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Redibusters: Nortel has been struck a death blow!

Created: 2009-01-16 18:33:20 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Checkpoint is dead in the water.

Created: 2008-12-25 04:41:45 | Votes: 10 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Most techies have dropped their phones in the bog at least once!

Created: 2008-12-17 06:27:46 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 1 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Consultants are not good team players!

Created: 2008-12-16 00:09:16 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: ITIL sucks!

Created: 2008-12-13 10:53:44 | Votes: 33 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Bill Connolly's project methodology is miles better than PRINCE2!

Created: 2008-12-09 10:09:04 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Storage management software sucks!

Created: 2008-12-09 01:12:01 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Disaster recovery is all about backup and restore.

Created: 2008-12-08 14:52:01 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Tape backups can be used for archiving.

Created: 2008-12-08 09:50:03 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Afrigator is better than Technorati.

Created: 2008-12-07 05:09:47 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The ZA communications policy of Managed Liberalisation is the equivalence of Aids Denialism.

Created: 2008-12-05 23:42:02 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Telnet is better than using a gooey.

Created: 2008-11-29 21:56:44 | Votes: 17 | Comments: 2 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Static IP addressing can be used as a security measure.

Created: 2008-11-28 22:00:40 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Techies like pie!!!!!

Created: 2008-11-20 07:04:32 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Techies need more stick than carrot.

Created: 2008-11-19 14:53:19 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The pineapple award for best network management software should go to

Created: 2008-11-11 12:36:48 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The pineapple award for best firewall should go to

Created: 2008-11-11 12:35:02 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The pineapple award for best router software should go to

Created: 2008-11-11 12:33:48 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The pineapple award for best switch should go to

Created: 2008-11-11 12:29:50 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: If its not a Boeing, then I am not going.

Created: 2008-11-11 04:46:52 | Votes: 9 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The leaders in IT shops are similar to Captain Hancock of the USS Montana.

Created: 2008-11-09 04:28:57 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Information security is not democracy.

Created: 2008-11-08 23:13:13 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Obama will be good for technology.

Created: 2008-11-05 01:55:37 | Votes: 9 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The most difficult questions to answer are:

Created: 2008-11-01 13:01:41 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

A mainframe is like

Created: 2008-11-01 00:20:36 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: No UDP traffic should be allowed across any firewall (internal or external).

Created: 2008-10-28 11:41:35 | Votes: 13 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Please help the Meerkat clan in rating which blogs deserve pineapples...

Created: 2008-10-23 10:46:18 | Votes: 25 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The root cause of the chair breaking is:

Created: 2008-10-23 10:36:34 | Votes: 21 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Firewall rules must never allow SNMP or Netflow.

Created: 2008-10-23 08:21:55 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Experience is worth more than certification.

Created: 2008-10-21 08:55:43 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Fiber Channel is difficult.

Created: 2008-10-21 08:52:16 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Everyone loves ITIL v3.

Created: 2008-10-21 08:49:51 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: ITIL v3 replaces ITIL v2.

Created: 2008-10-19 23:29:56 | Votes: 14 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: FCoE killed the ISCSI star!!!

Created: 2008-10-19 10:53:38 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The best method to use for product choice is Gartner's Magic Quadrants.

Created: 2008-10-19 07:08:11 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Service management conferences are nothing more than vendors fiddling with helpdesks.

Created: 2008-10-19 07:04:28 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Storage is Snorage!

Created: 2008-10-19 06:59:45 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: IT product names need to be boring to have any crediblity.

Created: 2008-10-19 05:02:44 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Speed is more important than stability.

Created: 2008-10-19 04:55:46 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The mainframe can only be run by old people.

Created: 2008-10-18 14:30:11 | Votes: 14 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The mainframe is an IBM monopoly.

Created: 2008-10-18 14:28:53 | Votes: 14 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The mainframe is energy-inefficient.

Created: 2008-10-18 14:27:27 | Votes: 12 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The mainframe is expensive.

Created: 2008-10-18 14:26:20 | Votes: 14 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The mainframe doesn't "play well" with distributed infrastructure.

Created: 2008-10-18 14:25:10 | Votes: 13 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The mainframe only runs legacy applications.

Created: 2008-10-18 14:23:56 | Votes: 15 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The mainframe is merely a relic of the past.

Created: 2008-10-18 14:18:50 | Votes: 15 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Cisco's WAAS is immature and unstable.

Created: 2008-10-17 23:05:31 | Votes: 13 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: McCain would be bad news for technologists!

Created: 2008-10-16 23:58:24 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: If it has been done before it is best practice.

Created: 2008-10-15 22:35:02 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: eMail is the best means to collaborate.

Created: 2008-10-15 13:45:36 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Social networking does not serve a business pupose.

Created: 2008-10-15 13:44:15 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Mainframes are dead.

Created: 2008-10-14 22:44:25 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Using a project methodology slows techies down.

Created: 2008-10-14 22:42:25 | Votes: 10 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Enterprises must buy systems management from the big four (IBM, CA, HP or BMC).

