Opinion

Debating SSL Decryption in 2024
- Tony Mattke
- Security
- 2 min read
Yet another day brings another meeting about another security product recommending SSL Decryption at our network edge. Your Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), your web filter, the …

Will 2023 be the year of Artificial Intelligence for InfoSec?
- Tony Mattke
- Security
- 3 min read
Gartner has been saying that “next big thing” in network security is the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies for years now… Mainly …

Introducing Graphiant: The Future of Network-as-a-Service
- Tony Mattke
- Industry & events
- 3 min read
As businesses continue to shift towards remote and distributed work environments, the need for secure and reliable network infrastructure has never been greater. Enter Graphiant, a …

Mandatory Cisco DNA Licensing – is this the Future??
- Tony Mattke
- Industry & events
- 3 min read
With the release of the new 9200 series switches many enterprise organizations are starting to look towards the future. Cisco has also been looking towards the future… of their …

AIOps the next big thing for Enterprise IT?
- Tony Mattke
- Design & architecture
- 3 min read
But how does all of this relate to IT Infrastructure and Operations? AIOps is the combination of AI and IT Operations. And while the IT community hears the AI related buzzwords, …

Gartner – more than a magic quadrant
- Tony Mattke
- Design & architecture
- 4 min read
In the past I have personally given a lot of flack towards Gartner, but that was when I was in a different stage of my career. Over the past two years I’ve transitioned into …

The complexity required for robustness, often goes against robustness
- Tony Mattke
- Design & architecture
- 3 min read
In the past few months we have seen major outages from United Airlines, the NYSE, and the Wall Street Journal. With almost 5,000 flights grounded, and NYSE halting trading the cost …

Network Design — Keeping it simple
- Tony Mattke
- Design & architecture
- 3 min read
Since the dawn of time people have skirted best practice and banged together networks, putting the proverbial square peg in the esoteric round hole. For example, new vendor XYZ’s …