[AusNOG] COVID-19 Business Prep Suggestions

Tue Mar 10 12:29:30 EST 2020

Or we won't be able to get techs out to replace gear. EG Cisco, HP, Dell,
IBM

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 7:33 AM Matt Perkins <matt at spectrum.com.au> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 9, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Bradley Amm <brad at bradleyamm.com>
> <brad at 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.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 9 Mar 2020, at 3:20 pm, Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc at mmc.com.au>
> <mmc at 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.haylock at gmail.com>
> <robert.haylock at 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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