Measuring and Monitoring Internet Traffic with PacketLogic Real-Time Enforcement Devices
The presenters will discuss how PacketLogic solutions deployed at Univ. of New England provide awareness of how their network is being utilized; analysis on what bandwidth is really needed to deliver quality services (QOS) to their students and faculty, and control over the usage of their valuable network resources.
Educational institutions are often the test bed for new applications and games, pushing the requirements for rapid signature development to the limit. PacketLogic solutions provide deep packet inspection (DPI) capabilities that allow highly accurate identification of network traffic such as BitTorrent, YouTube, Skype and others – even if these applications use port-hopping, encryption, masking or other behaviors to hide their identity.
Gordon Smith will discuss their specific network configuration, what Procera products they deployed and their usefulness.
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Gordon Smith's Biography
Gordon Smith is Principal IT Officer at the University of New England, Armidale. One of Gordon's roles is to investigate and evaluate new and upcoming technologies with a view to their implementation and integration, where appropriate, into the business at UNE. Of late, much of this work has been related to networking. Of note, the entire UNE campus now operates with 802.1x authentication on every wired port across 500 edge switches (and across 300 wireless Access Points). Previous technologies and services implemented include campus-wide PABX replacement, the UNE video network, and 10 regional Student Study Centres.
Gordon has also worked at the University of Sydney, and at The Robert Gordon University in Scotland.
When not being IT-inclined, Gordon is photographer, bushwalker, OpenStreetMap'er, Outback trekker, and VK2UB. |
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Mark Stevens' Biography
Mark Stevens is Regional Director ANZ for Procera Networks. Prior to joining Procera, Mark served in many roles at internet security pioneer WatchGuard Technologies Inc. including Chief Strategy Officer, Senior Vice President of Network Security, responsible for all engineering and product management and VP Sales, Asia Pacific. Mark was also formerly the Engineering Manager for Secure Network Solutions which developed high speed IP and ISDN encryption solutions for military and financial institutions in Australia. He also lectured in network engineering at Perth’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre and is a published author.
Mr Stevens holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Western Australia and a Grad Dip in Education from Curtin University. |
