Cisco Certifications are highly coveted by IT
professionals. In a recent salary survey conducted by
Certification Magazine Cisco's CCNP had the highest
entry level salary except for Oracle of the certifications compared.
If you are self-employed, being certified
will boost customer confidence and provide you with a
larger customer base.
Cisco certifications
focus on three general areas of
expertise, network installation and
support, network engineering and design,
and Communications and services. Cisco
also more focused certifications based
upon issues such as security the
recently released Cisco IP Telephony
Support Specialist. Within each
designation are anywhere from one to
several certifications required to
attain that specialty, plus a consistent
recertification process that ensures
your skills keep pace with the industry.
Cisco has established three levels for
its main certification tracks -
Associate, Professional and Expert. As
an example, in the CCIE track, the CCNA
is the beginning, or associate level
certification. As a CCNA, it is expected
that you can install, configure, and
operate LAN, WAN and dial access
services for small networks. At the
Professional, or CCNP level, it is
expected that you can install, configure
and operate LAN, WAN and dial access
services for larger networks. At the
highest level, the CCIE, A CCIE Routing
and Switching expert can install,
configure, and operate networks in
highly complex environments with
specific protocols. These are examples
of Cisco's Network Installation and
Support Certification track. Other
tracks, with similar designations, are
Network Engineering and Design
Certifications (CCDA and CCDP) and
Communications and Services
Certifications (CCIP and CCIE
Communications and Services Specialist.)
There are also further specialized
certifications, called Cisco Qualified
Specialist Designations such as Cable
Internet Solutions, IP Telephony,
Security and SNA/IP. Our Training developers
are Cisco Learning Partners.
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