Nodegrid Gate SR w/ Nvidia Jetson Nano

Budget-friendly console server product and dual-CPU NVIDIA platform help organizations protect their infrastructure and AI investments.

Fremont, CA — May 28, 2024 — ZPE Systems, a leader in network infrastructure and management solutions that is now part of Legrand, launches two new products at Cisco Live Las Vegas: the Nodegrid Serial Console Core Edition and the Nodegrid Gate SR platform with embedded NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano module. These innovative products will empower organizations to better protect their vital IT infrastructure and NVIDIA AI investments from the growing risks of cyber-attacks.

The Nodegrid Serial Console Core Edition is a cost-effective third generation console server that resolves the vulnerabilities left by legacy console servers. It leverages drop-in Isolated Management Infrastructure (IMI) to fully separate management traffic from production networks. The creation of a separate management network provides physical and logical isolation from unauthorized users and cyber threats.  

“The first step in cybersecurity resiliency is proper IT hygiene, starting with the right architecture to remove anxiety from automated patching and recovery,” said Koroush Saraf, VP of Products and Marketing at ZPE Systems. “The Core Edition simplifies IMI, providing secure, isolated management access from any branch office or remote location via any LAN or WAN link type, including cellular connections. This gives customers a safe environment for patching or configuration rollback even during an outage or cyberattack.” 

Though IMI has been used primarily by hyperscalers and big tech brands, the Core Edition enables businesses of all sizes to build their own IMI networks and reap the benefits of a layered security approach at an affordable price. 

“With the NSCP Core Edition, our goal is to make big tech’s resilience practices accessible and affordable for all organizations,” emphasizes Arnaldo Zimmermann, Cofounder of ZPE and VP/GM at Legrand. “Now, anyone can drop in our Gen 3 console server, create their IMI, and close those vulnerabilities created by their outdated devices.” 

ZPE is also releasing the Nodegrid Gate SR with embedded Jetson module. This new platform internally hosts the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano module, serving as an out-of-band device for initial bring-up, patching, and upgrading when running NVIDIA workloads. ZPE’s Gate SR with embedded Jetson module offers a dual-CPU platform that uses the same IMI concept for provisioning AI workloads via out-of-band path and allows customers to deploy, manage, and upgrade remotely via ZPE Cloud. This new Nodegrid platform enables organizations to improve industrial floor safety, campus security, and manufacturing quality control, by deploying 3^rd party computer vision software at the edge. Organizations can now add resilience and recovery to the fleet of their NVIDIA AI workloads with ZPE embedded or external AI hardware devices.

To learn more, visit the Core Edition page or meet us in booth 5581 at Cisco Live. 

Organizations using end-of-life console servers must reduce their vulnerability exposure and secure their infrastructure comprehensively by using ZPE’s console servers, installation services and configuration engineering. 

Fremont, CA, May 2, 2024 — As cyberattacks continue to rise, ZPE Systems, a leader in network management infrastructure, recently acquired by Legrand, is urging organizations to  transition to Generation 3 console servers as part of their security strategies. With other well-known infrastructure providers discontinuing support for serial consoles already in use within data centers, communication networks and other commercial and industrial environments, the need to upgrade is paramount.    

Console servers are the backbone of remote IT management, providing essential access to network devices and servers. However, using discontinued console servers poses significant security risks. Outdated firmware may contain known vulnerabilities that enable cyber attackers to infiltrate critical systems, causing costly data breaches and operational disruptions. 

Despite these substantial risks, many organizations hesitate to replace their outdated infrastructure, citing budget constraints, labor costs and concerns about infrastructure disruption. Arnaldo Zimmermann, cofounder of ZPE Systems, highlights this dilemma, saying, “Organizations face financial constraints when considering hardware upgrades, especially when existing infrastructure seems to be working fine. When you consider the capex, labor costs and time it takes to physically install and configure new equipment, it’s easy to see why organizations say, ‘if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.’”  

To address these challenges, ZPE Systems now offers a comprehensive solution designed to alleviate budgetary concerns and streamline the replacement process:

1. New Cost-Effective Replacement Options

ZPE’s Nodegrid devices enable organizations to secure their management infrastructure with new budget-friendly, Gen 3 console servers. These range in cost from premium options to small yet powerful, budget-friendly units.

