Re: OT - Miercom - Are they really unbiased?

From: Muhammad Nasim (muhammad.nasim@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Sep 05 2008 - 19:19:27 ART

BTW i have also some concerns about FWSM and IDSM as well I will ask
question regarding this in detail in new thread soon

2008/9/5 Roger Oliver <divineone@divine-wind.net>

> Yes and while I drink the Cisco Koolaid they have never been able to
> prove some of their products in live test to me. ESP their CSS line of
> products.
>
> But Gartner and IDC as Muhammad mentioned are good but not perfect, get
> your var to get your some test gear for 60 days.
> t
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: OT - Miercom - Are they really unbiased?
> > From: "Muhammad Nasim" <muhammad.nasim@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, September 05, 2008 6:22 am
> > To: "Dale Kling" <dalek77@gmail.com>
> > Cc: CCIEin2006 <ciscocciein2006@gmail.com>, "Cisco
> > certification" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> >
> >
> > 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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> > > >
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