Friday, January 23, 2015

Why CISCO CCNP Training Is Essential For Every Computer Network Engineer

By Kristen Baird


It is a fact that technology has come to stay. For this reason, information technology experts are in high demand especially those who have the CISCO CCNP training. The Certified Network Professional is the organization that does the certification of individuals to ensure that they have the appropriate training and years of experience for them to be considered as experts in the field.

This certification has become the required standard by which the technology industry ranks the technicians' expertise and having this certification will make the technician stand out in the job market.

Cisco's core, networking certification for the professional level is the CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) certification. Individuals who manage to earn this prestigious certification can plan, do installation, configure and troubleshoot WAN's and LAN's, and are able do this for small and large firms alike. CCNP certification is also possible other areas of specialty and these certification designations include, CCNP Data Center, Security, Service Provider, Service Provider Operations, Voice and CCNP Wireless.

Professional level, networking certification is done by this Networking equipment giant under their their Certified Network Professional certification programme. Successful candidates earn their certification and are deemed to be able to plan, install, configure and resolve problems with LAN's and WAN's, in any size organization. In addition to, this Networking equipment giant offers accreditation in specialist areas of information technology which have the following designation, CISCO Certified Network Professional Data Center, Service Provider, Security, Service Provider Operations, Wireless and CCNP Voice.

One of the prerequisites for obtaining the Certified Network Professional certification from CISCO is that the candidate must have some valid CCIE certification or valid CCNA Routing and Switching certification. Then in order to attain the Certified Network Professional certification, the candidate must pass threes examinations, namely, Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks, Implementing IP Routing and Maintaining and troubleshooting Cisco IP Networks.

The candidate may sit the exams in any order that they prefer and the questions are mixture of different examination techniques such as, simlets, simulations, multiple choice etc. The exams are graded on a scale of 300-1000 and candidates must sore more than 850 to pass. The questions do not carry equal marks but vary based the level of difficulty and complexity. The candidates score is not published.

There is no set order in which to take the exams and the examinations themselves are of a mixed format, simlets, multiple choice, simulations etc. The exams are graded on a scale of 300-1000 and the scores not available to the public. The questions carry varying weights based on complex they are and candidates must obtain a score higher than 850 to pass.

Do contact your local testing center early to confirm exam dates, and availability as well as cost. Your Certified Network Professional certification will need to be renewed after three years. It's mutually beneficial for individuals and firms to make sure this is done so that all those who are certified are up to date with the new technologies introduced with time.




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