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Cisco®’s New CCNP Wireless Certification
If you’ve been paying attention to what the latest must have certs from the Cisco® world are, then you’ve definitely heard about the happening new CCNP Wireless track. If you haven’t, no worries, I’ll get you up to speed right here: The latest, greatest professional level cert is the CCNP Wireless Certification that sits squarely between the almost as recently announced CCNA and CCIE Wireless Certs. (Why it isn’t called the CCWP is presently beyond me, but I promise to fill you in as soon as I find out. I mean, that’s what I’d...
read moreWelcome to 2009…
The year to focus on winning the battle, not the war! I’m not saying to give up on big dreams–no way…We need those to keep us motivated! I’m just saying that grasping every opportunity— however small— will be an important key to success this year. Yes, we all know the media can hype things now and then because freaking us out is really good for ratings, but it’s not exactly breaking news that our country/the world is undergoing a pretty challenging period fraught with an unprecedented type of financial débâcle that has, and...
read moreWhy Network Certifications are more important than ever in these challenging economic times!
It’s not exactly breaking news that so many of us are either struggling to keep our current jobs, or battling with intensifying competition to secure a new one. And as this recession deepens, contending with trials of keeping and/or finding a good job are only certain to intensify. Not so long ago, as long as you behaved well, showed up for work reliably, and did what was expected of you, your job security probably wasn’t anywhere near the top of your list of concerns. But those days are unfortunately gone— people now need to do more...
read moreCisco® Announces New CCNA Certifications
Cisco® just announced new certifications in the market and they’re super exciting! Of course, a lot of you are already writing me about when my books will be out… All I can say is I’m pounding the keyboard as fast as I can and that yes, I wish I could figure out some way to do that while sleeping too! But since I haven’t figured out how to do that yet, just hang in there-at least I’m not on strike! Anyway, I actually want to talk to you a bit about the old network certification path first, starting with the CompTIA certifications...
read moreGood lord, Cisco® Friends!
Cisco® has just announced that the CCNA 640–802 exam price is now $250, effective immediately! Like getting the CCNA isn’t hard enough, now if you fail it, the cost, both financially and emotionally is a huge toll! Well, let’s just make sure we pass our exams the first time…. Cheers! Todd Lammle
read moreThe End of the Internet by 2012?
Okay, Yes… The rumors abound suggesting our great Internet, as we know it today, is going the way of the Dodo. We could get on that boat and talk about the end of the Mayan calendar and the Nostradamus’s predictions too, or we can take a more sober approach and look at this issue not hysterically, but in an informed and logical way! First, I’ll acknowledge the threat is real. Certain large corporations would love to become even larger and not only control our Internet access, but charge us for that “service” in the name of protecting...
read moreThe New Network Stack and Why It Is so Important To You (continued)
Repeat after me: “IPv6 is my friend”! And keep that up because it´s true! But I´m not going to formally introduce you to all its benefits just yet because going there would turn this blog into a full-fledged article. I´ll be going there really soon though, so stay tuned! For now, just know that IPv6 will be a hugely important part of your future, and let me continue my rave on why using Vista and Server 2008 are going to do great things for your networking career. In my last post I discussed chimney and receive side scaling—stuff that...
read moreTodd’s Typically Long-Winded Intro to New Topics: The New Networking Stack and Why It’s So Important To You
As many of you know and are more than likely less than thrilled about, Microsoft’s Vista has been out for a while now. Old news. On a much fresher note, I’m guessing a whole lot less of you are actually familiar with Server 2008 that’s just now starting to sneak it’s way into computer server rooms. For those of you that are, I know there’s a ton of division there in the ranks, so for now and maybe never, I’m not going down the interface path. Let’s just agree that that some like it, some hate it, and some really don’t give a...
read moreCisco® announces a new entry level certification as a pre-curser to the CCNA exam
This new entry-level certification has been dubbed Cisco® Certified Entry Network Technician (CCENT). Why is this so important? Well, because the CCNA exam—especially the new CCNA announced today—is now extremely hard, that´s why! So basically, it´s CCENT to the rescue. It gives unsuspecting network professionals the opportunity to take a much easier stepping stone-like approach to getting that all-important CCNA certification instead of trying to gulp all the information in a one week class, or by reading a book. Yes, it´s true—the...
read moreCisco® announces new CCNA exams
ICND1 640–822 ICND2 640–816 CCNA Composite 640–802 In order to obtain your CCNA you can take and pass the ICND1 and ICND2 exams at $125 bucks a piece, or try your hand at the CCNA Composite 640–802 exam at $150. This is the same approach Cisco® has been using for years—you either take two relatively easier tests, or one super hard test. I always recommend the one test approach because, well, no one, including Cisco®, has proved that the two-test approach is actually easier. So why go there? Anyway, since the new exam won´t be...
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