I am guessing this is a marketing decision and the technical folks feared this backlash, hence the delay in the announcement.
It makes no sense whatsoever, especially as the blueprint change seems to be fairly minimal. On May 28, 2013, at 21:16, m george <m.george00...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is quite ridiculous ! All other tracks (RS/SP) have gone through massive > changes but they were retained. Even Security CCIE track has recently gone > through 50% more overlap (ISE/WSA/ACS/WLC/AP & what not is new) but they > didn't rename it & retire old one. If you look at CCIE Collaboration > equipment list & topics, you won't find any significant different other than > TP/Jabber/InterCluster stuff which is like 15%-20% new stuff. It's so > pathetic on cisco's part that they didn't value the years hardwork & effort > of engineers to attain Voice CCIE. I know guys who sat lab like 7 times, some > even 10 times to pass. & when they have finally passed this extremely tough > lab, you are throwing their CCIE number in gutter by retiring a CCIE > certification. Will people go for CCIE Voice lab now ? Probably NOT & i bet > this will be only track for which there won't be rush to complete > certification. > > it's an extremely disappointing thing what Cisco has done. Cisco should > protect investment made by tens of hundreds of engineers for years rather > than giving them a retired track. For a guy who passed lab on 7th attempt > recently & is a Voice CCIE , will Cisco give him free vouchers 7 times to sit > Collaboration CCIE now ? Morally , they should. Practically, they won't. > > It doesn't make sense to me . Does it make sense to anyone among you ? If > so, please explain how. > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Vik Malhi <vma...@ipexpert.com> wrote: >> For my initial reaction read here: >> >> http://bit.ly/12MNK5t >> >> >> Vik Malhi – CCIE #13890 >> Managing Partner - IPexpert, Inc. >> >> Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 ext 420 >> Fax: +1.810.454.0130 >> Mailto: vma...@ipexpert.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >> visit www.ipexpert.com >> >> Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out >> www.PlatinumPlacement.com >
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