October 2024 Newsletter
October 2024 Newsletter Table of Contents What’s the Buzz at eGroup Enabling Technologies? October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an international initiative that empowers individuals and businesses to protect their data from cybercrime. Even amidst large-scale data breaches and cyberattacks, Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminds everyone that there are simple, effective ways to […]
September 2024 Newsletter
September 2024 Newsletter Table of Contents What’s the Buzz at eGroup Enabling Technologies? ➡️ eGroup Enabling Technologies Recognized on the 2024 Inc. 5000 “We are extremely excited to be named one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies. This honor results from our team’s incredible work and the solutions we provide for our valued customers. […]
August 2024 Newsletter
August 2024 Newsletter Table of Contents What’s the Buzz at eGroup Enabling Technologies? Following the Broadcom acquisition, VMware transitioned from perpetual licensing to a subscription model in December 2023. Since then, we have seen some customer’s renewals increase 2-3 times the amount of their last renewal. Check out the following resources to better understand your […]
Weekly Tech Tip: Check Your FEC!
Weekly Tech Tip: Check Your FEC! Connectivity Issues Between Cohesity C5016 Nodes and Nexus 93180YC-FX3H Switches Very recently, I was deploying a new Cohesity C5016 appliance with 25Gb NICs, connecting up to a pair of Nexus 93180YC-FX3H switches. When using the 9K’s in a VPC pair, my personal preference is to configure the Cohesity nodes […]
July 2024 Newsletter
July 2024 Newsletter Table of Contents What’s New at eGroup Enabling Technologies? eGroup Enabling Technologies has been recognized as #1 in the U.S. for both Microsoft Cybersecurity Incentives Program (CSI) Workshops and the Copilot Adoption Factory Program. These achievements highlight our dedication to providing industry-leading solutions and exceptional service to our clients. ➡️ #1 in the […]
June 2024 Newsletter
June 2024 Newsletter Table of Contents What’s New at eGroup Enabling Technologies? eGroup Enabling Technologies Earns Spot on CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500 List for the 12th Consecutive Year! CRN’s annual Solution Provider 500 list recognizes North America’s largest solution providers by revenue, and serves as a prominent benchmark for many of the channel’s most […]
Zero Day Threat – Cisco Remote Access on ASA/FTD
Zero Day Threat – Cisco Remote Access on ASA/FTD Cisco recently patched two critical vulnerabilities in their firewall products, discovered after probable nation-state actors targeted them in a campaign dubbed “Arcane Door”. These zero-day vulnerabilities, found in devices running ASA and FTD software, were exploited to implant malware and possibly steal data. Cisco released three […]
eGroup Achieves Cisco Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialization – 7 Years Running
Official Press Release Mt. Pleasant, SC, September 8, 2017 – eGroup, the Southeast’s leading provider of data center architecture, cloud and managed services, announced today that it has achieved the Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialization from Cisco for the seventh year in a row. To fulfill the specialization, eGroup has met the program prerequisites and […]
Cisco FirePOWER: The Answer to Your Security Needs
In today’s network data center environment, it’s not simply enough to have a traditional firewall in place protecting the network’s edge. With more sophisticated network intrusions occurring daily, a Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is required to help fight against these intrusions. Cisco’s FirePOWER services provides a Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and IPS (NGIPS) along with […]
Cisco Nexus 7K Design with Active/Active FEX
Back in November 2015 I wrote a post about FEX Topologies with the Cisco Nexus platforms, and at the time the Nexus 5K/6K line was the only model that would support the active/active FEX topology (FEX-AA), which was unfortunate in designing redundant connectivity for downstream devices. But with the release of NX-OS code 7.2 and […]
