Update: Cisco Live! - San Francisco

Another great Cisco Live has occurred! 10,000 members of the Cisco Community attended the San Francisco event, taking advantage of training, education, connection, and community of Cisco Live. The Learning @ Cisco team offered onsite testing, sessions, labs, techtorials, and the popular Certifications Lounge. Learning@Cisco is committed to continued connection and communication with the certified community. Now on to Networkers Mexico, September 2-4, 2009! [See Mexico Information!]

New Certifications announced at Cisco Live

In response to the growing demand for IT professionals who can design, manage, and maintain converged technologies across global network infrastructures, Cisco announced the release of new certifications at Cisco Live!, held in San Francisco, CA.

Cisco Certified Architect (Available January, 2010) Cisco Certified Architect is the pinnacle for individuals wishing to establish formal validation of both design and IT skills in Cisco technologies and infrastructure. [Read More About Cisco Certified Architect]

CCNP Wireless (Available July 24th, 2009)
CCNP Wireless recognizes the expertise and technical acumen of wireless professionals who support and manage Cisco wireless LANs and networks. [Read More about CCNP Wireless]

As a Cisco-certified IT professional, you already understand the importance of training and technical certifications. Cisco has partnered with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community with more than 150,000 members in 127 countries in Europe, North America and Asia, to foster professional development in the global IT industry.

The IET is pleased to announce the ICTTech, a brand new professional standard for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) practitioners. ICT practitioners support or facilitate the use of ICT equipment and applications in a range of roles that includes network technician, systems testing specialist, software developer, telecoms engineer and security administrator.

The ICTTech qualification is an assessment that considers not only your technical expertise, but also your wider skill set such as business knowledge, commitment to professionalism and personal communication. It will complement your Cisco certifications and provide you with an additional, globally recognized qualification as formal recognition of your skills and abilities. It will assure global businesses that you have demonstrated a high level of professional and technical competence.

News from Cisco Learning :

Cisco Introduces Four New Career Certifications
CCNP Wireless, Cisco Certified Architect, and two New Data Center Unified Computing Specialist Certifications Announced at this Week’s Cisco Live!

In response to the growing demand for IT professionals who can design, manage, and maintain converged technologies across global network infrastructures, Cisco announced the release of four new certifications at the Cisco Live! show, held this week in San Francisco, CA.

Cisco Certified Architect, CCNP Wireless, and two new Cisco Datacenter Unified Computing Specialists reinforce Cisco’s commitment developing state of the art, technology driven, role based certifications that meet the demands of today’s network professional.

• Cisco Certified Architect (Available January, 2010) Cisco Certified Architect is the pinnacle for individuals wishing to establish formal validation of both design and IT skills in Cisco technologies and infrastructure.
• CCNP Wireless (Available July 24th, 2009) CCNP Wireless recognizes the expertise and technical acumen of wireless professionals who support and manage Cisco wireless LANs and networks.
• DC Unified Computing Design Specialist, DC Unified Computing Support Specialist (Available Late, 2009) The Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design Specialist and the Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Support Specialist validate a data center computing professional’s knowledge, expertise, and ability to run mission-critical computer operations.

New Certification Option for CCNA Voice Candidates

On June 24th, 2009, Learning@Cisco will implement program changes to the CCNA Voice certification. There will now be two options available for candidates wishing to achieve their CCNA Voice certification: A commercial option and an enterprise option. The new CCNA Voice Certification enterprise option assesses skills/knowledge related to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0 (CUCM 6.0). It is typically employed by large organizations such as governments, large companies, and colleges. Passing the CVOICE #642-436 exam will meet the requirements for this option. The CCNA Voice Certification commercial option continues to use the IIUC #640-460 exam and assesses skills and knowledge related to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express 4.1 (Cisco UME) and Cisco Unity Express (CUE), solutions typically used by medium & small organizations such as companies with less than 2,000 employees, retail businesses, and small school districts. Read More

CCVP 4.1 Path to Expire December 2009

On December 31, 2009, Cisco will formally retire the CCVP Cisco Unified CallManager 4.1 option path. As a result, the two (2) CCVP CallManager 4.1 option path exams, CIPT 4.1 #642-444 and GWGK #642-453, will no longer be available after that date. Professionals following that path must pass both exams by December 31, 2009 to use them towards the CCVP certification. Read More