Hello Brian,

again you have proofen Townsend to be the Top No.1 Source for Foundry Equipment.

- Ultrafast delivery (order on Monday 28th 18:30 GMT and delivery on Thursday 31st 11:00 GMT), even german companys do not deliver faster although sitting in the same country and not on a different continent !!!

- Unbeatable price, you even managed it to be better than our budget

- Shellproof packaging, each item in its original case and even the gbics shrinked into film and wrapped with air cushion film.

- 1a cosmetic of each item, each module looks like never used
- Serious and friendly communication, either on the phone or by email it is always an honour to speak to you

- 100% competency, you realy know what you sell and which items fit together
- 1 year warranty on used items, it is like you would buy new equipment

I am glad we got in contact with you. Each of our 3 deals in 3 years was perfect. There is no superlative left I could add to your service. Finaly it is very pleasant to have the same contact person for years now.

Thank you thousand times for your professional work. Unfortunately you have no testimonials on your website – every visitor of your homepage should know about the benefits a Townsend Customer gets. Whatever will happen in the future one thing I know for sure, the next routing equipment we need for our datacenter will be from Townsend again!

Kind regards,

Michael W.
Managing Director

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“(Foundry) announced advanced stateful UDP-based Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) load balancing for Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions, role-based user management tool, and enhanced graphical user interface (GUI) for its award-winning modular- and chassis-based ServerIron® family of application delivery switches….”

What does this mean? With the release of Trafficworks Release 10.2 (TW10.2), Foundry further increased the ease with with you can control application access and maintain greater network security with a simplified and intuitive role-based management system. Sweet.

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Greg Lesko, Enterprise Sales

aim: gltaginc skype: greg.lesko email greg@townsendassets.com tel:                             415-626-4231                 x227

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We are offerring these at prices which translate into 65% off of the current list price! And they are in like new condition, and fully covered by our 90-day warranty. For a switch of this caliber, with 2 x 10G, this is a breakthrough. (A cisco with similar specs would be at least 2 times as much I figure)

Contact me to discuss a specific configuration, or to get current prices or quantity discounts.

Brian Stadtmiller, Technical Sales Manager

tel: 415-626-4231 x230

bstaginc

email brians@townsendassets.com

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“Blue Street Capital has demonstrated to our customers that equipment leasing can be a hassle-free endeavor,” said Peter Gilberd, president of TAG. “We wanted to establish a track record with several firms before choosing an exclusive partner. At every turn Blue Street proved that we could count on them to grow our business one satisfied customer at a time,” noted Gilberd.

Philippe Violette, Principal at Blue Street Capital adds, “Townsend Assets Group is an ideal partner for Blue Street as it relates in product, personnel, and client base. We are excited about the opportunity to partner with this talented group of individuals.”

TAG estimates that 20 percent of their customers will look to lease equipment in 2007, a modest increase over 2006.

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Blue Street Capital (www.bluestreetcapital.com) is an independent leasing and financing company located in Newport Beach, CA. Blue Street offers financing solutions to businesses throughout the United States of all sizes (from SMB to Enterprise). Leases are funded internally or through partnerships with over 20 lending institutions, with programs available for all credit types—including those that require innovative options.

About TAG: Townsend Assets Group, a leading reseller of pre-owned data networking equipment. With more than 2,500 customers in 23 countries, TAG helps customers acquire, manage and remarket their technology. For more comprehensive information on the leasing options, or to fill out an application refer to our Lease Cisco page.

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Get Cash or Trade-In credit
Free up space for new equipment
Eliminate storage costs
Allows you to recover maximum value from your equipment

Call us today or send an email with a list of what you have to sell! (866) IT-ASSET for a purchasing specialist.

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Apple computer is no stranger to challenges over trademark infringement. The company was sued by the Beatles Apple Corps. label over use of a Granny Smith logo. Initially, Apple Computer settled in 1981 for $80,000 and a promise that they would not enter the music business. In 1989, the two companies clashed again and ultimately agreed on a $26 Million settlement in 1991.The settlement specified that Apple Computer would not have to remove its name and logo from iTunes and the iPod.

In the case of Cisco vs. Apple Computer, it is expected that the two will reach a mutually agreeable settlement. Sources believe that Cisco most likely launched their “iPhone” in an effort to force Apple to license the rights to the name. Well played, Cisco. Well played, indeed!

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According to the Wikipedia, the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2 is a U.S. government computer security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules. The FIPS 140-2 standard is an information technology security accreditation program for cryptographic modules produced by private sector vendors who seek to have their products certified for use in government departments and regulated industries. FIPS 140-2 defines four levels of security, simply named “Level 1″ to “Level 4″ (”1″ being the lowest levl, “4″ being the most stringent).

Just goes to show you, we talk a lot about this powerful piece of harware but justifiably so. This is one bad mama-jama. So yeah, if you’re using a 6500 series switch, your network is safe. We have a bunch more info on this blog as well as the main TAG site relating to the Cisco 6509. If you have one of these switches or a compatable module available for sale, we’d love to hear from you! We are always in hte market for this gear.

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Do you have used Cisco equipment you need to unload?

If you have excess inventory from upgrading, downsizing, expansion, takeover or going out of business – call now and recoup some of it’s value. Recover some of the original investment you made on your old equipment. We pay top dollar for all Cisco and Foundry products in working condition.

