Welcome to the penultimate edition of our Netacad’s 2005 Informative Bulletin. In this issue, and according to your suggestions, we expanded the section “Did you know…” offering information on some technological solutions, as well as an interesting study case. For those interested in any Cisco certification, the section “Get Certified” outlines the steps to register for an exam.
Last call for those instructors who are not certified and/or have not taken the Bridge courses. Remember that as of January 1st, 2006, every instructor who does not meet these requirements will not be able to open classes in the system, leaving their students no chance to take the program. Remember, if you have any questions you must contact us immediately via e-mail: eperalta@netacadlatam.com. There will not be any extension to the dates.
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News!
SMARTnet Policy. Due date: Dicember 15, 2005. Cisco Trivia.
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Cisco Systems, Inc.,the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, this year celebrates 20 years of commitment to technology innovation, industry leadership, and corporate social responsibility. Information on Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com.
Congratulations to our new certified instructors:
Manuel Flores, UNITEC.
Iván Loyo, ITESM CCM.
Jesús Zavaleta, Universidad del Valle de Grijalva.
Vicente Hernández, Universidad del Valle de Grijalva.
José Luis Lara, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
Martha Zapata, UT Metropolitana.
Juan Pablo Sauceda, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
José Raúl Pérez, ITESM Monterrey.
Angel Lambertt, Universidad Anáhuac.
Cisco Networking Academy in our community:
EXPOTEL. Universidad Tecnológica de Nezahualcóyotl. Mexico. October 6th, 2005. 150 Students.
3rd Multidisciplinary Conference on Information Technologies. Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Teziutlán. Puebla. November 28th, 2005. 150 students.
Academic Week: Universidad de las Américas. Mexico City. November 10th, 2005. 50 students.
Welcome new Academies.
Centro de Integración Naucalpan. Mexico.
Universidad Interamericana para el Desarrollo. Mexico.
Universidad Tecnológica Región Norte de Guerrero Centro. Guerrero.
Centro Universitario ICEL: Berlín, Cantera, La Villa, Cuatitlán Izcalli, Iztapala, Fundación Azteca, Tlalpan, Zaragoza, Zona Rosa. Mexico and Mexico City.
Universidad Politécnica del Valle de México: Mexico.
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Thanks to our guests at the Regional Lab: Instituto Tecnológico de Tlalnepantla. Mexico: 30 students. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus: 15 students.
Our instructor's opinion... “It has been very important for my institution to adopt the Cisco Networking Academy Program. Our students have acquired very valuable and useful knowledge”.
Horacio Martínez López.
Legal Main Contact
Instituto Tecnológico de Tlalnepantla.
Cisco Networking Academy Program Mexico.
Cisco Networking Academy is a non-profit program in Mexico. If you are requested a fee to take any course, please contact us at click here.
Are you close to graduation and searching for a job? Register as Alumni and enjoy the benefits of “Career Connection”(http://cc.netacad.net) , our Employment Exchange site for students and graduates of the Networking Academy Program. Companies such as: Getronics, Open, Red Uno, MicroNet, NextiraOne, Compusoluciones, MegaRed Digital, Cisco Systems, among others, are looking for professionals with your talent and skills. Enter right now and build your Curriculum Vitae. (Use the option Candidates log in here.)
First, you must register as “Alumni” in Academy Connection. Go to: http://cisco.netacad.net/public/Checker.html and click on “Alumni Home” located on the left navigation bar, and follow instructions.
Do not miss this opportunity!
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Gender initiative. Discover the possibilities as a woman of a career in Information Technologies, see the new material of Cisco Networking Academy Mexico:video and poster.
Certification exam.
If your students already completed module 4 and they want to take the CCNA certification exam, but they do not know where to do it, please contact Erica Peralta.
Learn about routers: The power of Integrated Services Routers
The first industry product portfolio designed to simultaneously deliver secure data, voice and video at wire-speed.
See more… http://www.cisco.com/global/LA/routers2/rouspa.shtml
Create Powerful Communications Solutions.
