An Out-Of-Band Management (OOBM) solution enables central teams to troubleshoot issues that are in remote locations even when the primary network isn’t available; this allows them to identify issues and possibly even get the primary network back online without ever having to visit the affected site.
Layer 7 refers to the uppermost layer of the OSI model. Known as the “application layer”, it supports end-user processes and applications.
Organisations today are increasingly seeing the need for “pop-up” or temporary locations. These may be for a variety of reasons, from events to pop-up shops and restaurants, to emergency centres for public and mobile health services.
According to research completed by Beaming, in 2016 British businesses alone lost £7Billion due to Internet outages, with companies suffering an average of 3 days downtime each across the year.
Parallel networking – also known as “air-gapped networking” – essentially creates an independent network which runs alongside, or in parallel, to the primary network location.
The Internet of Things, or IoT, describes a network of physical objects, and by their extension animals or people, all of which are connected to the Internet and able to share data via this connection.
Cloud management software is designed for operating and monitoring products and services which run in the Cloud. In the case of Westbase.io’s portfolio it refers specifically to tools which leverage the Cloud to manage networks – both physical and virtual. In doing so, it enables service providers or end users alike to administer remote networks from one central system.
