CK Daily Updates

Raise your hand if you are a gummi candy lover 🙋‍♀️ Today is National Gummi Worm Day and I think the biggest question of all time is – what color combination is the best?

In This Issue: We’re Hiring! | MTP® Cable 12-Strand Corning ClearCurve® | All Wireless Standards are NOT Created Equal | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – We’re Hiring!

Happy Friday, folks! We have some exciting news from our end! We are looking to add a couple of high-performing team members to our team. We’re hiring for roles on our Shipping team and a Supply Chain Manager. Both teams are critical to our success! The ideal candidate for the Shipping team would need to be close to Buford, GA. The ideal candidate for the Supply Chain Manager role would need to be in Georgia.

Last but not least, here is our About Us, which gives an excellent overview, you guessed it, about us! 😀

Are you interested in joining our team, or do you know someone with whom you could share our hiring needs? Just reply to this email, or you can reach me at [email protected].

Have a great weekend!

Chris

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Product Spotlights & Updates

Our MTP Elite® line of fiber cables feature high-performance US Conec MTP Elite® connectors for the ultimate in functionality and reliability. This highly versatile line of cables are made with Corning ClearCurve® glass and removable housings which allow users to change the gender of the cable in the field. Additionally, they feature a floating ferrule design which helps to improve mechanical performance by allowing two mated ferrules to maintain physical contact even while under an applied load.

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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:

• Hasbro and The New York Times announced Thursday that Wordle, the massively popular online word game, is getting a physical board game edition. Wordle: The Party Game will be available to purchase in North America in October and is available to pre-order today via the game’s official website.
• More home sellers are dropping their asking prices as rising mortgage interest rates and inflation have eased competition in the housing market. Some cities are seeing more price cuts than others. Check them out here.
• Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump and the mother of his three eldest children, has passed away at the age of 73.
• A recent study shared that the brain of a woodpecker experiences a seemingly catastrophic impact every time beak meets wood.

One of the classic comfort foods is taking the spotlight today – it’s National Mac & Cheese Day!

In This Issue: Making Lists | Cisco Catalyst 9300 4x Gigabit Expansion Module | Choosing the Right Switch for your Crypto Mining Network | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Making Lists

Happy Thursday, everyone!

I hope you have had a fantastic week. It has been a very busy but productive week for me. This week I got back to doing something that I haven’t done in a while…making a list. I have tried different methods of keeping up with tasks and things that I need to get done, both personally and professionally, but I just can’t get away from using a written list. I guess it is the action of forcing myself to think about I, actually writing down what needs to be done and having it in front of me constantly instead of on a screen or in an app. Maybe I am just weird like that. haha!

It was kinda crazy when I started writing stuff down again and seeing things that I have thought about doing and saying I have needed to do for a while, it inspired me to immediately knock a few things out. I guess it was an “out of sight, out of mind” thing. Hopefully, this will continue to help me be more productive and knock things out instead of just talking about them and thinking about them.

Are you a list person? If not, how do you handle keeping up with tasks and stuff that needs to be done?

Have a great rest of the week and weekend!

Jason

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Product Spotlights & Updates

The C9300-NM-4G network expansion module is an optional modular uplink that is compatible with Cisco Catalyst 9300 series switches. This plug-in module features four Gigabit Ethernet SFP uplinks. As with all products from CablesAndKits, this module comes with a Lifetime Advance Replacement Warranty.

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Learning Center Article – Choosing the Right Switch for your Crypto Mining Network

Crypto mining is a popular way to try to make money. In its simplest form, miners use simple setups that make a few extra bucks here and there. In extreme cases, miners dedicate entire warehouses of hardware to mining, and when they are efficient enough, they can make big money.

Regardless of where you fall on this spectrum, mining can only work when your devices reliably connect to the internet. So, you need the appropriate networking hardware to get the most out of your efforts. In that light, we can look at some of the traits that will prove the most valuable for a crypto mining network switch.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• An Oklahoma man confessed to killing a fellow fisherman out of fear he’d be left alone in the wilderness to be eaten by Bigfoot. Read more here.
• Several animal rescue organizations across the U.S. are racing against the clock to rehome approximately 4,000 beagles from a research facility in Virginia. The Humane Society of the United States is working with the U.S. Justice Department in spearheading the effort to transfer these dogs from their current home to shelters in a matter of weeks.
• Molson Coors Beverage will return to the Super Bowl next year, making its first appearance during the big game in more than 30 years.
• Netflix has named Microsoft as its partner for its ad-supported service. Netflix said in April that it was planning on rolling out an ad-supported tier after years of resisting the move.

It’s Hump Day! We are halfway through the week – we’re wishing you a successful week and full coffee pots to finish the rest of the week!

In This Issue: Playing Catch-Up | Yealink SIPT57W IP Desk Phone | Best Practices for Data Center Security in 2022 | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Playing Catch-Up

Good morning CK Family!

Last week I spent lots of time with family and enjoyed every second of it. It was the first year that we’ve had our entire family join us on vacation in a while – it was such a delight!

This week has been lots of playing catch-up. How do you navigate coming back from vacation? It feels difficult at times to come back from such a fruitful vacation and dive back into the business that awaits.

