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Over 10 years ago
Answered a question: Cloud Computing: What are the top 3 benefits of public cloud computing in the enterprise?
1) Flexibility and Agility: Not to maintain Physical assets, less hassle with upgrades (faster scaling of resources, possibly able to increase resources without reinstalling, etc)
2) Financials: Lower TCO (above mentioned Capex vs. Opex, less worries with upgrade cycles,…
Over 10 years ago
Answered a question: Why does Cisco dominate the ethernet switching market?
I have tried a few other vendors on the Ethernet switch market, especially HP, Huawei and SMC switches. Haven’t used Alcatel personally, but have had interesting feedback for them from colleagues
Regarding Cisco however, I believe there are three main reasons for it:
1)…
Over 10 years ago
Answered a question: Which Ethernet switch do you use? Why?
Hi Craig
Just a note, Cisco does allow PoE control per port... at least on the Cisco 2960 and above (I think you're right on the small business switches, but not sure there...):
Switch(config)# interface fastethernet0/2
Switch(config-if)# power inline never
You can…
Over 10 years ago
Answered a question: Which Ethernet switch do you use? Why?
Depends on the solution you are using, and the network setup
Likely, if you're setting up a remote office, you'll want to use a managed switch.
If you're setting up a office for 2 people and a printer, a 20€ unmanaged switch can do the job (likely provided you show…
Over 10 years ago
Answered a question: What's your number one piece of advice for someone looking to purchase an Ethernet switch?
Know what you're going to plug into it, then decide based on the supported features you need. Do you need management? Do you need PoE? Do you need to have a fiber uplink? Do you need stack support
As with most purchase decisions, knowing what are you going to use it for,…
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Over 10 years ago
Managed implementation of 16 Municipal Private Networks Implementation of 16 Municipal Optical Fiber private networks, acting as Project Manager for the Algarve Digital Project. Included dealing with regulatory, and civil works licencing, acting as Project Sponsor with contracters, and project manager with municipal entities.
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Systems Administration and Communications with relevance to core network, voice and data, VoIP, Switching and Routing, Cisco, and Network Security
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