CCIE Track
Core Knowledge Questions on Remaining CCIE Lab Exams
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Effective January 4, 2010, CCIE Service Provider, Storage and Wireless lab exams will begin with a brief Core Knowledge section consisting of four, computer-delivered short-answer questions.
The Core Knowledge section was added to CCIE Routing and Switching, Security and Voice in 2009. Candidates will type in their answers, which typically require five words or less. Questions [...]
The Journey to Becoming a CCIE
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Antonio Cunanan is an engineer with the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) team in Richardson, Texas. Two-and-a-half years ago, when Antonio was part of the Cisco TAC team in Australia, he embarked on a journey to attain his Cisco CCIE® Routing and Switching certification with his friend and colleague Andy Wang. When they completed their [...]
CCIE at Age 21: Zeeshan Zanaullah’s Story
Friday, October 23rd, 2009“Our father bought our family computer initially for his video recording business. I started using the machine at home at first for games, but then I also used to corrupt the machine and then fix everything again on my own,” says 21-year-old Zeeshan Sanaullah, CCIE #25196. He earned his Cisco CCIE® in 2009. Sanaullah’s early [...]
A Sneak Peek at the CCIE R/S Lab
Friday, October 23rd, 2009The recently announced changes to the CCIE R/S written and lab exams took effect this week. I recently had the chance to take the R/S lab again, as part of the Beta testing – so I decided to save up some observations and post them around the time the new exam has come out. Today [...]
CCIE Study Tips
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Disclaimer
Listed here is the collection of tips and strategies that I found helpful in passing my CCIE exam on my first attempt. This information is provided as my personal recommendations, and are not endorsed by Cisco Systems. Furthermore, I took the exam before the switch to the one-day format. Unfortunately I do not have [...]
CCIE Methodology
Thursday, September 17th, 2009This is from a doc I created related to non-technical (almost) aspects of the CCIE labs. It may help many people that fail for some reason that may not be technical sometimes. It does not apply to a specific track.
CCIE MYTHS
· Lab is impossible to pass
· 2000 hours of lab practice are necessary
Tags: Methodology
CCIE Warm-Up Advice and Learning Labs
Monday, September 14th, 2009One of my goals in pursuing the CCIE was to be able to write a book about how to prepare for the CCIE Lab. This is the book, with practical advice and practice scenarios meant to impart to the reader many of the important lessons I learned during CCIE Lab preparation.
The intended audience is CCIE [...]
How to Pass CCIE Lab Insider’s Tips
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Himawan Nugroho, CCIE #8171
Just another guy who wishes to be an expert one day. Discovers the future one day at a time. His greatest fear is becoming a guy without specialties. The first and the only Indonesian Triple CCIE till date.
◆ Triple CCIE #8171 in Routing & Switching, Security and Service Provider [...]