Living Spaces & ZPE Systems featured on Packet Pushers
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Heavy Networking 691: Why OOB Infrastructure Is Critical For IT Ops & Automation
Packet Pushers recently sat down with Blake Johnson (Living Spaces) and Rene Neumann (ZPE Systems) to look at how ZPE Systems is rethinking Out of Band so you can leverage this network for more than rebooting servers and configuring switches. The goal here is automated, NetOps-driven Integrated Isolated Management Infrastructure (IIMI), including things like device staging, deployments, upgrades, and more. And you don’t just have to take ZPE’s word for it. They’ve brought a customer who’s using the products to help support a retail business with more than fifty sites–all with a very lean networking team.
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Increasing demand helped Living Spaces grow out of its home state of California, into states including Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and others. Their out-of-band infrastructure was crucial to spinning up new locations and maintaining operations. But they faced a significant problem: this infrastructure was incredibly complex and costly, requiring many dedicated cellular and out-of-band devices at each location. See why their three-person network team needed a solution that could:
- Reduce costs and eliminate the need for $300,000 per year in SIM contracts
- Reduce workloads and risks, by centralizing management and minimizing entry points
- Accelerate deployments by allowing automation
Get the Automation Blueprint proven by Big Tech
Dedicated infrastructure is key to successfully automating. ZPE Systems has captured the best practices used by 6 of the Top 10 Big Tech companies like Amazon, Bank of America, Uber, and many others. This 40+ page document has also been validated by ONUG’s newly-formed Hyperautomation Working Group and follows Gartner’s recommended automation architecture. Use it to:
- Maximize revenues by minimizing setup times & application downtime
- Reduce recovery costs with push-button rollbacks
- Eliminate risk through frequent security patching
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Ransomware Defense: Cutting the Kill Chain
Koroush Saraf (cybersecurity expert from Fortinet & Palo Alto Networks) recently discussed how to cut the ransomware kill chain. His article in Pipeline Magazine uncovers the two biggest threat vectors, pulls startling numbers from Verizon’s 2023 DBIR, and reveals how Isolated Management Infrastructure saves organizations from millions in losses. Read the article for practical tips and to download the blueprint for building your IMI.
Close the top 5 cybersecurity gaps
In this article in Pipeline Magazine, 20-year cybersecurity veteran Koroush Saraf shows how unpatched infrastructure, vendor lock-in, human error, & other gaps affect businesses most. See how a services delivery platform such as Nodegrid enables the flexibility and freedom of choice to close these gaps for good. Click to read the full article.
Three questions every board should ask now
Can you meet SLAs with a smaller workforce? Can you keep sites running without physical access? Can you deploy weekly security patches without breaking IT? Koroush Saraf explains how to approach these questions, and outlines the answer that lies in a double-ring architecture for automation. Click to read the full article.
Podcast
You can also enjoy and listen to our podcast discussing out-of-band networks for automation.
Out-Of-Band Management And Infrastructure Automation With ZPE Systems