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All the Ethernet Cooks

10th December 2010 By Greg Ferro 8 Comments

Just how many standards bodies actually make standards for Ethernet ?

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Packet Pushers – Show 24 – Internet Exchange and Peering Points

31st October 2010 By Greg Ferro Leave a Comment

We talk with Stephen Wilcox and Russell Heiling about Internet Exchange and Peering Points covering purposes, some technology and looking into the peering industry.

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IBM Buys Blade Networks – Cisco Keeps Its Buddy ?

28th September 2010 By Greg Ferro 4 Comments

IBM buys Blade Networks IBM has ìrun for the stackî as customers ask for end to end guarantees for servers and networking in the data center. With Cisco and HP playing the FUD card and telling customers that only a single vendor solution can guarantee the next generation of blade servers and networks, IBM has [...]

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So You Want to Be a Network Consultant

8th August 2010 By Kevin Bovis 12 Comments

Having spent over twenty years in I.T. and over seventeen years in networking, Iíve worked with a lot of Network Engineers. Career progression has always been a hot topic. Iíve always been interested in learning how people have found themselves in the job they now do. Here are ten tips from a Technical Services Director (or Vice President) on how to work for a Reseller.

Filed Under: Blessay, Blog Tagged With: certification, industry, study, worklife

Packet Pushers Podcast – Show 4 – The Interview Process

23rd May 2010 By Greg Ferro Leave a Comment

This week Dan, Ethan and Greg cover some news and then put Marko Milivojevic through a “job interview” to deep dive the Interview Process.

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Review of the Cisco CRS-3 Marketing Debacle

10th March 2010 By Greg Ferro Leave a Comment

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.

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The Harbinger of Death for PABX and IP Telephony

2nd March 2010 By Greg Ferro 5 Comments

Unlimited voice/text/data plans in the UK signal the end of Legacy and IP Telephony market as we know it.

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

18th February 2010 By Greg Ferro 6 Comments

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

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Rant:Why Is the IEEE All About Secrecy ?

23rd October 2009 By Greg Ferro Leave a Comment

I’m not happy that IEEE hides much of the meeting and discussions that progress the standards that affect all of us. Why does it have to be a secret ?

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