Re: Which CCIE track next

Get yourself expose to Junos, JNCIE-SP will give you a different perspective.
It doesn't make you much more valuable or wiser doing another R&S track.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:44 PM, MUR Rick (INT/TEI)
<Rick.Mur_at_telindus-isit.nl> wrote:
> Wireless is a good choice. Better choice would be a 'mobility' CCIE or something, related to several things like mobile core environments and securing smartphones and stuff :) Wireless is a good track! Large demand for those guys!
>
> SP is always good when you are working for SP's. As Paul said, the thoughts behind SP networks help you in today's datacenter, much better than the enterprise scope of the R&S.
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> Sent: maandag 23 januari 2012 13:17
> To: Alexei Monastyrnyi
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> Subject: Re: Which CCIE track next
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> Lol, a very interesting discussion. I would suggest skipping R&S and looking at a less generic track. Voice, security, or wireless ... IMO.
>
> For me, wireless is the best choice... You can not wire the future and experts are always hard to find ... 5 billion new devices in the next 5 years? Yes we need wireless experts!
>
> Wireless and SP go together IMO... ;) and all the major providers are converging the two ...
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> HTH and have a good week!
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> On Jan 23, 2012, at 1:16 AM, Alexei Monastyrnyi <alexeim73_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> True, Paul, they are quite different in many aspects, RS mostly covers
>> Enterprise realm. :-) I started looking into SP technologies as I was
>> planning to move into SP space (never happened though). But
>> technologies itself are quite cool to learn.
>>
>> Cheers
>> A.
>>
>>
>> On 1/22/2012 11:48 PM, Paul Negron wrote:
>>> I would have to disagree with the R&S going deeper into QOS. The SP
>>> has got some scenarios that are rather lengthy Sir. :-)
>>>
>>> There is quite an overlap but I would say CCIE R&S is designed to
>>> help the candidate understand the Enterprise with greater depth.
>>>
>>> I would agree with your second point though. CCIE is not the end but
>>> the beginning. It is a tool to help you get more opportunities and be
>>> exposed to different things. I have the CCIE in SP but I have been
>>> doing a ton of Unified Computing lately. The SP brain gave me a
>>> tremendous advantage. The Routing and Switching would have helped me
>>> in a different way but would have been equally effective.
>>>
>>> Paul
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