Tag Archives: BDX8

Victory at Thermopylae – Data Centre Product of the Year Award for the BlackDiamond X8

By Jason Lackey | Published: March 26, 2012

Everyone loves an underdog, the scrappy contender who on paper at least, seems outnumbered, underweight and looks ready to be crushed by much larger, seemingly more formidable opponents. In history, of the more classic examples of the triumph of the underdog is the Battle of Thermopylae, a story told in the movie 300. Long and [...]

Posted in Data Center, Events | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Extreme Opportunities – we’re hiring!

By Jason Lackey | Published: February 10, 2012

Sometimes life can throw you an unexpected curve. Not long ago I was at a very large networking company with a great team, comfortable position and in general a pretty good setup. Then, things changed. I got a call from Dave Ginsburg , the CMO here at Extreme. He said he had an opportunity for [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Grace Under Pressure – Lippis tests show 192 40GbE ports at wire speed with zero packets dropped

By Jason Lackey | Published: January 16, 2012

Personally I have always been a fan of big and fast. As a child, a model SR-71 Blackbird hung from my ceiling. In the late 80’s when Top Gun came out, I rode a Kawasaki 900 Ninja, one of the first of the full fairing superbikes. Later, in 1999 Suzuki rewrote all the record books [...]

Posted in Cloud, Data Center, Storage | Also tagged , | Leave a comment