OT - Miercom - Are they really unbiased?

From: CCIEin2006 (ciscocciein2006@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Sep 05 2008 - 09:57:07 ART


Hi Gang,

I am in the process of selecting new hardware and starting reading all these
Miercom performance reports Cisco has on their web site.
It seems Miercom gives glowing reviews on every Cisco product and feature
and always seems to favor Cisco in comparison to other vendors. Normally
when you read product evaluations from truly independent third parties
there are usually some negative comments even on top rated products. The
Miercom reports do not have a single negative word in them!

Which leaves me wondering - are they really unbiased? Can I trust their
findings?

Don't get me wrong, I love Cisco, I even based my whole career on them, but
I don't think every single one of their products beats the competition in
every respect.

What do you guys think?

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