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StrongVPN is one of the most popular VPN service around the world. With a presence in over 23 countries,+650 servers, cheap prices, Strong Encryption and blazing fast download speeds – it rightfully deserves the No.1 position in our Best VPN Review.
This in-depth review took weeks to write as we performed extensive testing on workstations and mobile clients, downloading, VPN torrenting, performing security tests, VoIP & Video latency, gaming and more, in an attempt to discover any flaws, issues or limitations the VPN service might have. Here’s what we’ve tested and reviewed for our readers:
Without any further delay, let’s take a look and see what StrongVPN was able to deliver during these very challenging tests!
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StrongVPN is one of the oldest in the industry, beginning as a humble PC company in 1994. A subsidiary of Reliable Hosting, the company was created after a move to San Francisco prompted the sale of VPN services.
The US-based company doesn’t promise a whole lot on its website, but under the hood it’s a fast VPN with a no-log policy and great customer service. It supports 5 concurrent connections for $10 per month, or just $5.83 a month if you opt for a yearly package.
While some of the best VPNs focus on a wide range of servers, StrongVPN prioritises speed and the ability to unblock Netflix. It has servers in 45 cities across 23 countries, most of which can bypass region blocks.
Such functionality has made this StrongVPN very popular in China and other countries with aggressive blocking policies. This review will analyze the benefits for a new, global audience.
StrongVPN’s install is as simple as it gets. Users are presented with a regular installer and just have to hit next until it’s complete. StrongVPN intelligently installs TAP drivers, requiring no extra prompts. After completion, the application will launch automatically.
At first glance, StrongVPN’s interface is simple. It presents your location, a list of servers, and VPN protocol used to encrypt traffic. Most users will never have to go outside of this interface, leaving a minimal, simple experience.
The StrongVPN client - Probably not the best looking GUI but surely the best service
Once you drill down into settings, things get more complex. Though well-labelled, there’s a lot of information with no tooltips or tutorial. However, these are presented as advanced options so, naturally, they are targeted at power users.
The developers of the popular software PBX, 3CX, have announced another major update to their unified communications solution! The latest release, 3CX v15.5, makes the phone system faster, more secure and more reliable with a number of improvements and brand new features.
Notably, v15.5 brings with it a totally new concept for the PBX system, a completely web-based softphone client that can be launched straight from any open-standards browser. The web client has an attractive, modern interface which makes it incredibly user-friendly, allowing tasks such as call transferring, deskphone control and more to be carried out in a single click.
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Furthering their commitment to providing an easy to install and manage PBX, 3CX has also made deployment easier and more flexible. 3CX can be deployed on MiniPC appliances of leading brands such as Intel, Zotac, Shuttle and Gigabyte meaning that businesses on a budget can ensure enterprise level communications at a fraction of the price.
Additionally, 3CX has ensured more freedom of choice when it comes to deploying the PBX in the cloud. With more supported hosters, such as 1&1, and an easy to use 8 step wizard that allows customers and resellers to have a fully configured PBX up and running in minutes.
The brand new web client includes integrated web conferencing completely free of charge without any additional licensing or administration. Video conferences are held directly from the browser with no additional downloads or plugins, and most importantly, this applies to remote participants as well!
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By implementing the uaCSTA standard for deskphones, 3CX has significantly improved remote control of phones. This has ensured more reliable control of IP phones regardless of the location of the extension or whether or not the PBX is being run on-premise or in the cloud. Moreover, the 3CX smartphone clients for Android and iOS can now also be remote controlled.
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The Cisco NX-OS checkpoint feature provides the capability to capture at any time a snapshot (backup) of the Cisco Nexus configuration before making any changes. The captured configuration (checkpoint) can then be used to roll back and restore the original configuration.
The NX-OS checkpoint and rollback feature is extremely useful, and a life saver in some cases, when a new configuration change to a production system has caused unwanted effects or was incorrectly made/planned and we need to immediately return to an original/stable configuration.
