Today I passed exam CWDP-302 and got CWDP.

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Today I passed exam VCP550 and got VMware VCP5-DCV certification.

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As a holder of many technical certifications every few months I have to renew some.

When possible I try to renew the certifications with a new track instead of doing the newer version of the exam I've already done.

This time was the turn of HP ASE - Network Infrastructure 2011 to be renewed as HP ASE - FlexNetwork …

Today I've attended a Meraki technical training course at Cisco offices.

The training was organized in short presentations of product features followed by hands-on labs based on all the products available today.

I was suprised to find not only people from small companies or system integrators but more that 50% of the …

In the very last day of availability of the  CCIE v4 350-001 written exam I've renewed my CCIE for a couple of years more:

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This means two things:

• I'm CCIE for over one year now
• I need to prepare again the written exam

The last day to test the v4 edition is June 3, 2014, I've passed that exam twice so I expect a little effort to pass it again.

Ten years ago I've passed my first Cisco exam: CCNA! What was supposed to be just a marginal skill for a junior systems engineer became both my job and my passion.

Ten years and 21 Cisco exams later (and a bunch of other vendors), with 2 labs in Brussels, 1 FAIL and 1 PASS, I'm still excited about networking and I hope …

Today I've passed 642-874 ARCH exam that in conjunction with CCIE and CCNP entitles to obtain the CCDP certification.

To prepare the exam I've used the official study guide  along with the documents in the Cisco Design Zone.

The hardest part of the exam preparation was to study technologies I've never really …

Huawei network devices are becoming more and more popular in European market lately. It all started with 3G adapters, then mobiles, and now I see routers and switches deployed in many locations.

For a project I'll deploy in the next few weeks I had the opportunity to attend an Huawei training.

Huawei provides a …

Got mail from Cisco:

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In really enjoyed to read all the blog post of people passing the CCIE lab exam over the years. I've found the stories very inspirational so now it's time for me to give back.

I started working as a system engineer in 2001 supporting Microsoft Windows 2000 client and server for a bank. I had the opportunity to work …

I noticed that not everybody knows how to download Cisco certs PDF files or order additional printed copies. Just open this link, login with your Cisco credentials and enter the menu "Certification Fulfillment".

An additional CCIE plaque costs 150USD, paper certs cost 15USD. …

Cisco stopped to publish CCIE statistics some time ago but in Cisco Live presentations we can find some slides like this:

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Your Route to Cisco Career Success  by Kevin Wallace

A free ebook from Amazon/Kindle about the strategy to prepare for a brilliant career in networking.

UPDATE: the book was free just for a limited amount of time (I got the link from Twitter).