Wired/Wireless - Planning Ahead

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Hello all,

 

We hope the start of term has gone smoothly, after what has been for many a rather crazy and demanding summer.

 

I’m sure many of you will have been affected by the shortage of certain IT equipment – we work with both Ruckus (wired/wireless) and Aruba (wired) and have had to manage a lot of equipment delays and shortages that affected us and our clients.

 

Fortunately, with a bit of foresight, we were able to plan early and complete around 95% of our summer installs and projects. We had open discussions with clients about the options available and put plans in place together to deliver.

 

Looking ahead it seems that the stock shortage across many of our partners isn’t going to go away just yet, and there is going to be a hangover where demand has outstripped supply. New shipments are already allocated to existing projects and on some models we’re seeing delays through to next year.

 

The advice we’re giving to all our clients, particularly those looking at wired/wireless refreshes, is to start planning early.

 

We’re already talking to many about plans for next Feb half term and summer in order to design solutions and identify equipment in order to put a reserve on the potential requirement.

 

For any of you that are planning networking projects, or others for that matter, I would advise you to reach out to your partner and begin those discussions as early as you can.

 

If you don’t have a partner in mind and plan either a Ruckus wired/wireless installation, or Aruba wired solution, please send us a PM and we will try to assist.

 

Many thanks,

 

Josh, Net-Ctrl