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Only buy from authorized Cisco partners? Both the FBI and Cisco appear to contradict such advice
Thu, 10/21/10 - 11:59pm    View comments

It's my personal opinion that Cisco has many fine, outstanding and reputable authorized Cisco partners. I also believe that there are many fine, outstanding and reputable non-authorized Cisco resellers.

Both my business success here at BradReese.Com (a non-authorized Cisco reseller) and my customer's success depends on working with reputable people, along with reputable secondary network equipment trade associations such as UNEDA (United Network Equipment Dealers Association).

That's why I was alarmed this week at Cisco's blog attack (at least in my opinion) on non-authorized Cisco resellers:

"Customers shouldn't trust mission-critical applications to equipment that isn't purchased from Authorized Cisco Partners."

Examine the below FBI press release:

What are the findings of the FBI PowerPoint Presentation specified in the press release above?

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Clearly, the FBI PowerPoint presentation above contradicts Cisco's blog attack this week on non-authorized Cisco resellers.

How so?

The FBI PowerPoint presentation above clearly states that authorized Cisco partners are responsible for selling counterfeit Cisco to government and defense contractors!

Finally, Cisco's blog attack on non-authorized Cisco resellers states:

"When products aren't purchased through Cisco's Authorized Channel, Cisco cannot guarantee the source, quality, or authenticity of those products."

Cisco is facing one of the largest fines in Brazilian history, R$3.3 billion BRL, yet Cisco is blaming its authorized Cisco partners for the fraud.

So here we have Cisco stating it can't guarantee the "honesty" of authorized Cisco partners. And if that's the case, how can Cisco simultaneously guarantee the source, quality, or authenticity of products sold by authorized Cisco partners?

What's your take, do you agree with me that the FBI and Cisco itself appear to contradict Cisco's blog attack this week on non-authorized Cisco resellers?

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