Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Cisco certs and tummy tucks; Cisco VoIP network engineers on the hunt for new jobs

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Network World's Cisco News Alert, 08/29/07

Get a Cisco certification and your tummy tucked at the same time: Koenig Solutions, a New Dehli-based training company, is offering boot camp courses for Cisco and Microsoft certifications in exotic locations, including Goa beach and the Himalayas. The training provider boasts a 90% pass rate for Cisco exams. And if you'd like to bring back (or take away) something more than a vendor certification from your trip, Koenig can provide advice about cosmetic procedures in India.

Cisco VoIP network engineers on the hunt for new jobs, 08/27/07: Eight very sought after CCVP Cisco Certified Voice Professionals are seeking new job challenges.

Today at Cisco Subnet: Cisco's marketing juggernaut is helping raise awareness of telepresence, and that's helping its competitors, according to HP, which launched a cheaper setup. There are a number of tools to help secure your network edge, but many involve a peformance tradeoff, says IP routing expert Jeff Doyle. Plus: Cable Digital News has a lively analysis of Cisco's The Human Network campaign, noting that the program has a few elements that don't sit well together, or have unfortunate associations.

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Is it really possible to unlock Linksys IP phones?Bloggers and Cisco Subnet readers debate whether it is possible to unlock Linksys IP phones.

Protecting Your Network Edge: Now for the Bad News, 08/28/07: As the saying goes, there are no free lunches. Over a number of previous posts I’ve written about securing the edge of your network, protecting both you and your external peering neighbors from malicious attack and from damaging configuration errors; I’ve written about everything from basic best practices to bogon filtering to source filtering to spiffy tools like uRPF and TTL hacks.

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