RE: CCIE lab fee raised!

Yeah, they were a COMPLETE disaster...IMHO, it wasn't thought out very clearly...there were too many open issues going into it, that I don't think had proper answers in dealing with them...besides rack access issues, there were technical issues on the test which couldn't be addressed...once they solve the access issues (100% IOU will help) and then have some type of "chat" support help, I'd venture to say we'll see them again...but not at all the Pearson Vue centers, only the professional test centers which have a much higher degree of security.

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-----Original Message-----
From: marc abel [mailto:marcabel_at_gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:43 PM
To: Brad Ellis
Cc: Daniel Dib; Michael Kiefer; Jay McMickle; Group Study
Subject: Re: CCIE lab fee raised!

When I attempted in San Jose, I asked about the Proctor about the Pearson tests during our lunch. He said they were pretty much a disaster, so I don't know how soon they will be trying that again.

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Brad Ellis <brad_at_ccbootcamp.com> wrote:
> I'd venture to guess that the general plan is to have the entire R&S
> run on IOU...that is the direction Cisco is heading...it makes
> economies of scale much easier and also enables Cisco to utilize the
> Pearson Vue professional testing centers to deliver the CCIE Lab
> exam...yeah...it's coming! :)
>
> thanks,
> Brad Ellis
> CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security)
> CCSI# 30482
> CEO / President
> CCBOOTCAMP - Cisco Premier Partner Offering Certification Training
> Email: brad_at_ccbootcamp.com
> Toll Free: 877-654-2243
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Dib [mailto:daniel.dib_at_reaper.nu]
> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 10:25 PM
> To: Brad Ellis; 'Michael Kiefer'
> Cc: 'Jay McMickle'; 'Group Study'
> Subject: RE: CCIE lab fee raised!
>
> On ti, aug 02, 2011 at 00:17:40, Brad Ellis wrote:
>> Cc: Jay McMickle; Group Study
>> Subject: RE: CCIE lab fee raised!
>>
>> Yeah...I heard some rumors that they've made some continued progress
>> on catalyst switching software enhancements in IOU...i'd venture a
>> guess that the IOU upgrade has something to do with this...
>>
>> thanks,
>> Brad Ellis
>> CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security)
>> CCSI# 30482
>> CEO / President
>> CCBOOTCAMP
>> Email: brad_at_ccbootcamp.com
>> Toll Free: 877-654-2243
>> International: +1-702-968-5100
>> Skype: skype:ccbootcamp?call
>> FAX: +1-702-446-8012
>> Training And Remote Racks: http://www.ccbootcamp.com
>>
>
> Are they implementing IOU for config section also? IOU doesn't seem to
> do any hardware specific features like QoS so I don't see how they
> could run it on the config section unless they just let you type the
> commands like Packet Tracer and then give you an output without really
> doing anything on the backend.
>
> For those of you that recently took the lab was the TS section working
> OK?
> Since it is running IOU.
>
> /Daniel
>
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