Robert Whiteley
Robert Whiteley
beginning budgeting burden planning reduce ways
There are ways to reduce you operational burden if you do it from the beginning. The no-no is not planning or budgeting for it.
building forget hardware looking management network people products provide software tools visibility
People often forget about management tools when they're building a new network or looking at the one they have. Most hardware vendors provide management software with their products these days, but there is a whole tier of software that can give visibility into the network as a whole.
crop due flaw incumbent plight sheer smaller
The flaw is part of the plight of any large, incumbent vendor. Due to the company's sheer size, these vulnerabilities crop up more often than with vendors that have much smaller installed bases.
anytime bounce growth huge numbers sure
Nortel should be able to bounce back.... But I'm not sure we're going to see any huge growth numbers anytime soon.
particular
NAC is an ecosystem; it's not a particular set of technologies.
access folks large mainstream number remote
Mainstream folks don't typically have a large number of remote access users.
invest
The perimeter is getting more porous. The no-no is to just invest there.
address company decide ease embedded integrated needs pay premium priorities security simplicity slight
Ultimately, a company needs to decide if it prefers best-of-breed security -- and subsequently pay a slight premium for it -- or if ease of use and simplicity is more important. Integrated and embedded endpoint security will address each of these priorities respectively.