Hardware
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We need microchips. Are You Prepared for a One-year Pause?
It may sound like an exaggeration, but Cisco 9200Ls were quoted to a client at 434 days lead time this week. That’s Easter…
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PANIC! At the Cisco
Unfortunately, high hopes won’t get you very far if you’re trying to purchase and install new Cisco Switches before year end. Lead times…
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How To Optimize Your Data Center Hardware With Pre-Owned Equipment?
Defining Data Center To put it simply, a data center is a physical facility where organizations house their critical data. It is designed…
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What Is The Difference Between Cisco Nexus And Catalyst?
Amongst the array of switches are the Cisco Nexus and Catalyst switches that are the most popular. While Nexus switches are a flexible…
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How To Configure Cisco Catalyst 9300 Switch?
Cisco primarily offers two types of network switches, one of which is the Cisco Catalyst 9300 switch, a fixed-configuration model. This type does…
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Pre-Owned Equipment – How Can Network Managers Benefit
People in general, and engineers specifically, are drawn to new toys. I always have been, which is how I ended up in technology.…
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Critical Security Vulnerability Notice in Cisco DNA and SD WAN
A new security vulnerability pushed Cisco to urge enterprise administrators to install critical security updates. As always, a SMARTnet contract is not necessary…
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Tariff Update on China’s Imports
Costs to end-users on products manufactured in and imported from China are sure to increase. OEMs have not yet committed to a specific…
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Cisco’s New Smart Licensing
Since taking the helm, CEO Chuck Robbins has focused on subscriptions and recurring revenue. It is a much more lucrative model than a…
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Network Hardware – How to Manage to Prevent Waste
Thomas Edison put it this way, “Waste is worse than loss …. Every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question…
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Cisco Issues a “Critical” Security Advisory for their Nexus 9K Series ACI Mode Switches with a CVSS Score of 9.8
Per Cisco: “The vulnerability is due to the presence of a default SSH key pair that is present in all devices. An attacker…
