Colin McNamara - CCIE 18233 , VCP, RHCE, GCIH, GEEK

Technical reviews and articles from a CCIE with extensive experience in designing and implementing converged enterprise networks.

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I’ll be at Cisco Live 2008 (networkers) in Orlando all week

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

It’s that time of year again, time to meet, drink, collaborate and learn. It’s time for Networkers (officially Cisco Live 2008). For some of us that means taking detailed notes all week long, for others it means almost getting arrested for climbing the totem pole outside of the house of blues (you know who you [...]

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Tags: CCIE · CISCO · Networkers · Uncategorized · certification · cisco live 2008

John McCool chosen as Jayshree Ullal’s replacement to lead Cisco’s Data Center Switching and Services Group (DSSG)

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

John McCool was chosen to succeed Jayshree Ullal as the leader of the DSSG yesterday. John comes with a rich development background on both the 4500 and 6500 series platforms, as well participating in internet standards bodies.

Please join me in welcoming John McCool to his new position as the leader of (in my opinion) [...]

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Tags: CCIE · CISCO · DC3.0 · Jayshree Ullal · John McCool · Technology

Why GoDaddy Linux Virtual Dedicated Hosting Sucks & How to Fix It

February 3rd, 2008 · 53 Comments

Ok, put the guns away. Linux rocks… My beef is with GoDaddy and how they are hurting the average linux virtual dedicated server user.
GoDaddy, one of the nations largest registrars and hosting providers is distributing bloated and possibly insecure code that will cause the average user to more then double their hosting costs. In [...]

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Tags: CCIE · GoDaddy · Technology · howto · linux · scripting