Or we won't be able to get techs out to replace gear. EG Cisco, HP, Dell, IBM
On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 7:33 AM Matt Perkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Im waiting for the Telstra/Optus/AAPT Embargo. Once they start to loose > staff to self isolation it's just a matter of time. > > Matt > > > On 10/3/20 6:39 am, Nikolas Geyer wrote: > > Yep, we’re struggling to get a lot of cabling (100G and 4x25G breakout > DACs, AOCs, transceivers) as of today and have been informed by most > hardware vendors to start expecting supply availability problems in the > coming weeks. > > Fun times ahead, we want to be spending money building infrastructure but > if we (and others) can’t get the hardware it will just exacerbate the slow > down of the financial markets. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 9, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Bradley Amm <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just noticing a lot of suppliers are out of things. Laptops, switches, > monitors, routers etc > > Could be in for a long wait for gear. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* AusNOG <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> on behalf of Johnathon Brandis > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, March 9, 2020 12:31:16 PM > *To:* Matthew Moyle-Croft <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] COVID-19 Business Prep Suggestions > > Gday, for you contractors out there, double check your Insurance’s, just > cover off some risk exposure you may not be aware of. > > Quick tip, apologies for the spam. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 9 Mar 2020, at 3:20 pm, Matthew Moyle-Croft <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > If your workforce is not used to working remote then: > > > > - ensuring they know how to and who to contact for IT support? (Is there > an external number for that?) > > - ensuring you have things like Zoom/BlueJeans/Webex setup for people to > use *and* that they have the things they need to drive them (eg. Working > headsets) > > - do they know how to use it, schedule meetings using it etc? > > - ensuring that any communication apps (eg. Slack) works for people and > that they have appropriate groups setup. > > - ensure you have a working/upto date contacts list? Not all companies > have a nice, easy to use website for finding this. If people are in offices > all the time they just may not have workmates/managers mobile numbers. > > - if people need things like laptop chargers to work then can you get > them delivered? Do they have a suitable space at home? (This is OH&S > stuff). > > - if you have a time clock based work force (eg. They need to show > hours) then have you allowed for the reporting of work? > > - What do you need to teach managers to help them manage their staff, > conduct meetings etc? > > - do you need some quick guides? > > > > Some of this is basic stuff, but, if you’ve got a work force who’s not > used to it then think about how to enable to the workforce and make it less > scary for them and enable their productivity. > > > > MMC > > > > > >> On 9 Mar 2020, at 2:29 pm, Robert Haylock <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hey all, > >> > >> Hearing a few IT related plans crop up, especially around VPN > concentrator capacity and external capacity to handle the additional load > of a much greater than normal percentage of employees working from home. > >> > >> Obviously, if you are lucky enough to have many services moved to the > cloud (Office 365, GSuite, etc) then the load is a bit more distributed and > the load moves to the residential broadband networks, but I am interested > in any other IT related things to prepare you may be recommending to your > customers/employers/bosses? > >> > >> Rob > >> _______________________________________________ > >> AusNOG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AusNOG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing > [email protected]http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > -- > /* Matt Perkins > Direct 02 8916 8101 Spectrum Networks Ptd. Ltd. > Office 1300 133 299 [email protected] > Level 6, 350 George Street Sydney 2000 > Spectrum Networks is a member of the Communications Alliance & TIO > */ > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > -- Bradley Amm 0420 501 801
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