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I wrote and talked a lot about the need to fix security (for example: here)
 
Tomorrow, at the Yuval Ne'eman Workshop and the National Cyber Bureau's 3rd Annual International Cyber Security Conference that will take place at Tel Aviv University. Net Optics’ CEO Bob Shaw will have the opportunity to explain what we can do about it.
 
The workshop title is “Creating Cyber Eco system”. The main theme is about transforming Cyber Security for Tomorrow’s Threats.
 
Bob. Together with security icons will address the important issues that we...

The use of the 3 letters ‘S’, ‘D’ and ‘N’ in the context of smarter methods to deploy networking infrastructure and network services  is increasing. The concepts of separating the routing/switching/forwarding decisions from the devices that perform such actions generate a lot of buzz. And it should. The concept is not only buzz-worthy: it works and it changes the way networks will be designed for ever. Due to the buzz around this concept, everybody and their brother will promote any idea using this term. When it comes to network and application security I believe that using the term “SDN” has merit. In my opinion the ability to separate control and forwarding is critical for improved security. I will try not to repeat myself, but as...

This is Part 2 of 2 of my recent Blog Post regarding Interop Las Vegas 2012, where Net Optics was invited to deploy our Application-Aware Network Performance Monitoring appliance, Spyke, into the Interop NOC. We found that via Spyke collecting the data and making it meaningful we were able to identify the user behavior on this unique network, and create the kind of story that helps businesses both better supervise the behavior of their employees, and apportion the correct resources into the relevant areas of network need. Read Part 1 of 7 Million Network Connections from Interop - What Network Performance Monitoring Reveals About Attendees. ...

Being given the opportunity and honor to monitor the Interop Las Vegas network last May (2012) filled this software engineer with excitement. All that data, all those graphs that were generated… oh my! In this 2-part post I'll be reviewing what the network traffic can teach us about how attendees utilized the network. We'll be at it again at this year's Interop Las Vegas 2013, at Booth #1559.

How Well Behaved Are Users of the World's Largest Temporary Network?

Net Optics was invited to deploy our highly robust Application-Aware Network Performance Monitoring appliance, Spyke, into the Interop...