Re: Is Cisco equpiment de facto for you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aECSsfd4Wk Watch this video, now, I know that it is essentially advertisement from brocade but the guy from ams-ix says something very interesting - "For us it is important to have a board-level relationship with the vendor, no matter who it is". So in the end this might be a factor in deciding which equipment to buy - whether your company will be able to have a higher-level relationship with your vendor so that you can expect appropriate treatment in case of emergency. With bigger company this would be harder, though I think the position "account manager" is essential this, whereas with smaller companies it is easier to build such a relationship