2. New Professional Installation & Recycling Services

As needed, ZPE Systems offers solutions for physical installation process and recycling of old equipment, minimizing downtime and ensuring environmental responsibility. ZPE connects organizations to a network of trusted partners including ByteBridge, Mirapath, Trace3, and others.

3. New Tailored Configuration Services

ZPE’s engineers provide customized configuration services to transfer the old configuration to new systems and optimize the performance and security of the new console servers. 

“There’s a lot of friction in upgrading,” adds Koroush Saraf, VP of Products and Marketing at ZPE Systems. “We’ve heard of customers using outdated devices for years, who won’t replace because they just don’t have the time, money or manpower. Our goal is to remove that friction, streamlining the transition process and empowering organizations to enhance their security posture without the added burden.”  

By utilizing Gen 3 console servers from ZPE, customers benefit from 3rd party security validated firmware that addresses Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) as well as hardware security features designed to mitigate cybersecurity threats. Organizations can safeguard their assets, protect sensitive data, and maintain operational continuity in an increasingly volatile digital landscape. 

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Explore the hardware options, trusted partner network, and configuration services by clicking the link. You can also get hands-on with this solution at RSA Conference next week. Click the link for details and to get ZPE’s special code that unlocks your free pass.

Legrand Acquires Data Center, Branch, and Edge Management Infrastructure Market Leader ZPE Systems, Inc.

Customers Benefit from Enhanced and Diversified Product Development and Expanded Customer-focused, Infrastructure Solutions and Services Delivery from the Data Center to the Edge

WEST HARTFORD, CT (January 12, 2024) Legrand®, a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, including data center solutions, has announced its acquisition is complete of ZPE Systems, Inc., a Fremont, California-based company that offers critical solutions and services to deliver resilience and security for customers’ business critical infrastructure. This includes serial console servers, sensors, and services routers that enable remote access and management of network IT equipment from data centers to the edge. The acquisition brings together ZPE’s secure and open management infrastructure and services delivery platform for data center, branch, and edge environments to Legrand’s comprehensive data center solutions of overhead busway, custom cabinets, intelligent PDUs, KVM switches, and advanced fiber solutions.

ZPE Systems will become a business unit of Legrand’s Data, Power, and Control (DPC) Division. Arnaldo Zimmermann will continue to serve as Vice President and General Manager of ZPE Systems, reporting to Brian DiBella, President of Legrand’s DPC Division.

“ZPE Systems leads the fast growing and profitable data center and edge management infrastructure market. This acquisition allows Legrand to enter a promising new segment whose strong growth is expected to accelerate further with the development of artificial intelligence and associated needs,” said John Selldorff, President and CEO, Legrand, North and Central America. “Edge computing, AI and operational technology will require more complex data centers and edge infrastructure with intelligent IT needs to be built in disparate remote geographies. This makes remote management and operation a critical requirement. ZPE Systems is well positioned to address this need through high performance automation infrastructure solutions, which are complementary to our current data center offerings.”

“By joining forces with Legrand, ZPE Systems is advancing our leadership position in management infrastructure and propelling our technology and solutions to further support existing and new market opportunities,” said Zimmermann.

About Legrand and Legrand, North and Central America

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Its comprehensive offering of solutions for commercial, industrial, and residential markets makes it a benchmark for customers worldwide. The Group harnesses technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving lives by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical, digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Drawing on an approach that involves all teams and stakeholders, Legrand is pursuing its strategy of profitable and responsible growth driven by acquisitions and innovation, with a steady flow of new offerings—including products with enhanced value in use (faster expanding segments: data centers, connected offerings and energy efficiency programs). Legrand reported sales of €8.0 billion in 2022. The company is listed on Euronext Paris and is notably a component stock of the CAC 40 and CAC 40 ESG indexes. (code ISIN FR0010307819). https://www.legrand.us/

Read the press release on Legrand’s official site

How do you address security across the software development life cycle?

“Security is the cornerstone of ZPE’s infrastructure management solutions,” says Koroush Saraf, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at ZPE Systems. “Our automation platform touches every aspect of our customers’ critical infrastructure, from networking and firewall gear, to servers, smart PDUs, and everything else in their production network. The ZPE portfolio is architected with the strongest security and implemented with the same level of scrutiny.”

