On June 24, 2008, Cisco will introduce the CCNA Security, CCNA Voice,
and CCNA Wireless concentrations--the smart way for individuals to
establish a deeper level of expertise in these three important areas
of Cisco network technology.
Built upon Cisco’s most popular career certification—CCNA—these new
new concentrations are relevant, role-based, and designed with the
growing knowledge requirements of IT professionals and organizations
in mind. These highly specialized associate-level concentrations
represent areas of rapid development in technology convergence that
makes up today’s sophisticated network environments and also offer a
career stepping stone to the professional-level credentials.
IT professionals wishing to broaden or specialize their skills to
further differentiate themselves in the marketplace will find these
concentrations a valuable addition to their knowledge arsenal.
According to the recent Forrester Consulting study conducted on behalf
of Cisco, there is a pervasive need for stronger networking skills
across multiple functional areas within IT organizations now and in
the future:
* Dedicated security roles are expected to exist in 80% of the
companies studied within five years, while today only 46% of the
surveyed companies have such a role.
* Of the IT managers surveyed, 69% expect to have a dedicated voice
specialist role within their IT organization within five years; only
40% of respondents have them today.
* One-third of the global companies surveyed currently have a
dedicated wireless role, a figure expected to double to 66% over the
next five years.
Tomorrow Cisco will announce these three new CCNA Certifications! The
CCNA Voice and CCNA Wireless will be available on June 24, but the
CCNA Wireless exam will be available July 25.
You can check out the full exam topics/blueprint and descriptions for
these exams at the below links:
- h..p://
www.ccnawirelessexam.com/2008/06/ccna-wireless-exam-
topics.html
- h..p://
www.ccnavoiceexam.com/2008/06/ccna-voice-exam-topics.html --
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http://www.ccnavoiceexam.com/2008/06/ccna-voice-practice-test.html
- h..p://
www.ccnasecurityexam.com/2008/06/ccna-security-exam-
topics.html
OTE: Passing the CCNA exam is a prerequisite to taking these new
exams!
Cisco will be INCREASING the price of the CCNA 640-802 exam from $150
to $250! <u>The price for the ICND 1 and ICND 2 exams will remain $125
CCNP Exam price will increase from $225 to $300!</u> Four exam option
for CCNP certification – BSCI (642-901), BCMSN (642-812), ISCW
(642-825), & ONT (642-845) remain at $150 USD each.