From: Radioactive Frog (pbhatkoti@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Sep 05 2008 - 13:08:48 ART
Gartner is somehow close and publishes true report.
to test this, download any report and see where Cisco exists there..
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Muhammad Nasim <muhammad.nasim@gmail.com>wrote:
> No one can trust Mericom as I stated below it seems to me that Cisco has
> HEAVY shares in Mericom.
> Please look into IDC or Gartner reports and most importantly as Dale
> mentioned do your own tests.
>
>
> HTH
>
>
> 2008/9/5 Dale Kling <dalek77@gmail.com>
>
> > I work in a lab environment and we do our own tests based on the
> > requirements of the project. I've been heavily involved in a multicast
> > project for some time now and I Can tell you that most hardware I've
> tested
> > does not perform as advertised. Now what we have been able to do is go
> > back
> > to the vendor and tellthem our problem. They get the BU involved on the
> > product line with the developers and provide a fix.
> >
> > IMO, I believe getting demo gear and testing it yourself is the best way,
> > although I don't know if you can trust or not trust those Miercom
> reports,
> > as I've never used them so I probably didn't answer your question and
> just
> > made you read a long run-on sentence. :P
> >
> > Dale
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:57 AM, CCIEin2006 <ciscocciein2006@gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > 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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