[AusNOG] COVID-19 Business Prep Suggestions

[Narelle Clark]

Time to get out the old crimping tools...

Some good local supply chain opportunities here, though parts will be an
issue!

Narelle

On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 at 12:31, Bradley Amm <brad at bradleyamm.com> wrote:

> 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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>> *From:* AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>
>> <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Johnathon Brandis
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>> *Sent:* Monday, March 9, 2020 12:31:16 PM
>> *To:* Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc at mmc.com.au> <mmc at mmc.com.au>
>> *Cc:* AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net <AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net>
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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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