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In This Issue: We made it! | Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switch | What are SFP’s and How do they work? | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – We made it!
Good Morning & Happy Tuesday! Last week I mentioned that I’d be participating in a 200-mile relay race over the weekend and I’m happy to report that I survived! We had 8 runners on our team split between two vans. The runners in my vehicle took the beginning legs of the race so we had to be up by 3 AM and at the start line by 4:15. We took turns running until around noon when we handed off to the runners in the other van. It was nice to get a bit of a break during the afternoon, although we were too hyped up to catch a nap! We resumed running again around 8 PM and ran until 1:30 AM.
At that point, we drove to the exchange zone where the other van would eventually pass the baton back to us. It happened to be a school parking lot which was very quiet so we rolled out sleeping bags and slept on the sidewalk in front of the school. It was extremely cold and windy, but we were so tired that we still caught about 3 hours of sleep. We picked back up running around 9 AM and ran until we finished the race at around 12:30 PM! It ended up taking us 30.5 hours which was way better than the 33 hrs we were expecting. I think the adrenaline had everyone running faster than they planned to! It was an awesome experience and I’m so glad I did it, but also so glad it’s over!
Rebecca
Product Spotlights & Updates
The Cisco 3850 Series of switches is an industry-leading, enterprise-class series of access switches that offers superior performance, scalability, and reliability. The Catalyst 3850 Series is the first to feature a built-in wireless controller with up to 40 Gbps of capacity on 48-port models. Further, it supports up to 100 access points and 2,000 wireless clients per switching entity (or stack). These switches are stackable for up to 9 members and come equipped with Cisco’s popular StackPower technology. StackPower is an innovative power-sharing and redundancy technology that allows members of the stack to share in one of two power pooling topologies.
Learning Center Article – What are SFP’s and How do They Work?
High-end networking demands high-end equipment. You have a plethora of options, but eventually, you have to make decisions on which technology covers each of your applications. When considering all of those options, an understanding of 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.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Sony is bundling its existing PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now services into one single subscription service called PlayStation Plus.
- Dairy Queen is expanding its burger offerings as the fast-food chain looks beyond Blizzards and other desserts. The new Stackburger line is Dairy Queen’s biggest menu expansion in two decades, with five burger varieties for U.S. customers.
- A former nurse in Tennessee has been convicted in the accidental death of a patient after she injected her with a paralyzing drug instead of a sedative. RaDonda Vaught, 38, was convicted by a jury Friday of criminal negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult after a three-day trial in Nashville closely watched by medical professionals.
- Apple is reportedly scaling back production of its new budget iPhones in China, less than three weeks after launching the product. This decrease is reportedly an early sign of the Ukraine war and inflation’s negative impact on electronics demand.