Archive for January, 2008

Cisco Certification Exam FAQ (to be continued)

1. How long must I wait to retake an exam after I fail it?
A: Candidates who fail an exam must wait five calendar days, beginning the day after the failed attempt, before they may retest for the same exam.
2. Can I take an exam again once I have passed it?
A: Once passed, a candidate must wait a minimum of 180 days before taking the same exam with an identical exam number.

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How to pass CCNA: 6 Steps to Success

CCNA is one of the most respected Associate level Certification in the world today.

Getting a CCNA will definitely help you to get a better job or at least get your foot into Professional Networking Field. When you meet a person that has CCNA degree you will notice that he or she knows something about Networking.

This article will describe and give you some tips on how to achieve CCNA.

I did it so can you, so lets get started.

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Cisco Aims-Network-on-Wheels for Gov Telco Use

A specially equipped shipping container that can be used as a mobile networking hub is being marketed by Cisco to telecommunications companies and government disaster response agencies.
Called the Cisco Express Network on Wheels, the 40-foot, 20-ton container highlights the network equipment maker’s latest technologies and can connect to other networks via satellite or a hard-wired connection.
In Thailand, Cisco customized the mobile network hub into an emergency response system for use by the Thai government, said Christian Hentschel, director for Cisco’s commercial business for the Asia Pacific region.
In the US, Cisco has deployed the system for use by state police and universities.

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Cisco’s Vision of Next-Generation Data Center

Q&A: Cisco CEO John Chambers describes how next-generation data center will affect business.
As Cisco Systems continues to push further into the data center, CEO John Chambers is looking to make Cisco a strategic partner to large IT customers there. At Cisco’s annual C-Scape industry analyst conference in December, Chambers went so far as to declare Cisco’s intent to be a leader not just in the networking and communications industry but also in the computer industry itself. Senior Editor Paula Musich spoke with Chambers about Cisco’s next-generation data center initiative and how Cisco intends to achieve it.

Cisco’s role in the data center today is as a supplier of SAN [storage area network] switches, network switches and some security hardware. How do you see that role evolving over time with your Data Center 2.0 vision?
What we see is that the data center vision is changing rapidly: It’s changing around a concept of any device to any content??rocessors, storage, applications, with proper authorization anytime anywhere. And it’s moving from [the idea of] a person to a machine, to many to many. It’s what we call the second phase of the Internet.

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Cisco to Accelerate Shift to Software and Data Center in 2008

Cisco is expected to make much bigger and more dramatic moves into software in 2008 as it fleshes out its strategy to make the network the key enabling platform for all IT operations.
Unified communications, collaboration, Web 2.0 and data center virtualization will continue to drive the company’s momentum in the new year as Cisco seeks to add more software and service capabilities to network infrastructure that heretofore have resided on high-end computers, servers, storage devices, PCs and special-purpose computing applications. To that end, Cisco will compete more heavily with entrenched IT systems vendors and partners such as IBM, Microsoft, HP and EMC.

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