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#1
Certifications and Careers / Re: The road to recover my cer...
Last post by deanwebb - October 26, 2024, 08:42:45 AM
I'd also add that knowing about the cloud and how off-prem networking works is more important today, for certain. At least being familiar with SASE, SD-WAN, and things like that is helpful.
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Certifications and Careers / Re: The road to recover my cer...
Last post by config t - October 25, 2024, 02:41:41 PM
Just mentioning that I love GNS3. Haven't kept up with it but it's the reason I was able to pass CCNP back in the day.

Congrats for getting back in the saddle. We all go thru things, that's a fact, but getting back up after getting knocked down shows character.
#3
Forum Lobby / Re: Microsoft Power BI
Last post by icecream-guy - October 18, 2024, 08:04:35 AM
it's a data visulization tool. aggregates data, makes nice visual charts, and easy reports.
 
#4
Forum Lobby / Re: Microsoft Power BI
Last post by deanwebb - October 17, 2024, 09:08:50 AM
I have never heard of that, what is it?
#5
Forum Lobby / Microsoft Power BI
Last post by icecream-guy - October 16, 2024, 06:33:04 AM
Anyone using it ?

we just got introduced to it last Friday. management is trying to make sense out of ServiceNow instance and who is working on what.   seems interesting but feel like I am being micromanaged by AI.
#6
Voice, Video, and Telepresence / Re: Cisco WebEx ecosystem stil...
Last post by deanwebb - August 15, 2024, 03:25:05 PM
I see 3 teams mentioned, and sticks are famous for only having 2 ends. They may get zero stick and find themselves spun off to some vulture capital group.
#7
Voice, Video, and Telepresence / Re: Cisco WebEx ecosystem stil...
Last post by Otanx - August 15, 2024, 12:40:17 PM
They also stated they are collapsing their network, security, and collaboration teams into one. I feel the collaboration group will end up with the short end of the stick on that one.

-Otanx
#8
Voice, Video, and Telepresence / Re: Cisco WebEx ecosystem stil...
Last post by deanwebb - August 15, 2024, 11:28:38 AM
And I just read today that Cisco laid off a huge part of its workforce so it can focus more on AI and Cybersecurity.

WebEx, being neither of those things, is likely to continue to see things not get fixed.
#9
Voice, Video, and Telepresence / Cisco WebEx ecosystem still a ...
Last post by Dieselboy - August 15, 2024, 01:02:38 AM
Buggy app issues have been ongoing since Cisco Spark days and the same bugs continue today across different organisations and devices. "Different organisations and devices" is meant to describe my job roles moving through different customers and different employers and positions. Meaning there is absolutely no relation between devices, internet connections and so on.

Unable to share screen in a meeting effectively. Visitor to the customer arrived to give a presentation so I went to help get them connected to the meeting from their Mac. Procedure is really really simple:

1. install webex teams app
2. open the app
3. join meeting as guest
4. click share button to share content (choose content then click share)
5. outcome

Unfortunately in all attempts, the outcome is not as expected.

What happens instead is:
share desktop = shares the wallpaper of the screen only, no icons or windows displayed.
share powerpoint = shares a full screen which is all a single white/grey colour.

Messing around, closing the app, resetting the app, retrying consumed around 20 minutes of absolute time wastage. This is more than enough time to use microsoft teams to join a meeting and share content. 


And then to top it off, webex teams has a pop up spam form asking to rate the cisco webex experience  :XD:

"on a scale of 0 to 10, how likely are you to recommend cisco webex?"

Well I'd never want to put anyone through constant pain and suffering so I'd rate this an honest absolute 0.

I reported these same bugs back in the days of Cisco Spark and they continued to persist to today. ~9 years of the same bugs  :XD: absolutely shocking.   
#10
Certifications and Careers / Re: The road to recover my cer...
Last post by deanwebb - August 01, 2024, 04:03:09 PM
Labbing is definitely a way to go, things have changed, and the labs help you to catch up quick.