We have invested quite heavily in training and ensuring we're ready to roll out Cisco SDA Fabric deployments at scale. One of the big ticket items on this journey is to have a full fabric lab. We've built this lab and ready to share with our customer base.

Meraki is a great fit for Managed Services providers. Meraki offers a common dashboard of the environment and the ability to manage all customers networks from one pane of glass, while keeping these securely separated. In this blog, we'll take a look at the Meraki Managed Service offering.

Retail has always been a difficult business, with customers quick to vote with their feet. Retailers are always looking for innovation to help improve their business outlook and customer experience.

I paid homage to the tech companies in Silicon Valley while on holiday (geeky I know). Having worked with Cisco technologies for over twenty five years now, I just wanted to take a look at the Cisco campus and see for myself what it looked like - might as well throw in a few other tech companies while I was at it, I thought.

At IPTel we are not only passionate about Networking, but also passionate about doing our bit for the environment. As a company we are continually pushing to reduce our carbon footprint and have taken the decision to set targets and sustainability goals which will help us on this quest. These are reported below as well as other initiatives we are[…]

There is no doubt that for the average CIO of a University that there are some major challenges to take a look at. Concentrating your time and effort to where its most needed is of course sensible and brings the most reward. The question is – what are those challenges?

Cisco Meraki is a Cloud based networking technology. Wi-Fi is one aspect in the product set, but it also includes cameras, switching and security appliances. In this blog, we'll take a look at some of the advantages offered by the Meraki platform.

During fault finding with WLAN networks, there comes a point where you just have to take it down to the lowest level. Sometimes it is because you have a bug and you need to see the exact behaviour of devices in the network, in order to work out where the issue lies.

I took a trip to South America at Christmas a few years back and on the itinerary was Peru - Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca. A lot of trips to Machu Picchu start from Cusco, which is where we flew in to. Travelling to Lake Titicaca is a bit of a hike, its fair to say. Let's hear more!

Selecting the correct Managed Services provider for your business can seem a daunting task and huge investment. Through best intentions though it may not work out, and a company might choose to leave a managed service provider (MSP) for various reasons. While MSPs offer several advantages, there can be situations where the relationship is no longer[…]