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Are you happier than a camel on a Wednesday? Must be because it’s HUMP DAAYY! This video will never get old, so we had to debut it for the first week of 2022.

In This Issue: Not Your Typical Year | Kendall Howard 2U Wall Mount V-Rack | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Not Your Typical Year

Happy first Wednesday of 2022!

We’ve made it through the first half of the first week of the month and year! Wow, time is already flying- we might as well say it’s February! At least that’s how I feel nowadays.

I am currently preparing to have my second child the first week of February, so things have been a bit crazy in my world. Between nesting/cleaning my home, attempting to stay away from COVID-19 to preparing my work team for my absence, I have been running around like a chicken without its head.

Typically, January is a time where I spend my time actively working on the plans that I’ve set for myself and basically get the ball rolling. Although this is still my plan, I am attempting to juggle 3-4 balls at the same time with precision and grace. Now, will I probably look like a circus clown to others? Most likely, but hey, as long as I keep all the balls in the air, I will call it a success.

How has your year started out? 2022 has already proven to not be a typical year but we still have time to get things in order!

Shanyce

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Product Spotlights & Updates

The Kendall Howard V-Rack allows users to vertically or horizontally mount servers or other rack-mountable devices regardless of depth. They are designed to mount on a wall or under a desk and provide users with more versatility in equipment placement. Pretty sweet, right? Snag one today!

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Learning Center Article – The Right Ethernet Cable for the Right Network

An efficient Ethernet cable management plan, especially in high-density and challenging network environments, increases the versatility of network maintenance and operation. It also contributes to the system’s uptime and lowers operation costs, which makes your life a whole lot easier!

Read more here about the right ethernet for your network.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• KFC restaurants nationwide will add Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken to menus.
• Sony confirmed its new hardware will be called PlayStation VR2. The headset will work with Sony’s PlayStation 5 console.
• Chrysler plans to reinvent itself as an all-electric vehicle brand by 2028
• Walmart and Kroger raised the price of Abbott’s at-home Covid-19 test kit after an agreement with the White House to sell the tests at a reduced price expired.

Today is National Trivia Day and there’s nothing more thrilling than knowing the answer to all the questions when you’re watching Jeopardy! Take a look at some of the questions that stumped this year’s top contestants.

In This Issue: Working with your Hands | Cisco Original UCS 146GB 6G SAS 15K RPM SFF | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Working with your Hands

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas & New Year! I took some time off work over the holidays and tried to truly disconnect so that I could get a mental “reset” and come back refreshed and ready to tackle some big goals in 2022! I spent a good portion of my time off working on some little projects around the house that allowed me to get away from a computer screen and work with my hands which was really quite enjoyable! I was talking with a friend recently who read an article about how people who “work with their minds” oftentimes take up hobbies that allow them to work with their hands. I thought that was interesting, but I can totally believe it! I always find it to be somewhat therapeutic!

Anyways, I am happy to be back to work and getting back into a routine! Similar to what Cris said yesterday, I am not one for setting resolutions for the new year. I do have some goals that I’m looking to achieve this year, though! I hope you all are off to a wonderful start to the new year and are feeling refreshed and ready to crush your goals (or resolutions) as well!

Rebecca

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Product Spotlights & Updates

CablesAndkits is proud to offer the best of both worlds, Cisco, HP, and Dell hard drives. These hard drives are HP and Dell original. The SAS hard drives operate in a state of the art performance for hosting high transaction applications. The SAS hard drives are available in 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) and come in a wide selection of storage capacities. Each hard drive is wiped of previous information and is fully tested.

When you purchase a hard drive from CablesAndkits, you are backed by our industry-leading advanced replacement lifetime warranty. – Yes, we do mean FREE hard drive replacement.

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Learning Center Article – Your Guide to Cisco Catalyst Switches

A network is only as effective as its weakest link. When you have heavy demands, you need good options to meet and exceed those demands. Cisco has been providing top-quality options for every network design for decades.

