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I still like this descriptive blog. Are there newer descriptions of SW products and their growth that can be shared?

I'll vote it up!

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Back in the day I'd have accepted "It must be the network", and then scrambled and beat my head on the wall looking for something that wasn't there. Classic wasted time proving a negative. In more recent years I get fewer claims that "it's the network", and working with other teams I find the occasional SA laughing it off…

Solarwinds: When De-duplication of data really matters.

Amazon becoming the new Microsoft: This article notes size and expansion plans, notes Microsoft's past history of being unfriendly / greedy, and talks about the three big cloud companies. I don't see anything documenting Amazon becoming as bad as Microsoft has been, only that Amazon will be bigger in the future due to…

Drag & drop from a list of grouped items. Allow me to customize my own groups, too. Allow us to rename nodes, interfaces, etc. from this area, with the option to apply the changes only in this section, or globally. Provide MANY Visio graphics/icons to associate with whatever we want to customize. Let it all be shareable…

That makes sense. Chips are used for the Grandma's Marathon here in Duluth. I bet Info Sec would deny use of them, since they'd be easy to transfer between people. Who knows--maybe there's technology the super-secret-squirrels use that could surreptitiously copy/duplicate the information within a chip without the owner's…

Oracle filled a need. My company still has some Oracle reliance. But Oracle doesn't seem as relevant as it once was. It's as if "better" (faster, simpler, more reliable, cheaper-to-support) products have worked hard to make themselves the new mousetrap in town, and the world is beating a path to THEIR doorways instead of…

Time & motion (efficiency) studies often seem ridiculous, and folks who have to participate in them occasionally fear their own jobs may be in jeopardy. However, we hired a company to come in and do some efficiency studies, and among some of their findings was the discovery that our I.T. department was losing the…

Yes, please! I can live without wireless at work. Or, I'd prefer to have its convenience, but only if Security gets the final say about what's allowed--and only if they KNOW what they're doing.

WeWork sure is looking & sounding like Enron.

Uff da! I recently ran into some 2003 HP OV installers on hard media. That product was NOT what the doctor ordered for easy and simple network discovery and management!

I was interested in the exa-scale computer for the government. Sometimes I believe that spending the money there results in a huge return on investment for business and public benefit. As long as it isn't used for nefarious purposes (as if we'd ever find out) or for calculating popularity for someone's vanity quotient, I'm…

It's over a year since this post came out, and I only just read it. I don't remember those additional options for switch port mapper, and I use it regularly. I'll have to dig into the options when I get back into work. Thanks!

Scripts rock, but aren't necessarily intuitive or pleasant to create. We enjoyed the services of an awesome Cisco expert we had on staff for a year as our Architect, and while humble, he could really do some amazing bulk scripting using Excel configurators he'd build for us. I wish scripting expertise came with simply…

I find it strange that folks so easily ignore the "great risk" part, and jumped on the cloud bandwagon before it was ready, perhaps out of fear that they'll miss out on something.

It's a good idea, but one for which I don't have enough specific steps & screen shots to implement. The problem here is too many cooks in the kitchen and inconsistent deployment / configuration of newly added switches/routers into NPM and NCM. My idea is based on the concept that some folks may continue not having time to…

How about a 5 MB hard drive that weighed more than 2000 pounds? IBM rented out time & space on it for $3,200 per month! Picture Of IBM Hard Drive On Airplane - Business Insider

If the tongue becomes any more "in-cheek," I'll be using it to clean out my ear!

It seems like someone's taken a page out of the B.O.F.H's manual . . . ;^) I LIKE it!

One of the best parts of Geek Speak Blogs is enjoying how SW staff carefully and cautiously remind us of problems. We don't see product recommendations--and that's commendable. kong.yang​ could have said "You've got problem situations X, Y, and Z, and you should buy our matching products A, B, and C to help you better…

I recently migrated seven pollers from 2012 to 2016, and also did a migration from an older SQL version to SQL 2016. When I upgraded to the current version of NAM after the hardware migration, I then upgraded to the current RC via a guided install. I saw the additional database being created and never thought about…

The cost of a single important site being down for extended periods due to not having automated backups & config comparison reports should be more than enough to justify NCM. I've had it save my bacon numerous times, and it's clued me into changes my peers have made when they've not notified my team of their work. It's a…

I think your link to User Inyerface - A worst-practice UI experiment should be mandatory for every web page writer to experience. They must all use it, analyze and document its flaws, correct them, and then never write a web page at all. Yes, I meant that last bit.

I'd buy into Bernie's idea. I'd even pay for my neighbor kids' share. It's the path to a better future. Which, as was mentioned, is why it won't come to fruition.

"Intent-based networking" is a great buzz-phrase and bit of jargon. Boss: "Why did we get ransomware inside the network? I thought the firewalls and Anti-virus/anti-malware solution were supposed to prevent that?" Person-on-the-hot-seat: "Remember when I told you we needed Intent-based Networking? Our intent is to prevent…

To make it crystal clear: * Every Cisco device that is on the network should be evaluated to see if it is compatible with NBAR protocols. * Every Cisco device that can run NBAR needs to be reviewed to see if it's running the latest, most current NBAR protocol pack * Every Cisco device that is NOT running the latest NBAR…

I'd also specifically call out the need to be provided with SLA's and substantial penalties for their violation. As well as all things to do with security (physical and virtual) and availability. Any contract not defining these items to the Nth degree may result in unsatisfactory experiences.