
Happy Friday! We hope you’ve had a great week. Wishing you a wonderful weekend ahead! 😎
In This Issue: How do you handle maintenance? | HP Aruba 2530 Series Switch | FAQ – Simplex vs Duplex Fiber Cables | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – How do you handle maintenance?
Happy Friday, folks! I was recently driving home from work down a 2-lane road. It was a beautiful day outside; the windows were down, and the sunroof was open! Then my car decided it wanted to show me EVERY warning light in its system. This image isn’t from my actual car, but this is what it felt like! 😱

There are some maintenance tasks that I enjoy doing. This was not one of those times. I don’t own the equipment needed to diagnose codes, and I was about to leave town for a few days, so I didn’t have the time to do anything myself. Fortunately, I knew my local shop would have the equipment and know-how to do it.
Why am I sharing this? We know that managing a network takes a ton of resources. Sometimes, you have the resources to handle everything in house, and other times, you need just a little extra help. So, we recently started offering CK Care: Third Party Maintenance. CK Care can give you the coverage you need on the terms you need.
Check out our CK Care. We’d love to chat with you about your maintenance needs. 😀
Have a great weekend!
Chris
Product Spotlights & Updates
The Aruba 2530 Series of switches was designed to offer cost-effective, reliable, and secure access layer connectivity for a wide range of uses from enterprise, to branch offices and small to mid-sized businesses. These easy-to-deploy switches feature an energy-efficient design which lowers power consumption for greater energy savings.
Learning Center Article – FAQ – Simplex vs Duplex Fiber Cables
When you’re choosing cables for fiber optics, you have to get a few things right. You might be tempted to look for the cheapest cables you can find. After all, saving money is important.
But, price differences usually exist for a reason, and if your cheap cables aren’t designed for the network you have in mind, you’ll run into trouble.
To avoid that, you have to learn a few essentials, and one of the best places to start is with duplex and simplex cables.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- The NFL announced in a statement on Wednesday that Roger Goodell’s contract was extended for three years through March 2027.
- The Las Vegas Aces became the first WNBA team to win back-to-back championships in more than two decades.
- Have you checked out all of the new features available on Instagram lately? Over the last several months the Meta-owned platform has released several changes. Check them all out here.
- CVS is voluntarily removing some of the most common cough and cold medicines from its store shelves and will no longer sell them. The company’s decision comes a month after a panel of advisors to the FDA unanimously determined that the main ingredient used in many popular over-the-counter cold and allergy medications doesn’t actually work to clear up congested noses when taken orally.