Created: 2008-10-14 22:33:10 | Votes: 11 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: A good techie does not need to create documentation.

Created: 2008-10-14 14:16:45 | Votes: 16 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: A service desk is a renamed help desk.

Created: 2008-10-14 14:12:36 | Votes: 9 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Vendors fake ITIL.

Created: 2008-10-14 14:08:52 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The ITSkeptic blog is bollocks.

Created: 2008-10-14 13:44:56 | Votes: 21 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The extra price of Cisco kit is worth it!

Created: 2008-10-12 11:39:43 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Twitter serves no functional purpose.

Created: 2008-10-12 11:36:44 | Votes: 10 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: VoIP is more expensive than TDM.

Created: 2008-10-12 05:40:37 | Votes: 11 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: VLAN 1 should remain unused and dirty.

Created: 2008-10-12 05:17:14 | Votes: 14 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: LINUX does not belong in the enterprise.

Created: 2008-10-12 02:16:14 | Votes: 11 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Firewall engineers don't need to understand networks.

Created: 2008-10-11 09:43:57 | Votes: 11 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Juniper's multicasting is more stable than Cisco's.

Created: 2008-10-11 09:28:32 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Don't use stackable switches in the data centre.

Created: 2008-10-10 23:13:47 | Votes: 10 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Application level firewalls are the only way to be PCI compliant.

Created: 2008-10-10 23:06:23 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Created: 2008-10-10 12:55:45 | Votes: 12 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: The root cause of most problems is people.

Created: 2008-10-10 00:13:53 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Tape can be replaced by disk.

Created: 2008-10-09 16:36:36 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Infosec practitioners understand the difference between risks and chasing shadows.

Created: 2008-10-09 16:32:12 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: You can create an IT Architecture using only spreadsheets as a tool.

Created: 2008-10-09 12:59:30 | Votes: 10 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Post-it Notes are ITIL compliant.

Created: 2008-10-09 11:59:57 | Votes: 19 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Virtualization reduces your power requirements.

Created: 2008-10-09 11:36:30 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: No-one was ever fired for buying Cisco.

Created: 2008-10-09 11:32:37 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: You can believe Gartner.

Created: 2008-10-09 11:29:36 | Votes: 13 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: iSCSI is cheaper than Fiber Channel.

Created: 2008-10-09 11:24:46 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Beancounters in change of technology are a disaster.

Created: 2008-10-09 00:24:18 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Techies make bad managers.

Created: 2008-10-09 00:22:38 | Votes: 16 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Information Technology best practices exist.

Created: 2008-10-08 23:31:00 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: UNIX environments are immune to trojans and worms.

Created: 2008-10-08 23:12:55 | Votes: 11 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: It is unwise for enterprises to deploy open source network management tools.

Created: 2008-10-08 23:09:51 | Votes: 11 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: An incident is a problem.

Created: 2008-10-08 23:06:01 | Votes: 15 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: CMDBs are widely deployed and easy to implement.

Created: 2008-10-08 23:03:10 | Votes: 14 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: iPhones can make a phone call.

Created: 2008-10-08 22:58:48 | Votes: 17 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Betamax was a better technology than VHS.

Created: 2008-10-08 22:55:21 | Votes: 13 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: It is firewall best practice to use dual-skinned firewalls from different vendors.

Created: 2008-10-08 12:56:27 | Votes: 17 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Do not use virtual firewalls. They are too bleeding edge and insecure.

Created: 2008-10-08 12:48:15 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Token-ring was a better network topology than Ethernet.

Created: 2008-10-08 12:42:46 | Votes: 13 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Windows XP is a better operating system than Vista.

Created: 2008-10-07 23:11:28 | Votes: 24 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Don't allow dynamic routing (or for that matter any network related function) on a firewall.

Created: 2008-10-07 14:01:40 | Votes: 20 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Don't use VLANs. They are insecure and leak.

Created: 2008-10-07 13:57:01 | Votes: 28 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Windows desktops are easier to support than Linux ones.

Created: 2008-10-07 13:52:54 | Votes: 18 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Cat 4500s are slow and must be replaced with Cat 6500s.

Created: 2008-10-07 13:50:38 | Votes: 13 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: An Exchange server performs better if you reboot it each night.

Created: 2008-10-07 13:48:17 | Votes: 14 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: HDS disks are faster than EMC disks.

Created: 2008-10-07 13:44:04 | Votes: 15 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Robert Madge could have sold Madge Networks to Cisco for $800m.

Created: 2008-10-07 13:40:40 | Votes: 14 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: JUNOS is more stable than IOS.

Created: 2008-10-07 13:36:13 | Votes: 17 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: Apple MACs are more secure than PCs!

Created: 2008-10-06 23:30:09 | Votes: 17 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Redibusters: ACLs on routers are insecure?

Created: 2008-10-06 13:19:55 | Votes: 21 | Comments: 2 | Status: Open

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