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Tony’s Discount Switch Emporium
Random Acts of (dis)Connectivity Summer time is busy time. July and August, when all the staff and students are out enjoying their vacation, the IT department for a public school division is hard at...
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The Problem With “Free”.
It’s rare to have a day go by during which I don’t hear or read about some product that a vendor is now ‘giving away’ or moving to a ‘freemium’ model. In some of the more contentious verticals in the...
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One Way Audio on Cisco 7925G Wireless Phones
Knock Knock. Who’s there? Voice over Wireless LAN. Voice over Wireless LAN who? …. …. Hello? …. Hello? Working with a multitude of different technologies is great. I love it, for the most part. That...
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Cisco Live 2014 CAE – A Canuck Connection!
Pretty much every year, the Cisco Live Team post a poll on the Cisco Live web site to potential registrants asking which band they would like to see for the Customer Appreciation Event (CAE). I’m not...
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All Aboard for SFO – Cisco Live 2014
Cisco Live 2014 is only two days away and although I like to think I’ve planned everything out well in advance, I’ll likely be doing a lot of last minute panicked preparation early Sunday before my...
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Cisco Live 2014 – San Fran-tastic!
My 5th Cisco Live is in the books and this was a fantastic week of reconnecting with friends, meeting new ones, and drinking from the technology fire hose. This was my first visit to San Francisco and...
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Cisco UCS – Zero to Hero in 5 Short Years
I’d love to call Randy Seidl and ask him for an interview. The problem is, I don’t have the street cred that it would take to even make it past his administrative assistant. You see, Mr. Seidl used to...
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GNS3 – An Interview
It used to be that the only way to get any direct, hands-on experience with any networking gear was to have access to some actual, physical equipment. It was an expensive prospect, and often out of...
View ArticleCisco Catalyst Wifi, Take Two
On November 13th, Cisco announced their next-generation wireless platform with the release of the Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller. You read that right, the next WLC platform from Cisco is...
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