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Title: Buyer beware of the vendor who tells you a mixed-vendor network is bad
Post by: networkguy on May 08, 2012, 04:09:55 pm

Buyer beware of the vendor who tells you a mixed-vendor network is bad

By John Gray I recently listened to a presentation in which an IT analyst presented a case for how mixed-vendor networks are less reliable, more complex and costlier than a single-source vendor strategy. While the analyst made some interesting points, he failed to acknowledge any of the key benefits that a dual- or multivendor-network strategy [...]
Source: Buyer beware of the vendor who tells you a mixed-vendor network is bad (http://3comsblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/buyer-beware-of-the-vendor-who-tells-you-a-mixed-vendor-network-is-bad/)

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