On Tuesday Cisco Systems announced three new specialties -- Security, Voice and Wireless -- that can be added on to its popular entry-level certification, the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) .
Last month, a number of notable certification leaders came together to form the Information Technology Certification Council (ITCC) to seek ways to revitalize growth in the field. Founding members of the consortium include test deliverers (Prometric and Pearson VUE), vendor-neutral certification organizations (CompTIA and the Linux Professional Institute), educators (Kaplan) and IT giants (Microsoft, Novell, Sun, HP, IBM).
When Cisco Systems Inc. unveils a new plan to transform enterprise data centers, it doesn't just pay lip service to transformation. The networking giant this week announced a bevy of new data center products and solutions designed to help customers get more out of their existing data center resources, develop more robust business continuity practices, implement affordable storage area networks (SAN) and - finally - enhance data security.