Voice and business communications solutions can help you minimize costs while improving productivity and collaboration with employees, partners, and customers.
See more…http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/index.html
Case Study: Extending the company to mobile workers. Learn about the solution for teleworkers. Company: Unum Provident Corporation. Industry: Insurance products and services. Goals: Retarin top-costumer service agents; improve employee productivity and job satisfaction.
See more… http://www.cisco.com/now/poweredby/1.html?sid=129918_1
Lifecycle Services
Lifecycle Services is a set of practices and methodologies supporting the evolution of networks toward business systems, besides assuring an improved Return of Investment in equipment and technological solutions.
Cisco’s Network Lifecycle Services where developed according to standards in the ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), and other frameworks based on standards, including eTOM (Enhanced Telecommunication Operations Map), as well as FCAPS (Failure, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security).
ITIL is one of the leading frameworks to help businesses improve the support and delivery of services. It is a wide documentation of leading practices for the delivery, support, and administration of efficient IT services, and it confirms the British standard ITSM (IT Service management) BS 15000.1
These standards help IT managers to manage their infrastructure and systems to support the delivery of IT services with the required service levels at an affordable price; they also help organizations to use their resources efficiently in order to allow them to focus on business’ mission-critical activities.
Cisco’s services approach associated to Network's Lifecycle, helps enterprises succeed in the implementation of advanced technologies through a huge portfolio of services, aligned with central and advanced Cisco's technology solutions. The last picture is to adapt services according to the customer's segment as well as to technology, defining a set of minimum required services for customers in particular segments longing for their success with specific technology.
In following editions, we will explain the stages of Networks' lifecycle and what issues and services are considered in each stage.
1. R. Blum, “International Network Services. IT Service Management and ITIL,” November, 2004.
Ana Saputi.
Customer Advocacy
E-mail: asaputi@cisco.com
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Benefits for students and instructors. PADHIA.
Cisco Networking Academy Program Mexico and Padhia developed an alliance to offer programs about Human development, academic improvement, pedagogic updating for teachers, as well as top education technology integration. Visit us, click here!
SMARTnet. SMARTnet services embrace support resources to extend and strengthen the operational life of your Cisco equipment. Learn more…
Legal Main Contacts. Every academy with lab equipment should protect it with a SMARTnet policy or equivalent. The academies that do not have an active policy by December 15th, 2005, will be removed from the system and will not be able to teach classes.If you have any further questions, please contact eperalta@netacadlatam.com
Internet in figures
Internet users: 17.1 millions. Women: 7.1 millions.
Men: 10 millions.
Internet users 13 years or older: 14.4 millions
Active users: 13 and 35 years old.
Personal computers: 10.8 millions.
Broad Band service: 48% installed accounts.
Source: AMIPICI, October, 2005.
How do I register to take the certification exam?
Certification exams are offered in different places around the world. To register for a certification exam you need to contact an Authorized Testing Center that will handle exams in a protected and secured environment.
Registration steps are as follows:
Define the version of the exam you will take and write down the name and number of it.
Have at hand the following information:
Legal name.
Official IDl.
Name of the company where you are employed (if you are employed).
Active e-mail address. This information is essential. Cisco uses it to send reminders when candidates' certification is closed to expiration or to verify the address where the certificate has to be sent, as well as to inform candidates if their certificate has been returned due to an address problem.
Payment:
If you have a discount voucher, be sure you have its code.
If you have already taken a Cisco certification exam, be sure you have a Cisco Certification ID (CSCO00000001) before going forward with registration; this is to avoid duplication and delays when getting credit for your exam.
Choose an Authorized Testing Center. You can register online, by phone or in person. To locate a Testing Center, please visit::
When a candidate fails an exam, he/she has to wait at least 5 days as of the date of his first attempt before trying to take the exam again.
If you have a discount voucher, you must use it before its expiration date, otherwise the voucher will be discarded as they are not renewable.
