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Three Modern-Day Business Technology Must-Haves

We’re all a bit frenetic and somewhat over-invested in the technology that we use, and always seem to be trying to keep up with the latest trends in tech. Most businesses are no different and most …

What is Bitcoin?

What is Bitcoin and how does it work? Bitcoin is a crypto (or digital) currency which operates outside the control or oversight of banks. It runs on peer-to-peer software networks, a public ledger …

What is Computational Thinking?

When you start to learn a programming language like Python, whilst you are getting started learning the Python syntax, what you are really doing is learning computational thinking. Learning how to …

Cisco Data Center Network Manager Installation Tutorial

The Cisco Data Center Network Manager is a network management tool from Cisco that enables visibility and configuration of fabric based networks within your data center. Cisco Data Center Network …

VMWare NSX Certification Path

The VMWare NSX certification VCP6-NV validates your ability to install, configure, and administer a vSphere data center virtualized with VMware NSX. Note that the current VMWare NSX certification …

Where to find a Cisco Layer 3 Switch Visio Stencil

This is a minor niggle of mine, but when looking for a cisco layer 3 switch visio stencil the collection of stencils and images over at www.cisco.com/web/about/ac50/ac47/2.html does not include a …

The password you entered to protect your iPhone backup could not be set.

When backing up your iphone or ipad using itunes any passwords that use the apple key chain that you have stored in your phone will not be backed up. Any passwords stored in third party apps may vary. …

VRRP – Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

Following on from Part 1 HSRP of this 3 part mini blog post series the next topic is VRRP The Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) eliminates the single point of failure inherent in the static …

HSRP – First Hop Redunancy Protocols – Part 1

Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) is a Cisco proprietary redundancy protocol for establishing a fault-tolerant default gateway, and is described fully in RFC 2281. Elects the active gateway based on …

How do I clear counters on IP SLA Statistics?

I was working on some IP SLA problems this evening and needed to clear the ip sla statistics output. Thinking there should be a clear ip sla statistics command I was wrong! I was about to remove the …

What is Cisco Flexpod?

It has been out for a while, but I have just come across the term Cisco Flexpod. So the big question is, What is Cisco Flexpod? The official statement from Cisco is: FlexPod is a Cisco and NetApp …

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