Big Switch Networks Releases Big Tap Monitoring Fabric 4.5 -- Next-Gen Network Packet Broker for Pervasive Security and Visibility - Seite 2

The 4.5 release also supports Dell Open Networking switches, now including the S4048-ON, a Broadcom Trident-II based switch with 48x10G and 6x40G interfaces and the Dell S6000 -- a Trident-II based 32x40G switch that was already supported in the earlier release, including support for break-out cables. Customers can now build dense 1G/10G/40G monitoring fabrics with britebox switches from Dell (S4048 and S6000) or with ODM whitebox switches from Accton.

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"Continuous cyber attacks coupled with SSL encrypted traffic create a challenging environment for SecOps," said Rene Paap, Product Marketing Manager of A10 Networks. "A10's high-performance Thunder TPS for DDoS Protection and Thunder ADC SSL Insight provide customers comprehensive threat protection and traffic visibility. Deploying both these products in the DMZ with Big Tap inline mode will enable operational simplicity and flexibility through policy-based service chaining as well as granular SDN-based controls."

"As manufacturer of highly reliable, standards based switches used in Big Switch's SDN fabric solutions, Accton continues to be a key market and technology partner with Big Switch," said George Tchaparian, CEO of Edge-Core Networks Corporation, and GM Data Center Networks of Accton Technology Corporation. "We are pleased that our Edge-Core data center switches support Big Switch's push for open, economical, and reliable SDN solutions that enable rapid provisioning for new applications."

"Attackers are applying advanced threat vectors to penetrate organizations that deploy selective monitoring due to ultra high cost. Together the Cyphort advanced threat detection platform and Big Switch Networks Big Tap Monitoring Fabric provide an ability to ensure all network traffic is being analyzed for threats with simplicity and cost efficiency," said Jeremy Carlson, Sr. Director Business Development of Cyphort.

"Ensuring the performance, availability and security of today's increasingly distributed and elastic networks and applications requires a highly scalable, data-driven approach," said Erik Giesa, SVP of Marketing and Business Development at ExtraHop. "The ExtraHop partnership with Big Switch has resulted in a unique and affordable solution combining the flexibility, scale and SDN controls of Big Tap with our wire data analytics for real-time, correlated visibility across the software-defined data center."