I wanted to start off by introducing myself and I thought the best way to do that was to post a current bio that was just published in a new book that I help author. The main story line of my blog will be “Putting realism into your Network”, we will look at options and what is the best product for a customer. This could be Cisco or it could be another vendor. With my years of experience I will provide the best of both worlds and give people what they need to know to make the best decision .But we will be covering a few other issues that I have received emails on such as being a Cisco Partner, certifications and how to help CIO’s fix problems.

 Larry Chaffin is the CEO/Chairman and Founder of Pluto Networks a virtual network consulting company specializing in VOIP, WLAN and Security. Pluto Networks virtually spans 23 countries with engineers speaking over 37 different languages. In 2006 Pluto Networks was nominated as Startup of the Year by TechColumbus and Larry Chaffin was nominated for Executive of the Year in both 2006 and 2007.  Larry is an accomplished author; co-authoring Syngress Managing Cisco Secure Networks (ISBN: 1931836566), Skype Me (ISBN: 1597490326), Practical VOIP Security (ISBN: 1597490601), Configuring Check Point NGX VPN-1/Firewall-1 (ISBN: 1597490318), Configuring Juniper Networks NetScreen & SSG Firewalls (ISBN: 1597491187),  Essential Computer Security: Everyone’s Guide to Email, Internet, and Wireless Security (ISBN: 1597491144), How to Cheat at Microsoft Vista Administration (ISBN-13: 9781597491747),  Microsoft Vista for IT Security Professionals (ISBN: 9781597491396), Asterisk Hacking (ISBN: 9781597491518), 2008 VoIP and Video Conferencing (ISBN: 9781597492034), Infosecurity 2008 Threat Analysis (ISBN: 9781597492249) and author of Building a VOIP Network with Nortel’s MS5100 (ISBN: 1597490784) along with co-authoring/ghost writing eleven other technology books for VIOP, WLAN, Security and Optical technologies. Larry has over twenty nine vendor certifications over his career from companies such as Nortel, Cisco Avaya, Juniper, PMI, isc2, Microsoft, IBM, VMware and HP. Larry has been a Principal Architect around the world in 22 countries for many fortune 100 companies designing VOIP, Security, Wireless and Optical networks; he is viewed by his peers as one of the most well respected experts in the field of VOIP & Security in the world. Larry has spent countless hours teaching and conducting seminars/workshops around the world in the field of Voice/VOIP, Security and Wireless networks.  Larry is currently working on a follow up to Building a VOIP Network with Nortel’s MCS 5100 Book as well as new books on Cisco Telepresence Networks, Practical VOIP Case Studies and WAN Acceleration with Riverbed.