Cisco upgrades it’s catalyst and nexus switches to support 40Gbe and 100Gbe

Cisco Systems is blessing its two key switch lines with 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet capabilities – a move that is likely to offer data centre administrators a new way to facilitate much faster network even when the traffic is high. In addition, the new offering will also help administrators to make the proceedings much quicker when it comes to moving workloads into the cloud. As a matter of fact, … Continue reading



Is Your Network Ready for Mobile Devices?

Should you allow personal devices onto your network? If so, how do you ensure that security policies are met? How do you maintain network performance and continuity? Learn more about today’s mobility challenges and how DTE and Cisco can help.



Cisco, official network providers to London 2012, has launched its ‘Out of the Blocks’ Series — an initiative to provide free Key Stage 4 Maths and Science resources to all state-funded secondary schools in the UK.

The initiative goes live today as more than 4000 secondary schools will receive the ‘Cisco Maths and Science Series 2012’, a set of free activity books, including a welcome pack and resources inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the overall objective of encouraging students to further their learning in maths and science. “Our Out of the Blocks initiative takes our ongoing work in education to the … Continue reading



Beware of fake Cisco ASA devices

It has come to light recently that a number of fake Cisco 5500 series ASA’s have entered the market. It seems that due to the similar form factor between 5510, 5520 and 5540 ASA devices certain unscrupulous individuals have been badging up 5510 ASA’s as 5520 or even 5540 models. The unfortunate customers, who thought they were getting a bargain by purchasing the product outside the Cisco official channels, are … Continue reading



Guarantee you’re using genuine Cisco and come to DTE! – Read this interesting story from the US about Counterfeit Cisco

Clever Cisco China Counterfeit Conspiracy Crushed     It appears that Christopher Myers, 43, Leawood, KS, and Timothy Weatherly, 29, Overland Park, KS saw themselves as budding computer equipment entrepreneurs. In 2003, Myers, got his vision thing moving forward when he founded a company called Deals Express in Merriam, KS.  In 2005, Weatherly started Deals Direct, Inc. from his home — branching out, Weatherly added a warehouse in Merriam, KS. … Continue reading



DTE offer NetformX Network Discovery Assessments

Dynamic Technologies Europe (DTE), in partnership with Cisco, are pleased to be able to offer a NetformX Network Discovery Assessment to anyone with a network of over two hundred devices. Why have a DTE/Cisco NetformX Network Discovery Assessment? 1. IT security Security issues Threats are more advanced than ever Software versions and signatures must be kept updated vulnerabilities Network managers can find it hard to identify and remediate   Security … Continue reading