Next week I'm off to San Diego for Cisco Live US 2012. My previous experience with Cisco Live was definitely positive: It's a whole world of networking fanatics and lots of ecosystem companies. Plus, last year included an amazing party hosted by yours truly (in disguise!) Cisco Live is both a trade show and conference. Although there's definitely a Cisco slant, it's one … [Read more...] about Cisco Live US, San Diego CA
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How To Reset Your MiFi and Get Back Online with Virgin Mobile USA
Virgin Mobile USA had a massive data outage on July 11, 2011, leaving me without mobile broadband for almost 24 hours. After service was restored, my Novatel MiFi 2200 was left in a state in which it would not connect, requiring a complete reset and re-authentication. Virgin's customer support wasn't very helpful, so here's what I did to get back online. Symptoms of an … [Read more...] about How To Reset Your MiFi and Get Back Online with Virgin Mobile USA
Everybody Comes to Rick’s (Party at Cisco Live)
"With the networking world converging on Cisco Live, many eyes turned hopefully (or desperately) toward the freedom of evening. So a tortuous, roundabout refugee trail sprang up. Up the Vegas strip from Mandalay Bay to Mon Ami Gabi at Paris Los Vegas. Here, the fortunate ones, through influence or luck, drink free drinks and eat free food with friends and comrades." That's … [Read more...] about Everybody Comes to Rick’s (Party at Cisco Live)
Introducing The Enterprise IT Infrastructure Events Calendar
As a community service, I decided to put together a calendar of enterprise IT events. It's right up there in the header bar, and I'm embedding it below as well. My friend Matt Simmons has a similar calendar for SysAdmins, but mine is a little different. Where he focuses more on user groups and the like, I'm focusing on big events like Interop, EMC World, and Cisco … [Read more...] about Introducing The Enterprise IT Infrastructure Events Calendar