A simplified approach to data center interconnect (DCI )

After customers deploy virtualization to consolidate servers and become more flexible the focus is on even higher agility, cost and resource optimization across the data center and even between data centers. To achieve this customers demand solutions that create a single elastic pool of network, compute and storage resources across all of their data centers [...]

Channel Survey: 25% of resellers fired a vendor last year. Are you next?

An Enterasys channel survey found that resellers are struggling to position themselves to remain competitive in their rapidly-changing high tech market. Poor support from vendors can be crippling in this market, to the point where 25% of resellers worldwide and 33% of US resellers have had to fire their vendors. More than ever, resellers are [...]

Simplicity – key to a smart enterprise data center fabric architecture

My last blog on data center focused on the classification of the various data center markets today. And it ended with an explanation to what unique requirements exist in today’s enterprise data centers when evaluating Software Defined Networks (SDN). There are obviously common goals across all data centers. Continued optimization of OpEx through automation and [...]

Interop 2013 – The Year of Cloud, BYOD, Big Data, Mobility, and Social Media

Well it’s upon us, Interop 2013 has finally arrived! That sound you hear is the collective exhale of marketing departments across the country finally catching their breath after weeks of hyperdrive promoting. But if you’re attending Interop, the fun is just beginning. Chances are if you are attending Interop as an attendee, you’re interested in [...]

Two-thirds of UK Hospitals don’t offer Wi-Fi to Patients

NHS staff are also banned by 82% of NHS Trusts from bringing their own mobile devices to work A recent Freedom of Information Act request by Enterasys shows that in the UK, almost two-thirds (64%) of National Health Service (NHS) trusts still don’t offer Wi-Fi to patients while they recuperate in a hospital bed.  These patients [...]

Getting a start with network management – some of the basics

What is network management? A network is a collection of devices that are connected to create a digital communications infrastructure.  These devices include (but are not limited to) switches, routers, wireless access points and controllers, and various appliances for security and authentication. The purpose of a network is to provide data transport services for user [...]

This is Enterasys – How we Recognize Success

From our most senior Account Executives to our Sales Development Representatives, Enterasys has an incredible sales organization.  Our sales team is filled with incredibly knowledgable, resourceful and dedicated employees.  As a performance and success-based organization, we like to recognize significant achievements by our team.  Below is a video of our CEO, Chris Crowell, recognizing our Sales Development [...]

Old-Fashioned Customer Service: It’s Not as Far Away as You Think

Have you ever heard a colleague, family member, or friend complain about poor customer service? Whether it’s a sales clerk at the mall or a support technician over the phone, we don’t often hear positive stories about people going the extra mile to help resolve customer issues. Maybe the customer service representative hasn’t been properly [...]