Roger Perkin

Learn Network Automation

CCIE Blog covering CCIE Jobs, CCIE Salary and my journey to passing the CCIE Lab Exam in Routing & Switching v5 – Reviews on CCIE Training and Bootcamps.

CCIE stands for Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert.

My all time top post was: How to build CCIE V5 Lab with CSR100V routers

Other popular posts were:

CCIE Salary

Are CCIE Bootcamps Worth it?

CCIE Written

How Many CCIES are there in the world?

Remember, the only way to achieve CCIE is “Relentless Pursuit” – Don’t give up!

I am now focused on Network Automation mainly Ansible and Python. If you have not heard of Ansible before check out this post first.
What is Ansible used for?

In my spare time I am now working as a Magician in Hampshire!

 CCIE Routing & Switching Posts

CCIE Continuing Education Program

The Cisco Continuing Education Program is a brilliant initiative from Cisco. It is not widely known about but Cisco recently announced a new program …

My CCIE Journey

This text is taken from chapter 1 of my eBook the CCIE Blueprint  It covers my journey from Desktop support engineer to CCIE #50038. It was …

CCIE Lab Builder Review

The Cisco CCIE Lab Builder allows you to run your R&S topologies in the actual CCIE Routing & Switching virtual environment. To access the …

CCIE Plaque has finally arrived!

After passing the CCIE Lab Exam in Routing & Switching v5 on August 27th 2015 my CCIE Plaque has finally arrived. After all the late nights and …

INE CCIE Wall of Success

INE have trained over 3,800 CCIE’s more than all the other training companies combined. Once you have submitted your passing story to them, they …

CCIE Jobs – Live Job Listings

For a live listing of CCIE jobs visit the CWjobs website here http://www.cwjobs.co.uk/JobSeeking/CCIE Or other live listings on Technojobs …

CCIE V5 Blueprint

The is the CCIE V5 expanded blueprint from INE – I will be linking from this blueprint to separate blog posts on each topic as my studies …

CCIE Benefits – What are they?

Now that I have passed the CCIE Lab exam people are asking me “What are the CCIE benefits?” As for tangible benefits to me personally they …

I passed the CCIE Lab Exam!

Well the post that I have been dreaming of writing since the start of this blog is actually being written. I passed the CCIE Lab Exam in Routing and …

CCIE Podcast Pilot Episode 1

[podcast title=”CCIE Podcast – Pilot Episode 1″]https://www.rogerperkin.co.uk/podcast/The-CCIE-Podcast-Pilot-Episode-1.m4a[/podcast] …

Software Defined Networking – SDN

Software defined networking (SDN) is an approach to computer networking that allows network administrators to manage network services through …

CCIE Video – from Alexandre Vasseur

I do not know anything about Alexandre Vasseur except for the fact that he has passed his CCIE Lab exam and has made this amazing video to celebrate …

CCIE Version 5 here I come

Well I am sad to say that I did not get my digits at my last attempt at the CCIE Lab exam. Everything was in place I had prepared well, I went to the …

CCIE Study Techniques

I get a lot of emails from people who read my blog asking my how I study. For most people they think I can tell them a magic formula, but the truth of …

CCIE Lab Exam Cost

A lot of people ask me how much does it cost to get a CCIE.  The short answer to that is a lot of money. The average cost is between …

How many CCIEs are there in the world?

If you are trying to find out how many CCIEs there are in the world, you might find that these statistics are not readily available. Now why would …

CCIE Lab Exam Attempt 2 – Fail!

Well I am sad to say that I did not make it as a CCIE yet. My second attempt at the CCIE Lab Exam in London ended with a fail. Mobile Lab Experience I …