Cisco Mobile Lab in Nigeria

The CCIE Mobile Lab would be in Nigeria between June 14 and 18. There are 6 R&S slots and a security slot per day.
I hope I would be ready for my security lab by then :-)
More info can be found here.

It's time to quit playing around and get into hardcore studying. This is barely 4 months away.

Wish you all the best with your studies. CCIE Security - here I come!

Amplebrain

Cisco Updates CCNP and introduces new Service Operations Track

Hi All,

Today, Cisco announced a big change in the Certifications path.
The CCNP has been entirely revised. There are now 3 exams;
Route - Replaces the BSCI
Switch - Replaces BCMSN
TShoot - Brings back troubleshooting into the game.

All exams would be 120mins long and cost $200
While the BSCI and BCMSN exams are stil a valid for 3 years, the ISCW and ONT are only valid (count towards the completion of your CCNP) till end of July.

The Tshoot exam would a hands-on exam - barely 10% theory.
The exam focuses more on Routing and Switching and is a lot deeper. IPV6 also has its fair share on the exam.

Finally, My favorite Authors get to write the Cisco Press Cert guide: Wendell Odom, David Hucaby and Kevin Wallace

The SP Operations track focuses on IP Carrier Ethernet NGN Networks. The SP Operations is a full track with Associate, Professional and Expert level Exams. Yes, anothe CCIE. Oh Damn Cisco! More info on the Cisco Learning Network.

Right now, It's tiime to focus on getting the CCIE Security before I am old enough to rent a car.

Study hard, Learn stuff and most importantly, have fun!

Cheers,

Amplebrain.

Is Cisco Superstitous?

Cisco systems has released the IOS 15.0M - Mainstream version.
The sudden jump from the IOS 12.4T series to the 15.0 is remarkable. Why did they chose to skip 13.x and 14.x - could the software development team be Tetraphobic or Triskaidekaphobic?
I doubt that the are tetraphobic though - Since we had 12.4T :-)

What's new? New Features in the 15.0 IOS release can be found here.

More cool features. More fun stuff..

Enjoy!

Amplebrain :-)

Cloud Computing - Security Threats?

Cloud computing appears to be the next phase of computing. The new Google operating system would operate on the cloud computing platform.

While it definitely has its pros, the black hat USA conference last week has drawn our attention to some security threats with cloud computing. More info can be found on readwriteweb.

Again, we have to deal with it :-)

Ciao.