Re: CCIE in Data Centre Technologies ???

From: Marc La Porte (marc.a.laporte@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 03 2008 - 06:47:32 ARST


A great thought... I am up for it!

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Tony Edwards <tonyedwards.rs@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi GS,
>
> I was wondering is any one know on the possibility of Cisco releasing their
> CCIE LAB cert on DC Technologies ?
>
> Besides UC (even I doubt how far Cisco can withstand MS's OCS onslaught
> over
> next 5 years or so) , I reckon over next few years , the DC Technologies
> will have a big scope , not just on the Current Storage track, but the
> whole
> range of technologies covering DC R & S topics with SUPs + DWDMs + Server
> blades & Virtualization+ WAN Optimization + Enterprise DC Internet/DMZ
> Multihoming & SANs(storage) + IDS / NAM / 6606 blades on CAT6K ..etc.
>
> With 10GE edge port capable Nexus boxes in the market already , it looks
> like Cisco is now focusing heavily on all these DC Technologies.Perhaps ,
> Cisco can Test all these above mentioned technologies in the CCIE DC
> Written
> test and in the DC LAB exam , since they can not test all , they can focus
> on 3 or 4 Core technologies such as DC R & S + Storage + Server
> Virtualization + some Security or Voice features.Personally though , if at
> all Cisco releases this DC track , in my humble opinion , it can add lot
> more value to the candidates & the Business community alike when compared
> to
> RS Track.
>
> tony
>
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