Author Archives: Sanch Datta

04 Sep

FatPipe is Exhibiting at Cloud Partners 2014

Companies are centralizing applications that were traditionally hosted on local machines in a branch to a centralized data center and to the cloud.  Maintaining WAN Connectivity is crucial in a virtualized environment.  Centralization of IT Resources provides cost savings and security benefits, these benefit can be wiped out in a single network outage.  Companies migrate to cloud applications for flexibility, availability and cost savings.  Shouldn’t the wide area network architecture align with these same benefits?

FatPipe will be showcasing our MPSec technology, which enables companies to align their WAN architecture with cloud computing initiative, at  Cloud Partners 2014 September 8 – 10 in New Orleans, LA.    We will be located at booth #818.  This trade show is an opportunity with reseller partners to see how FatPipe can fit into their cloud portfolio.

For information on becoming a FatPipe partner or to schedule on on site meeting in New Orleans, CLICK HERE

01 Sep

The Global Reach of FatPipe Networks

Do you know the global reach of FatPipe Networks?

  • FatPipe has current customers on 6 of the 7 continents (Antarctica is still pending)
  • FatPipe provides round-the-clock technical support to our customers though full staffed support centers in Salt Lake City, UT, USA and Chennai, India
  • FatPipe has a sales and distribution network that spans North & South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Whether you are in the center of Silicon Valley or the furthest outreaches of the global, FatPipe has the ability to assist in the design, installation, and support of FatPipe in your network.

 

28 Aug

Answers for Today’s K-12 Network

Summer time fun is over and kids all over the country are going back to school or are already back in school.  The image of a small kid hauling a backpack filled with books is fast fading in favor of computer savvy kids with laptop, smart phones, tablets, and ipad’s!  Juxtaposed with the rapid movement of teaching, homework assignments, student records on line, etc. are bound to increase the workload and stress of most network administrators.

The Internet plays a vital part of daily activity in today’s K-12 network.  Students, teachers and administrators are using this tool as a means of expanding the classroom experience.  Network administrators are facing increasing pressure from federal, state, and local regulators to ensure it can meet ever growing demands.

Limitations in access to the Internet and other wide area network resources can affect an institutions ability to meet these directives.  Slow speeds and unresponsive systems are sure to raise the heckles of students, teachers and parents alike (not to mention school administrators).  Unfortunately, the network admin staff is the first ones blamed.  But fear not, planning and the use of technology can assist in overcoming and resolving many network related problems.  BYOD, PARCC and other requirements can be met along with a marked reduction in stress.  You can learn more from this informative paper.

Click HERE to download the white paper

27 Aug

Time Warner Cable Down – Internet Service Disrupted

I woke up to the news that Time Warner Cable backbone had gone down this morning.  The report said TWC was handling a large volume of calls from customers.  I am not surprised.  Connectivity has long moved from the ‘nice to have” column to the “imperative” column.  Customers need connectivity for a variety of reasons.  I have no doubt business reasons predominate.

Fortunately for my team and myself, FatPipe customers are able to carry on due to the WAN redundancy FatPipe technology provides.  While the customers have an interest to get the TWC connection up as quickly as possible – having a redundant connection affords them the luxury of time.

FatPipe’s router clustering technology would have been the perfect foil for this unforeseen event.  While admittedly the available bandwidth would be smaller without the TWC connection, the secondary connection allows for uninterrupted connectivity.  If you do not have WAN redundancy and were unfortunate enough to use TWC, we at FatPipe are here to assist you with reliability and redundancy solutions.

25 Aug

Disaster Strike Anytime – Be Prepared

World events in the last few years teach us that at any moment a disaster could strike.  A smart IT Systems Manager would have built a business continuity plan into his scheme of operations, by providing for a sound, tested disaster recovery plan.  What are the essential features of a sound Disaster Recovery Plan?

 Preserve Data:

 For any reason if the business network fails, then the data it contains as well as continuity of data is of paramount importance to restore normality of operations.

 Data Backup:

 For businesses which handle a large volume of data, hourly, daily, weekly or monthly backups may not be enough for effective disaster recovery.  Ideally, data backup should be on a continual, real time basis.

 Detection of Disasters:

 The disaster may affect only one part of business operations but could have a domino effect.   Therefore, quick detection and recovery is important.  In-built diagnostic tools will alert the Systems Manager immediately.

Offsite Location:

 Having a back-up site at a different geographical location will help in disaster recovery in case the damage to the primary site is too extensive for immediate recovery.  The offsite location will give time to re-locate with minimal loss of business continuity.

 WAN Redundancy:

 More important than physical locations is the redundancy available in communication lines.  This is vital for business continuity and disaster recovery.  Seamless redundancy will ensure that business operations are not affected.

 Employee Training:

 Every employee should be given adequate training on the disaster recovery plan.  In the event of a crucial employee being incapacitated, there should be backups in the chain of command to take over.

 Disaster Recovery – Awareness and Attention:

 Complacency is the weakest link in disaster recovery and business continuity.  Employees should be constantly reinforced about the disaster recovery plan and its importance.  Regular drills should be a part of employee training.

 A disaster could strike any time.  A smart organization is prepared for the worst and will recover in the shortest possible time.