Changes in CCIE written exams - Addition of New Section "Evolving Technologies"

Cisco has announced some changes in CCIE written exams contents. A new section named “Evolving Technologies” has been added to all kind of CCIE written tracks. These changes will be applicable from 25^th July 2016 onwards. These sections will account for 10 percent of the total scoring and existing topics will account for the rest 90 percent of the scoring.

Candidates who are willing to appear for CCIE written exams before 25^th July 2016 should continue to prepare according to the existing topics and candidates who are willing to appear for CCIE written exams after 25^th July 2016 should prepare according to the new syllabus. Cisco is aiming high this time by adding all hot and next generation technologies like Cloud, SDN and Internet of Things in the CCIE written syllabus. 

Now Cisco want all engineers to start learning these technologies which is clear sign of a beautiful future ahead with tremendous growth in industry and careers. Internet traffic is expected to grow 10 fold from around 4.4 ZB to 44 Zettabytes, World to see 2000+ smart cities, Industry to grow by 2 Trillion USD by 2020, and this is the best time to start learning these technologies to be the part of biggest ever revolution in Internet Engineering. CCIE engineers with knowledge of these technologies will surely be the most demanded professionals.

CCIE Lab exams will not be affected from these changes.

New CCIE Written exam topics will not impact your current CCIE lab exam preparation pattern. There's no change in version or syllabus of any of the CCIE lab exams.

Following sections have been added to current CCIE R&S/Security/Data Centre/Collaboration/Service Provider/Wireless -

1. Cloud

1.1: Compare and contrast Cloud deployment models

• Infrastructure, platform, and software services (XaaS)
• Performance and reliability
• Security and privacy
• Scalability and interoperability

1.2: Describe Cloud implementations and operations

• Automation and orchestration
• Workload mobility
• Troubleshooting and management
• OpenStack components

2. Network Programmability

2.1: Describe functional elements of network programmability (SDN) and how they interact

• Controllers
• APIs
• Scripting
• Agents
• Northbound vs. Southbound protocols

2.2: Describe aspects of virtualization and automation in network environments

• DevOps methodologies, tools and workflows
• Network/application function virtualization (NFV, AFV)
• Service function chaining
• Performance, availability, and scaling considerations

3. Internet of Things

3.1: Describe architectural framework and deployment considerations for Internet of Things (IoT)

• Performance, reliability and scalability
• Mobility
• Security and privacy
• Standards and compliance
• Migration
• Environmental impacts on the network

Thanks for reading! :)

Vikas Kumar

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