I deal with a number of suppliers and vendors. It’s part of networking. However, its becoming clear that some companies have people that are very busy because there isn’t enough people. Why ?
Is Your Vendor Too Busy ? Or Are They in Trouble ?
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Your Feedback Wanted: When Is It Time to Go Independent?
For years, my services have belonged to one employer at a time. They advertise for a position. I interview. We chat, perhaps multiple times. If we like each other, there’s a negotiated offer, and I come on board. We hug, shed a joyful tear or two, and I settle in behind the keyboard with fellow [...]
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Mental Case on the iPad : Memorising and Refreshing Information

Mental Case for the iPad was released today, and I am well impressed. Looks great, feels great and improves my revision time.
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TRILL: It’s a DéJà-Vu All Over Again
If you’re old enough to remember what ZX-81 was all about, you’ll probably experience a weird sense of déjà-vu when being exposed to the beauties of TRILL says Ivan Pepelnjak.
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Has IT Certification Become Nothing More Than a Racket?
Has IT certification become nothing more than a racket? Something I heard this week made me really start to wonder?
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Why the CCIE Program Is More Useful Than the Certification Itself.
The CCIE program isn’t just about knowledge, it’s also about technique and methods that help you continue learning all your life.
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If I Can’t Fix It, I’ll Break It. And That’s OK, It Needed Fixing Anyway.

When explaining outage risks in a change review, I often need to grit my teeth and say quietly to myself…..
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What Might It Mean if Cisco Dumps HP as Certified Partner ?
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Opinion:Study, iPad, DRM and Me

A look at changing my study and reading habits with the Apple iPad – but not the iBooks until DRM is sorted out.
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Opinion: Observations on CCNP Changes and New CCIE SP Ops

Some observations on what the changes to the CCNP and CCIE programs tell us about Cisco intentions for their certification programs.
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On Books, E-Books, Copyright and Author Return
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Drobo – Guessing How BeyondRAID Creates Space and Volumes
I got a presentation from the Drobo on their new products, but I find the idea of beyondRAID and their idea of dynamically re-architecting the drive array to find the optimum and redundant configuration to be absolutely fascinating.
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Remembrance Day – Lest We Forget.
War is not to be celebrated, but remembrance and honour for those who who went to war for us is part of our humanity. 11th November is Remembrance Day – Lest we forget.
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Cisco, EMC, VMware – Living Together Isn’t the Same as Married
A bunch of CEO’s promising to play ‘nice’ with each others toys is not a convincing marketing exercise. Cisco and EMC/VMware need to merge to get big enough to compete with HP / IBM.
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My Thoughts on Google ChromeOS Mean for Networking ?
Google’s ChromeOS means a return to standards based networking, and reducing the Microsoft monopoly. Plus cheap netbooks. A quick take on what I’m thinking.





