There’s not a day goes by when we don’t get bombarded with stories regarding data. After all, data seemingly comes in all shapes, sizes, and types—we hear about big data, small data, secret data, personal data, data plans, data overages, data coverage, data centers, blah, blah, blah. But, whether we like it or not, data … Read more

Product Overview: Cisco ASR 9000 Series Route Switch Processor 440 The Cisco® ASR 9000 Series Route Switch Processor 440 (RSP 440) is a main system processor for Cisco ASR 9000 Series. It supports scalable, low-power, next-generation platforms, as well as required by today’s service provider networks. Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers offer one of the industry’s … Read more

Not a day goes by when I don’t think about the bizarre life we lead here at Inteleca—peering under the hood of many of the largest IT departments in North America, witnessing first-hand the challenges that fall under the good, the bad, and the ugly. And throughout that voyeuristic life we lead, there’s one constant … Read more

Have you noticed lately that almost every topic of conversation revolves around IT security, in one way or another? Whether it’s discussing clandestine sleeper agent topics that sound more like Mission Impossible movie plots, or the fear and uncertainty of backups and how they relate to major disasters—like the Walking Dead is somehow a training … Read more

Product Overview The Cisco® ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000 Series) represent an exciting new paradigm in edge and core routing, with exceptional scalability, carrier-class reliability, environmentally conscious design, incredible flexibility, and an attractive price-to-performance benchmark. The Cisco ASR 9000 Series has a wide product portfolio, ranging from the Cisco ASR 9001 (2 Rack … Read more

It seems like every article I write these days sounds like it is coming from an old man, sitting on a front porch, waving his fist in the air at passers-by, and every sentence starting with, “In my day…” But, you know what? I’m okay with that. If having more than 15 years of experience … Read more

It’s something that we take for granted in the IT Business Solutions world: thinking that everyone has an in-depth understanding of all the terms, functions, and outcomes of IT infrastructure. So, every once in a while, we need to ask IT professionals to step back and discuss IT as it relates to the rest of … Read more

Product Overview The Cisco® ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) supports a 2-port C Form-Factor Pluggable (CFP) line card, which simplifies the integration and transport of 100-Gigabit interfaces and services into enterprises or service provider optical networks. Release 9.6 of the Cisco ONS 15454 MSTP extends the total data transport capacity by a factor of three, … Read more