Cisco announced enhancements to CCIE/CCDE Program just on Written exam, but the big change is a Dual-Monitor at Lab exam. These enhancements will enable candidates to get knowledge of the evolving technologies that organizations are adopting such as cloud, IoT, and network programmability.
All Expert-Level certification programs will implement the following changes:
Evolving Technologies
- A new section titled “Evolving Technologies” will be added to all Expert-Level written exams. Lab exams will not be affected.
- Candidates can prepare for the “Evolving Technologies” section by viewing Evolving Technologies Study Resources.
- The written exams will be recalibrated to include the “Evolving Technologies” section, which will have three subdomains and a total of five tasks for which the expected depth of knowledge will be focused on conceptual comprehension.
Evolving Technologies Domain
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
References:
Expert-Level Certification Program Evolution
Reference Material for Evolving Technology