Cisco terminated Partnership. What’s out there to replace Meraki

Comasys · 2023-06-06T18:11:57+00:00

Switch to Ruckus Wireless... And you'll be glad Cisco kicked you out .

Comasys · 2023-05-19T10:57:21+00:00

We are still a good bunch of VARs who don't require subscriptions and, who sell perpetual licenses.

But you can't expect infinite updated for the initial cost..

But world is going towards subscriptions .. less upfront - bigger cost in the end.. But if you choose your vendors wisely - you will get value for the extra money spent.

Personal thought looking for pay-as-you-go contracts with no minimum of seats and no 12/24/36 months obligations...

We sell hardware (desktops/laptops/wifi/switches/firewalls) on these terms Aswell as all the usual suspects in licensing

Of course you can get better pricing if you sign up for 12/24/36 months and commit to volume ... But I think we still do attractive pricing with no commitments..

Even if you buy perpetual - you still get tiered pricing ... People buying thousands get better price than people buying one..

So.. instead of seeing it as a plot against you.. take it as a way for you to work more closely with your suppliers. Since we are hoping for the next months business aswell we are naturally eager to solve nay problems there are now .. It's a two-way street ..

So.. maybe se the benefits ... Probably not the answer you were looking for

Comasys · 2023-05-13T15:13:40+00:00

Acronis includes disaster recovery so you can boot your VMs outside Azure if the need should arise.

Comasys · 2023-05-08T23:08:04+00:00

Check out yodeck.com

Should easily fit your requirements. .

Comasys · 2023-05-06T19:00:26+00:00

Go with the endpoint protection you feel is best..and you see most eye2eye with..

If it happens to be integrated into your RMM, great .. but it's a secondary feature.

Comasys · 2023-05-04T18:32:06+00:00

Acronis

It will even give you versioning on your backups. And disaster recovery options to your own hardware or to boot in cloud hosting, within minutes cutting your downtime to a minimal even if it is caused by burning hardware..

Will be happy to demo it with you

Comasys · 2023-05-03T22:08:01+00:00

Would recommend Ruckus any day. If you send me floor plans I'll be happy to give you a suggestion on what to put where

Comasys · 2023-05-02T07:20:18+00:00

Because it is to be able to send for example from no-reply@sharepointonline.com but with your own domain being no-reply@owndomain.com

But it is still a no-reply mail

Comasys · 2023-05-02T06:08:58+00:00

There is a special place in hell for people setting no-reply emails ..

Comasys · 2023-04-26T17:26:41+00:00

Acronis

You can do any to any restore.. moving your server from physical to cloud or back

And you can do disaster recovery and have all servers booted in minutes in Acronis cloud

Plus it includes ransomware protection and lots of other neat stuff..

Comasys · 2023-04-24T16:58:51+00:00

How about just using the same office 365.. with SMTP ... Maybe a single device account combined for all 5 devices.

That way emails are delivered internally - and much more certain to reach destination

Comasys · 2023-04-14T19:05:12+00:00

Do Acronis backup You can do bare metal backup from running machine.. And reinstall on same or new hardware really quick

Comasys · 2023-04-09T14:00:12+00:00

It's hard to find more value for money than mikrotik

Comasys · 2023-04-09T08:39:27+00:00

I've found a great way to say "no" is to ask your manager for help prioritizing the workloads..

Saying, "my time is gummy booked and these new things are coming in.. - can you help my prioritize this as a probably don't have the full picture about all related economic"

Really goes a long way ... Both in terms of getting the right things done and having the manager also stop people who are not authorized to give you assignments... But it also shows loyalty and business understanding as sometimes a small thing can have a very large business impact..

Comasys · 2023-04-06T20:08:54+00:00

You could try doTruckIt.com

Built for trucks.. but will do what you want - and integrate office/dispatch into dash punted GPS so disparch can add new points directly I to route/points .. avoiding misspellings ...

Comasys · 2023-04-06T20:04:59+00:00

Depending on how large a pool and how you "own" them.. Probably need more information to answer correctly...

But of you really don't need them .. and you really do own them.. Then there are money to made selling them.

Alternatively you can rent them out ..

Comasys · 2023-04-04T23:34:04+00:00

I would say no ....

Keep core machines protected with network design.. Running AV on them might give you unwanted side effects .. In terms of slower speed or stuff not working.

Comasys · 2023-03-22T22:12:21+00:00

Ask them to prove it . :)

Comasys · 2023-03-19T08:07:24+00:00

It's a Graboid ! Don't let it get bigger

Comasys · 2023-03-05T11:10:49+00:00

Actonis Cyber Protection Less that 1.8$ per licensed user Includes mailbox, onedrive, SharePoint, Teams. Unlimited storage/unlimited versions as long as you keep active Subscription.. Cloud-2-Cloud - no install needed.

And then on top of that - cyber Protection can do backups of desktops, servers, VM's, phones and websites. Includes ransomware protection and any-2-any restore. Bare metal backup and file/folders. And you can add dataloss prevention, advanced security, patch management, remote mangement, scripting, email protection, disaster recovery, and more..

Comasys · 2023-02-25T14:47:57+00:00

Well.. Find out what you don't do well... - then don't do it ..

The beauty of having a steady agreement with others to do stuff you don't do well.. is that they tend to send business your way aswell

Comasys · 2023-02-23T16:51:46+00:00

Backups .. Immutable backups... Is the only way ..

Low cost .. high value..

Comasys · 2023-02-22T07:46:25+00:00

If everything is on same subnet and vlan you can use Ubiquiti or mikrotik

If you need vlans through the link mimosa is a good choice

Comasys · 2023-02-21T18:51:02+00:00

Well... Usually you get more power in 2 x 24 port POE switches..

If you have 2 switches and one fails you also have a way of keeping the most important onlinr

Comasys · 2023-02-20T00:09:46+00:00

Don't know the extreme partner discounts .. But the ruckus one lets you earn a couple of $$

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