Currently I’m doing a lot of consulting for companies that are working on a Datacenter project, most times in combination with some Storage solution and probably we slip in some UCS (Unified Computing System, do NOT think of it as UC stuff).

Therefore it’s good to expand thoughts and knowledge and I bought a stack of books related to Storage and Cisco Datacenter solutions. Besides that it’s a little personal thing to see if I can combine the current studies for Security and also try to pursue the CCIE Storage as well. It’s a difficult choice, since there are quite some rumors going on the internet, that suspect a change to CCIE Datacenter and that Cisco would drop having a CCIE solely based on the MDS switches. With the current Nexus portfolio, it really removes the need for certain type of MDS switches and position the MDS line only in the Fibre Channel core of a network.
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An unofficial source has verified that the new CCA Exam we reported on, will require a candidate to first have both completed (any) CCIE certification as well as the CCDE certification to then be allowed to sit the CCA exam.

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Tags: CCDE, CCIE

IP Blog Followers – I just wanted to send out a quick message to let everyone know that we’ve started the Everything IE (EIE) Beta.  If you have been selected to participate you will receive an email notification from the EIE administrator within the next 48 hours.  The email will provide you with your username and password and the login URL.  Once you’ve logged into the community it will be pretty self-explanatory – especially if you have experience with Facebook or Linkedin.  We will be holding online seminars and requesting detailed feedback and suggestions for the next 30 to 90 days.  Once all feedback has been processed – the site will open to the general public.  If you have any questions – please feel free to contact me directly at wlawson@ipexpert.com.  Thanks! – and Happy New Year to all! – Wayne

Tags: CCIE Community, CCIE Email List, CCIE Forums, ccie lab, CCIE Lab Social Network, CCIE Recruiters, CCIE Study Groups, Everything IE CCIE Social Community

Hello!  Hopefully everyone is having a safe and happy holiday season!  I just wanted to send out a quick blog post to pass on some news that was just forwarded to me by Mark Snow.  It appears that we have the first CCDE – Ryan Hicks got his official pass report today with the CCDE #20080001.  The unofficial, but kinda’ verified news is that the CCIE logo (and all Cisco cert logos) are changing to the following (reported by CCIE Pursuit).  There was a lot of speculation as to which design would be used, but Ryan Hicks’ official CCDE score report came today with the new logo on it.  Congratulations Ryan!

Tags: CCDE, First CCDE, New CCIE Logo, Ryan Hicks