Any (Console) Port in a Storm
Storms. Floods. Heatwaves. System outages can be caused by a natural disaster, general hardware failure or any number of environmental conditions. When the system fails, how do you access your network equipment? Maybe it's not just via the serial console port anymore. Our reliance on network infrastructure continues to grow,...
On the Road Again: InteropNet 2014
In late March, I once again traveled to Las Vegas to support the installation the temporary high-speed network that is InteropNet 2014. InteropNet provides high-speed network connectivity to the Interop attendees and exhibitors and supports the Expo floor, Conference sessions and wireless access. In 2014, Opengear continued its multi-year participation...
LTE Leads the Way Forward in M2M Communications, Out-Of-Band Management
As the markets for voice and data mature, carriers are looking to machine-to-machine communications (M2M) to become the new engine of growth. Through connectivity embedded in everyday objects such as lampposts, household appliances and even automobiles, M2M forms the backbone of the rapidly emerging Internet of Things, the blanket term...
Hop on the High-Speed Bus
The first general purpose computer known as ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer – circa 1946) was heralded as the “Giant Brain”. It was literally larger than a dozen passenger buses and weighed as much. It was made of tens of thousands of vacuum tubes and relays, hundreds of thousands...
Increase ROI With Cellular Out-Of-Band Network and Data Center Management (VIDEO)
There is a revolution underway in out-of-band management. Cellular out-of-band management can help keep you in business during a network outage, increase network availability, minimize disruption and downtime and reduce operating costs. Get on board! Opengear is a leading provider of critical infrastructure management solutions delivering advanced console servers, remote...
Taking Your Cisco Out-Of-Band Management to the Next Level
Earlier this week I found some best practice recommendations from Cisco on securing and controlling out-of-band management for their Nexus 7000 series supervisor modules. Although the recommendations made by Cisco are textbook examples for creating highly available and redundant remote management there are several ways Opengear can expand on those...
Don’t Rely On Your Network To Manage Your Network
[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Enterprise IT organizations, following the lead of hyperscale service providers, are adopting virtualization and automation technologies in order to scale infrastructure effectively. But no matter how much you automate and virtualize your systems, you rely on the physical network infrastructure that underpins it all...
Why We’ve Supported OpenSSL and Why We’re Happy to See Others Now Joining Us
Open Source has always been important throughout our ten year run at Opengear. Heck, it’s even part of our name. OpenSSL has been around even longer than us – since 1998 – and the cryptographic library has been something we’ve taken a keen interest in, as a user of the...
Physical + cyber security in a converged IT + OT world
Enterprise and governments are struggling to maintain their complex IT infrastructure in the face of ramping security pressures and rampant attacks. The Internet of Things (IoT) is set to magnify this complexity, introducing billions of connected devices that sense and control the physical world. The resultant convergence of IT and operational...
Edge Computing in Retail
For brick and mortar retailers, almost 90% of global retail sales occur in physical stores and because of this most of them are investing in computing power located closer to the buyer1. This is known as edge computing. Computing closer to the edge ensures that information processing, content collection, and...
NetOps For Your Network
We’re proud to be the market leader in Out of Band Management, knowing that our customers rely on us to ensure always on access to their network. As demands increase and new network requirements emerge, we’ve continually evolved our solutions to meet those needs, such as being the first to...
OPENGEAR’S LIGHTHOUSE WINS 2020 CLOUD COMPUTING SECURITY EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR CENTRALIZED & SECURE OUT-OF-BAND MANAGEMENT
SmartOOB and NetOps Automation Leader Sets New Standard for Cloud Security and Network Resilience EDISON, New Jersey – September 30, 2020 – Opengear, a Digi International company (NASDAQ: DGII), and a leading provider of solutions that deliver secure, resilient network access and automation to critical IT infrastructure, announced today...
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