Friday, January 13, 2012

why UPOE will go a long way

With cisco bringing out the UPOE with 60watts of power per port, it is laying the road to a new way of doing IT & triggering the deployment of virtualised desktops in a exponential way. IP Phones, Hi Def Surveillance equipment, wireless AP all with better power requirements and higher bandwidth will leverage this. With Virtualization being the buzz word, I am excited to look at virtual desktops being deployed all around. Not just that but power being derived from the network and not having specific power points will look good ;-). This would also enable quick setup of end user computing space. This could be the radical game changer for cisco if this works and is efficient as we all beleive it is. With the ability to switch off devices when not used and save power is an advantage all the way.


It will be avialable on the c4500E, 120 ports with 60watts each. It may be on the expensive side, but I believe organizations should be able to afford it to leverage the benefits. Agreed costs do play a vital role, but the larger corporation looking to save power will feast on this.

It was interesting to see HP response to UPOE. While UPOE may not completely necessary today ...it is for the future. I don't completely agree with HP. While there is a certain percentile of power dissipation observed not as high as stated by HP, the savings in terms of usage of power will be the key driver & Lets not forget the 802.3az EEE.

With Engerywise this will give cisco an edge over its competitors. I am sure all the other vendors will come up with their own standard of providing higher power over Ethernet or this might become the standard all other vedors would adapt.

This is definitely something to watch as it will fuel the new way of IT.

Monday, January 2, 2012

2012 The Year Forward !!

Happy New Year everyone !!!

Its already 2012 :-) and I am looking forward from both personal and professonal perspective ! Its going to be an exiting year ahead !!

6 Months of being a CCIE

Its already 6 months since I got myself CCIE certified. It has been a exciting drive down this road. I have got the opportunity to work on 2 different projects and it has been a steep learning curve. I have had the opportunity to work with the best mind in the ethereal world. From both a technical front and process front it has been enriching.
It has changed the way I think and look at the network setup. It has got me pushing to get the network setup in the best way i can.

The Road Ahead

Security is an indispensible part of any network being setup. I am looking forward to learn juniper firewalls and the various ways they can be deployed.IPv6 is the road ahead, with the depletion of IPv4 space, I am looking forward to make the ipv6 deployments & getting them to work with ipv4. Datacenter is the hottest thing & will be for the next 2 to 3 years I am really looking forward to work in this area inside out.

Triple CCIE

CCIE Security and Datacenter tracks are the ones I am looking at, well @least this is the plan. This is the area I want to be certified in, but will take it one at a time.

There is going to be a lot of blogging and studying and playing around with technology for 2012. With Cisco bringing out the newer tracks in both security and datacenter, its going to be one of the most exciting years of my life.

I wish the best of life for all my readers :-)

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