From: Kim teu (kim.teu@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 20 2008 - 12:51:27 ARST
Exactly. I work with vendors like Check Point, Blue Coat. Cisco doesn't
always offer the best of breed product....
On 2/20/08, Gary Duncanson <gary.duncanson@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Why not?..variety is the spice of life. Besides I already work with lots
> of
> different vendors as do many others on the list.
>
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Chng" <ccieteam@gmail.com>
> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:23 PM
> Subject: Moving away from Cisco
>
>
> > Fellow experts,
> >
> >
> > Considering the amount of time and 'sacrifice' made to achieve
> the
> > CCIE and make our mark in the networking field, would anyone here
> > contemplate on moving to a role supporting another vendor (e.g. Alcatel,
> > Tellabs, Ericsson) ??. I'm referring to a role which requires in-house
> > training to learn the intricacies, proprietary protocols and CLI of the
> > vendor and be completely "isolated" from the Cisco world. I'm
> discounting
> > Juniper since I tend to see them in the same market segment.
> >
> > Would anyone do it? And if so, what would be the factor? Better
> > opportunity?
> > Less competition? Another challenge?
> >
> > I find the switchover challenging as I believe a lot of us started the
> > CCIE
> > journey more as a hobby and through the course of the time and developed
> a
> > familiarity to the IOS, not to mention the resources, information,
> > forums/communities that are widely available today.
> >
> >
> > Any opinions will be much appreciated
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alan
> > CCNP/IP/SP, R&S due in May
>
>
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