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Tag Archives: vendors
Does It Really Matter?
My wife and I have this disagreement when it comes to which grocery store we prefer. I happen to favor a big chain based out of Florida. She happens to prefer a big chain based out of Ohio. We each … Continue reading
The Burden Of Pre-Sales
There’s something to be said for doing post-sales VAR/vendor work and corporate IT operations work. It has its major benefit in the familiar. By that, I mean that if you consistently perform the same type of work over and over … Continue reading
Interop 2012 Las Vegas Pictures
Here are some random photos I took with my iPhone during Interop 2012. Based on the quality of them, I probably should invest in a real camera. The picture with Spock and I was taken by Stephen Foskett who I … Continue reading
HP Networking – One Year Later
Last year, HP sent me to Interop. The Las Vegas show and the New York City show. I received a fair amount of access to HP Networking engineers and executives. This year, they sent me to the Interop show in … Continue reading
ExtraHop Networks
I have written and re-written this post at least a half dozen times. It’s been nagging at me since Interop in early May. I had a nice format. I even created some nice graphics, but it just felt so clinical … Continue reading
Setting Up Partners For Failure?
A short post, but this has been on my mind for a few months. People who work for resellers and vendors typically have access to competitor information. This is usually a comparison or contrast against whomever the vendor sees as … Continue reading
What I Am Looking For At Interop
I’m returning to Las Vegas for Interop. I was fortunate enough to attend last year on behalf of HP and Ivy Worldwide. I am returning again as a guest of HP and Ivy Worldwide. I should point out that HP … Continue reading
Will The Future Include Feature Licenses?
One of the challenges(I mean that in a good way.) of working at a VAR that sells for so many vendors is keeping track of the various solutions. If it were as simple as being familiar with the products from … Continue reading
Meraki
I spend a lot of time pouring over vendor solutions. A lot. Unfortunately, I don’t specialize in one area like wireless, security, storage, voice, etc. I am more of a network generalist. Because of that, I tend to focus on … Continue reading
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Tagged security, switching vendors datacenter, vendors, wireless
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You Never Mentioned Me To The Client
I work for a company that partners with numerous vendors. That’s a big part of why I took the job with them. I wanted to work with a bunch of different platforms. It was important that I wasn’t just an … Continue reading