Solid hardware is essential to your business. No matter how flashy your software, no matter how knowledgeable your programmers, you won’t get far if your network is gummed up with run-down routers and cut-rate cables. Imagine a top-notch modern physician treating cancer with 19th-century tools. Hardware counts. A reliable hardware [...]
College is a waste of time. College is hard. College is a power scholarship. College is not for everyone. That’s what happens when you type “college is” in the Google search bar. As you can tell, there are quite a few opinions out there on the importance of going to [...]
The easiest way to conceptualize a transceiver is to imagine it being a pair of ears and a mouth, engineered and soldered together to form a small, mechanical part. Got it? Alright, well for the layman who couldn’t put that together—it goes by GBIC, mini GBIC, and SFP, and it’s [...]
This is the kind of situation every IT professional dreads. You are already beginning to check out for the day, ready to get home to see that new show you've been binge-watching on Netflix. And then, it happens. You get a call from a colleague, "Ummm.... My internet isn't working." [...]
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The presence of counterfeit in the IT hardware industry has been steadily rising over the past decade. Nearly every week it seems there is an overseas counterfeiting ring bust. This increase which should cause all departments to think carefully about your purchasing process, and the resources you are using for your IT hardware. [...]
We don't have to tell you twice... The pressure is quickly increasing on Information Technology departments as decision makers continually add projects and hurried deadlines. The pressure isn't necessarily coming from within the IT department. In fact, CIO's are finding themselves in a showdown at staff meetings as the other departments want to speed [...]
Buying new switches is a necessary part of staying up to date and keeping your network up and running seamlessly. As budgeting concerns remain top of mind, have you ever considered keeping a spare switch on hand? By keeping a switch on-hand, the switch can be purchased in tandem with [...]
