Cisco Technologies, Skills, and Certifications

If you want to build the most successful career on network and security, walk with Cisco, -- there is no better choice. Cisco is the leading network infrastructure company. With Cisco-based skills, you can go all the directions in network filed. Some of the most valuable Cisco technologies are highlighted below:

Cisco Routers and Switches

Technologies on making up portfolio of intelligent routing solutions that scale up capacity and enable carrier-class IP/MPLS core and edge networks. Professionals in network field need to develop skills on planning and configuring Cisco routers and switches to build secure, optimized enterprise network systems.

VoIP/ IP Telephony

Cisco’s voice over IP technology leads IP communications way ahead. This technology leverage the data network investment and deliver cost effective, reliable systems that scale with the organizations needs. Network professionals need to build skills to implement Cisco VoIP technology in IP telephony call processing, IP video, unified communications, contact centers, and voice infrastructure.

Wireless/Mobility

As industry leader, Cisco’s wireless technology extends enterprise network beyond the desktop. As a network professional, you should acquire knowledge on Cisco mobility solutions including campus mobility, branch mobility, and teleworking. You also should understand design issues for deploying mobility solutions and technologies such as secure wireless LAN (WLAN), IP telephony, and voice and video enabled VPN (V3VPN).

Integrated Security solutions

Cisco’s integrated security solution technology is Cisco AVVID which derives SAFE Blueprint – a flexible, dynamic blueprint for security and VPN networks. Network professionals are in high demands in implementing SAFE Blueprint that enables businesses to securely take advantage of e-business opportunities and compete in the Internet economy.

Cisco Certifications

Cisco certifications are popular for network infrastructure professionals in IT industry.  Top level Cisco certifications are:

• Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP)
• Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
• Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE)

Certification Magazine recently published their Annual Salary Survey, which included surveys on every type of IT certification to determine the best ROI for the employer and the employee. One of their categories, Average Raises for First Year Certifications, rated each certificate on the actual increase in pay received after obtaining the certificate. Among the top 10 were the CCDP, CCNA and CCNP - all part of the Cisco lineup.

In another part of their survey, Percent of Salary Increase After Certification, the number two spot was another Cisco pride and joy - the CCIE. Recipients of the CCIE average a 14 percent raise.

Nikon's imminent D800 could offer high-sharpness option
It looks likely Nikon will announce a more expensive D800E SLR tomorrow, too, that abandons the convenient but blurriness-inducing antialiasing filter.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/yFyBywpzgNQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Observing Super Bowl Sunday (roundup)
Eli Manning connected with Mario Manningham for the big game's biggest play, but did tech advertisers manage to connect with consumers? CNET's writers take a look at this and other Super Bowl issues.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/a34_GgiBJdQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Should Apple heed Chrysler's, GE's Super Bowl make-it-here message?
One of the salient themes in Super Bowl ads was bringing manufacturing back to America. A lesson for Apple?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/ioiBfYCEOnU" height="1" width="1"/>

Clint Eastwood in 'Super Bowl ads: Winners and losers (second half)'
What better way to recover from the halftime show? More ads that continued to offer little in the way of originality of either strategy or execution. On the other hand, we had Clint Eastwood advertising Chrysler and Detroit.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/FNjZM3R4z48" height="1" width="1"/>

Samsung's Bowl ad claims it can help Apple fanboys break free
Samsung's Super Bowl ad--for the Galaxy Note--claims that this is the product that can finally stop Apple fanboys from having to stand in line, waiting for Apple's latest.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/BQ3RFHjYyJs" height="1" width="1"/>

The Super Bowl ads: Tech winners and losers (first half)
Which tech company had the best first half ad in the Super Bowl? Here's a detailed analysis, written as it happened.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/yH05toUxvi4" height="1" width="1"/>

iPad, Kindle Fire are not post-PC, says IDC analyst
Sorry Steve, it's not post-PC, it's PC-plus, says IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/bOMVezlCPZA" height="1" width="1"/>

Aliens crave Earth wives in Chevy Volt Super Bowl ad
In an attempt to suggest that Chevy Volt's technology is more sophisticated than anything in the galaxy, Chevy's Super Bowl ad features aliens who don't just admire the Volt's advanced design.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/uuiHJ0wDHjg" height="1" width="1"/>

Women to Facebook: Stop banning our breast-feeding pics
Women around the world, fed up with Facebook's policy of not allowing breast-feeding pictures, are staging protests at Facebook offices and using Facebook to coordinate those efforts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/Z_P6lYMvH98" height="1" width="1"/>

Kia offers 5 hours of Adriana Lima for Super Bowl
How many people will prefer watching 5 hours of model Adriana Lima on YouTube moving very, very slowly to the New York Giants defense moving very, very quickly? Or might people do both?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/5PlAm4iHh9s" height="1" width="1"/>

Coke's polar bears ready to talk Super Bowl live online
No, they won't, like Tom Brady, be viewing an illegal streaming site. Instead, Coke is using social media and the Web in order to have its polar bears react to the game as it's in progress.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/wuW38-PaPgg" height="1" width="1"/>

Corning's mind-blowing concept of a glass future
You'll be drooling over the nonstop concept displays and projections in this video by the famous glassmaker.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/PPT-CiIloeo" height="1" width="1"/>

Apple's Siri the butt of Doritos Super Bowl ad
In its Super Bowl spot, Doritos introduces Suzie, a cell phone personal helper with something of a temper.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/oNQTWo8hKSs" height="1" width="1"/>

VW adds a driver's car to the Jetta model range
CNET reviews the 2012 Jetta GLI, a car that gets back what Volkswagen out of the Jetta when it launched the 2011 update.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/mVF-UlkHQEU" height="1" width="1"/>

Woman accused of trying to sell fake Facebook stock
A woman allegedly claims that her daughter knows Mark Zuckerberg and happens to have been given $1 million of Facebook stock. She then allegedly tries to sell that stock.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/wMMiMxUaEAg" height="1" width="1"/>

Should Apple stop holding its big launch events?
The big Apple launch event was made for Steve Jobs. But now that he's not around, should Apple think of a different, more modern way of launching its products?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/qMk0NW5iurE" height="1" width="1"/>

Obama supporters pick Patriots, GOPers go for Giants?
Silicon Valley startup Saygent crunches survey data and finds that picks for the big game may differ by political affiliation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/6wCN5RXtWMk" height="1" width="1"/>

New York Giants Web site says they've already won Super Bowl
In an interestingly confident mix-up, the New York Giants' Web site not only announces that the team has already won, but offers winners' memorabilia for sale.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/cly1Gm5hDvc" height="1" width="1"/>

Will Monster's new in-ear headphone dazzle audiophiles?
Monster may have gone too far with the bling factor, but its new Earth Wind & Fire Gratitude in-ear headphones sound sweet.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/ONWj_YISvew" height="1" width="1"/>

What if the Vita had an Apple logo instead of Sony's?
CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy looks at Sony's Playstation Vita through Apple goggles.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/6FxZm2t_w14" height="1" width="1"/>