Archives for September 2022

Happy Wednesday! We’re halfway through this short week and the weekend is calling our name. What are your upcoming weekend plans?

In This Issue: A Weekend of Celebration! | Cisco Aironet 2700 Series Access Point | 5 Uses for Cables in the Zombie Apocalypse | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – A Weekend of Celebration!

Happy Wednesday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed a weekend full of football and family. I was rooting for an ECU win and boy was it a tough loss to NC State – but here’s to the next game!

This weekend we celebrated my younger brother’s 18th birthday! We did several things leading up to his big day but this weekend was the cherry on top. My parents invited our whole family to join us for a day of fun at Candytopia and then lunch at Sugar Factory. It was a blast! We all had such a blast celebrating him and the adventures to come in the year ahead. I think it’ll be a celebration we will never forget!

Do you have a birthday celebration you’ll always remember?

I hope you have a great week!

Ashley

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Product Spotlights & Updates

The Cisco 2700 series of access points are ideal for mission-critical high-density environments. The 2700 series was designed for office environments. The sleek design and interinal antennas (some units) create a seamless look. The 2700 series access points have the ability to reach 450-Mbps data rates and are backed by 802.11ac or Wave 1 technology. This connection is theoretically able to have a connection rate of 1.3 Gbps. With 802.11n and MIMO technology, the 2600 series access points deliver the speed and expand-ability that you expect.

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Learning Center Article – All Wireless Standards are NOT Created Equal

In recent times we’ve seen our lives shift in ways we never expected. Countrywide shutdowns and fear-mongering headlines have led to unnecessary alarm and panic. All these worst-case-scenario predictions are leading people to question whether our situation may be more ominous than we initially thought.

One of the interesting spikes in searches we’ve seen is related to the zombie apocalypse. People have shown increased searches for survival guides, stockpiling food, and have even wondered whether the coronavirus is the beginning of a zombie apocalypse.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances increased to 5.94% last week from 5.80% the previous week. Mortgage applications to refinance a home loan fell another 1% for the week and were 83% lower than the same week one year ago.
• Bitcoin traded below $19,000 on Wednesday, hitting its lowest level since June following a drop in stock markets globally and the continued strength of the U.S. dollar.
• Google announced on Tuesday that it will host its fall hardware event on Oct. 6. at 10 a.m. ET.
• The company will talk more about its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro phones, and its first smartwatch ever, the Pixel Watch.
• Apple is holding a launch event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 7. The company is expected to announce new iPhone models, as it has every September since 2012.

Happy Tuesday! We hope you had a wonderful long weekend and enjoyed time with friends and family! Cheers to a short week ahead!

In This Issue: Fall is near! | Cisco 2960S 48 Port Gigabit PoE+ Switch – 10% off! | All Wireless Standards are NOT Created Equal | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Fall is near!

Good Morning & Happy Tuesday!

I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend! If you’re a Dawg fan like me, you certainly enjoyed Saturday! 😉 The game exceeded expectations in every way and was so much fun to watch! Couldn’t really ask for a better way to open the season!

Aside from watching football, it was a fairly relaxed weekend around here. The off-and-on rain made it a little difficult to make any outdoor plans, but considering that we’re still dealing with some Summer heat maybe spending most of the weekend indoors wasn’t such a bad thing! I’m glad we’ve reached the unofficial start of Fall and hopeful that some true Fall weather is in the near future!

Hope everyone has a great week!

Rebecca

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Product Spotlights & Updates

Cisco 2960-S Series with 48 Gigabit 10/100/1000 ports and 4 SFP ports. This switch supports the PoE+ protocol with a total of 740 Watts of available POE power and comes with 64 MB of Flash and 128 MB of DRAM and can be Stackable with a C2960S-STACK module.

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Learning Center Article – All Wireless Standards are NOT Created Equal

Everything is wireless these days so upgrading your Wi-Fi hardware is critical to future-proofing your network. When the time for new components is at hand, it is important to select the products that fully support your communication and data transfer needs. From fiber cabling to Wi-Fi routers, the choices abound and each one can have a direct impact on your overall network performance. Despite very similar nomenclature, the varying forms of 802.11 are all quite different.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• CVS Health has reached a deal to acquire in-home health-care company Signify Health for about $8 billion.
• Bed Bath & Beyond on Sunday said its chief financial officer, Gustavo Arnal, died Friday, after police had said earlier that Arnal fell to his death. The New York City medical examiner’s office said Sunday night the executive died from multiple blunt trauma and that he had taken his own life.
• Airlines are offering new options and old favorites to woo returning travelers. In-flight food can be a creature of comfort and can go a long way toward winning over passengers who are willing to pay for premium seats. Airlines have struggled to staff in a tight labor market, as have airport catering kitchens and other suppliers.
• Eddie Levine and Jing Gao first met at an Atlanta e-commerce conference in 2016. Two years later, they shared their first kiss outside an Amazon seller summit in New Orleans. And in 2020, Gao left her home in Los Angeles to move in with Levine in Chicago, bringing their e-commerce businesses under one roof. So it only made sense that when it came time to tie the knot, they turned to e-commerce for their inspiration. Read more here.

Happy Friday! We’ve got a long weekend ahead – we hope that you enjoy time with family and friends. Let us know if there is any way we can be praying for you!

