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There’s nothing glamorous about a blinking cursor on a dead connection. For IT teams, downtime isn’t just a technical failure—it’s a career-defining moment. Whether you’re running a data center, a global enterprise, or a remote oil platform where connectivity keeps operations alive, high availability must be designed, not hoped for. Redundancy: The First Rule of…
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VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks) are like invisible fences for your network. Done right, they keep the neighbor’s dog out of your garden and your kids out of the liquor cabinet. Done wrong, and suddenly payroll traffic is rubbing shoulders with guest Wi-Fi like it’s a karaoke night gone wild. I’ve had the joy (and…
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There’s a strange irony in professional life: the more you accomplish, the more you may feel like a fraud. That’s impostor syndrome: When you quietly suspect that your success is just luck, timing, or a misunderstanding, and that sooner or later someone will find out you’re not as competent as they think. I’ve seen it…