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April 9, 2014

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The “Next Gen” Network Engineer

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A subject very close to my heart at the moment is what skills I will need to have in order to support the Next Generation of Software Defined and Application...

April 4, 2014

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Crucible and Chrysalis: The personal value of the expert-level certification process

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Introduction The choice to begin pursuing an expert-level certification is often made lightly. After experiencing the training, study and testing process of the associate-level and the professional-level certifications, it is understandable to expect that the expert level is more of the same; more advanced, but essentially a logical progression. This is a fair conclusion and […]

April 2, 2014

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Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN)

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In the last three weeks, I have been to two Cisco Events. The first was in Munich (Halbergmoos), which was a dedicated IWAN Workshop in the Cisco Offices and the second was the Cisco Network Innovation Summit in Berlin. I was inspired about the technology and the possibilities of IWAN. What the heck is IWAN? […]

March 26, 2014

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Thank you for your Excellence #CiscoChampion Team

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The Cisco Champions Program is based on 5 key principles, the most important being its people. Recruiting top notch team members and giving them the opportunities they care about is what makes this program thrive. Thank you Cisco Champions for your excellence. In the words of @CommsNinja you are true Unicorns. Learn about the Program […]

March 21, 2014

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Cisco Meraki – Guest Access in an MPLS branch

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A couple of months ago I designed a Cisco Unified Wireless Network for an enterprise company. One of the big challenges was the ability to serve wireless guest services in the branch offices, which are connected to the headquarters via MPLS. Mostly the MPLS connections are terminated in the LAN zone, so it is difficult […]

March 19, 2014

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Connected “Things” I’d Like to Try

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There is a plethora of connected devices out there and even more that will bombard us in the coming months and years.  I thought I’d put together a sample of the ones I’m interested in and give my two cents on each. Nest Protect The Nest Protect was released late last year and is a […]

March 17, 2014

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Why I Certify

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I’m a addicted to certifications. I’ve always been good at taking tests, but I didn’t realize how rewarding it could be until relatively recently. I had been in IT for 15 years as a sysadmin and certification had never seemed valuable to me. In 2009, I made the shift from working primarily as a System […]

March 14, 2014

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Importing contacts from WebEx Connect to IM & Presence

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Currently, WebEx Connect has no method of exporting contacts into Jabber or IM & Presence. I came up with this solution to help a couple of my users migrate their large contact lists, and thought I would share the solution with you. Let me know what you think. This method relies on the use of a perl script and […]

March 12, 2014

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Getting started in IT

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Recently, I researched wireless home internet packages at a local mall and being the IT guy that I am I asked some very technical questions. “Is this running over WiMax?”, “What frequency band is it operating in?”,”Where are your base stations located?”, “Is the signal quality line of sight dependent?”. He was honest and after two questions admitted he wasn’t technical and […]