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Single-vendor networking estates simplify procurement and support, but they cost enterprises negotiating leverage, expose them to renewal pricing shocks, and restrict the BBBEE procurement dispersion that preferential-procurement scorecards require.
By Jacques Haarhoff · 3 min read
Global IT spending is forecast to reach US$6.08 trillion in 2026 at 9.8 percent growth, most of it dollar-denominated.
By Jacques Haarhoff · 3 min read
South African ISPs running mid-lifecycle Cisco ASR 9000, ASR 1000, Juniper MX480 and Arista 7280 cores face a...
By Jacques Haarhoff · 3 min read
Cisco's End-of-Life policy gives enterprises five years of Hardware Replacement coverage and TAC support after a...
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Cisco Meraki is the cloud-managed networking platform built for South African multi-site businesses that want...
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South Africa is the most targeted country in Africa for ransomware, accounting for 40 percent of the continent’s...
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Cisco’s router lineup is in the middle of a generational shift. The ISR 4000 series hit end of sale in November 2023.
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The cabling underneath your network determines what the equipment on top of it can do.
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Choosing the wrong network switch costs more than the purchase price.
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A South African enterprise planning network infrastructure in 2026 faces a set of constraints that businesses in...
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Cisco makes over 30 switch models across four product families, and choosing the wrong one means overpaying for...
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Every Cisco Catalyst 2960 switch in South Africa loses all security patch support between October 2026 and October...
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A Cisco SmartNet contract that cost R360,000 in 2015 at R12 to the dollar now costs upwards of R570,000 for...
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The Iran-US conflict has disrupted global logistics through the Middle East, pushing Cisco equipment lead times to...
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Network downtime costs enterprises an average of R500,000 per hour.
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Cisco enterprise hardware carries a Mean Time Between Failures of 200,000 hours, over 22 years of continuous operation.
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A new Cisco Catalyst 9300-24T sells at approximately R49,000 after discount in South Africa.
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