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
As an IT executive, I spend most of my days sitting in meetings with either my team, clients, or both, contemplating the world of IT infrastructure and business solutions that are created to drive business and the bottom line. And, of course, with that comes a plethora of IT jargon, acronyms, and more, along with … Read more
Product Overview The Cisco® ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) supports a 100-Gbps Full C-Band Tunable CP-DQPSK DWDM Trunk Card, which simplifies the integration and transport of 100 Gigabit Ethernet and OTU-4 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 … Read more
As many of us experienced yesterday, the internet ran at a snail’s pace, taking us back to speeds reminiscent of the early part of the new millennium. Seriously, I felt as though I was taken back to the days of AOL. In case you are unaware of the reason, to put it simply, it was … Read more