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Application Performance Management 101
Introduction Understanding the importance and benefits of Application Performance Management as a proactive monitoring and remediation tool to detect, locate, diagnose, fix application performance issues. Background Monolithic application architectures required any single update to the application to be applied to the whole application stack. Due to the criticality of the application, updates slowed releases and […]
The Insider’s Guide to Cisco Software-Defined Access
Cisco introduced Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) last summer at Cisco Live.
Beyond the Data Sheet: Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine): Beyond the Data Sheet Today’s post is adapted from a recent Aspire webinar titled Beyond The Data Sheet: Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE). The webinar was hosted by Cody Harris, Aspire Senior Solutions Architect. Introduction This article provides a real world perspective in working with ISE from successful deployments. […]
New Cybersecurity Regulation Impacts New York Financial Firms
May Become a Model for Other States to Follow The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) introduced a new cybersecurity regulation for financial services companies that took effect on March 1, 2017. The regulation carries a heavy compliance burden that is intended to protect clients, consumers, and financial entities from the ever-growing threat of […]
Using Light to Power Your Network
Nicola Tesla, during a 1926 interview, predicted the smartphone. Tesla said, “When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain…we shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance. Not only this, but through television and telephony we shall see and hear one another as perfectly […]
From a Humble Start to State-of-the-Art: Our New Headquarters
As we celebrate the opening of our new corporate headquarters and embark on a new chapter in Aspire’s history, we take a look back at the early days, our modest beginnings, and the origins of Aspire’s unique culture. Aspire Technology Partners began in an ordinary, window-less office in Red Bank, New Jersey. The space quickly grew […]