Have a great week!

Ashley

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Product Spotlights & Updates

Equipped with an adjustable and flexible 7-inch multi-point touch screen for much comfortable viewing according to the needs, this Yealink SIP-T57W is perfect for all busy business professionals. The Yealink SIP-T57W boasts built-in Bluetooth 4.2 and the built-in dual-band 2.4G/5G Wi-Fi, the SIP-T57W IP Phone ensures you to keep up with modern wireless technology. Its built-in USB 2.0 port allows for USB recording or a direct wired/wireless USB headset or up to three Yealink EXP50 expansion modules connection. Benefitting from these features, the Yealink SIP-T57W is a powerful and expandable office phone that delivers optimum desktop efficiency and productivity.

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Learning Center Article – Best Practices for Data Center Security in 2022

If you looked at data center security best practices only a few years ago, the leading trends and advice would be dramatically different from the leading areas of focus today. Everyone in IT knows that things change fast, but it feels like change has accelerated.

Here’s an example. Network security was the most important thing as recently as 2019. While it’s still paramount, security threats have shifted away from direct attacks. Social engineering and grid stability are actually more important today.

With all of that in mind, there are four up-to-date best practices that can help you think about how things have changed and what you can do to keep up.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• Scientists have released the first highly-anticipated, full-color, scientific images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful such instrument ever built. The colossal telescope orbits around 1 million miles from Earth, and is positioned to peer at some of the earliest galaxies and stars ever born.
• Summer nights just got a whole lot brighter this week thanks to a supermoon illuminating the skies. The moon gets the “super” prefix when a full moon is at its closest to Earth — or perigee — in its 27-day orbit. The moon will reach perigee at 5:06 a.m. EDT Wednesday, and will officially be a full moon at 2:38 p.m. EDT, but will shine bright for much of the week, according to NASA.
• The official N64 controller for the Nintendo Switch has just been restocked at the Nintendo eShop.
• A US Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed South China Sea island chain on Wednesday, challenging the restrictions imposed by China and others on transit through the area. Learn more here.

Have you herd? Today is an udderly awry day – Cow Appreciation Day! It’s quite a moo-ving experience to witness several people gathering dressed as cows, but is tons of fun! Have you participated in Cow Day before?

In This Issue: Summer Cold | Kendall Howard 1U Snap-In Flat Spacer Blank | Single Mode vs Multimode Fiber Cables | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Summer Cold

Good Morning & Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is off to a great start this week! I’m trying to bounce back after having a bit of a cold for the past week. I don’t think of Summer as a time when colds are going around, but I guess when you spend enough time around little kids every season is cold season! Thankfully this one wasn’t terrible, but I definitely feel like I’ve been cooped up inside and having to take it easy for way too long!

Looking forward to getting back to 100% and getting back to living an active life as soon as possible! I hope you all have a great week and stay well!

Rebecca

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Product Spotlights & Updates

Covering all open slots on your equipment rack makes it more attractive and also improves airflow in racks that utilize fans to circulate air, making your networking equipment run cooler and last longer. These Kendall Howard 1U Snap-In Flat Spacer Blanks add strength to racking systems and improve air circulation in racks that utilize fans.

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Learning Center Article – Single Mode vs Multimode Fiber Cables

Fiber optics are essential for building the most capable networks, but when making design choices, there are plenty of options that serve fiber optics in general. One of the primary choices available to any network engineer exists between single-mode fiber and multimode fiber.

These are physically different approaches to fiber optics communication, and as such, they offer different strengths and weaknesses. To effectively choose the right design for your network, it helps to have a better understanding of what separates these types of cables.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• Heinz Field is no more. Just over two decades after opening its doors alongside the Ohio River, the Steelers’ longtime home will be renamed Acrisure Stadium starting in 2022, the team announced Monday. Heinz, the famous Pittsburgh-headquartered ketchup company, opted out of extending its naming rights deal.
• Amazon Prime Day 2022 is officially here! There are tons of amazing Amazon Prime Day deals to shop today – check out a few solid deals here.
• India is expected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country by 2023.
• A Canadian runner unofficially broke a Guinness World Record for joggling — juggling while running — when he reached a distance of 6.2 miles in 34 minutes and 47 seconds.

Happy Monday! We hope you have a wonderful week this week and are feeling back to normal after the holiday season and shorter week. Let us know how we can be praying for you this week!

In This Issue: Prepping Tips | Cisco 3825 Router Fan 1 / Fan 2 Replacement | Cat7 Ethernet: Beginning & End | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – Prepping Tips

Happy Monday!

We’ve been getting some pretty gnarly storms here in the northeast Georgia area and they reminded me to do my annual hurricane prep checkup. You read that right! Hurricane preparedness for someone who lives about 250 miles away from the nearest coastline. Well, I used to not worry so much about hurricanes until hurricane Irma decided to give Georgia a visit in September of 2017. This resulted in 1.5 million households without power and for my family, it resulted in an awful 4 days without power or water. Luckily we had enough food and water to last us, but it wasn’t very comfortable.

