It’s not a secret, nothing changes so fast as the market and technology. It means that as a professional, you should always be up-to-date, informed, knowledgeable about what is new and what is changing.

Keeping your certifications and exams up-to-date is important because it proves that you still know what you are talking about and are current in the market. It means that you know how to upgrade, fix, deploy, and manage whatever changes have come along.

EMC is interested in professionals who keep up with the times. So it periodically updates its certifications and exams. Here and this time the company decided to make changes to its education program.

Tomorrow, on April 28, 2017, the E20-597 exam supporting the Storage Administrator NetWorker Specialist level certification will be updated.

This exam is a qualifying exam for the Storage Administrators – NetWorker Specialist track. This certification claims an individual’s knowledge of Dell EMC NetWorker and common backup and recovery concepts.

The E20-597 exam tests the candidate’s knowledge required to administer, configure, monitor and maintain Dell EMC NetWorker backup solutions.

What will the update include?

This update will include:

1. features and functionalities introduced with NetWorker 9.1
2. expansion of topics related to:

• using NetWorker to back up to the cloud
• deploying NetWorker in a public cloud environment

How will this update impact you?

You have taken the NetWorker Specialist course before April 17, 2017; now you plan to take the E20-597 exam —> take the exam prior to April 28, 2017.

This course taken before April 17, 2017, will not support the updated exam as of April 28, 2017.

And as the proverb says: A rolling stone gathers no moss. So never stand still and don’t miss the opportunity to improve your knowledge.

But why should you pass the 300-175 exam?

1. Test your knowledge: 300-175 exam is an hour and a half long test with topics covered by 60–70 queries; it tests a knowledge of implementing data center technologies including:

• unified computing
• unified computing maintenance and operations
• automation
• unified computing security
• unified computing storage

2. Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing v6 (DCUCI): this course helps candidates to prepare for the exam because the content is aligned with the exam topics.

3. CCNP Data Center Certification: you’ll become a certified Cisco specialist after passing this exam.

Visit the Pearson VUE website, schedule the exam and take the chance to gain all the benefits from becoming a certified Cisco specialist!

N.B. July 3, 2017 -> 300-175 exam -> CCNP Data Center certification -> certified Cisco specialist -> success

Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric

This exam has a number 642-996 DCUFD. It is associated with the CCNP DC certification and to the Cisco Unified Fabric Design Specialist certification. The 642-996 exam tests a knowledge of designing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric solutions.

Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing

This exam has a number 642-998 DCUCD. It is associated with the CCNP DC certification and with the Cisco Unified Computing Design Specialist. 642-998 exam tests a knowledge of designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing.

So if July 3, 2017 is the last day for some old exams, it also will be the first day for new one.

Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing

This exam has a number 300-160 DCID. It is associated with the CCNP DC certification. The 300-160 DCID exam is an hour and a half long exam with 60–70 question assessment.

The 300-160 exam tests a candidate’s knowledge of Cisco data center infrastructure design.

To pass this exam successfully, you should to review the following topics:

• Data Center Network Connectivity Design
• Data Center Infrastructure Design
• Data Center Storage Network Design
• Data Center Compute Connectivity Design
• Data Center Compute Resource Parameters Design

The course, Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v6 (DCID), will help candidates to become certified Cisco specialist without any doubts.

Unfortunately, both 642-996 DCUFD and 642-998 DCUCD exams will be a closed book soon, but it’s high time to open new one.

P.S. Remember that you can always join our IT certification community.

New 300-165 exam is an hour and a half long test with topics covered by 60–70 queries.

The Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII) exam (300-165) tests a candidate’s knowledge of implementing Cisco data center infrastructure including:

• key protocols
• routing and switching protocols
• maintenance, management, operations
• security
• storage

Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII) v6.0 is a course which can help you not only to prepare for the exam, but also get good results.

The exam is accessible at Pearson VUE. Visit the website, schedule the exam and get a chance to become a certified Cisco specialist!

It’s not enough just to get an education or take courses, you should constantly improve your knowledge and broaden your mind (sometimes even on your own.) IT specialists know about this point not by hearsay. If you want to be at the forefront of the IT trends, you must always confirm your knowledge.

So the exams and certifications are constantly updated to give IT specialists an opportunity to go with the times.

Cisco knows what knowledge IT specialists need to be the best in IT industry. So July 3, 2017 will be the last day for the passing of such exams as 642-035 and 642-980. But old is always replaced by new. That’s why new 300-180 exam will be released instead of two old ones.

The Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) exam is an hour and a half long exam with 60–70 question assessment.

This exam tests a candidate’s knowledge of troubleshooting Cisco data center infrastructure including:

• data network protocols
• network virtualization and automation
• Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
• storage
• compute platforms
• management and operations

The course, Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v6 (DCIT), is the best guideline for candidates to prepare for the 300-180 exam because its content is aligned with the exam topics.

New 300-180 exam is a remarkable opportunity to get the CCNP Data Center certification. This certification offers professional-level skills in data center solutions, technologies and best practices to design, implement, and manage a modern data center infrastructure.

To be at the forefront of the IT trends is simple but only with the Cisco certification!

Seemingly Vodafone Australia has let the cat out of the bag – the details of a December 6 release date for the Nexus 6P have risen to the surface.

