Blessay: On CCIE Core Knowledge Waivers. The HP Fallout Continues. — UPDATED

I’m bet­ting that the CCIE Core Knowledge Question waivers is because of HP. Oh, and mak­ing money.

Security: ASA Version 8.3.1 Released

Cisco releases ASA Ver 8.3.1. Major changes to NAT and memory upgrade needed.

Review of the Cisco CRS-​​3 Marketing Debacle

The Cisco Marketing team kicked sand in the their own face with a fail­ure to com­pre­hend what cus­tom­ers want, and expect­ing them to com­pre­hend what a BFR is for. The claim that “Internet will never be the same again” got a massive cold shoulder when they announced another big router.

Internets of Interest:28 Feb 10

Collection of use­ful, rel­ev­ant or inane places on the the Internets for 28 Feb 10:

Blessay: On Stackable /​ Fixed vs Chassis /​ Modular Ethernet Switches

The debate on Stackable vs Chassis based switches has a long and proud ped­i­gree. Here is my addi­tion to the debate.

Internets of Interest:22 Feb 10

Collection of use­ful, rel­ev­ant or inane places on the the Internets for 22 Feb 10:

Cisco Press Errata — the Textbook Is Sometimes Wrong!

It’s not com­mon know­ledge that Cisco Press pub­lish errata on their web­site that list the errors in their text­books. But even if you did, it’s not easy to find.

CCNP Troubleshooting TSHOOT Exam Topology (via Chainring Circus)

Cisco have released the topo­logy for the CCNP troubleshoot­ing exam.

Cisco IPSec VPN Client — 64 Bit — in Beta

Cisco has released a new beta of their IPSec VPN cli­ent includ­ing a 64-​​bit for Windows.

What Might It Mean if Cisco Dumps HP as Certified Partner ?

Thinking through the impact of the breakup between Cisco and HP as announced on Silicon Angle.

Is EEM Ready for the Big Time ?

Can I use Embedded Event Manager as a tool for High Availability networking ?

Cisco: Questions I Have About Cisco, UCS and the Market

I was recently asked to con­sider Cisco and their UCS and whether it is ready for adop­tion. This raised a num­ber of ques­tions that I’d like to have answers for.

Internets of Interest:12 Feb 10

Collection of use­ful, rel­ev­ant or inane places on the the Internets for 12 Feb 10:

Cisco Releasing Spam RFCs? And Discovery on IETF Informational RFCs

Why is M Foschiano from Cisco releas­ing Informational RFC’s to no real pur­pose ? Is this RFC Spam or some evil mar­ket­ing plot ?

Rant: Which of These 10GB Adapters Is Not the Same ?

Look at the these net­work adapters. One for Server, and one for a Cisco fire­wall. One costs five times more than the other. Can you pick which one ?

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.

Internets of Interest:18 Jan 10

Collection of use­ful, rel­ev­ant or inane places on the the Internets for 18 Jan 10:

Key Change for Cisco IOS 15 — Feature Licensing and How We Work.

Welcome to IOS 15, Feature licens­ing and com­plic­ated main­ten­ance procedures.…

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