Cisco
has updated its Cisco CCNP® certification for network engineers through
a comprehensive process involving customers and partners from around
the globe. The revision focuses on the competencies that are needed to
plan, implement, and troubleshoot routed and switched networks and is
designed to be more predictive of job readiness.

In
order to better prepare individuals interested in taking the revised
CCNP courses and exams, Cisco will conduct two CCNP webinar events on
Tuesday, February 23 . The webinars will take place at 8:00 a.m. and
7:00 p.m. PST (attendees will need to attend only one of the calls
because the content will be identical).

[Register Now for the 8:00a.m. (PST) CCNP Webinar]
[Register Now for the 7:00p.m. (PST) CCNP Webinar]

Built on the growing demand for dedicated
professionals who can manage, maintain and troubleshoot complex service
provider IP NGN core network infrastructures, Cisco is introducing a new
Service Provider (SP) Operations track. This new track is focused on
developing associate, professional and expert-level capabilities to
operate large, complex SP networks. These new, first of their kind
certifications are designed specifically for Cisco Service Provider
Customers, Partners and Cisco Networking Engineers.

Over the coming months Cisco
will release new CCIE, CCNP, and CCNA SP Operations courses and exams.
In addition, the written exam topics for the CCIE SP Operations
certification are now available on the Cisco Learning Network. The CCIE
SP Operations written exam is scheduled for release in the second
quarter of 2010.

CCIE SP Operations
Certification

The Cisco
CCIE SP Operations certification assesses and validates core IP NGN
service provider operations expertise.  Candidates who pass the CCIE SP
Operations certification exams demonstrate skills required of a
expert-level (Tier III or Tier IV support) operations engineer to
troubleshoot and maintain complex service provider IP NGN core (PE-PE
and PE-CE) network infrastructures in both IOS and IOS XR operating
environments, plus validate broad theoretical knowledge of operations
management processes, frameworks, and network management systems.

CCIE
SP Operations Certification benefits:

• Certification
  helps qualify personnel for customer’s Operations (NOC) Centers
• Provides
  a credential (certification) that a person holds significant knowledge
  in SP Operations
• Provides expert level certification to network
  operations (i.e. NOC) personnel to validate they are qualified to
  support various Build-Operate Transfer operation models

The CCIE
SP Operations written exam is scheduled for release in the second
quarter of 2010. The practical exam is scheduled for release in the
third quarter of 2010.

CCNP SP Operations Certification

The
Cisco Certified Network Professional  in Service Provider Operations
(CCNP SP Operations) validates knowledge and skills required (of a Tier
II or Tier III support engineer) to troubleshoot and maintain service
provider IP NGN core (PE-PE and PE-CE) network infrastructures.  With a
CCNP SP Operations certification, a network professional demonstrates
the knowledge and skills required to isolate network performance
problems, implement proactive fault measures using operations management
processes, frameworks, and network management systems. The CCNP SP
Operations curriculum includes maintaining carrier class routing
protocol environments, MPLS VPN and TE deployments, and QoS mechanisms
using Cisco IOS and IOS XR.

CCNP SP Operations Certification
benefits:

• Certification helps qualify personnel for
  customers Operations Centers
• Certification classes provide a
  developmental path for personnel in Operations
• Provides advanced
  level training and certification to network operations (i.e. NOC)
  personnel

The Cisco CCNP SP Operations
certification will be made available in the third quarter of 2010.

CCNA
SP Operations Certification

Cisco Certified
Network Associate in Service Provider Operations (CCNA SP Operations)
validates basic knowledge and skills (of a Tier I support engineer) in a
prescriptive troubleshooting environment within carrier class IP NGN
core network infrastructure.  CCNA SP Operations curriculum includes
incident (event), fault, configuration, change, and performance
management procedures, along with NMS tools and protocols.

CCNA
SP Operations Certification benefits:

• Provides
  students with a foundation of network operations skills for SP NGN
  environments
• Provides training and certifications around Network
  Operations job role
• Provides entry level training and
  certification to entry level network operations (i.e. NOC) personnel

The
CCNA SP Operations certification is scheduled to be released in the
second quarter of 2010.

“QoS 3 hours of Free training at Cisco Penn Plaza and Cisco Islin”
We have a few seats left in for the QoS boot camp at the Cisco
office in Penn Plaza NYC and Islin New Jersey in this
interactive session we will be providing four individual three-
hour sessions on implementing quality of service (QoS) on Cisco
routers. These sessions are pulled from the CCBOOTCAMP Cisco
Certified Internetwork Expert Routing/Switching boot camps.

Please bring your laptops to participate in these labs. Below
is an outline of some of the topics covered in this training:
?       Implement Modular QoS Command Line Interface (MQC)
?       Implement Layer 2 QoS: weighted round robin (WRR), shaped
round robin (SRR), and policies
Take this opportunity to explore what you can gain.
Agenda
1 Hour: Layer 2 QoS with Hands-On Lab
1 Hour: Layer 3 QoS with Hands-On Lab
1 Hour: Layer 2 and Layer 3 Troubleshooting QoS with Hands-On
Lab

Click on the link below to register
http://www.ccbootcamp.com/register/free-training-nyc.html

To vote for this idea, follow the link below:
http://www.meetup.com/nycisco/calendar/suggest/99378/