Time to gut the network - thoughts?
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
yes you can be critical 100% of the time, when you are getting advice from a PAID consultant - because come on, how often does that really happen?
Depends, if you are a company, how often is your IT guy advising you on something? Few times a day? Hundreds of times a day? It's a LOT in a normal business.
really? in SMB? I advise about processes, but purchases, very rarely.
But we've determined before that you are not the IT manager where you are. The amount that you have to advice on that is limited as your boss is the head of IT. Her position implicitly advices the business continuously. She represents all buying, not buying, etc. for the IT department.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
No I have never heard of these parents.
It's so common, I thought it was like the 50%+ situation. I know of very few parents that haven't outright stated that concern.
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@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
I've never seen an ad for UBNT, pretty sure I've never seen an ad for Netgear or Aruba, etc.
Exactly. So how do you find out about them without going to this site or SW? Googling Cisco vs x doesn't help and I'll give you $100 if you can call 5 random consultants that you don't know and have one of them recommend Ubiquiti.
Right, you should be finding out about them from a consultant in a situation where they feel that they are the right choice for you.
Are you wondering in the case where you question the consultant that is pushing them? If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one. You need a full second opinion if you are lost to that point. Which is unlikely with CIsco, but very likely with a lot of other products.
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@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Googling Cisco vs x
Googled Cisco competitors and this is the very first hit...
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2191771/data-center/cisco-s-top-10-rivals.html
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one.
And they would say Juniper, or Brocade. So again, not Ubiquiti.
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
No I have never heard of these parents.
It's so common, I thought it was like the 50%+ situation. I know of very few parents that haven't outright stated that concern.
about ads? Nope, never heard this.
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@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one.
And they would say Juniper, or Brocade. So again, not Ubiquiti.
Right, why is that a problem?
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
I've never seen an ad for UBNT, pretty sure I've never seen an ad for Netgear or Aruba, etc.
Exactly. So how do you find out about them without going to this site or SW? Googling Cisco vs x doesn't help and I'll give you $100 if you can call 5 random consultants that you don't know and have one of them recommend Ubiquiti.
Right, you should be finding out about them from a consultant in a situation where they feel that they are the right choice for you.
Are you wondering in the case where you question the consultant that is pushing them? If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one. You need a full second opinion if you are lost to that point. Which is unlikely with CIsco, but very likely with a lot of other products.
Again, this boils down to changing the actual advice, regardless of your concern that 'questioning everything' leads to to much fatigue.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
No I have never heard of these parents.
It's so common, I thought it was like the 50%+ situation. I know of very few parents that haven't outright stated that concern.
about ads? Nope, never heard this.
Very strange. I think you are the snowflake here
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one.
And they would say Juniper, or Brocade. So again, not Ubiquiti.
Right, why is that a problem?
Because it's the ones that are marketed. If we are going to discount Cisco for marketing, then you need to discount the others.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Again, this boils down to changing the actual advice, regardless of your concern that 'questioning everything' leads to to much fatigue.
Challenging? Yes, challenge the advice when there is good reason to do so.
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one.
And they would say Juniper, or Brocade. So again, not Ubiquiti.
Right, why is that a problem?
I agree with Scott here - not every consultant can know every product.. so the consultant not making a specific recommendation doesn't mean they are out to hurt you, just that they are unaware of another option.
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@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one.
And they would say Juniper, or Brocade. So again, not Ubiquiti.
Right, why is that a problem?
Because it's the ones that are marketed. If we are going to discount Cisco for marketing, then you need to discount the others.
Exactly, which is why I've so strongly stated that we NEVER mean to discount. Only question. I've been crystal clear there, no room for error. Never, ever discount because someone markets.
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
No I have never heard of these parents.
It's so common, I thought it was like the 50%+ situation. I know of very few parents that haven't outright stated that concern.
about ads? Nope, never heard this.
Very strange. I think you are the snowflake here
i'll accept that, I don't have kids, I don't hang with people who have them, and if I do, I definitely don't talk about them. Completely outside my wheelhouse.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one.
And they would say Juniper, or Brocade. So again, not Ubiquiti.
Right, why is that a problem?
I agree with Scott here - not every consultant can know every product.. so the consultant not making a specific recommendation doesn't mean they are out to hurt you, just that they are unaware of another option.
Right. It might mean that they miss something good for you. That can't be helped. What we are looking for most is eliminating the worst case of someone intentionally trying to take advantage of you.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
No I have never heard of these parents.
It's so common, I thought it was like the 50%+ situation. I know of very few parents that haven't outright stated that concern.
about ads? Nope, never heard this.
Very strange. I think you are the snowflake here
i'll accept that, I don't have kids, I don't hang with people who have them, and if I do, I definitely don't talk about them. Completely outside my wheelhouse.
It's enough that I've heard it my whole life. It's specifically why so many people dislike the Disney Channel and Nickelodean, so much kid-targeted advertising and kids are very susceptible to it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Again, this boils down to changing the actual advice, regardless of your concern that 'questioning everything' leads to to much fatigue.
Challenging? Yes, challenge the advice when there is good reason to do so.
I didn't you were challenging, but maybe you were - but the good reason is because - you're doing good businsess practices and ensuring your consultant is in fact giving you good advice by showing all their work.
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
No I have never heard of these parents.
It's so common, I thought it was like the 50%+ situation. I know of very few parents that haven't outright stated that concern.
about ads? Nope, never heard this.
Very strange. I think you are the snowflake here
i'll accept that, I don't have kids, I don't hang with people who have them, and if I do, I definitely don't talk about them. Completely outside my wheelhouse.
It's enough that I've heard it my whole life. It's specifically why so many people dislike the Disney Channel and Nickelodean, so much kid-targeted advertising and kids are very susceptible to it.
In thinking about these comments, then seeing kids going ape ship in a store because ma/pa won't buy some stupid thing they saw on TV.. OK I think I see what you're driving at... but at the same time, I see a failed parent who hasn't set their children's expectations correctly when they go to a store.
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Remember that the fact that someone markets is not the concern. The concern is that when there is enough marketing (especially to non-IT people) to create a common emotional acceptance reaction in the market place, that there is a super common sales pattern of leveraging that to sell poor solutions (overpriced is a form of a solution being poor) to take advantage of customers in this way. So knowing that this chain of events triggers this common bad advice pattern, we should be wary and pay extra attention and question motives or the advice when this scenario arises.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
No I have never heard of these parents.
It's so common, I thought it was like the 50%+ situation. I know of very few parents that haven't outright stated that concern.
about ads? Nope, never heard this.
Very strange. I think you are the snowflake here
i'll accept that, I don't have kids, I don't hang with people who have them, and if I do, I definitely don't talk about them. Completely outside my wheelhouse.
It's enough that I've heard it my whole life. It's specifically why so many people dislike the Disney Channel and Nickelodean, so much kid-targeted advertising and kids are very susceptible to it.
In thinking about these comments, then seeing kids going ape ship in a store because ma/pa won't buy some stupid thing they saw on TV.. OK I think I see what you're driving at... but at the same time, I see a failed parent who hasn't set their children's expectations correctly when they go to a store.
Well that's just kids not getting what they want. WHICH products they do it about is generally drive by TV ads
