Our focus right now is dealing with Phishing and Spear Phishing emails. the end user is always the weakest link... ... View more

Ye ol' Meraki MS help yer network avoid that dastardly scurvy going around and me new MR on board stops ar foes from commandeering us into the abyss. There be treasure if ye put your peeper on the MV in that there crowsnest!   ... View more

digital transformation in healthcare is and continues to be a big topic. Even though we are "paperless" it has increased the amount of paper we consume... somehow. Also it comes with a curve of teaching old dogs new tricks... ie if something is emailed, or digitally faxed teaching them they don't have to print it off to scan it into the system. For us we hope it does end in less paper going around, and more organization for the whole organization.  ... View more

I have a new avatar! Its my BitMoji Self!  ... View more

A LAN is like the interstate or highway. Making a LAN into a Virtual (VLAN) is like dividing the lanes up into separate types of traffic based off predefined addresses/subnets. It would be like taking a 4 lane interstate and saying all traffic that is a sports car driving 80+ mph is only allowed in the far left lane. Sedans, family vehicles are allowed in the left center lane driving 60-80 mph. The right center lane would be for utility trucks, company trucks, or delivery trucks driving 60 mph. The far right lane would be for heavy vehicles such as semi trucks, etc going 50 mph or under. This helps keep traffic flowing and no bottlenecks as all similar traffic and speed is required in each lane, and no lane hopping.   So for a network we would create a VLAN for security camera systems, VLAN for guest network, VLAN for internal PCs, VLAN for servers, etc. This opens up more space for more devices and keeps the network flowing smoothly at the given rate it should, much like the interstate example above. ... View more

My old job I had all standard Cisco. I watched a promo so I could get a Meraki Switch and have it in my office. It allowed for quick setting changes in the IT office to jump on different VLANs quickly. Also gave a good report of devices on my whole network. That's the only time I've had them pared though. Otherwise its been straight Cisco or straight Cisco Meraki. ... View more