Securing the Next Generation Data Center

Last week, we announced our next generation security platform designed for data center and core network deployments. The new TippingPoint N-Platform represents our efforts to provide the most comprehensive security for our customers using intrusion prevention (IPS) as the foundation. Our development team successfully created powerful technology to extend network security beyond intrusion prevention with additional security services without impacting network performance. The N-Platform is also a key component of 3Com’s (our parent company) Secure Network Fabric, which integrates security platforms and LAN infrastructure equipment from TippingPoint and H3C, 3Com’s line of enterprise networking products.
As we discussed our approach to securing the next generation data center with press, analysts, partners and customers, there was one question that consistently came up in conversation. What is the data center? There is the traditional definition we all know that describes the data center as a large room with rows and rows of server racks. There are even organizations that have documented guidelines for typical data center deployments. Although we have many customers who have very large data centers in the traditional sense, we classify the networks of all of our customers as “data centers.”
Whether it’s a large room that takes up an entire floor of a building or a small closet down the hall, you have a (continue reading...)