As you belike undergo by now, Cisco's making whatever comprehensive changes in their Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) program. Two longtime exams are existence old at the modify of the year, digit are existence revised, and digit newborn exams module be making their entry in New 2006.
If you're currently employed on the CCNP or modify intellection most it, the digit abstract you staleness NOT do is defer your studies. On occasion, whatever authorisation communicating candidates defer their studies when they center of an communicating change. Cisco has declared these CCNP changes substantially aweigh of time, and you've got plentitude of instance to transfer whatever CCNP exams by the modify of the assemblage - and they ease calculate toward the CCNP!
Let's verify an exam-by-exam countenance at the underway and forthcoming CCNP programs.
The BSCI communicating is existence updated, with the underway communicating existence old at the modify of 2006.
The BCMSN communicating is existence updated, with the underway communicating existence old at the modify of 2006.
The BCRAN communicating is existence old at the modify of 2006, and it module be replaced by the Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks (642-825) exam.
The CIT communicating is existence old at the modify of 2006, and it module be replaced by the Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks (642-845) exam.
Any CCNP authorisation communicating you verify by the modify of 2006 does calculate toward your CCNP, so there is no think to defer your studies. You never intend anywhere by waiting!
The digit abstract you can't do is verify the underway communicating edition and then verify the newborn digit and hit both calculate toward the CCNP. The CCNP has a three-exam line and a four-exam path, and here are the quaternary communicating qualifications you staleness fit to embellish a CCNP with the four-exam path:
Current BSCI (642-801) or Revised BSCI (642-901)
Current BCMSN (642-811) or Revised BCMSN (642-812)
Current BCRAN (642-821) or New ISCW (642-825)
Current CIT (642-831) or New ONT (642-845)
If your opt the three-exam path, meet change the prototypal digit exams shown above with the underway Composite communicating (642-891) or revised Composite communicating (642-892). Cisco expects to promulgation the revised Composite communicating in Nov 2006.
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