Given the critical nature of enterprise networking, security is paramount to ZPE’s customers.

“The average time taken to apply patches and fix vulnerabilities can be more than 205 days,” says Saraf. “This is due to many reasons: limited resources and time, concerns that something may break, or in some cases, admins don’t even know that a critical patch is available. That’s why ZPE takes on the responsibility for customers. They’re assured that the systems running their infrastructure are running the latest, most secure software. And if a patch fails, our built-in undo button reverts to a safe configuration before any damage can be done.”

Saraf adds, “Like with all modern organizations, ZPE uses a complex mix of proprietary, open source, and third-party software obtained through a variety of sources from the software supply chain. Think third-party libraries, packaged software from ISVs, IoT and embedded firmware, and especially open source components. In fact, studies show that over three-quarters of the code in any given application is likely to be open source.”

“Most third parties won’t provide the source code behind their software,” notes Saraf. “But the question remains whether that supplier is as security-conscious as ZPE. Again, we found the solution with Synopsys, which gives us insight into any third-party software we include without requiring access to the source code.”

The solution: Comprehensive security testing with Synopsys AST

Different security solutions focus on different aspects of vulnerability detection and risk mitigation. By layering multiple solutions such as static analysis, dynamic analysis, and software composition analysis, ZPE covers a wide range of potential vulnerabilities, ensuring that code quality and security issues are identified at various stages during the software development life cycle and across different types of code.

Coverity® provides the speed, ease of use, accuracy, industry standards compliance, and scalability to develop high-quality, secure applications. Coverity identifies critical quality defects and security vulnerabilities as code is written, early in ZPE’s development process when they are easiest to fix. Coverity seamlessly integrates automated security testing into CI/CD pipelines, supports existing development tools and workflows, and can be deployed either on-premises or in the cloud.

WhiteHat Dynamic is a software-as-a-service dynamic application security testing solution that allows businesses to quickly deploy a scalable web security program. No matter how many websites or how often they change, WhiteHat Dynamic can scale to meet any demand. It provides security and development teams with fast, accurate, and continuous vulnerability assessments of applications in QA and production, applying the same techniques hackers use to find weaknesses This enables ZPE to streamline the remediation process, prioritize vulnerabilities based on severity and threat, and focus on remediation and its overall security posture.

Black Duck® helps ZPE identify supply chain security and license risks even when it doesn’t have access to the underlying software’s code. This is a critical security tool for the modern software supply chain. Black Duck Binary Analysis can scan virtually any software, including desktop and mobile applications, third-party libraries, packaged software, and embedded system firmware. It quickly generates a complete Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), which tracks third-party and open source components, and identifies known security vulnerabilities, associated licenses, and code quality risks.

The result: A notable reduction of CVEs

“One of the outcomes from taking a comprehensive, layered approach to security testing has been a notable reduction in CVEs on the systems we deploy,” says Saraf.

“I think a lot of industry players don’t give enough attention to patching CVEs. They wait until after a security incident, or until a customer specifically asks. Unfortunately, it’s normal to see unpatched, outdated software running on critical infrastructure. The Equifax breach of 2017 is just one example that exposed the personal data of millions. It’s a particular problem with IoT and embedded devices—many of those systems get installed and forgotten. But it’s another attack surface, especially if you use the equipment for critical infrastructure automation.”

“ZPE’s goal is to reduce the attack surface of our systems to as close to zero as possible, either by making sure that software vulnerabilities are identified and addressed, and that our software is running the most secure and up-to-date versions. It’s an ongoing process— what is vulnerability-free today won’t necessarily be so tomorrow—which is why ZPE always stays security-conscious. I think the company’s commitment to security has positioned ZPE as a trusted partner for enterprises seeking secure automation solutions for their critical infrastructure needs.

Download the document for details about Synopsys and ZPE Systems

How to Fight the latest Ransomware Attacks

Nodegrid plus Synopsys is the most secure platform for Isolated Management Infrastructure (IMI). This architecture is recommended by the FBI and CISA, and allows you to fight back when ransomware strikes. Check out our latest IMI articles from cybersecurity veterans James Cabe and Koroush Saraf, who have helped companies including Fortinet, Microsoft, and Palo Alto Networks.

