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In This Issue: Honoring Black History Month | Webcam 1080p Full-HD Streaming with Noise Reduction Microphone | Aruba Switches vs Cisco Switches | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Honoring Black History Month
Good Morning Everyone! Happy Thursday and Happy Black History Month!
As this month comes to an end, I want to take some time to recognize a very special African American woman in the tech community, Dr. Shirley Johnson. Dr. Johnson is best known for her many advances in science including her research contributions that influenced many inventions we use every day!
Growing up as a black woman in the 1940’s she endured many hardships while trying to gain an education. She talks about the experiences that she had while attending her Alma Mater MIT. She often felt socially exiled and struggled with making essential connections during her time there but, she persevered. Not only did Dr. Shirley Johnson go on to become the first African-American woman to earn a Doctoral of Philosophy degree at MIT but she became the second African-American in the United States to earn a doctoral degree in Physics! She excelled in many areas and was able to make our lives easier with her research, contributing to the invention of fiber optic cables, touch-tone telephones, caller ID, and many more.
Because of Dr. Johnson’s dedication, she opened the door for many other women of color to continue in tech and reach higher heights. She paved the way for black women leaders in tech such as Dr. Valerie Taylor, Shellye Archambeau, and Ursula Burns.
I personally am grateful for Dr. Johnson’s contributions to the tech community. I admire her sacrifice, intelligence, and tenacity. As a black woman in tech, I am honored to be able to acknowledge her success for Black History Month at CK! Thank you, Dr. Shirley Johnson!
Joi
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Learning Center Article – Aruba Switches vs Cisco Switches
When it comes to network switches, the variety of options can be overwhelming. There’s a specific switch for every niche networking role, and there are a dozen different brands making that one class of switch.
Out of all of those options, two leading brands are preferred in many professional networks: Aruba and Cisco. They are industry giants and leaders in many respects. When comparing them directly, it’s clear that you are getting different sets of benefits depending on which you choose.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX rolled out price changes for residential Starlink customers. Prices will rise for residential users of its satellite internet service in “limited capacity” areas but will fall for users in “excess capacity” areas, effective April 24.
- Target said it will spend $100 million to build a larger network of sortation centers that speed up and lower the cost of delivering online orders. The big box retailer is pressing ahead with its e-commerce strategy, even as it anticipates slower sales.
- The Victoria and Albert Museum in London will house more than 80,000 items from Bowie’s career at a new David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts. Read more here.
- Mt. Baldy could get up to 8 feet of snow or more this week from the likely historic winter storm expected to dump rain and snow and bring strong winds across Southern California.