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Oct 18 2009   6:09AM GMT

CCIE Routing and Switching Official Certification Guide to be released in November 2009



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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I was just accessing the rough cuts for the Cisco CCIE Routing and Switching Official Certification Guide, 4th Edition. I had a great first impression. I had a chance to read “LAN Switching” part. It was a great firsthand experience. This segment is organized well and the approach is similar to CCNA, CCNP books, starts with a brief introduction and then the most useful section of Cisco Press Books “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz followed by “Foundation topics and “Foundation Summary”.

 

Pic Courtesy: Cisco Press

 

The Cisco Press authors Wendell Odom, Rus Healy and Denise Donohue did a credible job; I liked the way they presented the topics, since I spent most of my time on Switching I really enjoyed the “LAN Switching” part. Though I am familiar with most of the things they were talking but it was great experience to refresh my info.

 

The CCIE Routing and Switching Official Certification Guide 4th Edition is to be released on 19th of November 2009 by Cisco Press, they are offering great discount do check Cisco Press web site for more details, but make sure you registered yourself to Cisco Press website to get more discount. Once the book released I will try to write a review on this book.

 

Sep 28 2009   5:55AM GMT

Chance to win any 5 titles from Cisco Press



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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Do you thing just by posting the picture of Cisco Press books you own, you can win 5 books bundle of your choice. Make sure to post the pictures of the all the Cisco Press books you own before 30th of September at Cisco Press Fan Page in face book.  It’s amazing to know about the new contest from Cisco Press Products. I was zapped to see the geeks there with the book case full of Cisco Press titles. Better luck everybody and don’t miss the chance to win.

 

 

 


Sep 16 2009   11:01AM GMT

Cisco Press launches new title addressing FCoE standard



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
I/O Consolidation in the Data Center, Cisco Press, Cisco books, FCoE, FCoE standard, Fiber Chanel over Ethernet, data center 3.0, nexus 5000 unified fabric, Cisco Systems, FC-BB-5, Nuova Systems, Silvano Gai's, Jamie Adams, Enterprise IT professionals., Data Center

 

In one of my older post in June I was just taking about the FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) as a standard. Cisco Systems was one of the major contributors to establish the FCoE Standard.  Like a responsible vendor now Cisco Press has come up with a new title I/O Consolidation in the Data Center. This title is a fully updated version of Silvano Gai’s privately-published book on FCoE, written for leading FCoE pioneer Nuova Systems before the company was acquired by Cisco. Nearly 12,000 copies of that book have already been distributed, demonstrating the immense interest in FCoE technology, and the scarcity of reliable information that has existed about it.

The new title I/O Consolidation in the Data Center deals with the recently approved FCoE standard. According Cisco Press Senior Publicist Jamie Adams the new title comprises of five detail case studies illustrating typical FCoE adoption scenarios, as well as extensive Q & A section addressing issues raised quite often by the Enterprise IT professionals.

For more details do check out the Cisco Press product description.


Sep 14 2009   9:16PM GMT

Review for the CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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I am always inspired by the Cisco Press books which are my only source for my career success. When it comes to certification study guides, Cisco Press leads from the front.  In this article I will try to review the CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, this study guide is a first and final step towards your CCNP success.

 

As promised by Cisco Press the CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, is indeed a best breed of Cisco® exam study guide which specifically focuses on the objective of CCNP BSCI 642-901 exam. The study guide comprises of over 600 pages divided into 21 chapters.  Which covers essential routing principles, EIGRP, OSPF and IS-IS in dept as well as basic BGP configuration.

 

The study guide has concentrated a bit more on Multicasting and multicast routing and the IPv6 is explained well but not in too dept.  The best part I liked about the CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, is the Cisco IOS® routing features.

 

The CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, comes with a companion CD from boson which consists of an electronics books and more than 200 practice questions which also included simulation-bases questions available in study mode, practice mode and flash card format.

 

Some of the features which I liked most in the CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition,   “Do I know this already?” quizzes and “Foundation Summaries” that start off each chapter. These allow the reader to assess what they already know about an upcoming section and what they need to focus on. The end-of-chapter “Q&A” will solidify any knowledge you have gained or need to review. Also the scenarios provided at the end of the chapters are worth from exam point of view.

 

Overall a good supplement for the exam, but the CCNP BSCI Official Exam Certification Guide, Fourth Edition, cannot be a sole resource for the exam. It’s always good to use the resources available at the Cisco learning websites.  Finally I would rate 4 out of 5 for this study guide. Better luck folks and hope to see you all passing the CCNP BSCI 642-901 exam at first attempt. 

 


Sep 5 2009   8:07AM GMT

Review for CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide (4th Edition)



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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Hi folks, as I received a CCNP Official Certification Library, fifth edition thanks to Cisco Press (Jamie) for the great support lending on me all the time. To brief about the CCNP Official Certification Library, fifth edition is a comprehensive package for the four Cisco CCNP exams BCMSN, BSCI, ISCW and ONT. Starting from this post I will try my best review all the four Certification books comes with the CCNP Official Certification Library, fifth edition thanks. To start with I will go with the CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, fourth edition.

The CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, fourth edition is a true guide for preparing for the Cisco BCMSN (642-812) exam. The author David Hucaby did a wonderful job by the explaining the material in short concise way that facilitates easy learning.

The CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, fourth edition is divided into six parts , each part is well written and  more over its easy to understand. The most liked chapter for me is the Router, Supervisor and Power redundancy. Thanks to David Hucaby, I was able to migrate our network from HSRP to GBLP succefully. He explained the concept very well like I said it’s really easy to understand.

The CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, fourth edition does have the Scenarios for final preparations  There are nine scenarios covering wide range of concepts and are helpful not only from the exam point of view but also it can be used to troubleshoot the problems in real networks faced by some folks.

One more amazing thing I liked in the CCNP BCMSN Official Exam Certification Guide, fourth edition is the practice exams which are handful for the folks who has little exposure to real world networks, but it’s always recommend to have some hands on experience with Switches configuration and analysis.

Overall an excellent guide which can leads you to taste the success of passing Cisco BCMSN (642-812) exam. I would rate this guide 4.5 out of 5.


Jul 22 2009   6:13AM GMT

Review for CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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If you are preparing for the CCNA 640-802 Certification exam and you are not willing to invest on hardware to setup you own lab, then the CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator released recently by Cisco Press  is the right Simulator for you.

The CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator  is a state of the art, interactive simulation software, which allows you to practice your networking skills with more than 250 labs, specifically designed strengthen CCNA and CCENT exam topics, including router and switch navigation and administration, LAN switching, IP addressing, routing, WANs, Spanning Tree Protocols,  VLANs and trunking, IP routing protocols, scaling IP, and troubleshooting.

 

The CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator will surely allow you to discover the realistic network device response as you work through each of the labs developed by the bestselling author and an expert instructor Wendell Odom.

 

 

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Jul 21 2009   7:58AM GMT

Support after sales Matters (Cisco Press Support is great)



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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 Whenever we buy anything either it might be a small thing or huge buch of servers, we always think of support. Yes support matters a lot, especially after buying any piece of software, study guide or a simulator. When Cisco Press released the CCENT 640-822 Network Simulator, I purchased the Simulator to test and see what Cisco Press is offering in this simulator, which was amazing and in fact I wrote a review as well in my ITKE blog.

 

Recently Cisco Press released the CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator, when I purchased the CCENT 640-822 Network Simulator there was an offer , so I was entitled for a free upgrade of the CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator. When Cisco Press released the CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator I was thinking of upgrade but the CCENT 640-822 Network Simulator was corrupted in my laptop and I was not able to activate the product. Immediately I contacted the Cisco Press Support and my problem was solved in matter of hours, which was really amazing.

 

My past experience with other vendors was not as great as of Cisco Press Support. Which proved to be vital for the Certification aspirers, as time matters? Without proper support we can suffer a lot.


Jul 8 2009   10:02AM GMT

Cisco Press releases “Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS”



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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Cisco Press just released the book “Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS (Ensure Business Continuance on Virtualized Networks by Implementing Layer 2 Connectivity Across Layer 3)” . This book deals with the interconnection of Data Centers using VPLS . Virtualization techniques were developed to solve many problems with business continuance; however these solutions now pose severe network challenges and business continuance issues of their own. This book describes Cisco’s break-through solutions that evolve your network toward support of server virtualization techniques ensuring a highly-resilient network solution by implementing Layer 2 connectivity across Layer 3 network infrastructure using VPLS.

 

·         Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS (Ensure Business Continuance on Virtualized Networks by Implementing Layer 2 Connectivity Across Layer 3)
By Nash Darukhanawalla, Patrice Bellagamba.

·         Published by Cisco Press.

·         Series: Networking Technology.


http://www.ciscopress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=1587059924Source:

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Jun 21 2009   6:11AM GMT

Following study materials will definitely help you to pass Cisco CCNA 640-802 Exams – Part 3



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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Once you are done with the CCNA 640-802 Network Simulators , it’s a good idea to have more preparation and practice, if you are confident then don’t wait for anything just register yourself for the Cisco CCNA 640-802 exams and best of luck , yes you can do it.

If you think you need some more practice and brush up it’s always a good idea to follow your folks at the Cisco Learning Network , which is full of resources, with some practice exams, presentations and videos.

Start Here: CCNA

For a General Overview of CCNA, View the Syllabus.

 

ICND1 Exam

Overview

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CCNA Single Exam

Overview

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Also CCNA 640-802 Cert Flash Cards Online can provide you some value added experience and confidence. The CCNA 640-802 Cert Flash Cards Online  is a online exam preparation tool consist of a custom flash card application loaded with over 300 total questions that test your skills and enhance retention of exam topics.

With this kind of vigorous practice and study nothing can stop you from achieving the Cisco CCNA 640-802 exams. More over you are preparing with the number one CCNA selling titles. Wish you the best and hopefully this will help you to pass the Cisco CCNA 640-802 exams


Jun 13 2009   5:38AM GMT

Following study materials will definitely help you to pass Cisco CCNA 640-802 Exams – Part 2



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
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In my first post  I was talking about the books required to pass Cisco CCNA 640-802 exams, once you are done with The CCNA Official Exam Certification Library (CCNA Exam 640-802), and with the boson Exsim practice exams which are always very helpful to understand the concepts as well as an idea about the questions you might face in the real Cisco CCNA 640-802 exams.

 

The best idea would be to practice the labs , in order to ease this Cisco Press came up with an excellent product CCENT 640-822 Network Simulator, which is good for the gentlemen who has no exposure to real routers and switches, it’s good for hands on experience.  Also I have reviewed the CCENT 640-822 Network Simulator which explains the details of labs included with screen shots as well.

Cisco Press will release the next part of the CCNA 640-802 Network Simulator on 24th of June 09. SO that you can practice well for the labs covered in the Cisco CCNA 640-802 exams.