While doing my usual internet trawl for news, I came across this article on Ipexperts blog
A quick summary is that Ipexpert are starting a sister company called Ipexpert Training, This new company will offer training at the Associate and professional levels for Cisco, And I believe they plan to provide training for other vendors like Microsoft.
Very interesting news, especially in terms of the current economic situation and the fact there are pre-existing vendors operating in this space. For those who haven’t read my bio I am a CCSI ( Cisco …

As usual after someone has completed the CCIE, Everyone seems to want to know “What’s next?”.  I’ve now had a week of reflection and have decided on two goals.
Goal 1 - Obtain the CCDP certification,    Required steps to achieve this - CCDA exam, ARCH exam and as I haven’t  done my CCNP, I need to do the composite exam.
Goal 2 - CCIE Service Provider,   You read right, CCDP is my immediate focus then I go back to the world of sleep deprived study in preparation of a 8 …

This post is all about detailing the time from my first attempt up until today. Disclaimer: I have done very little editing so it is me rambling.
On 15-Dec-08 I failed my first attempt at R&S, I was devastated that night and for half of the following day, The hardest part about the entire experience for me was showing up at work the next day and  answering all those questions with ” I failed”.   I’m not entirely sure if I was just unlucky or lazy, But If I had to …

I passed the route-switch lab today in Sydney, I’m getting very drunk right now, will update in a couple of days.

Hi, Well I have decided to do a full write up on the experience, mainly to get it off my chest and to maybe help other people with the experience.
So I had my lab booked for Monday 15th of December,  I don’t live in Sydney so flew in on Sunday afternoon and obviously stayed in a hotel for the night, The hotel is the Urban St Leonards, Good hotel and I will be staying there next time.
Sunday afternoon/evening was fairly uneventful, I arrive at the hotel around 4pm. So I …

So its currently the 10th  and my lab is scheduled for the 15th, So I only have five days left till the big day.  My study routine has changed considerably in the last week, I have cut out alot of labbing and I am focusing on watching video’s, Navigating the DocCD and rereading all the protocol based stuff I can find.
There isn’t really to much to say at this point I guess my just wanted to let everyone know I’m still alive , studying and counting down :).