TAG is a networking hardware reseller also specializing in purchasing and liquidating excess hardware, which turns non-revenue-generating assets into available capital for your company. Our clients benefit from a simple and smooth transaction; we offer on-the-spot and onsite appraisals, and disburse payments immediately following a simple hardware diagnostic.

Get cash or trade for your used network equipment. We buy used cisco gear from companies that are upgrading, downsizing, and closing. We guarantee you a fair market price quote on all your surplus, used, refurbished or legacy technology equipment.

Removing unwanted network equipment can be a hassle. TAG has purchasing specialists with the expertise and experience to facilitate this process and allow you to focus on your core business. We will efficiently manage this entire process, managing all aspects of logistics and transportation, including the disposal and recycling of any junked network equipment.

Call us today at (866) IT-ASSET and speak to a liquidation specialist! Currently we are in need of Cisco 6509 and any Catalyst switches or components.

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The Catalyst 6500 series of switches is a modular system. The four different chassis are WS-C6503 (3 slots), WS-C6506 (6 slots), WS-C6509 (9 slots), and WS-C6513 (you guessed it, 13 slots). The 6506 and 6509 are the two most popular, with the edge starting to go to the 6506 as more and more dense modules are becoming available. What that means is that within a given slot, you can fit more and more ports as Cisco shrinks down the size of the electronics. The 6506 is smaller than than the 6509 and due to the denser modules, is capable enough for many w/o taking up as much space. Here are some prices:

WS-C6506 — $2,995
WS-C6509 — $3,095

Each chassis can hold two power supplies, ranging from 1300 watts each up to 6000 watts each, I believe. The required wattage is dependent upon the caliber of modules installed into the chassis. The most common are 1300W, 2500W, and 3000W. The power supplies have their own slots and do not take up any of the -3, -6, -9, or -13 module slots in their respective chassis.

WS-CAC-1300W — $129
WS-CAC-2500W — $999
WS-CAC-3000W — $1,999

Each chassis must have one or two supervisor module(s). These days, the bare minimum is a SUP1A…on up to the bad-boy SUP720-3BXL.

WS-X6K-SUP1A-2GE — $299
WS-X6K-SUP1A-MSFC — $499 (same as the module above, but with a Multi Switch Fabric Card bolted onto the motherboard)
WS-X6K-SUP2-2GE — $1,999
WS-X6K-SUP2-MSFC2 — $2,499 (same as the module above, but with a Multi Switch Fabric Card version 2 bolted onto the motherboard)
WS-SUP720 — $11,150
WS-SUP720-3B — $13,250
WS-SUP720-3BXL — $13,850

Then there are the I/O (input/output) modules themselves…these are what the supervisor modules control. There are a lot of them, so I will cover only some of the most common. The basics are as follows: 10/100Mbps (or Fast Ethernet, FE), 10/100/1000Mbps (or Gigabit Ethernet, GigE), and recently 10000Mbps (or 10 Gig). The slower ones are older, but still quite widely used. All speeds are technically available in copper (traditional wire) or fiber optic, referred to as “copper” and “fiber”, but FE is most commonly copper while 10 Gig is most commonly fiber. Gig E is about 50/50 copper and fiber and some of the modules themselves have modular “either/or” ports–can be copper or fiber, depending upon what receptacles you put in them. Here are some popular models, slowest to fastest:

In copper:

WS-X6348-RJ-45 — $615 (FE)
WS-X6548-RJ-45 — $1,400 (FE, switch fabric enabled)
WS-X6148-GE-TX — $5,300 (GigE)
WS-X6548-GE-TX — $7,400 (GigE, switch fabric enabled)
WS-X6748-GE-TX — $8,890 (GigE, 40Gbps total module performance)

In fiber (these ports can accept several different types of fiber receptacles (known as GBICs):

WS-X6408-GBIC — $1,395
WS-X6416-GBIC — $4,250
WS-X6516-GBIC — $5,850
WS-X6516A-GBIC — $8,750

In “either/or” (these ports can also accept several different types of receptacles (known as mini-GBICs) into their smaller, SFP (Small Form factor, Pluggable) ports, but not only are there GigE fiber and copper versions of these mini-GBICs, there are also 10 Gig fiber versions):

WS-X6724-SFP — $9,195
WS-X6748-SFP — $10,350

As I said, there are many more, but these are the most commonly-sold items. Here are a few basic packages:

WS-C6506 — $7,475
2x WS-CAC-1300W
1x WS-X6K-SUP2-MSFC2
1x WS-X6408-GBIC
1x WS-X6348-RJ-45

WS-C6506 — $59,200
2x WS-CAC-2500W
2x WS-SUP720
1x WS-X6748-SFP
2x WS-X6748-GE-TX
1x WS-X6148-GE-TX

WS-C6509 — $22,998
2x WS-CAC-1300W
2x WS-X6K-SUP2-MSFC2
2x WS-X6516-GBIC
1x WS-X6548-RJ-45
4x WS-X6348-RJ-45

WS-C6509 — $81,950
2x WS-CAC-3000W
2x WS-SUP720-3BXL
2x WS-X6748-SFP
2x WS-X6748-GE-TX
2x WS-X6148-GE-TX

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