CCNP Exam Prep Tips and Must Knows

In January of 2010, Cisco announced they were updating their CCNP curriculum and their certification exams through what they described as “a comprehensive process involving customers and partners from around the globe.” The revisions focused “on the competencies that are needed to plan, implement, and troubleshoot the routed and switched networks of today and are designed to be more predictive of job readiness.”

As a result, the exams became more challenging and focused on core competencies for routing, switching, and troubleshooting an enterprise network. This paper is a detailed outline to help students understand what information would be required to pass the Route, Switch, and T-Shoot exams. This is not a substitute for training and/or knowledge required to pass these exams.

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IDC Forecast for Hadoop-MapReduce: Hot with Steady Growth

In early May, I stumbled across an IDC press release for their first forecast on the Hadoop ecosystem. Besides their usual solid research that IDC typically delivers, the forecast was notable in several ways. The IDC reports and forecasts are usually in well-defined and stable technology arenas that require the insight of a leading analyst company. Obviously, it looks like Hadoop technology has made it to that level of prominence where it would be featured in a $9,500, 26-page report from IDC.

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Is Training In Vogue or Indisposed? Part 5/5

If there is one thing that sellers generally can talk about, it is their product or service offering. In fact, they are so fond of telling customers what they know that they often show up and pour out the information instead of gaining a good understanding of the customer’s needs or goals.

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