4th February 2012

Rant: Who Is Cisco’s Customer ? Me or the Reseller ?

I resent the fact that Cisco partners get more information than Customers on Cisco’s website. Shows you who Cisco thinks the Customer really is.

What special powers do resellers have that makes them more effective ?

How does withholding information from Customers give a better outcome ?

Me ? Many resellers are not competent enough to be business and need a headstart to be useful to customers. Without some sort of “special needs” assistance, they wouldn’t be in the race.

Too harsh ? IBM and HP don’t rely on resellers to win business. Why does Cisco ?

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Comment: “Worlds Youngest CCIE” Not So All That.

There is some buzz going on at the moment about a guy that has managed to pass his CCIE at something like 18 years of age. Congratulations to him for a job well done. However, I would point out that this isn’t exactly a great achievement. In my opinion, there are people who are much more worthy of recognition for passing a certification.

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The Case for Network Emulators

It’s time to start demanding that vendors make their emulators available to their customers so that we can save money, improve customer value, and increase the Networking Market.

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Whats the Difference Between Kbps and kBps ? A Lot.

Whats the difference between kbps and kBps ? A lot.

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Cisco Cius – That’s Not Innovation, It’s ME TOO.

So Cisco “announced” the Cius Android tablet. It’s not innovation. It’s just a cheap knockoff that’s easy to do.

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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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Rant: Deleting My Facebook Acount – Done

I have had serious concerns about Facebook exploiting my information for some time. Their drive for growth and to make money from their captured audience has seen them move over the line of what I regard as acceptable behaviour into unethical behaviour.

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Rant: It’s a Yes / No Question & Cisco IOS Software Licensing Hell Begins Here

For Crom’s sake, answer the question. Who let the marketing people write this stuff!!!

OH, AND Cisco IOS Software Licensing hell starts now. I’m calling it.

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Rant: Brocade Requires Login & Service Contract to Access Foundry Manuals

So, I’m working on some Foundry gear and I’d like get access to some manuals to learn how Foundry works. Except they are hidden behind a login for valid service contract holders. Whats up with that ?

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Rant:Cisco – Masters of the Networking World – What’s That on Your Home Page ?

Is Cisco’s home page a complete FAIL today ? Or is that just me.

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