Happy Monday! We hope everyone had a safe and relaxing weekend. Happy MLK Day! How are you observing today?
In This Issue: Friendship & Love | Cisco 2960-X Series 48 Port 740W PoE+ Switch | Managed vs Unmanaged Switches: Which do you need? | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Friendship & Love
Happy Monday and Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
The cold weather forced us indoors this weekend, so we decided to go to the mall nearby which has a large indoor playground area. I noticed something for the first time while observing my kids play with other kids. Children aren’t constrained by social rules or anxiety (for the most part) when it comes to playing together and creating a friendship. My 2-year-old who’s turning 3 soon, instantly made a friend with another girl her age, just by proximity.
I was watching closely and saw it happen nearly instantly.
Two total strangers became friends after playing next to each other on a slide for less than a minute. My older daughter seems to do the same thing by asking a few simple questions “what’s your name? Do you want to play together?”. There’s no fear of rejection or hesitation, no prejudice or pride, it happens smoothly and naturally. One second two strangers are playing next to each other, the next second they seem like they’ve been friends for their entire lives.
The whole experience reminded me of the passage in the Bible where Jesus says “…Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” – Matthew 18:3 ESV.
I’ll be reflecting on that little moment in the mall for some time and also be reflecting on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. One of my favorite MLK Jr. quotes is “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that”. The world definitely needs more love.
Cris
Product Spotlights & Updates
Cisco has always done an amazing job catering to small and medium businesses. The Cisco 2960-X series is another generation of the already popular 2960 series that will enable the typical small to medium business to function at an enterprise level without the enterprise budget. The 2960-X series switches offer a fixed configuration of Ethernet switches that are not only Gigabit but also stackable. The 2960-X was specifically designed for easy deployment and operational efficiency. These switches are also energy cautious and have a large range of IOS software features.
Learning Center Article – Managed vs Unmanaged Switches: Which do you need?
Switches are one of the core pieces of almost any major network. They manage traffic routing for Ethernet-connected devices. As such, they provide stable, fast means of communication for any device across the network.
If you run a business network, you’ll need some kind of switch, and when you look into it, you’ll find that there are two competing types of switches: managed and unmanaged. Here’s a quick breakdown of each type of switch to help you in that regard.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Hasbro postponed its update of its Dungeons & Dragons licensing terms after thousands of players pushed back on proposed changes, rallying around an #OpenDND petition.
- Shoppers can now purchase deeply discounted secondhand luxury clothing from Rent the Runway through Amazon.
- NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made its first confirmation of an exoplanet. An exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star outside our solar system. The American space agency says the exoplanet is almost exactly the same size as Earth.
- Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run.