# Repost: Think About the 99% of the Users

DevFeed: [Repost: Think About the 99% of the Users](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/repost-think-about-the-99-of-the-users-10988.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2024/04/repost-focus-99-percent/>)

Published: 2024-04-25T07:37:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [VXLAN](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vxlan.md>), [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [Cisco](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cisco.md>), [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/evpn.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [cisco](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cisco.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/evpn.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [ospf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ospf.md>), [vxlan](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vxlan.md>)

## AI overview

The article reposts a comment arguing that enterprises should choose networking technologies based on team capability and actual needs rather than adopting newer, more complex tools. It highlights practical tradeoffs involving Cisco ACI, VMware NSX, VXLAN EVPN, automation, campus fabrics, BGP, and OSPF.

## Source excerpt

Daniel left a very relevant comment on my Data Center Fabric Designs: Size Matters blog post, describing how everyone rushes to sell the newest gizmos and technologies to the unsuspecting (and sometimes too-awed) users1: Absolutely right. I'm working at an MSP, and we do a lot of project work for enterprises with between 500 and 2000 people. That means the IT department is not that big; it's usually just a cost center for them. Read more ...