With Catalyst IOS switches we would manually remove or restore IOS commands but with the Nexus NS-OS checkpoint-rollback feature this is a much faster and safer process that can be executed even by an authorized user with basic experience/knowledge on Nexus switches.
Let’s take a quick look at the topics covered in our article:
Finally, we must point out that basic knowledge of the Cisco NX-OS is required for this article.
Readers can also refer to our for more information on Nexus switches.
The Checkpoint and Rollback feature has the following main configuration guidelines and limitations:
Working with the Nexus Checkpoint feature is a very easy process and the commands used follow a logical order allowing the easy usage of this fantastic feature.
This article introduces the Cisco Nexus product family (Nexus 9000, Nexus 7000, Nexus 5000, Nexus 3000, Nexus 2000, Nexus 1000V and MDS 9000). We explain the differences between Nexus and Catalyst switches but also compare commands, naming conventions, hardware capabilities etc. between Nexus NX-OS and Catalyst IOS operating systems. To provide a comprehensive overview we explain where each Nexus model is best positioned in the Data Center and directly compare high-end Nexus switches (Nexus 9000/7000) with high-end Catalyst switches (Catalyst 6800 / 6500) examining specifications, bandwidth – capacity, modules and features (High-Availability, Port Scalability, VDC, vPC – VSS, OTV, VXLAN, etc).
For our readers convenience we have made available for free download over 90 different datasheets in our Cisco Data Center download section.
Following are the topics covered in this article:
The Cisco Nexus Family of products has become extremely popular in small and large data centers thanks to their capability for unifying storage, data and networking services. Thanks to the Cisco Fabric Interconnect they are able not only to support all these services but also provide a rock-solid programmable platform that fully supports any virtualized environment. The Cisco Nexus family includes a generous number of different Nexus models to meet the demands of any Data Center environment. Let’s take a look at what the Nexus Family has to offer!
The Nexus Product Family
These data center switches can operate in Cisco NX-OS Software or Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) modes. The main features of the new Cisco Nexus 9000 Series are: support of Fabric Extender Technology (FEX), virtual Port Channel (vPC), and Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN). There are a few key differences between the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series and Nexus 9000 DC switches. The Nexus 9000 supports Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) in contrast to the Nexus 7000 switches. However, the Cisco Nexus 9000 switches do not support the VDCs (Virtual Device Context) technology like the Nexus 7000 and the Nexus 9000 Series doesn't support storage protocols, in contrast to the Nexus 7000. Finally, it is foreseen that the Nexus 9000 will complement the Nexus 7000 as data centers transition to ACI.
The Nexus 9000 Series Data Center Switches
The Nexus 9000 switches are available in a variety of models and configurations starting from the Nexus 9200 series (1 RU) Cloud Scale - standalone, Nexus 9300 series (1RU), Nexus 9300-EX (1RU) Cloud Scale standalone/ACI, Nexus 9500-EX (1RU) Cloud Scale Modules to the Nexus 9500 Cloud Scale switches (4, 8, 16 slots).
You can compare all available modes at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/models-comparison.html
They can provide an end-to-end data center architecture on a single platform, including data center core, aggregation, and access layer. The N7k series provides high-density 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernetinterfaces. The main features of the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series are: support for FEX, virtual Port Channel (vPC), VDC, MPLS and Fabricpath. In addition, the N7K supports fairly robust and established technologies for multi-DC interconnect (DCI) such as OTV and LISP. The N9K does not support these well-established DCI technologies, but a newer DCI technology, VXLAN, BGP, EVPN, that can be deployed for site-to-site DCI.
The Nexus 7000 Series Data Center Switches
The Nexus 7000 series consists of the 7000 and 7700 series switches, the latter being an updated series to the original 7000 series. The Nexus 7700 series offers higher bandwidth per slot (1.3Tbps compared to 550Gbps), greater performance and ability to support up to an impressive 192 100GE ports (7700 – 18 slot) compared to 96 100GE ports (7000 – 18 slot).