ZPE Systems’ Services Delivery Platform accelerates time-to-market with any app, anytime, anywhere

IT teams can deliver instant business value with the on-demand services delivery architecture

Fremont, CA, April 25, 2023 — ZPE Systems’ Services Delivery Platform is IT’s ‘easy’ button for delivering instant business value. Instead of deploying dedicated NGFW hardware and Intel® NUCs, ZPE’s Intel-based platform runs 3rd party apps at remote locations delivered via ZPE Cloud app marketplace. This speed and flexibility simplify global service delivery and fleet management for manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and other industries, where any app can be automatically deployed from the cloud.

Why is this important?

Private-cloud and on-prem services must run on dedicated systems, which causes infrastructure sprawl. This complexity pulls IT teams away from generating revenue, recovering from outages, and stopping ransomware attacks. Their job becomes managing low-level infrastructure and inefficient delivery pipelines. The Services Delivery Platform alleviates this by giving them the speed and flexibility to:

• Secure remote locations with cloud-deployed pen test agents & other services
• Segment edge networks regardless of interface type
• Eliminate supply chain risks with hardened devices
• Shrink attack surfaces with swift centralized patch management
• Collapse device stacks into 1RU or less using virtual services

Graphic: ZPE’s Services Delivery Platform is represented as blue blocks. Examples of 3rd-party hosted apps are represented in white blocks under Ecosystem Apps.

The Services Delivery Platform brings to life Gartner’s concept of platform engineering. This platform-as-a-service model allows admins to tailor environments with the right apps for SD-WAN, NGFW, pen testing, and other functions, without battling vendor lock-in or changes in security posture. They also gain a consistent management experience across private-cloud and on-prem solutions.

Teams typically avoid platform engineering because there are no best practices for creating the proper control plane management network on secure devices.

ZPE Systems worked with Big Tech to define these best practices, which enterprises can now apply to private-cloud colo and edge deployments using the Services Delivery Platform. This establishes the resilient control plane management network and platform engineering component, both on a single, multi-function device connected to the cloud.

Enterprises accelerate revenue generation, reduce outage costs, and stop ransomware attacks using this architecture.

How does it work?

Nodegrid edge routers bring dedicated LAN and WAN links through multiple interface types (serial, ethernet, USB, IPMI). These create a secure control plane — a Double-RingTM management architecture — while eliminating the hardware attack surface with security features including TPM 2.0, encrypted disk, geofencing, and fully-signed Nodegrid OS.

This network is the foundation of the Services Delivery Platform. Along with hosting the management network, Nodegrid devices directly run VMs, containers, and any choice of app using the onboard multi-core Intel CPU and Linux-based Nodegrid OS. This OS also extends automation across environments and devices to give teams end-to-end activation and chaining of SASE, NGFWs, SD-WAN, and any cloud or on-prem solution.

“I’ve been in ops for a long time. Most of your day is spent just figuring out how to get your environments to work right,” says James Cabe, Director, Technical Alliances at ZPE Systems. “The Services Delivery Platform is a game-changer. The whole thing sits right on the Nodegrid box and you can switch or swap out services whenever you need to. Just choose what you want to deploy and go. It’s all done via separate control plane with no attack surface and no exposure to the Internet.”

Where can I find more information?

Go to zpesystems.com/services-delivery-platform to learn more about the Services Delivery Platform.

If you’re attending RSA Conference April 24-27, visit ZPE Systems at booth 4125 between north and south halls and ask for a demo.  Use this code for free RSA expo pass: 52EZPESYSXP

ZPE Systems Partners with Atsign to Add Zero Attack Surface Technology to Industry-Leading Infrastructure Management Solutions

ZPE Systems and Atsign to demonstrate solution at RSA Conference (booth 4125) April 24 – 27, 2023

FREMONT, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif., April 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ZPE Systems, the leading provider of open infrastructure management solutions, and Atsign, a leading provider of privacy and security solutions, have announced a strategic partnership. This partnership combines ZPE’s award-winning networking solutions with Atsign’s cutting-edge security technology, to help customers achieve zero attack surface.

