Computer Networking, where I want to go and where the market is at. Where to go?

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This post is a thinker and made me step back and think. Cisco is a great company because of their long lasting networking equipment and because of their reliability. However, when you are seeing everything obviously going virtual networking and routing (Vyatta, Hyper-V etc.) is Cisco even worth pursuing a certification? It is great to have experience with this but seeing where everything is going virtual? Maybe it's just me not sure.

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networker050184

Do you expect Cisco to just roll up their business and leave the market as things change? No of course not, they will evolve with the technology.

Cisco may not always be the top dog of course, but certifications are short term goals and there are no better certifications in the networking industry than Cisco in the foreseeable future.

FloOz

In terms of networking the Cisco track is really the best in my opinion. They give you a great foundation so you won't be blindsided when you go into the real world and may have to work with different vendor equipment. Also Cisco does update their exams in order to try and stay up to date with relevant technologies. This can be hard though since as we all know technology changes very fast.

dpsmooth15

Go with the certifications that are forceable in the next 3-5years which will enable you to get a job, or move up in a job. Cisco, as of now will not let you down.It is ok to plan for the future, but do not screw yourself in the present! If you are looking to planning for the future, buy a IRA or CD or flip a few stocks, or buy guns and ammo…thats if you want to plan for the future

Jon_Cisco

People often say technology will replace people. I usually ask them what they plan to do until that happens.

I am taking a gamble on networking and starting with Cisco certifications. If I am wrong I still get to enjoy the journey.

Good Luck!

Priston

kMastaFlash, are you saying Cisco hasn't been moving to virtual technology and doesn't support virtualization?

dsgm

Cisco has a partnership with Vmware who does virtualization, google it.Cisco Data Center Unified COmputing Design Specialist and unified Computing Support Specialist. To get that you need to have passed Vcp3 or up

Magic Johnson

Jon_Cisco wrote: »

People often say technology will replace people. I usually ask them what they plan to do until that happens.

But that technology will need programmed and administrated, won't it?

Unless they make robot IT people. :O

Asif Dasl

Cisco is the #45 biggest company in the world with a market cap of 120 billion... Juniper has a market cap of only 13 billion. So who would you rather go with?

Also given how big Cisco is, they have the money to buy smaller companies. I would think the most dangerous company for Cisco is VMware... VMware could easily buy/merge with Juniper if it wanted to, not that I think that is likely. It's developing it's own switching technology with NSX.

mrjoefriday

One given is that many large companies and governments are slow to adopt technology, especially the disruptive kind. After you've invested 10s or 100s of thousands of dollars in hardware, how likely are you to make the jump to a virtualized solution? Also, not everyone moves to a virtual solution because virtualization is not the best solution for everyone.

Technology always changes and evolves but it does so for the benefit of those who create and use it. Someone always has to be there to press the button or pull the brake, even if the brake is on 1 of 100 trains you monitor and is 2 states away.

Priston

Virtualization is not a new technology and hardware isn't going anywhere. The "cloud" needs devices and cables that connect to each other. It's not like that's going to disappear.

VLANs have been around forever it seems like. If we didn't have VLANs we would need 100s of additional switches instead of 1 switch with multiple VLANs

Yes, virtualizing servers is somewhat new. Instead of needing 100 physical servers, now I can just buy 1 blade chassis and have 100 VMs on it.

You know what? Since virtualization started getting big Cisco started selling servers and blade chassis.
Blade Server - Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers - Cisco Systems
I'd say they are staying relevant.