Monday, June 29, 2009

Quote of the Week 06/29/09

I found this on the Martin Luthor King Waterfall Monument outside the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The picture may be hard to make out.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Giant Video Screen CCIE Support

A picture of the giant video screen showing CCIEs in attendance. If you look close you can find my name.

Giant Cisco Live Lettering

I thought I would send in a picture of the giant lettering.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Quote of the Week - 06/19/09

"Some things in life can never be fully appreciated nor understood unless experienced firsthand. Some things in networking can never be fully understood by someone who neither builds commercial networking equipment nor runs an operational network."
- Ross Callon in RFC 1925

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

CCIE Voice Exam Updates

A couple of updates to the CCIE Voice Lab Exam

LAB EXAM REFRESH: Effective July 16th, 2009, important content changes will be implemented in the CCIE Voice Lab Exam. Candidates for lab exams scheduled July 16th, 2009 or later should prepare using the v3.0 Lab Equipment and Software Versions. Candidates scheduled on or before July 15th, 2009 should continue using the v2.0 Lab Equipment and Software Versions.

CCIE Voice Lab Exam Adding Short Answer Questions:

Also effective July 16, 2009, the Cisco CCIE Voice Lab Exam will feature a new type of question format in a section called Core Knowledge. In this new section, candidates will be asked a series of four open-ended questions that require a short, typewritten response (typically several words). The questions will be randomly drawn from a pool of questions on topics currently eligible for testing on the CCIE Voice Lab Exam. No new topics are being added. Candidates will have up to 30 minutes to complete the Core Knowledge section of the exam, and may not return to the questions later. First introduced to the CCIE Routing and Switching lab exam in February 2009, Core Knowledge questions will eventually be added to all CCIE tracks. The changes allow Cisco to maintain strong exam security, and they help ensure that only qualified candidates are awarded CCIE certification.

Monday, June 15, 2009

NetQOS Subnet Calculator

Here is a link to a good tools section including this subnet calculator from NetQOS. You can get to all the different tools from NetQOS via the link as well by clicking on the links at the top. It is nicely done and is valuable to beginners and experienced engineers alike.


Link to Calculator
http://www.netqos.com/resourceroom/calculator_subnet/index.html

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Cisco Unveils Rackmount Servers

Cisco unveiled a series of rack mount servers to go with the UCS blade servers previously announced.

A link is below.

Link

Toronto, CA CCIE R&S Mobile Lab Rescheduled

Mobile CCIE Lab for Routing and Switching Exam in Toronto, Canada Rescheduled for July 2010

The August 24-28, 2009 Mobile CCIE Lab for CCIE Routing and Switching to be held in Toronto, Canada has been rescheduled forJuly 12th-16th, 2010. Registration for the rescheduled Toronto, Canada Mobile CCIE Lab for CCIE Routing and Switching will begin on December 12, 2009.

The Mobile Lab will address the urgent need for certified IT professionals in emerging markets, and to offer more convenient testing. Cisco has developed the Mobile CCIE Lab for qualified candidates who are ready to take their CCIE Routing and Switching exam.The CCIE Mobile Testing lab will allow qualified candidates to more easily and quickly take the exam, reducing the waiting time, effort, and costs accrued by having to travel to take the exam.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Cisco Router Performance Quick Reference

A link to the Quick Reference Router performance PDF at Cisco.

Link

Monday, June 1, 2009

Month over Month Active CCIE Changes

I created the following picture out of an excel spreadsheet. it shows the normalized Month over Month changes in Active CCIE Numbers per certification track as well as total.

Click on it for full size.



Cisco Added to Dow Jones Industrial Average

Cisco was added to the DJIA today, replacing GM, which filed for Chapter 11.

Network World Link
Cisco Blog Statement
Interesting Take on the Moves

Mobile CCIE Lab in San Jose

Mobile CCIE Lab Now Available for CCIE Routing and Switching Exam in San Jose, Californina, USA

To address the urgent need for certified IT professionals, and to offer more convenient testing, Cisco has developed the Mobile CCIE Lab for qualified candidates who are ready to take their CCIE Routing and Switching exam.

Since you have passed the written exam already, we encourage you to take advantage of the Mobile Lab scheduled in San Jose, California from June 27th-28th, 2009. The CCIE Mobile Testing lab will allow qualified candidates to more easily and quickly take the exam, reducing the waiting time, effort, and costs accrued by having to travel to take the exam. The eight-hour lab exam tests your ability to configure actual equipment and get the network running in a timed test situation.

The Cisco CCIE Routing and Switching certification is the highest level of achievement for network professionals. Less than 3 percent of all Cisco certified professionals earn their CCIE certification.

Click here to register for the CCIE Routing and Switching lab exam in San Jose, California. Space is limited to 20 students.

This mobile lab is running in conjunction with Cisco Live! June 27 - July 2, 2009 at Moscone Center San Francisco California. Attending Cisco Live? Take your CCIE lab at the same time!
Register today!

For information on registering for a Mobile CCIE Lab event or for additional information about the CCIE Mobile Lab program, visit the Cisco Learning Network.