This joint solution enables organizations to manage network infrastructure from anywhere in the world, and with zero open TCP/UDP ports or static IP addresses. Attackers cannot identify or fingerprint the device or services. This stops adversaries from persisting or moving inside your organization. Pairing ZPE with Atsign enhances efficiency and security, giving customers access to comprehensive network management and security features that include advanced authentication and access control, centralized management of user accounts, and real-time monitoring and alerting.

“We are thrilled to partner with Atsign and help customers address the growing complexity of network management and security,” said James Cabe, Director Global Alliances and Strategic Sales at ZPE Systems. “Atsign’s advanced security technology allows organizations to easily deploy our joint solution and implement the highest level of security possible, while streamlining network management.”

“We are excited to partner with ZPE Systems to deliver world-class security to their world-class network infrastructure solution,” said Kevin Nickels, CPO of Atsign. “Our network security solution will enable customers to take advantage of ZPE’s network routing and administration tools with peace of mind knowing their systems are completely secure.”

The joint solution will be shown at the RSA conference (ZPE booth 4125) in San Francisco April 24 – 27, 2023. More information can be found at https://zpesystems.com/company/events/rsa-conference-2023/

About Atsign

Atsign is an award-winning technology company that believes the privacy and security of every person, organization, and device is a fundamental right, and they’re working towards making it a reality. They won the 2022 IoTSF Champion award and the 2023 IoT Global Award for Securing IoT. For more information, visit www.atsign.com.

About ZPE Systems

ZPE Systems provides the best, most resilient, and secure solutions that support infrastructure reliability and holistic security for medium to large enterprises and digital service providers. 6 of the top 10 global tech giants trust ZPE Systems’ Cybersecurity Delivery Platform for Automated Zero-day Infrastructure Patching and Ransomware Recovery & Remediation for Datacenter, Edge, OT, and MSPs. ZPE Systems solutions eliminate human error and allow IT to easily manage, secure, and scale a resilient infrastructure with Intel-based serial consoles, services routers, sensors, zero-touch zero-trust provisioning and cloud-managed out-of-band automation. For more information, visit www.zpesystems.com.

ZPE Systems keeps first responders mission-ready with FirstNet certification

Public safety organizations can now take advantage of FirstNet Band 14 using ZPE’s powerful yet compact edge routers

What’s the news?

Fremont, CA April 11, 2023 — ZPE Systems, a leading provider of software and hardware for network infrastructure management, is proud to announce that they are now a certified partner of FirstNet, Built with AT&T, America’s public safety wireless communications provider. Public safety and critical infrastructure organizations nationwide use ZPE’s Nodegrid devices, and this partnership ensures that first responders remain mission-ready with first-priority 4G & 5G connectivity via Nodegrid.

Roger Rustad, Western Division Director at ITDRC, says, “ZPE’s Nodegrid devices are the most powerful and portable Edge security devices in our inventory. They far exceeded our expectations for connecting our fleet, and provide us with a local compute environment along with multiple cellular modems that enable us to leverage multi-carrier redundancy, including FirstNet Band 14.”

Why is this important?

No connection is more important than one that could help save a life. Today, FirstNet serves more than 24,000 agencies and organizations — with more than 4.4 million connections — and solves longstanding communications challenges involving interoperability, network congestion, and commercial network providers slowing public safety’s data connection. This partnership ensures fire, EMS, law enforcement, and other organizations equipped with Nodegrid get superior coverage for day-to-day response and life-saving missions.

FirstNet offers distinct advantages over commercial offerings, with unique features, functionality, and dedicated spectrum needed by the public safety community. Similarly, ZPE’s Nodegrid offers distinct advantages over typical network infrastructure and management solutions. Its Services Delivery Platform allows network engineers to deploy any app at any time, such as for communications services and critical infrastructure monitoring, to ensure fast, reliable connectivity around the clock. Additionally, its Gen 3 out-of-band gives low-level access to hardware to ensure survivability, and extends zero touch deployment and continuous maintenance capabilities to every piece of critical equipment, adding another layer of resiliency to support the public safety mission.

