People often forget about management tools when they're building a new network or looking at the one they have. Most hardware vendors provide management software with their products these days, but there is a whole tier of software that can give visibility into the network as a whole. Robert Whiteley
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![I would argue that the operational burden far outweighs the capital gain. Firms that have started [deploying NAC] have stopped because of the complexity. You really can't get it up and running enterprise-wide from the get-go. - Robert Whiteley Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=SSB3b3VsZCBhcmd1ZSB0aGF0IHRoZSBvcGVyYXRpb25hbCBidXJkZW4gZmFyIG91dHdlaWdocyB0aGUgY2FwaXRhbCBnYWluLiBGaXJtcyB0aGF0IGhhdmUgc3RhcnRlZCBbZGVwbG95aW5nIE5BQ10gaGF2ZSBzdG9wcGVkIGJlY2F1c2Ugb2YgdGhlIGNvbXBsZXhpdHkuIFlvdSByZWFsbHkgY2FuJ3QgZ2V0IGl0IHVwIGFuZCBydW5uaW5nIGVudGVycHJpc2Utd2lkZSBmcm9tIHRoZSBnZXQtZ28uIA==&author=ICBSb2JlcnQgV2hpdGVsZXkgICAg&num=11 "I would argue that the operational burden far outweighs the capital gain. Firms that have started [deploying NAC] have stopped because of the complexity. You really can't get it up and running enterprise-wide from the get-go. - Robert Whiteley Quotes")
![[None of the vendors crowding this important category of network security is likely to make really big waves this year.] It'll be the middle to the end of 2006 before companies have NAC up and running within the switch environment, ... 2006 will be the major year of getting your infrastructure up to date and defining your networking policies. - Robert Whiteley Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W05vbmUgb2YgdGhlIHZlbmRvcnMgY3Jvd2RpbmcgdGhpcyBpbXBvcnRhbnQgY2F0ZWdvcnkgb2YgbmV0d29yayBzZWN1cml0eSBpcyBsaWtlbHkgdG8gbWFrZSByZWFsbHkgYmlnIHdhdmVzIHRoaXMgeWVhci5dIEl0J2xsIGJlIHRoZSBtaWRkbGUgdG8gdGhlIGVuZCBvZiAyMDA2IGJlZm9yZSBjb21wYW5pZXMgaGF2ZSBOQUMgdXAgYW5kIHJ1bm5pbmcgd2l0aGluIHRoZSBzd2l0Y2ggZW52aXJvbm1lbnQsIC4uLiAyMDA2IHdpbGwgYmUgdGhlIG1ham9yIHllYXIgb2YgZ2V0dGluZyB5b3VyIGluZnJhc3RydWN0dXJlIHVwIHRvIGRhdGUgYW5kIGRlZmluaW5nIHlvdXIgbmV0d29ya2luZyBwb2xpY2llcy4g&author=ICBSb2JlcnQgV2hpdGVsZXkgICAg&num=2 "[None of the vendors crowding this important category of network security is likely to make really big waves this year.] It'll be the middle to the end of 2006 before companies have NAC up and running within the switch environment, ... 2006 will be the major year of getting your infrastructure up to date and defining your networking policies. - Robert Whiteley Quotes")
