At IPTel, we're a Cisco Premier partner (one down from Gold). The Gold partners are the "big boys" in the market, but there's space for smaller, specialised partners - and that's where we come in. Being a partner, we get access to the Cisco Partner Summit, and in this blog, I'll lift the curtain a little on some of the themes from this year. Enjoy!

Friend and colleague, George Stefanick is will known in Wi-Fi circles. George has provided us with a pretty concise list of a lot of the gotchas in Wi-Fi design - have a read of the full blog for an interesting walk through George's Top 30 Technical Wi-Fi thoughts.

Cisco have announced the end-of-life of the Cisco 5508 wireless controller, as of August 2018. If you already have SmartNet on your product, support will continue until October 2020. After that, you're on your own. For us as a Company, the 5508 has proved a solid and reliable product over the years, a benchmark if you like by which all other[…]

It’s probably fair to say that most of us don’t enjoy dealing with any kind of licensing fulfilment because the experience can be somewhat daunting. Cisco offers the use of Cisco Smart Licensing as a way to ease the burden of network device licensing.

Many patients are infected with various diseases during their stay in hospital. The most obvious way to reduce cross-infection is with hand washing. Hospitals have a requirement to reduce the transmission rates of infection from patient to patient, but staff are always busy, going in and out of rooms, sometimes only very briefly. Technology can help in[…]

Finding your way around a hospital can be challenging for patients, hospital visitors and employees. While there is always directional signage, it is a static resource. MazeMap provides a solution to this challenge with their easy-to-use indoor maps, allowing visitors to receive graphical turn-by-turn directions on any mobile device.

We've been building Wi-Fi networks to meet Real Time Location Grade (RTLS) for quite a while now. Depending on how the APs are laid out, and the network tuned, typical accuracy achieved can be sub 5m in location accuracy. Any location solution based upon Wi-Fi has some variance in accuracy between areas though. Some RTLS vendors support the use of[…]

Aruba is a major player in the delivery of Wireless networks. Cisco and Aruba tend to dominate the delivery of enterprise Wi-Fi, so Aruba Certifications are a good bet to help advance your career. In wireless, there is the independent CWNA (and CWNP) certifications, as well as both Cisco and Aruba. The choice to go vendor neutral, or vendor specific is[…]

Armen Vardanian joined us in May 2019 as a senior consultant, and he’s been a great asset to the IPTel team. With a long history with new product innovation, Armen has been working with DNA Spaces, AiRISTA, CenTrak and other high granularity RTLS products.

Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is an Enterprise grade AAA product that has been around for seven years.