May 2010 archive

Multivendor or Single Source? Is there a right answer?

Every time I turn around it seems I seem to be running into the same question. Is it better to be multi-vendor or single source? Well the easy answer to that is, it depends.  Different vendors do things differently, work better/worse with some hardware, etc. The arguments in favor of a single-vendor solution is easy.  …

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Vendor Abuse…

Just a quick question as it’s *WAY* past my bedtime.  Has anyone else ever heard of a customer that a sales-person or tech would quit rather than set foot in? I’m remembering my days back at Disney in California.  (over 7 years ago, so I’m assuming the statute of limitations has expired on that one) …

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By request…

Ok, believe it or not there are a number of people who would like me to stay online. Though I can’t commit the kind of time I’d like to, so i’d like to request guest-contributors if possible. Just email – jg(at)50micron(dot)com