The musings of an IT Consultant » H3C http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant Wed, 01 May 2013 01:19:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 HP A-Series Switches http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/hp-a-series-switches/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/hp-a-series-switches/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:05:09 +0000 Raj Perumal http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/?p=677 Hi folks! So recently I went away on some HP A-Series switch training. I was out in Toronto at some training provided by Avnet.

The training was very comprehensive, and I got to learn a  lot of great things about HP’s new series of enterprise switches which they acquired from the 3COM/H3C purchase.

Long story short, these switches are amazing. I have to say they compete quite well with their Cisco competition. For anyone considering buying switches in the enterprise space, I urge you to demo some of the A-Series product line!

-RP

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Looks like the same old story. A company gets to grow big due to successful product and strategy, then they overreach and then it’s layoff time. Hopefully if this does happen, Cisco will turn things around. The biggest issue in my mind? Cisco is seeing stiff competition from HP.

HP has done some great things with their networking division and they are really putting the gears to Cisco. If HP can hit them where it hurts Cisco will have a long road ahead of them. Only time will tell!

-RP

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