On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Brandon Kim wrote:
For those that have been Cisco focused, do you stay fully objective, and are you willing to pitch another vendor knowing that you will have to learn a new IOS? And that that will be your time that you'll have to spend to understand the product and support it?
I work at a multivendor shop - we're not afraid to work with other vendors' gear. There's a lot of Cisco here, but there is a lot of non-Cisco here too.
Core routing/switching: Cisco Access switches: Cisco Border routers: Juniper Firewalls: Cisco/Fortinet Load balancers: F5 Wireless: Cisco IP Telephony: Avaya SAN: Cisco/Brocade (I think - I don't touch the storage stuff too much :)) VPNs: Juniper/Fortinet/Cisco (depending on VPN type/application) UPSs: Emerson(Liebert) and Eaton(Powerware) jms
