July 31, 2009 4:31 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
ccie,
CCNA,
ccnp,
Chris Bryant,
Cisco,
exam,
exams,
labs,
preparation,
Rack Time,
study guide,
The Bryant Advantage,
trainingSo now that I've been at the bootcamp and it's time to buckle down and get ready for the exams, I was looking for some extra training material. I wanted to find some good study guides and labs that would help me prepare. I was also looking for some rack time (renting Cisco hardware and logging on...
January 26, 2009 4:18 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
ccie,
CCNA,
ccnp,
changes to CCIE Lab and Written exam,
Cisco,
Cisco Certification,
question format,
scaled scores,
scoring,
verbalHi folks, something new in the world of CCIEs. Cisco has decided to add a new component to the CCIE program. Apparently a verbal one!
For those of you that don't know, the CCIE is considered one of the most respected IT certifications in the industry and is known for it's extreme difficulty in...
December 20, 2008 2:41 AM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
642-383,
CCNA,
Cisco,
Cisco Express Foundations Field Engineer,
partner level requirements,
partner requirements,
partner statusHi folks, so I passed yet another Cisco exam. This is the 642-383 exam. This exam is specifically written by employees of companies that are Cisco partners. It is the Cisco Express Foundations Field Engineer exam and is a requirement for certain levels of partner status.
The exam was...
December 12, 2008 4:29 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
640-802,
CCNA,
Cisco,
Cisco Certified Networking Associate
Just in case people are wondering, I finally passed my Cisco CCNA exam! Got 94% on it. For those of you intending to write this, I wouldn’t take it for granted. This is not the easy CCNA exam from the days of old, this is a brand new CCNA exam that...
December 1, 2008 1:26 AM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
CCNA,
certifications,
education,
governance,
governing body,
high school,
IT Industry Certifications and Standards,
mcse,
standards,
training,
universityHi folks, this is going to be a bit of a rant. Over the years I've written many exams and certifications and the one thing that is common amongst them is that they have almost nothing in common in terms of quality and standards.
I have written many an exam and done quite well on them in my IT...
October 11, 2008 7:13 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
ccie,
CCNA,
ccnp,
certifications,
certify,
co-op programs,
college,
experience,
Information Technology,
IT employment,
mcp,
mcse,
mcts,
paper MCSE,
post secondary education,
university,
vendor certifications,
volunteer work,
work placementSo you've graduated from university or college and you're ready to go out into the world and nail that first awesome IT job. You and your family and friends all know how good you are. You're the resident computer whiz and you think to yourself "People would be crazy not to hire me!". So you go out...
October 11, 2008 7:01 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
640-802,
CCNA,
CCNA exam,
Cisco,
network,
networking knowledge,
routing and switchingSo I used to work with Cisco products many years ago. I find myself heading back that way as of late but I have no certifications to show for it. I never really had the time due to all the other certifications I was pursuing.
Now I've decided that it's a good time for me to pursue it and make...
