Colin McNamara - CCIE 18233 , VCP, RHCE, GCIH, GEEK

Technical reviews and articles from a CCIE with extensive experience in designing and implementing converged enterprise networks.

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Entries Tagged as 'CCIE'

Protecting the integrity of the CCIE lab - Verbal Interviews being tested

August 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Brian Dennis over at Internetwork Experts blog caught wind of an interesting email from Cisco -

Dear Candidate:

On August 27, Cisco will introduce a pilot for the CCIE Routing and
Switching lab exam in Beijing, China. The pilot will add a 10-minute
interview that will assess the candidate’s ability to apply expert-level
networking skills and knowledge to networking problems [...]

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Tags: CCIE · CISCO

Darrel Hinshaw - New Triple CCIE [Storage]!!!!!!!

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

My bud Darrel from our Dallas office passed his third CCIE this afternoon.

I think Rick (5x CCIE) put it best in a company wide email earlier this afternoon  -

From: Rick Davis
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 4:46 PM
To: Technology Sales & Services
Subject: Darrel Hinshaw - New Triple CCIE [Storage]!!!!!!!

Please join me in congratulating Darrel in obtaining [...]

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Tags: CCIE · CCIE Storage

CCIE Party 2008 Recap - Cisco Live Networkers 2008

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday evening, a scary realization came to me as I was heading to the CCIE party at the Nascar Bar and Grille. The realization was, that in this ratty shuttle van, there was 26 CCIE certifications, and if we crashed we would take out a significant portion of the engineering leadership in our billion dollar [...]

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Tags: CCIE · CISCO · Networkers