CCIE water cooler gossip : USA tops in October worldwide CCIE

From: Ahmed Elhoussiny (aelhoussiny@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 11 2008 - 20:37:28 ART


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 CCIE water cooler gossip: USA tops in October worldwide CCIE count
*By Brad Reese <http://www.networkworld.com/community/user/1936> on Fri,
10/10/2008 *

What a difference a month can make. For example, just last
month<http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/32716>100% of the
world's CCIE growth occurred outside the USA. However this month
the red, white and blue came out on top by capturing 21% of the growth with
51 CCIEs: 5,076<http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html#usa>-
5,025 <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/32716>

Comparing October
2008<http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html>vs.
September
2008 <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/32716>, the CCIE count
increased 244: 18,084<http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html>-
17,840 <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/32716>

Canada grew by 10 while Mexico added 3 CCIEs.

Once more the regional champ, the Pacific Rim grew the most, 48% with 118
CCIEs: 7,042<http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html#pacificrim>-
6,924 <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/32716>

India grew by 30 CCIEs claiming 12% of total growth:
472<http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html#asia>-
442 <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/32716>

Showing strong results, China plus Hong Kong grew by 35 CCIEs claiming 14%
of total growth:
3,041<http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html#asia>-
3,008 <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/32716>

While the Middle East grew by 10 CCIEs for 4% of the total:
453<http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html#middleeast>-
443 <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/32716>

Furthermore, Europe grew by 30 CCIEs for 12% of the total:
4,052<http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html#europe>-
4,022 <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/32716>

*Net new CCIEs as a percent of new CCIEs:*
  Router/Switch 68% Security 26% Service Provider 18% Voice 8% Storage
2%

*Percent of new CCIEs by region:*
  Pacific Rim 48% Americas 32% EMEA 18%

Check whole Topic on http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/33881

*Thanks & B.Regards
Ahmed Elhoussiny, CCIE # 21988 (R&S)
Network Eng. & Cisco Academy Instructor*

*'I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something, But I can't accept not
trying.'
' Every class i teach, i learn something new myself. '*

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