ZPE Systems supports the mission with innovative, small form-factor networking devices ideal for ambulances, police cruisers, and self-contained crisis-response kits, where physical space is extremely limited. The Nodegrid Mini SR is as small as a smartphone, but provides Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and 4G/LTE connectivity, with onboard computing resources for hosting mission-critical apps and containers at the farthest network edge. The slightly larger Nodegrid Hive SR offers dual-concurrent 4G or 5G modems with quad-SIM slots, along with SD-WAN features that ensure always-on connectivity even in challenging circumstances.

Image: Nodegrid Mini SR

All Nodegrid appliances pair with ZPE Cloud, which is a secure file repository and orchestration solution. This gives organizations push-button simplicity to automatically deploy their nationwide device fleet, along with easy management of global devices via centralized dashboard.

Where can I find more information?

Learn more about ZPE Systems’ FirstNet certification. If you’re attending RSA Conference April 24-27, visit ZPE Systems at booth 4125 and ask for a demo.

To learn more about America’s public safety network, check out FirstNet.com or click here for FirstNet news.

The Nodegrid Mini SR is ideal for secure remote out-of-band connectivity, automation, and security for critical edge devices

Fremont, CA October 19, 2022 — ZPE Systems announces the Mini SR, a smartphone-size, cloud-orchestrated gateway that solves the operational challenges of running security and connectivity at the network edge.

Organizations must solve evolving business needs by deploying applications and devices at locations including branch offices, third-party manufacturing sites, powerplants, emergency response locations, and urgent care facilities. Even with cloud SaaS-based applications, organizations still require equipment, and they typically outsource to MSPs and MSSPs who can manage the SLA and operational challenges presented by this physical stack. These providers need a simple platform to host third party applications, enable remote operation, and ensure security. The Mini SR solves this problem.

Roughly the size of an iPhone, this cloud-managed, out-of-band gateway collapses multiple boxes. The Mini SR delivers wired and wireless connectivity, hosts third-party security apps and critical tools, and provides centralized cloud orchestration. Its fanless, ruggedized design can be tucked away and extends management capabilities via physical Gigabit Ethernet and USB interfaces, offering remote access via ZPE Cloud.

The Mini SR is ideal for MSPs/MSSPs and for following use cases:

1. Out-of-band edge rack management with environmental sensor support
2. SASE/SSE on-ramp for Netskope, Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Access, and Zscaler connectors
3. Secure IoT/OT gateway with simple cloud orchestration
4. Secure work-from-anywhere gateway (home, car, temp office)
5. Police/emergency response (in-vehicle edge compute router)
6. SCADA industrial OT/IoT zero-trust, pico segmentation gateway
7. Medical and industrial device cloaking to prevent detection and exploitation during hacker reconnaissance scans
8. SaaS applications requiring a box to host agents for vulnerability scanning, experience monitoring, and critical DDI (DHCP/DNS/IPAM) services

The Mini SR was designed after collaborating with industry tech giants, who during the pandemic needed a secure resilience solution for their sprawling IoT and OT infrastructures. This compact gateway connects, controls, and isolates critical assets via out-of-band (OOB) management. This secure path uses the Mini SR’s Wi-Fi, LTE, or Ethernet connections to establish a tunnel or connect to zero trust destinations, keeping management traffic separate & secure.

Joe Quenneville, CEO of security service provider CyberGRC, states, “The Mini SR is perfect for managing remote manufacturing equipment, SCADA systems, medical imaging devices, and even oil & gas equipment sensors. It lets my IT team get inside their distributed systems without having to physically be on site.”

Matt Robinson, CTO of Rahi, says, “The Mini SR makes life easy for MSPs and VARs managing remote branch offices or industrial locations. It gives actionable observability into the environment for quick troubleshooting and recovery without requiring an on-site resource. The Mini SR’s out-of-band and hosted tools let teams remotely rebuild entire stacks of infrastructure, making efficient use of smart hands resources. We anticipate savings ranging from $600 to $4,000 on each smart ticket incident.”

Koroush Saraf, ZPE Systems’ VP of Marketing and Product Management, explains: “Anyone considering Raspberry Pi or Intel NUC needs the Mini SR instead. Many IT use cases and SaaS services require a physical device on premises to act as the hosting platform or cloud gateway, and this device needs to be regularly updated with the latest patches. The entire Nodegrid SR fleet, including the Mini SR, can be upgraded and orchestrated from ZPE Cloud just like iPhone users receive updates from the App Store. The Mini SR connects to ZPE Cloud via out-of-band to keep its OS and guest applications up to date.”

