architecture, Intel CPU-based, Fastest Serial Console Server On The Market
SAN JOSE, CA, March 10, 2015 - ZPE Systems® today unveiled NodeGrid Serial Console™. This new generation of serial console switch is the highest density device in the industry and helps data centers improve productivity, multi-user access and reduce their...
Free Yourself from Vendor Lock-in!
Back in the early and mid-2000’s the race was on to implement an out-of-band infrastructure (OOBI) to provide access and control to all your IT assets in the data center via a separate management network. Isolating device management to a separate management network...
The Future of IT Infrastructure Management is Here
You might not know us, but you do. We designed and engineered OOBI appliances that are deployed in the world's largest data centers. We are a group of technologists with more than 100+ years of cumulative experience in the remote console management business, with many...
Avoid Future ShellShock Type Attacks
ShellShock UNIX Bash Bug - Introduction You've heard about the ShellShock Unix Bash "ghost user" exploit at least 13 times by now. This discovery of a hurtful secret within a deep, trusted friendship (ubiquitous reliance upon generally stable Open Source software)...
Are Your Infrastructure Management Practices Still Valid In Today’s Data Center?
I believe we will all agree that when it comes to technology, “Change is Constant”. Nowhere in the history of time has anything changed as fast as technology over a shorter period. As a byproduct of this, we‘ve come to accept and expect computing, networking, storage,...
Data Center IT Challenges
I recently came across a survey of 400+ IT Execs and DC Managers regarding the efficiency of their Data Centers, and what they believe would help them make improvements. In general the survey uncovered some interesting challenges. I’ll focus on two. “Daily...
Five Reasons To Use Software Defined Access Control
Five reasons to consider Nodegrid Manager ™ for Managing Access to Your Organization's Data Center Assets 1. Nodegrid Manager Makes Life Easy You've got a laundry list of virtual and physical multi-vendor assets (of all types) all over the globe and no simple...
Missing Solid Cloud DCIM Access and Control?
Today there are many IT device companies that provide great physical hardware. There are also many good DCIM software tools out there to choose from. But the one piece they’re all missing is a solid DCIM Access and Control solution to their hardware - and other...
Data Center Management
Data Center Management: When Challenges become Opportunities We are experiencing a new wave of data center infrastructure challenges. The introduction of virtual network and storage appliances has changed the traditional hardware-only infrastructure model, demanding...