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May 31, 2012  4:28 PM

Learning@Cisco’s online network labs get more user friendly



Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco, Cisco certification, IT certification and training, Learning@Cisco, network certification, Networking, networking certifications

Cisco Systems has enhanced its online lab environment, Cisco Learning Labs to make it more user-friendly. It has also enhanced the environment to allow networking pros to practice certain tasks that usually require access to physical hardware. Learning@Cisco

October 3, 2011  1:28 PM

Junosphere Lab: Juniper’s cloud-based lab for enterprise customers



Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
cloud, IT certification and training, Juniper, Junos, junosphere, network design, network lab, Networking

Juniper Networks today introduced a new version of its cloud-based network engineering lab, Junosphere. The new version, Junosphere Lab, gives enterprises and services providers cloud-based access...


December 1, 2010  6:33 PM

Cisco Dynamips and Juniper Olive: A little clarity on router emulators, please



Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Arista Networks, career, Cisco, Cisco certification, Cisco IOS emulator, IT certification and training, Juniper, Juniper JUNOS emulator, Networking, networking careers, Vyatta

Have you ever noticed that networking vendors rarely address the subject of emulators built with their router software? To some degree, network engineers seem fine with this. As long as Cisco looks the other way, engineers can continue to use

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April 3, 2009  6:41 PM

Cisco certification product giveaway winners



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
Cisco, contests, IT certification and training, Networking

Congratulations to our Cisco certification product giveaway...


March 20, 2009  8:04 PM

Cisco certification product giveaway



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
career advice, Cisco, contests, IT certification and training

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November 21, 2008  10:35 PM

Microsoft offers free certification exam retake



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
career, career advice, IT certification and training, Network

Can't afford to get certified? Well, these days, with an even more competitive job market, you can't afford not to be. The good news is that Microsoft is giving you two incentives to certify for their...


July 2, 2008  4:39 PM

Cisco certifications aren’t what they used to be



Posted by: Michael Morisy
Cisco, IT certification and training, Networking

We knew the economy was bad, but did Cisco really have to drop their impressive medallions for plastic plaques? Arden Packeer, CCIE 20716, blogged the run up to his CCIE: Routing & Switching exam, posting tutorials and regular progress updates as he went. After months of preparation, he...


June 17, 2008  11:10 PM

Have Cisco pay YOU for a change



Posted by: Michael Morisy
career, Cisco, contests, IT certification and training, Network

After all the money you've diverted from your (enterprise's) coffers, don't you deserve a little something back? I mean, your requisition orders must pay the salaries of at least a few marketing types, sales types, and even a few engineers, so a kick back is the least they could give you. Well,...


April 15, 2008  4:39 PM

Outsourced and automated network skills: Is it the end of the keyboard cowboy?



Posted by: Michael Morisy
career advice, Geek culture, IT certification and training, Network, Networking

Aside from Angelina Jolie, the movie Hackers just didn't have a whole lot of redeeming factors if you took it too seriously: overwrought dialog, an improbable eco-terrorism plot, and CGI "hacking" visualizations to make the most neophyte...


April 11, 2008  9:41 PM

Cisco to add a job-matching service



Posted by: Tessa Parmenter
career advice, Cisco, IT certification and training, Network

Cisco certifications recently reached 1 million but long-time rumors of the program starting an official job matching service may be actualized this summer. In an interview...