The timeline is of consequence, because the final Google’s developer preview of Android 7.1 was laid open to the public on November 22. As a rule, security patches are at the beginning of the month, and the timeline of a few weeks to finish the Nougat release corresponds to Google’s prior notice about the schedule.

The updated version will be named Android 7.1.1 after its release because it also includes several optimizations and bug fixes since the Pixel launched with 7.1. It is also expected that Google’s Pixel will be updated to 7.1.1 version in December along with the Nexus updates, to escape disarray with version numbers.

Such updates usually come by leaps, so it usually takes nearly two weeks to reach everyone. If you have a Nexus 6P, 5X, 6, 9, or Pixel C, you may need to exercise patience or flash the software manually after it finally arrives.

Why is it so important?

Android 7.1 has a lot of extraordinary, new features that can make your Nexus more alluring to use. Google has made good on the promise to add some of the latest Pixel features (sans the Google Assistant and custom launcher) to the last generation of devices, which may bring some of the hardcore Nexus fans happiness for now. But the future is undoubtedly the Pixel, so if you desire the absolute latest from Google, then at some point you may wish to upgrade.

This article was firstly published by Greenbot.

iOS 10.1 encloses a great number of enhancements and bug fixes, but the distinctive appendage is Portrait Camera, a feature formerly advertised by Apple for the iPhone 7 Plus only.

Portrait Camera uses the dual cameras of the iPhone 7 Plus, which helps create a depth-of-field effect that shows the foreground in sharp focus, gently blurring the background at the same time.

It is known that iOS 10.1 introduces the feature as a beta, a move Apple has used in the past, exclusively with its Maps, to excuse the initial results, gather information from users, and slowly ameliorate the underlying software after all.

The most credible sources report that Apple has also fixed 13 security vulnerabilities with iOS 10.1.

Apple company debuted iOS 10 on Sept. 13. It is expected that the operating system will run on iPhone 5 and later, iPad Pro, iPad Air and later, iPad Mini 2 and later, and the fifth-generation iPod Touch.

In the meanwhile, macOS Sierra 10.12.1 patches 16 vulnerabilities and addresses some non-security defects. Among the latter are a compatibility improvement with Microsoft Office, and a fix to a Mail updating issue.

Sierra, which runs on most Macs sold in 2009-2010 and later, hit the Mac App Store on Sept. 20.

This article was originally published by Computerworld.

Meet the diversity of the world of emojis on Android 7.1, the options available in the Unicode 9 update completely embraced by Google!

Now, if somebody asks you what you do for a living, you have every reason to send him a little man or woman demonstrating your profession. Examples include artist, astronaut, judge, firefighter, scientist, student, and technologist.

When touching and holding on any of these Emojis, you’ll then be able to select from various skin tone options and genders available. Additionally, there are also pictures of parent families and other amusing symbols. The rainbow pride flag, male and female symbols, and the staff of Aesculapius.

There is also a “silver bridge” for many of the new emoji. For instance, “female mechanic” will display as a woman and a wrench emoji next to each other on platforms that don’t support the “female mechanic” symbol.

Emojipedia has a full description of the new friends that are waiting for you in the keyboard. Check them out yourself if you have a Pixel or have opted into the Android 7.1 developer preview. Outside of the new emojis, some actual emojis have received a necessary visual update.

Why do I need emojis on Android 7.1?

Nowadays, emojis are essential to communicate online. Any dialog would be imperfect without them. People of all ages like them not just because they are easy to use in messages, but also because they help express emotions in a way that is understood much better than simple text. Emojis have done a bad job of representing the diversity of people and showing women and men equally in some trades, thus intensifying stereotypes. The new Emoji options in Unicode 9 go a long way toward addressing this. They’ll be available in supported keyboards when your phone gets the Android 7.1 update. If you have a Pixel, they’re already there.

This story was firstly published by Greenbot.

• Cisco Data Center L2/L3 Technologies
• Cisco Data Center Network Services
• Data Center Storage Networking and Compute
• Data Center Automation and Orchestration
• Data Center Fabric Infrastructure
• Evolving Technologies

This Cisco certification exam seems to apparently require special experience from candidates. It identifies their skills and knowledge needed to be a good judge of Data Centers, to understand how various components in the Data Center interact, and ability to translate it into the device configurations.

The exam is accessible at Pearson VUE. If you wish to know more, here is a link. Visit the website, schedule the exam and take your chance to gain all the benefits from becoming a certified cisco specialist!

And remember that you are really at your best when you are challenged.

So what is the difference between these two versions of cisco certification exams?

First of all, it’s a period of time and number of queries. While 200-101 ICND2 exam lasts for only 75 minutes and includes 50 or even 60 queries, 200-105 ICND2 exam allows candidates to choose correct keys during 90 minutes, with the test consisting of no more than 55 queries. Another advantage of an updated cisco certification is the possibility not only for English speakers but also for Japanese IT professionals to pass the exam.
And finally, let’s look at the topics for a new version of the exam named Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (200-105 ICND2). Here they are:

• LAN Switching Technologies
• Routing Technologies
• WAN Technologies
• Infrastructure Services
• Infrastructure Maintenance

These topics are basic guidelines for the content which is suggested to occur on the exam. However, other similar topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam.

Here you can find the overview and study materials to prepare for a new exam.

The following courses are also the recommended training to pass the exam and get the IT certification.

• Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 v3.0 (ICND2)
• CCNA Routing and Switching Training Videos

To register for an exam, please visit Pearson VUE.