[c-nsp] Cisco out of stock

[James Edmondson]

I have been informed that the ASA Shortage is due to a chipset change on all
ASA products.  and that availability is pushed back until end of June, at
least for me, its June.

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Patrick Muldoon <doon.bulk at inoc.net> wrote:

> On Apr 8, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Joel Snyder wrote:
>
> >> Word I keep running across is that Cisco is basically out of everything
> >> that matters:
> >
> > I have heard the same thing, but only in regard to ASA hardware.  A Cisco
> competitor sent me an email last week saying that they had won a big deal in
> part because Cisco screwed the pooch by being unable to provide gear in a
> timely manner.  Another, different, firewall competitor sent me a note three
> days ago wondering why no one in the tech press was covering the ASA
> shortage.  Finally, a customer told me last night that they were trying to
> buy an ASA but the seller (used) raised the price by 25% because of a
> shortage of used Cisco firewalls.
>
>
> We've actually cancelled orders with cisco for 4948s(multiple)  (90 day
> lead time) and replaced them with another vendors switch (<2 week lead
> time).   We've had similar long lead times quoted on the ASA's  as well.
>  Something like 20-70 business days.  I thought to myself, dang wish I could
> estimate my  delivery time like that.   Your code will be ready sometime in
> the next 1-3 months :)  You can hope for a month, but figure on 3 ....
>
> -Patrick
>
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-- 
James