NETWORK TURF

For a couple years, we have been trying to replace our ageing and end-of-life Cisco 6500 series switches. However, due to budgeting issues, the project kept getting punted to the new quarter or year. One fine day, in the 1 st week of December 2014, the CFO tells my manager that we have the budget now. But there is a catch! It has to be completed by the end of the year. Yes, a whole rip and replace of about 3000 network ports in less than a month!