One huge lesson I learned from the whole experience is that you never have enough water. This is not only for drinking, but flushing toilets, showering, washing dishes, cleaning, and hand washing. Most official preparedness sites recommend a gallon per person per day, but I would treat that as a minimum and recommend doubling that if you can, and although it’s a bit extreme, I would recommend at least 5 days’ worth of supplies instead of the recommended 3 days. If you are new to disaster prepping and need a list, www.ready.gov/kit has a pretty good basic list of supplies if you want to start getting prepared. Tailor this list to your needs and situation. This kit can not only help you with a hurricane, but floods, storms, fires, and other disasters and emergencies.

Now is the best time to start and I recommend everyone have a kit and a plan. If you live in the southeast/mid-Atlantic area where hurricanes like to visit, the NOAA is predicting an above-average hurricane activity this year, so now when it’s quiet is the best time to take some action. Do you have any prepping tips that are a must? Would love to hear your strategies and thoughts!

Cris

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Product Spotlights & Updates

Keep your cool under pressure with help from CablesAndKits. We’ve got the Cisco 3825 Router Fan 1 / Fan 2 Replacement you need to keep your router cool. Increased airflow is essential to maintaining a healthy and efficient router. This single replacement fan will work for Fan 1 or Fan 2 in Cisco 3825 routers.

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Learning Center Article – Cat7 Ethernet: Beginning & End

Ethernet has been a staple in networking for decades. When copper cables can provide enough throughput, they tend to be much cheaper and easier to use than other connection types. Ethernet is the king of simplicity, and that’s a major part of why it is so popular.

Over the many years of Ethernet’s use, it has seen incremental improvements and upgrades. As internet access expanded in the 90s and 2000s, many home networks started off with Cat5 cabling. For faster networks, Cat6 was frequently chosen. Today, you will see that even in data centers Cat8 is a good choice. But, you won’t often see Cat7 cables anywhere. Why is that?

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• A fire in California’s Sierra Nevada continued to expand Sunday, with sprinklers deployed to protect the cherished giant sequoia trees of Mariposa Grove. The blaze in Yosemite National Park was measured at 2,044 acres by evening. It had no containment, and it was likely to continue to grow amid light winds and hot conditions.
• Marvel’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” scored big at the box office during its opening weekend, earning $143 million in North America, a franchise-best for the Thor film series.
• The second of two consecutive “supermoons” will be glowing brightly in the night sky this week, as the full “buck moon” of July 2022 rises and gives sky watchers a special summer treat. Learn more here.
• Elon Musk wants to end his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, according to a letter sent by a lawyer on his behalf to the company’s chief legal officer Friday. But Twitter’s board chair Bret Taylor said the company is still committed to closing the deal at the agreed-upon price and plans to pursue legal action to enforce the agreement.

Happy National Freezer Pop Day! Today is the perfect day to grab your favorite flavor and cool off. Which one is your go-to flavor?

In This Issue: A Week of Celebrations | Cisco 8821 Unified Color Wireless VOIP Phone | What is the difference between OS2, OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4, and OM5? | News to Start Your Day

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The CK Daily – A Week of Celebrations

Happy Friday, folks! This week is exciting! Of course, we celebrated Independence Day on the 4th. But the other exciting event around our house is my oldest daughter turned 14 this week.

As I reflect on her birthdays, it’s fun to see how the birthday celebrations have changed over time. The first few were influenced by what we wanted (cake, anyone?). Now, we let her decide most, maybe even all, of the details. This year she has a few friends coming over and wants a very long water slide on the downhill portion of our yard. So we have purchased a roll of plastic sheeting and will put a blow-up pool at the bottom to slow them down (otherwise, they would slide into trees at the woodline!). Here is a video that shows what I’m talking about.

What are your plans for the weekend?

Chris

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Product Spotlights & Updates

This Cisco CP-8821-K9 wireless IP phone is ideal for both users in office environments as well as in rigorous workspaces. This phone is rugged and can stand up to shock, dust, and water.

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Learning Center Article – What is the difference between OS2, OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4, and OM5?

When it comes to fiber-optic networks, there are a lot of options in how a network is designed. Ultimately, the demands of the network will determine which cable is best for any given job. Still, you need to have a clear understanding of the different fiber cables in order to make that decision.

While the complete list of design differences could fill several books, you can understand the critical variations in design in a few minutes. This quick guide will highlight the characteristics of OS2, OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4, and OM5 fiber cables.

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Today’s News to Start Your Day:

• Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election.
• GameStop has fired its Chief Financial Officer, Mike Recupero, and is making staff cuts across departments as part of an aggressive turnaround plan.
• Walmart won’t be doing its own event to rival Amazon Prime Day this year. The big-box giant, like other retailers, has typically thrown its own overlapping sales event. Yet this year, much of its merchandise is already on sale. Bright yellow “Clearance” signs have become a fixture in many stores in recent weeks, and its website is touting thousands of Rollbacks, a signature term for the discounter’s 90-day price cuts, on bicycles, air fryers and more.
• Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to a drug-smuggling charge on Thursday after months of being held in Russian detention. During her appearance in court, Griner maintained that her “intent” was not to violate Russian law. She could face up to 10 years in prison.