A peek at the new CCIE R/S lab; China loses CCIEs

Growth of the China CCIE count goes negative by -9; Cisco/Starent target of investigation Cisco Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by HP IDC: Optimizing Storage to Reduce Data Footprint and Lower Costs Read this review on today's storage optimization and technologies. Learn how they reduce the data footprint and identify how various technologies work toward this goal. Learn more Spotlight Story CCIE R/S Lab Troubleshooting: Initially Shocked, but Wasn't Too Bad Wendell Odom reports on the revised CCIE certification. He writes, "So I'm sitting at the CCIE R/S lab Beta, and beginning the part I was sooooo looking forward to - the new two-hour troubleshooting section. Two minutes into that section, I was completely bummed. It seemed too much to even attempt. 40-ish routers and switches... 10-12 trouble tickets... two hours... plus a new user interface. But by the end of the process, I had completely reversed my opinion." 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