This overview will introduce you to some of the most common, versatile, and widely-used switches Cisco has to offer.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• Tesla officially announced it has opened a dealership in Xinjiang, China.
• Fanatics has acquired sports trading card company Topps for $500 million.
• Ford officially beat out Tesla as the top growth auto industry stock in 2021.
• The U.S. reported a record number of new Covid cases on Monday, with over 1 million new infections.

Happy New Year! Today is the day we start training our brain to write ‘2022’ and not ‘2021.’ How long do you think it will take you?

In This Issue: New Year’s Resolutions | Cisco 10GBase-SR SFP+ Module | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – New Year’s Resolutions

Happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s 2022… it seems like we’re in the future now! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year! A lot of my friends and family, unfortunately, came down with Covid during the holidays, but fortunately, they all had mild symptoms, so our Christmas and New Year were pretty low-key this time around. Which I think was a good thing. Christmastime for my household can be stressful and this year it didn’t seem that way at all, even with all the illness going around. As I reflect back on 2021, I’m filled with gratitude for both the blessings and challenges. I’m reminded of this scripture that one of my colleagues shared with us:

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. – James 1:2-4 (NIV).

I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions, because I typically don’t stick with them. I just want this year to be better than last year and full of joy, I guess you could call that a resolution. How about you? Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?

Cris

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Product Spotlights & Updates

The Cisco SFP-10G-SR module gives you a wide variety of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options for your data center, enterprise wiring closet, and service provider transport applications. This module boasts a variety of features and benefits, including being the industry’s smallest form factor, which results in the greatest density per chassis. The SFP-10G-SR is hot-swappable and can be switched out with ease, making upgrades and maintenance easy. Cisco 10GBASE-SR SFP+ modules also feature Digital Optical Monitoring (DOM) functionality, which allows you to monitor the signal strength, the temperature of the SFP, and the transceiver voltage.

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Learning Center Article – Understanding the basics of network switches

Networking is a big topic. In fact, it’s too big for a single conversation. In order to distill such a massive concept into manageable bites, it’s best to look at one component of a network at a time. This time around, that bite is network switches. They come in many shapes and sizes, but you can navigate through the field of options pretty easily when you break switch features into three categories.

Read more about the basics of network switches here.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• Chipotle is launching plant-based chorizo nationwide for a limited time.
• Tesla told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it’s sending out a software update to keep video games from being played on the entertainment system while the car is moving.
• AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. rebuffed a request from federal transportation officials to voluntarily delay the launch of new 5G wireless services.
• Watch 2 cats experience snow for the first time here!

Happy New Year’s Eve! Are you ready for the big championship bowl games today? Who are you rooting for?

In This Issue: 20 Days of Giving: Day 20 | Dell PowerEdge R610 | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – 20 Days of Giving: Day 20

At our recent 20 year celebration, we invited several former team members to eat and celebrate with us. It was fun to walk down memory lane with everyone and highlight some of the milestones we’ve hit along the way. Without a doubt, CK would not be what it is today without the influence of our former HR Manager, Susan. She brought joy and excitement to our company culture (we still miss her presence) and helped set us up for success in the future by implementing things like personality testing into our hiring and team-building process. She is still a great friend to me and Craig and many others at CK.

From the time we met and hired Susan, we knew she had a passion for addiction recovery ministry. We witnessed firsthand her passion and desire to help others, and we encouraged her to take the leap to start an organization that would bring her vision to transform the way addiction recovery was done to life. She and her husband, Farley, did just that and have had great success in our community. They founded Navigate Recovery and later Lightway Recovery for Women.

CK has given to Navigate Recovery and adopted rooms at Lightway Recovery in the past. We are thrilled to be able to include both organizations in our $20k for 20 years giving campaign this year!

Christin

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Product Spotlights & Updates

The Dell PowerEdge R610 is Dell’s eleventh generation of their already proven server line that is designed to simplify data operations and provide a low cost of ownership. The R610 is a multi-purpose server that can be used for virtualization or system management. Dell has worked in simplifying the layout of ports, LCD screens, and LED lights to be standard across all units. This helps with visually understanding each generation of a server. The processor platform for the R610 is based on the Intel Xeon processor line. The R610 has two Intel processor slots, 2 PCIe G2 slots plus one storage slot, six hard drive slots (2.5” SAS or SSD drives), and can hold up to 192Gb of total memory.

