Window on WANs:

Security


February 27, 2012  10:21 AM

Choosing the right VPN for your enterprise



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
enterprise mobility, network access, Security, VPN, WAN, wide area networks

As bring your own device (BYOD) policies proliferate in enterprises everywhere, security and remote access problems follow suit. Network engineers and...

December 16, 2011  9:37 AM

Blue Coat to be acquired by Thoma Bravo



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
BlueCoat, Security, WAN, WAN optimization

Blue Coat SystemsOne WAN optimization/IT security vendor will be acquired. Guest blogger Lisa Martinek reports: Last Friday,


October 31, 2011  9:41 AM

Protect your VPN from hacks and cracks



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
Security, VPN, WAN, wide area networks

Web security key
In the spirit of Halloween, today we turn to the grave matter of network security. While some of the


March 28, 2011  10:15 AM

Learn to secure and optimize all branch office types



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
branch office, network access, remote workers, Security, WAN, WAN optimization, WAN performance, wide area networks

A glimmer of a recession rebound and a favorable international market spark businesses into to expanding and creating new office locations across the globe. Remote offices are forecasted to increase 5% in 2011 and spike upwards thereafter. This


January 27, 2011  10:09 PM

Certes Networks — formerly CipherOptics — adapts to network security market changes



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
network, Security, WAN, WANs

When a vendor stays around long enough for it's market to change, sometimes it's time to close up shop. In other cases, it's time to get a new facelift and identity. This is what Certes Networks, formerly CipherOptics, did to change with the evolving network...


August 27, 2010  4:48 PM

Are you forcing end users to use peer-to-peer sharing?



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
Security, WAN, WAN performance, WANs

Last week, news writer Jessica Scarpati reported that employees at Schur, a printing and packaging company based in Horsens, Denmark, were using public peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing services, instead of the...


July 28, 2010  4:23 PM

WAN security concerns from the 2010 Verizon data breach investigations report



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
Security, WAN

Verizon Business U.S. Secret ServiceToday marks the release of the third annual


July 26, 2010  10:31 AM

Microsoft Windows 2008, R2: Changes to SSTP VPN, traffic authentication and x.509 certificate setup



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
Networking, Security, VPN, WAN, Windows, Windows 2008

Brien Posey If you are upgrading your company's Windows operating system (OS), you should...


May 18, 2010  9:04 PM

The Internet is broken — how can we fix it?



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
bandwidth, Internet, Internet addresses, IPv4, IPv6, Security, WAN

Everyone who can connect to the Internet experiences it one time or another -- a Web page is not found; a connection takes forever, or worse -- disconnects. It's times like these that the uninformed Chip the sales guy says the website is down, or the...


September 9, 2009  8:00 PM

Network security spending driven by cloud computing, managed services



Posted by: TScannell
breaches, managed services, networks, Saas, Security, Verizon, WAN

We’ve been asking a lot of questions about network security lately, specifically targeting those companies that are getting more involved in such things as cloud computing, software as a service (SaaS), managed services, and other areas where applications and data are more...