Re: CCIE R&S Lab Exam at Pearson ?

If cisco reduces the Vue lab exam price below $200 then who'd pay $3K for
the bootcamp?

Bootcamp vendor - you better find another option to get your business going.
May be start teaching Vmware, EMC SAN stuffs.

CCIE R&S business is EoL now.

Just a joke

Kermit

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:13 PM, ccievoice1 <ccievoice1_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The exam will not be conducted at any Pearson exam center. Instead it will
> be administered at Pearson Professional Centers which are designed for
> secure, high-stakes professional exams and have been used by medical, legal
> and other examination boards for
> over eight years.
>
> So I suppose there's different between the normal Pearson center and the
> Pearson Professional Center ...
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Thameem Maranveetil Parambath <
> security.goodie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Guys,
> >
> > what about the reliability of Vue to the internet? Are they gonna have a
> > leased line ? I think most of them have ADSL lines!
> >
> > Also most of the Vue centres are not spacious!
> > May be vue will recruit "Proctors" now.
> >
> > This definitely isnt good and professional for such a high profile exam!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Thameem
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Roger Pfaeffli <rpf23543_at_gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Exactly, I 100% agree. I'm sure this is gonna be bad for the integrity
> of
> > > the exam. One of the very good things was that the exam took place on
> > cisco
> > > campus. I'm quite sure that this will be the start for all the
> braindump
> > > companies getting the real exam stuff to sell...
> > >
> > > Come on guys, stop talking about the travelling cost stuff, I'm very
> sure
> > > this is definitely not the reason why cisco did it. To me, the main
> > reason
> > > for them is to have more seats, to get more candidates through it and
> to
> > > make more money out of it. To me, it turns out that they just want to
> do
> > > more money.
> > >
> > > For some candidates it might be good to be closer to the lab, yes, I
> > agree
> > > but at the end it does not help that you get your number and it is
> > nothing
> > > worth anymore...
> > >
> > > Additionally, how should that work with the proctor? Will there be
> Cisco
> > > proctors there? I don't think so. The proctor is a very important and
> > also
> > > very good resource on the lab exam. Even if there might be a virtual
> > > proctor, this is definitely not the same.
> > >
> > > Sure, no one will (officially) agree with what I've said above, they
> have
> > > to
> > > say that everything is nice, no problem with the integrity blablabla,
> as
> > > usual.
> > >
> > > In my opinion, it is the most important thing to keep the level, status
> > of
> > > the CCIE. It must be dammed hard to get it and there should be no
> change
> > to
> > > get it "braindumped". This is what makes the success of the CCIE
> program
> > > over the last years, everyone knew how hard it is to get it. If that
> gets
> > > lost, cisco will also loose in the long term approach but hey, who
> cares
> > > nowadays about a long term approach? Just make as much money as
> possible
> > in
> > > a short time...
> > >
> > > To me, this is a very bad step..
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Roger #23543
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] Im Auftrag
> von
> > > Evan Weston
> > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Februar 2010 04:31
> > > An: 'Tom Solski'; 'groupstudy'
> > > Betreff: RE: CCIE R&S Lab Exam at Pearson ?
> > >
> > > Absolutely! A big part of maintaining the integrity of this exam has
> been
> > > due to Cisco keeping it in their offices. All it will take is one dodgy
> > VUE
> > > location filming the exams and its all over. Not really being negative
> > > here,
> > > just factual. If people want proof all they need to do is look at the
> > MCSE
> > > program.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > > Tom
> > > Solski
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 2:03 PM
> > > To: groupstudy
> > > Subject: RE: CCIE R&S Lab Exam at Pearson ?
> > >
> > > Lab at Vue ? Good news for Pass4Sure for sure.
> > >
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