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Learning Center Article – What is OM5 fiber and how is it different than OM4 & OM3?

Designing fiber optic networks was never easy, but over time, the challenges have shifted. There are more tools than ever to help you optimize every corner of your network. At the same time, increasing options make it more difficult to find satisfaction with the choices you make. That holds true with selecting your fiber cables. So far, the options between singlemode and multimode networks were self-selecting.

As for multimode systems, the somewhat narrow range of variety made that selection a little easier as well. Now, OM5 is on the rise, and it brings with it a new niche combination of performance and cost-effectiveness. Is it right for your systems? This quick read will help you determine the answer

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• Amy Schneider continues her streak as the highest-earning and longest-winning woman in “Jeopardy!” history.
• The New Year’s Day Powerball jackpot currently sits at $500 million.
• Hundreds of homes burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated after a rare wind-driven wildfire tore through suburban neighborhoods in Colorado.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased its travel warning for cruise ships to the highest level.

Happy Thursday! We know some of you put up Christmas decorations early but now we want to know, how long do you keep them up? Have you already packed them all away or are you waiting until after the new year?

In This Issue: 20 Days of Giving: Day 19 | Cisco Meraki MX67W Security Appliance | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – 20 Days of Giving: Day 19

Today we’re sharing more with you about our corporate giving for this year. In years like this, we often look for new ways to impact our community. What is going on around us? How can we use our experience, skills, and resources to make an impact? In the course of my research for new organizations, I ran across a local donor-advised fund (DAF) provider, and they had put together a non-profit wish book for charities in our area. I love this idea and wish every area had something similar!

I looked through their wish book for needs that stood out, something we could be passionate about and that would hopefully be an ongoing relationship. Path United is one of the organizations that sparked my interest. I like their story and the fact that we could connect to their mission, so I reached out to their Founder, Jim, to learn more about their needs. Fun side story: it turns out he already knew who we were because of a leadership course we’d both attended years ago.

Path United works with community leaders, churches, and local schools to transform mobile home communities by showing children God’s love while building positive relationships and empowering them socially and emotionally. We are very interested in what they do because Craig was raised by a single mom in a mobile home park. He quit school at age 15 and started working full time … and now he’s our CEO! Having built several successful businesses and lived a life of amazing experiences, I know his story will be inspiring to children growing up as he did. We are excited that we’ll be able to see one of the local programs in action in January.

Finding ways to connect our experiences to our giving is one of my favorite ways to make an impact. We each have a story and experiences to share. I hope you’ll be inspired this season (and throughout the year) to seek ways to impact your own community with your unique experiences and gifting!

Christin

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Product Spotlights & Updates

The Cisco Meraki MX family of devices are multifunctional security & SD-WAN enterprise appliances that feature a wide range of capabilities to address a wide variety of use cases – from an all-in-one device. Organizations of all sizes and across all industries rely on the MX to deliver secure connectivity to hub locations or multi-cloud environments, as well as application quality of experience, through advanced analytics with machine learning.

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Learning Center Article – How to future-proof your network with Cisco 8800 series phones.

Technology is constantly evolving and advancing, and the world of VoIP phones is no exception. Voice-over-IP technology has come a long way since it was first introduced in the 1990s, and many businesses, small and large, are adopting IP phones as replacements for old analog technologies.

If you are in the market for a VoIP phone, it’s critical that you maximize your investment by choosing equipment that will meet the needs of today as well as those of tomorrow. The Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series is Cisco’s next-generation advanced VoIP phone series and is an excellent option for anyone looking to future-proof their network. Read more here.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• Betty White is counting her blessings as she nears a full century of life! Enjoy this video of what she enjoys eating ahead of her 100th birthday.
• The discussion of Pluto being a planet is back on the table after further discussion of defining the word ‘planet.’
• Here are 10 astronomy events to get excited for in 2022.
• DoorDash will require all employees, including its engineers, corporate executives and CEO, to complete deliveries at least once a month after reinstating its WeDash program.