Category: Myriad Partners

What I Do in IT Sales

“Sweetie, can you help me get my printer to work?” my mom called from the kitchen while I was visiting for Father’s Day last month. “Umm, I can try?” I stammered. These scenarios with family and friends have become commonplace since I began my IT career five years ago.  I’m sure other people can relate—when… Read more »

Heartbleed: A Case For Two-Factor Authentication

By now you’ve probably heard about a major vulnerability in the OpenSSL Project’s implementation of SSL known as Heartbleed. If you’re not familiar with SSL, it is a protocol designed to secure communication between an end-user (client) and application (server) using cryptography and keys intended to make it difficult to intercept and read protected traffic…. Read more »

DDoS Ammunition: Are you protected?

Saar here, resident engineer at Myriad Supply. Today I’ll be discussing DDoS ammunition. The FFIEC gives “recommendations” to banking institutions.  This is a non-binding recommendation, and there is no law per say that says you must have DDoS protection.  However, if someone suffers financial damages due to a DDoS attack on a bank, that person… Read more »

The new Juniper PTX3000

Juniper Networks has just released a new router, which we think Google could use a few of to continue rolling out their “Double play Internet and TV to the home” (fiber.google.com) The PTX3000 router’s capacity is designed to rapidly scale over time up to 24 terabits per second (Tbps), making it possible for the PTX3000… Read more »

BPG Routing

Hello, Saar here, resident engineer at Myriad Supply. Today I’ll be talking about BGP Routing. BGP…you probably hear that word being thrown around. What is it and how can it help you? First, take a look at this cheat-sheet. The second item will give you a brief explanation on BGP and its uses. Cheat Sheet… Read more »

Myriad Supply Partners

Juniper Networks produces high-speed core, edge, and enterprise routers, switches, and security appliances that scales with the growing internet work around the globe. With award winning SRX Series Service Gateway, MX Series 3D Universal Edge Router, T Series Core Router, and EX Series Ethernet Switches, Juniper Networks is dedicated to provide high speed, secure, and… Read more »