In This Issue: Schools back! | Cisco 8800/8900/9900 IP Phone Power Supply – 25% off! | How to Choose Ethernet Cables for Gaming | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Schools Back!

Happy Friday, folks! Here we are, approaching the end of summer break. It’s a bittersweet time! On the one hand, we’re ready for the routine that comes with the school year. On the other hand, this means another summer has passed (and we only get so many summers with our kids!).

Maybe your kids have started back to school (our kids started back to school on August 8th). I have heard that some schools start back around Labor Day, which is nearly a month after schools start back here in Georgia. When does your family start back to school? And are you excited about a new school year?

Whether or not you’re excited, I’ll add a little humor to your date with this funny parody about returning to school!

Have a great weekend! And Go Dawgs!

Chris

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Product Spotlights & Updates

You can’t go wrong with compatible Cisco power supplies from CablesAndKits. Our Cisco IP Phone External Power Supply is the perfect replacement for Cisco CP-88XX, CP-89XX and CP-99XX Series IP Phones. This external power supply will ensure your connection never fails when you need it most. All your purchases with us come individually bagged and labeled so you can easily store and retrieve your stock.

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Learning Center Article – How to Choose Ethernet Cables for Gaming

It’s good that you are looking at Ethernet internet options. As a gamer, you likely understand the horror of laggy games. When it comes to home networks and gaming, latency is a huge deal and can make or break your whole experience – and in the game, whether you live, die, or succeed. Latency is always with us; it’s just a matter of how significant it is. Wi-Fi simply isn’t as stable as Ethernet, and it leads to slower effective experiences due to higher chances of interference. Slow internet speeds can ruin the entire game, so you want something that can keep up. At the same time, you don’t want to spend a life’s fortune just on cables.

The good news is that Ethernet has a lot of options for you these days. From Cat5 to Cat8 cables, there is an option out there that matches the performance you want without committing you to too much money out of your pocket.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of a planet beyond our solar system.
• A paddleboarder in Massachusetts fell into the water and lost her iPhone earlier this month. She figured it was gone for good, but returned the next day and approached a scuba diving instructor and shared what happened. The instructor asked his class to be on the look out, and the phone was found!
• Tennessee will play host to the 39th annual National Rolley Hole Marbles Championship on September 17th.
• On Thursday, students in Ukraine went back to school for the first time since February 24th after Russia’s invasion of their country.

Happy Thursday and Happy September 1st! We hope you have a great rest of the week as we gear up for a long weekend!

In This Issue: Celebrate the Small Wins | CAT6 Ethernet Patch Cable – 54% off! | What are SFP’s? | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Celebrate the Small Wins

Happy Thursday!

The long weekend is almost here! I hope you get to have some time off and have some great plans to relax and enjoy it. The weather forecast here keeps going back and forth between nice and rainy. I guess we will know what it is going to do when it gets here. I have a big cookout for my neighbors planned for this weekend so hopefully, the weather holds out.

I was out cutting grass and landscaping this past weekend and things didn’t go exactly as planned while landscaping. It all worked out but I had the thought cross my mind, “Why spend all my energy focusing on what went wrong instead of being thankful for what went right.” I am a “fixer.” I like solving problems and tackling issues that arise to figure out how to avoid them happening again. I am learning when I get in that mindset I forget to be thankful and focus on what did go right and how good that is and feels. I think we all do this from time to time. We want to focus on the problem rather than stopping and celebrating (even the small things) that went well or right. That is a huge mind shift change and, I admit, hard to remember to do at times.

Whether it is nice out or if it rains during the holiday weekend, it will still be a great time spending it with my friends and neighbors…and we will still eat good and watch tons of football. (Maybe get to sneak in the yard games in between any rain showers.)

Like Rebecca mentioned on Tuesday, I also am super excited about college football starting tonight. (Go Vols!) I hope whatever your plans are for this weekend that you have a great time and enjoy it.

See ya next week!

Jason

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Product Spotlights & Updates

With demands on network performance, each segment and part must perform with precision and accuracy. Cabling is no exception. Our CAT6 standard boot patch cables offer the reliability of pure copper leads (no copper coated aluminum or CCA) and the durability of CM jackets and boots. CAT6 Cables are the standard for gigabit networks and enable high-speed networks to function at optimal performance.

CablesAndKits CAT6 cables conform to the standards both network administrators and end users rely on for conformity and functionality.

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Learning Center Article – What are SFP’s?

High-end networking demands high-end equipment. You have many options, but eventually, you have to decide which technology covers each of your applications. When considering all of those options, understanding SFP transceivers is pivotal. It’s a core technology that serves as a primary workhorse in many networks. This guide is going to explain all about SFP and its primary uses.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• Disney is exploring a subscription that bundles streaming, theme parks, and merchandise.
• An evacuation order telling residents to leave Los Angeles immediately was accidentally broadcast on television Wednesday. Viewers in Ventura County who were watching TV at the time received the frightening alert.
• Serena Williams eliminated No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 in the U.S. Open’s second round Wednesday night to ensure that the 23-time Grand Slam champion will play at least one more singles match at what she’s hinted will be the last tournament of her illustrious career.
• Four birds escaped the Minnesota Zoo’s tropics area in early July and officials there are asking for help from Minnesota’s birding community in returning them. The four African magpie shrikes, also known as African long-tailed shrikes, flew out through an emergency exit that had been mistakenly left open in the aviary. One of the birds has been recovered so far and returned to its zoo habitat.