In my experience it all comes down to Cisco-certified people being easy to find, and managers not wanting to spend all their time in the hiring process. So yes, I've generally seen Cisco as the de-facto choice, but it's rarely been a technical argument that swings the balance. I'm generally playing in the Enterprise space now, though.
-saxon On 10 January 2011 08:31, Brandon Kim <brandon....@brandontek.com> wrote: > > Hello gents: > > I wanted to put this out there for all of you. Our network consists of a > mixture of Cisco and Extreme equipment. > > Would you say that it's fair to say that if you are serious at all about > being a service provider that your core equipment is Cisco based? > > Am I limiting myself by thinking that Cisco is the "de facto" vendor of > choice? I'm not looking for so much "fanboy" responses, but more of a real > world > experience of what you guys use that actually work and does the job..... > > No technical questions here, just general feedback. I try to follow the Tolly > Group who compares products, and they continually show that Cisco equipment > is a poor performer in almost any equipment compared to others, I find that > so hard to believe..... > > Thanks! > > Brandon > >
