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.
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On Mar 9, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Bradley Amm <b...@bradleyamm.com> 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.
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*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.
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> On 9 Mar 2020, at 3:20 pm, Matthew Moyle-Croft <m...@mmc.com.au> 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
<robert.hayl...@gmail.com> 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
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