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Cisco introduces four new certifications!

Fabio Semperboni — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:18:48 +0000

Yesterday, I have received the newsletter from learning@cisco that announce the release of four new certifications.

“In response to the growing demand for IT professionals who can design, manage, and maintain converged technologies across global network infrastructures, Cisco announced the release of four new certifications at the Cisco Live! show, held this week in San Francisco, CA.

Cisco Certified Architect, CCNP Wireless, and two new Cisco Datacenter Unified Computing Specialists reinforce Cisco’s commitment developing state of the art, technology driven, role based certifications that meet the demands of today’s network professional.”(...)
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New CCIE R&S: v4.0

Fabio Semperboni — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:30:36 +0000

Cisco has revised the certification requirements for CCIE Routing & Switching (CCIE R&S)-the expert level certification for network engineers.

The new certification standards reflect the job skills employers look for at the expert level and are outlined on the Cisco Learning Network at CCIE R&S v4.0 written exam topics and CCIE R&S v4.0 lab exam topics. The revised CCIE R&S v4.0 exams are scheduled for release on October 18, 2009 and will immediately replace the currently available v3.0 exams.

“To reflect current job tasks, CCIE R&S certification expectations will include planning for network enhancements, implementing MPLS, Layer 3 VPNs, IPv6 EIGRP and multicast, and configuring performance-based routing. To validate the expanded expectations, v4.0 CCIE R&S exams will put less emphasis on equipment operation and concepts generally understood at the professional level. These skills are still assumed, but will not be the sole objective of CCIE test questions. In addition, advances in testing now allow validation of hands-on troubleshooting—a realistic and challenging job task.” says Maurilio Gorito, content manager for CCIE R&S certification.(...)
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New Cisco Certification Logo’s

michele — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:38:42 +0000

Cisco are deciding to update their certification logo’s; below the proposals:

First logo

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Cisco introduces new CCIE Wireless Certification

Fabio Semperboni — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:54:42 +0000

Today Cisco has officially introduced the CCIE Wireless Certification. So, at the present time, the expert certifications are 7: CCIE Routing & Switching, CCDE, CCIE Security, CCIE Service Provider, CCIE Storage Networking, CCIE Voice and… CCIE Wireless.

The written exam for CCIE Wireless will be made available through Pearson VUE on February 17th, 2009. The lab exam for CCIE Wireless will be made available in April, 2009.

The Cisco CCIE Wireless certification assesses and validates wireless expertise. Candidates who pass the CCIE Wireless certification exams demonstrate broad theoretical knowledge of wireless networking and a solid understanding of wireless local area networking (WLAN) technologies from Cisco, the market leader in WLAN technology.(...)
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How many CCIEs are in the world?

Fabio Semperboni — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:54:20 +0000

CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) is the highest level of professional certification offered by Cisco. Less than three percent of all Cisco certified professionals earn their CCIE. Experience is the best preparation for the hands-on CCIE lab exam.

Have you ever asked how many CCIEs are in the worlds?
Well, surfind the web, I have find the answer

Now (last updated 9/9/2008) there are 17840 CCIEs:

Total of Routing and Switching CCIEs: 15852
Total of Security CCIEs: 1764
Total of Service Provider CCIEs: 961
Total of Storage Networking CCIEs: 139
Total of Voice CCIEs: 802

There a are 1729 people with multiple certifications and 274 with 3 or more certifications.

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