Re: Is Cisco equpiment de facto for you?

[Saxon Jones <saxon.jones () gmail com>]

In my experience it all comes down to Cisco-certified people being
easy to find, and managers not wanting to spend all their time in the
hiring process. So yes, I've generally seen Cisco as the de-facto
choice, but it's rarely been a technical argument that swings the
balance. I'm generally playing in the Enterprise space now, though.

-saxon

On 10 January 2011 08:31, Brandon Kim <brandon.kim () brandontek com> wrote:
> Hello gents:
>
> I wanted to put this out there for all of you. Our network consists of a mixture of Cisco and Extreme equipment.
>
> Would you say that it's fair to say that if you are serious at all about being a service provider that your core 
> equipment is Cisco based?
>
> Am I limiting myself by thinking that Cisco is the "de facto" vendor of choice? I'm not looking for so much "fanboy" 
> responses, but more of a real world
> experience of what you guys use that actually work and does the job.....
>
> No technical questions here, just general feedback. I try to follow the Tolly Group who compares products, and they 
> continually show that Cisco equipment
> is a poor performer in almost any equipment compared to others, I find that so hard to believe.....
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brandon