5 Hot IT Certifications for 2010

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With the worst of the recession already behind us, it appears that the job market is picking up in 2010. Individuals are putting more focus into certifications to distinguish them from the pack. According to Ray Kelly of Certiport, “I have never seen a time like today where there is such a focus on certifications” [...]

Core Knowledge Waiver for Cisco 360 Candidates

As the only CCIE training program authorized by Cisco, the Cisco 360 Learning Program is designed to accelerate expert-level competency and provide the tools that are needed to prepare candidates for the rigorous CCIE Routing and Switching and Voice lab exams. Beginning April 1, 2010, Cisco will allow students who attend a Cisco 360 Learning [...]

INE Instructor Scott Morris is a CCDE

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Just read this news over at INE’s Blog that Scott Morris has just passed his CCDE and is CCDE #20090013. I knew it would be just a matter of time before his nails this. For those of you who don’t know Scott, he is already a Quad CCIE and is very active on Group Study. [...]

New CCIE R&S Lab Exam Locations

To increase testing opportunities for certification candidates, Cisco® will be offering the CCIE® Routing and Switching lab exam in additional locations in April 2010, as listed below. The exams will be administered at Pearson Professional Centers which are designed for secure, high-stakes professional exams and have been used by medical, legal and other examination boards [...]

Cisco CCNP Webinar Events

Cisco has updated its Cisco CCNP® certification for network engineers through a comprehensive process involving customers and partners from around the globe. The revision focuses on the competencies that are needed to plan, implement, and troubleshoot routed and switched networks and is designed to be more predictive of job readiness. In order to better prepare [...]

TEHO – Tail End Hop Off

Tail End Hop Off (TEHO) refers to routing long-distance calls across the VoIP network and dropping them off to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), as a local call, at a remote gateway. In TEHO situations, you can reduce the configuration complexity from the need to configure N2 entities to needing only N entities. The [...]

Ask the Expert – CCIE Voice

According to NetPro – Ben Ng will be hosting CCIE Voice Ask the Expert from Jan 28th 2010 though Feb 12th 2010. Ben is a program manager with the CCIE program at Cisco Systems, Inc., where he manages exam content for the CCIE Voice track. Prior to joining the CCIE program, Ng worked in Cisco’s [...]

Cisco introduces new CCNP & CCIE SPO Track

In response to growing demand for highly qualified professionals capable of designing, implementing, securing and operating increasingly sophisticated networks and technical infrastructure, Cisco today announced a new Service Provider (SP) Operations certification track as well as a major revision of its popular CCNP® certification. Key Facts/ Highlights The growing complexity of corporate IT (information technology) [...]

INE Advanced Technologies COD Arriving

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INE is thrilled to announce the arrival of a new Advanced Technologies Class on Demand series for CCIE R&S V4! For years, this product has served as the (Tier 1) foundation for INE students’ journeys to CCIE certification. With some new instructors, and a stricter adherence to Version 4 exam topics, here are the upcoming [...]

IPexpert’s CCIE Workbooks are shipping

Just read this in my RSS reader that IPexpert is shipping all the new workbooks. Here is the announcement from their blog. This is just a public service announcement :) CCIE Routing & Switching 4.0 Volume 1: Overhauled to include 4.0 topics / technology-focused lab scenarios w/ a Detailed Solution Guide. There are 34 chapters (labs) covering all topics [...]