- Application
- Compliance
- Compliance Monitoring
- Components
- Data Center
- Data Loss Prevention
- Enterprise
- Ethernet
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- Fiber
- Government
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Monitoring
- Network Visibility
- Observability
- Optical Networking
- Packet
- Performance Management
- Performance Monitoring
- Physical Layer
- Protection
- Public Sector
- Regulatory Compliance
- Security Operations
- Switched Port Analyzer
- System Integration Testing
- Test Access Points
- Threat Detection
- Virtual LAN
- Visibility
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Who is Datacom Systems?
Datacom Systems is a provider of network visibility, monitoring access, and data capture hardware for enterprise and carrier-class environments.
- Network TAPs for out-of-band traffic access and analysis (network visibility)
- Packet brokers and aggregation switches for tool sharing and traffic distribution (network monitoring infrastructure)
- Bypass switches for inline security and performance tools (network resilience and continuity)
- Solutions for lawful intercept, compliance monitoring, and forensic capture (security and compliance visibility)
- Deployment options for data centers, service providers, and enterprise networks (infrastructure monitoring)
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More About Datacom Systems
Datacom Systems focuses on network visibility and access solutions that System Integration Testing (SIT) between production traffic flows and monitoring or security toolsets in enterprise, service provider, and government environments. Its hardware platforms are deployed in data centers and network aggregation points to deliver copies of packet flows to analyzers, intrusion detection systems, application performance monitoring platforms, and lawful intercept systems without altering live traffic.
The company’s portfolio centers on three main categories: network TAPs (network visibility), network packet brokers (traffic aggregation and distribution), and bypass switches (inline tool continuity). Network TAPs provide physical-layer access to copper and fiber links, enabling passive traffic monitoring. Packet brokers aggregate, filter, and load-balance traffic from multiple TAPs or Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) ports toward downstream tools, using capabilities such as Virtual LAN (VLAN) tagging, port mapping, filtering by header fields, and replication. Bypass switches SIT in front of inline tools like firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) appliances, providing fail-open or fail-closed behavior and traffic redirection during maintenance or tool failure.
Datacom Systems products are typically integrated into architectures that use SPAN/mirror ports, TAPs, and packet broker tiers to organize traffic delivery to specialized tools. They are used alongside protocols and technologies such as Ethernet at various speeds, optical interfaces, and standard Layer 2/Layer 3 monitoring approaches. These platforms support use cases in Security Operations (SecOps), network operations, and compliance teams that require consistent access to full packet data for troubleshooting, threat detection, and long-term capture.
In the enterprise IT and telecom marketplace, Datacom Systems aligns with solution categories such as network visibility, observability infrastructure, and security monitoring enablement. Rather than providing the analyzers or security tools themselves, the company focuses on reliable traffic acquisition, distribution, and protection for those tools. This positions its offerings as foundational components in monitoring stacks, helping organizations centralize tool access to critical links, reduce the need for multiple inline Test Access Points (TAP) points, and standardize how packet data is fed into various analytics and security platforms.
For directory and taxonomy purposes, Datacom Systems fits primarily under network visibility and TAPs, packet brokers for monitoring and security (observability infrastructure), and bypass and failover systems for inline security (network resilience). Its solutions are used by enterprises, telecom operators, and public sector entities that need consistent, hardware-based access to network traffic for performance management, security inspection, and regulatory compliance.
Our description of Datacom Systems. Updated December 2025.
