If you missed the presentation at Cisco Live 2014 in Milan the long awaited presentation is now available to watch on ciscolive365.com Just search for CCIE Milan – you will need a login to watch the video but registration is simple. https://www.ciscolive.com/online/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=76613&backBtn=true If you want to find out what is in the new CCIE Version […]
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 £10000-£15000. The CCIE lab exam cost alone is $1936 if you sit in Brussels. Before that you need to pass the ccie written exam which costs […]
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 Cisco want to stop publishing the figures for how many people are passing the CCIE? I am not sure but there are many theories, are there not […]
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 will first describe my mobile lab experience and then go through some of the things that I think went wrong and […]
CCIE V5 Announcement – Routing & Switching
It if finally here the CCIE V5 Announcement that we have all been waiting for! Well at least it is not the mad rush we were expecting and 6 months is good amount of time for anyone who is currently preparing for V4 to pass it now. For me I am hoping to clear it […]
How to double your CCIE Study time
For those of you starting out on your journey to the CCIE certification, you may be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of material you have to get through. Now there have always been methods to study faster and one of the main ones was always speed reading, now this may be great for some or […]
Are CCIE Bootcamps worth it?
One question anyone who is pursuing the CCIE Certification will always ask is, “Are CCIE Bootcamps worth it?” The short answer to this is yes but there are a lot of other things to be taken into consideration when supporting this answer. Firstly for any readers who are not sure what a CCIE Bootcamp is, […]
CCIE Troubleshooting Guides
During my CCIE Studies I have come across many different resources for troubleshooting but one resource that I have found very valuable is of course cisco.com – I have bookmarks and evernote notes for all these resources so I thought I would put some of them up on my ccie blog here to help others. […]
CCIE Lab Exam – Attempt#2 booked for London
Well I am now locked in for the 5th December for the 2nd attempt of the CCIE Lab Exam in London at the Mobile Lab. The lab will be taking place at Cisco Systems, London Office in Finsbury Circus. That gives me 89 study days to go!
7 x CCIE Neil Moore
There is only one person on the entire planet who has 7 CCIE’s His name is Neil Moore. Recently passing the CCIE Data Center exam Neil has added number 7 to his list and does not intend to stop there Neil says his next certification is going to be CCIE Service Provider Operations and then […]