Enterasys

When the organizational structure is messy or the politics fierce, a successful NAC deployment may require a product that widely separates security, network management and end-point security checking, such as Alcatel-Lucent SafeNAC, Avenda eTIPS or Enterasys NAC.

Network access control management: Pick your poison 2010

Key to the Enterasys architecture is the ability of its S-series switches to authenticate applications and apply policies to them regardless of the port they connect to.

Data center upgrades demand attention now 2010

Enterasys and Arista plan to overcome this problem by adding the ability to push the policies down to the vSwitch, shown by A in the diagram.

The dark side of server virtualization Robin Layland 2010

For example, if you used switches from Alcatel-Lucent or Enterasys or Juniper firewalls as in-line enforcers, you could rely on their clustering or failover technology to reduce the possibility of a serious interruption.

Network access control management: Pick your poison 2010

Enterasys plans to let customers use the management visibility and control capabilities of its S-series switches, along with the policy-based operational model of the devices that is intended to automate many processes, and allocate priority access and appropriate bandwidth to specific business applications.

Enterasys looks to head off Cisco, Brocade data center plans 2010

Vendors employing this solution include Arista Networks, Blade and Enterasys, along with HP and Juniper through their orchestration approach.

The dark side of server virtualization Robin Layland 2010

Enterasys currently has a workaround that directs the vSwitch to put each VM in a separate VLAN.

The dark side of server virtualization Robin Layland 2010

Its share climbed from 0.3% in 2008 to 1.2% in 2009, according to Dell'Oro, allowing Juniper to surpass longtime player Enterasys and Blade Network Technologies, while catching up to Extreme Networks and Huawei.

Juniper seeks to out-virtualize Cisco in data centers 2010

Currently Enterasys has the ability to automatically provide the vSwitch with the VLAN number, with Arista planning to add it shortly.

The dark side of server virtualization Robin Layland 2010

In combination with the Enterasys switch management system, the S-series platforms feature embedded connection policy control and real-time connection and application analytics, Enterasys says.

Enterasys looks to head off Cisco, Brocade data center plans 2010