The Mini SR uses the Intel x86 CPU and is preloaded with Nodegrid OS, which combines secure cloud out-of-band management and an open platform with the ability to run your preferred VMs, Docker containers, and LXC applications. The device also accommodates Nodegrid’s environmental sensors and feeds data to Nodegrid Data Lake for analytics. These integrations increase uptime by giving visibility into infrastructure heat, moisture, dust, device tampering, user experience, and hidden machine log data. On top of this the SR family incorporates encrypted disk and secure boot to prevent tamper and supply chain risks are detected and thwarted. Organizations can now cut downtime by 50% or more, predictably configure and scale sites in hours, and keep edge users connected without interruption.

Click the button to visit our Mini SR announcement page.

Ingram Micro Signs Distribution Agreement with ZPE Systems for Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

The Netherlands, July 18, 2022 — Ingram Micro today announced a partnership with ZPE Systems Inc., a leader in network infrastructure management and orchestration solutions. This agreement gives partners access to ZPE’s portfolio of hardware, software, and cloud products, which includes the best-in-class Nodegrid Serial Console server, the Nodegrid SR family of services routers, the ZPE Cloud management & orchestration platform, and Nodegrid sensors.

For customers managing data centers or distributed edge and branch locations, ZPE Systems solves network and automation complexity while addressing the increasing demand to make IT more secure, reliable, and scalable. For resellers, this means having the ability to offer a proven yet flexible open platform to address customers’ evolving needs, with modular, Intel-based hardware providing limitless WAN/LAN connectivity, easy 5G upgradeability, Generation 3 out-of-band remote access and automation, and the power to host third-party applications and virtualized network functions.

Cybersecurity

Legacy network devices do not meet modern requirements for securing, automating, and scaling enterprise networks, due to interoperability issues and closed architectures. As customers struggle against security and downtime-inducing network challenges, this partnership will enable them to deploy ZPE’s Cybersecurity-as-a-platform (CAAP) to address disaster recovery, human error, and ransomware using best-of-breed vendor solutions of their choice. They can deploy these solutions directly on the programmable Nodegrid hardware and software, manage from anywhere via ZPE Cloud, and ultimately extend the capabilities of infrastructure, connectivity, and cybersecurity teams.

“IT systems are more connected but also more distributed,” said Marcel van Zwienen, Senior Sales Engineer, ZPE Systems. “Companies in every industry are now demanding fully customized environments that address their specific requirements. With this partnership, customers can now use ZPE’s platform to do exactly that. They can mix and match physical and virtual solutions of their choice for reliable, secure global networking.”

The Linux-based Nodegrid OS, which runs on every Nodegrid Serial Console and Services Router device, enables multi-vendor freedom in IT. This allows infrastructure, connectivity, and cybersecurity teams to deploy and manage their choice of hardware, software, and SaaS solutions — from cooling and smart PDUs, to switches and servers, to NGFWs, SD-WAN, and SASE integrations. The Nodegrid platform integrates with new and existing infrastructure, providing secure Generation 3 out-of-band access, NetDevOps automation capabilities, and enterprise-grade security that address modern business demands.

Edge

“Partnering with Ingram Micro adds tremendous value to ZPE ​​Systems’ Edge Transformation Partner Program,” said Steven Jehring, Vice President, Global Sales, ZPE Systems. “Partners gain more financing options, while customers gain the freedom to choose a partner that can address their unique needs. Ingram Micro provides top-notch support, pre-sales services, and global fulfillment capabilities that will be crucial to accelerating partner sales and transforming customer networks at the data center and edge.”

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About Ingram Micro Inc.

Ingram Micro helps businesses Realize the Promise of Technology. It delivers a full spectrum of global technology and supply chain services to businesses around the world. Deep expertise in technology solutions, mobility, cloud, and supply chain solutions enables its business partners to operate efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve. Unrivaled agility, deep market insights and the trust and dependability that come from decades of proven relationships, set Ingram Micro apart and ahead. More at http://meta.ingrammicro.com.

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