The last date to register for the CCNA 640-607 certification exam is Wednesday November, 30th, 2005; the last day to take the exam is December 30th, 2005. Both dates are subject to change without notice.
During November, a wave of changes in the program is approaching, regarding the new version and the bridge courses. With due proportions and excuse me for the comparison, I think these changes will cause a chaos similar to the one caused by the recent hurricanes in the Southeast coast of Mexico. What will happen to us in January 1st?
It is very important that all of us, Instructors, do a mental exercise and simulate what would happen if we just sit here with folded arms. We are aware of our enormous responsibility in our role as instructors inside Academy Connection. What would happen with your academies if they do not meet the quality standards? Do you know what it means to be removed from the system? How would Academies' plans and learning programs be affected? Is your academy in "sight" or in the list of Cisco Networking Academy? Students will be aware of the situation all the time.
These lines might sound a little scary or chaotic, but what can we do to avoid or correct this situation? Nothing. In many cases, when we are in a tight spot or are facing desperate situations, we would like Christ's help….
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Today and always, we are ready to help you find alternatives, but communication is very important! Do you want to start communicating with us? More than once we have given you this e-mail address, catcmx@uat.edu.mx, hoping you would take 5 minutes of your time to tell us your situation. You can be sure we will follow it up. This is one of the reasons we write this column.
While this happens in Mexico, beyond frontiers several events are taking place. For example, the recent Academy Day Ecuador 2005 show, in Quito, Ecuador, organized by Francisco Cordoba, Legal Main Contact, Fausto Vasco, in charge of T-USFQ and my dearest friend, Don Galo Valencia, -one of the greatest contributors of Academy Connection presentations in the FTP Site.
With these lines I want to thank their gentleness as well as to the people who made this event a reality: Marco Cobb and Verónica Tostado Span; my friend Rodrigo Galicia, Isaac Majerowicz, Ana Maklouf, and Jaime Tabares. I want to also thank Ing. José Maria Leal, our vice-chancellor, for trusting me the continuity and growth in Mexico of this important program.
Few lines to tell what has been learned, expecting to keep on being successful, growing with quality and training qualified professionals in a world demanding discipline, particularly in a field with constant changes and growth. I am now a few moments away of boarding my plane to Rio de Janeiro to join the LATAM TEAM that will be trained in the new IP Telephony courses, taught by our Networking Academy guru, Kevin Johnston Training Manager.
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The flight is long, and I will have the opportunity to write this column's second part. In the following edition I will tell you a little bit of these new contents.
M.C. Everardo Huerta Sosa.
CATC MéxicoDirector.
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas.
E-mail: catcmx@uat.edu.mx
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For Legal Main Contacts and instructors.
SMARTnet Policy. Due Date: December 15, 2005.
It is essential that all program instructors have the CCNA certification before January 1st, 2006, otherwise they won't be able to open classes. If you have any further questions, please contact eperalta@netacadlatam.com
To all our working students and graduates.
It is very important for our community to learn about the achievements of our students and graduates in the job market. We can only do it with your help. If you are working and have not answered the survey, please click here.
Cisco Trivia.
Which command is issued to enter the configuration mode in a Router's 1700 Series interface?
A) router>(config)#config serial 0/0.
B) router:(configt)#interface serial 0/1.
C) router(config)#interface serial 1.
D) router(config)#interface serial 1/0.
Congratulations to Jalber Segura Acuña, winner of the October Trivia.
If you are the first one to correctly answer this Trivia, you will get a surprise gift. Send your answer via e-mail to rdelavega@netacadlatam.com. Deadline for submitting your answer is November 30, 2005. Do not forget to send us your username for the Academy Connection to validate your participation.
SMARTnet Policy. Due date: Dicember 15, 2005.
Are you close to graduation and searching for a job?
Every academy with lab equipment should protect it with a SMARTnet policy or equivalent. The academies that do not have an active policy by December 15th, 2005, will be removed from the system and will not be able to teach classes.If you have any further questions, please contact eperalta@netacadlatam.com
Beyond Mexican borders…
