Beware of geeks bearing gifts, so check the fine print on Cisco's latest financing deal

Cisco Capital, the networking giant's finance limb, announced on Wednesday it will sell you stuff for the next three months and not ask for any money until 2024. The "Cisco Capital Business Acceleration Program" is pitched as Switchzilla offering buyers and partners a helping hand in tough times – so they can modernize the …

[sanmigueelbeer]

It is not just about "buy now, pay later" but, rather, the unrealistic cost of Cisco-branded products.

How much again for the cost to renew DNAC license? How much, $500k?

[Pascal Monett]

Well, apparently the DNA Advantage Cloud license is over $256K for the 2G 5Y version, so yeah, crazy prices are possible.

Also, you pay a quarter of a million bucks and you only get 20G ? Twenty gigabits ? I can't be reading that right.

Seems to me that, for a quarter million, I can buy myself two super-pro NAS units (€11000 each) with 12 8TB SSDs for €1000 apiece, store each one in a datacenter a thousand kilometers apart and securely connect to them both via Internet.

All that for a total of €46000, plus connection costs. Leaves more than enough to pay for years of bandwidth.

Could somebody remind me why this cloud stuff is supposed to be so useful ?

I mean, for me.

[sanmigueelbeer]

Just heard through the analogue grapevine that a DNAC user was able to get a license renewal cost down to $40k.

They told Cisco that there were throwing out their DNAC appliance because they could not justify paying for the renewal fee. Cisco came back a few days later with the counter-offer of $40k.

[IceC0ld]

copy writers missed an opportunity there :o)

Beware of Geeks bearing GIFTS !!

Shureley Shome Mishtake :o)

my forum signature way back when on Antionline was - Beware of Geeks bearing GIF's

SO much better IM not so HO :o)

and yes, persec in place, use different names everywhere