November 18, 2008 by ted.

I’ve been busy these last couple of weeks while starting this new job at Applied Materials. Many would question why to leave a great company like Cisco. Well, here in Austin, I’m very limited to what I could have done locally unless I wanted to relocate. Originally, I was open to the idea of relocating when it was time to move to another department. At this time in my life, I’m not able to move and I’m really not open to working from home (a lot of things change in a year I guess).

Applied is a great opportunity for me in Austin. Their main data center is here in Austin and really puts me in the right place in the company to grow and stay local. I have the opportunity to work on many different areas of technology including :: wireless, voice, data center, storage and security. I’m currently focusing on a lot of the new data center technologies which is quite a bit of fun. I’m mainly project-based which allows me to focus more on design and implementation, not to mention the great hands-on experience.

Last week I racked 2 brand new Nexus 7000 switches to be used for our future distribution upgrade. I also got to install 2 of the brand new ASR 1000 routers as well as 2 6509E chassis with the new Virtual Switching supervisor. I can’t wait to start implementing them into our existing network. It’s nice to be hands-on again. Not to forget all the new toys to play with!

Ted

P.S. I am still working on my second CCIE in Voice as that’s still very important to me.

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August 25, 2008 by ted.

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Deuces,

Ted

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April 30, 2008 by ted.

Ok, so I’ve been slacking and it’s about time I get with the program here… In all honesty, since I got a job at Cisco, I’ve been more than busy! I plan on making a personal goal to start getting better about updating this site. I will start making at least one post a week from now on. I do apologize for the stagnancy for the last few months…

So working at Cisco so far has been quite a learning experience. I’m very much surprised with how much I’ve been able to develop new skills since starting. The Voice side of things is a much needed change for me and I find it extremely challenging. The variety in things is also nice as no two customers are the same. I’ve gotten to a point to where I feel comfortable (I mean this very loosely) with Unified Communications. I’m looking to expand now on the IPCC side of things. Contact Center is a whole new can of worms and I’m liking what I’ve seen so far.

Part of why I have been so busy is because I’ve been studying for the CCIE R&S lab. Imagine coming home from work at 3pm and having to start a lab that lasts until 11pm at night (Yes, time is money). While I do have access to some hardware at work, I prefer to use a pre-configured environment like Proctor Labs. I plan on discussing more of my experiences so far with my CCIE studies.

More to come…

Ted

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October 24, 2007 by ted.

Not much to say here… Just got around to updating the “about” section a bit more.

Now I have to find a fake self-portrait to add to it… ;P

On a side note, if there is a particular topic you would like to see more of, feel free to let me know…

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April 14, 2007 by ted.

So I decided it would be a good idea to get a Blog going…

Now I’ve got to get some content going right?

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