What bullshit is this Cisco?! I call shenanigans!

I use and endorse your stuff Cisco but no more! You heard me, NO FUCKING MORE! You Cisco just plain pissed me off! What is this bullshit in your new router line about I must use your Cisco Connect Cloud or get my router bricked? And your license is bullshit, It reads:

You agree not to use or permit the use of the Service: (i) to invade another's privacy; (ii) for obscene, pornographic, or offensive purposes; (iii) to infringe another's rights, including but not limited to any intellectual property rights; (iv) to upload, email or otherwise transmit or make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, spam, junk mail or any other form of solicitation; (v) to transmit or otherwise make available any code or virus, or perform any activity, that could harm or interfere with any device, software, network or service (including this Service); or (vi) to violate, or encourage any conduct that would violate any applicable law or regulation or give rise to civil or criminal liability. 

You can brick my device if I browse or download porn or warez? YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!

I call shenanigans!
 

ucertify.com's prepkit for Cisco640-802

I was asked to review Ucertify.com's prepkit for Cisco640-802. I was intrigued. I immediately thought about comparing it to the other Cisco prepkits that I already know like Testking and Pass4sure. I was caught by surprise that Ucertify's prepkit was very different than that of the other guys.

The other guys had a question dump packed into the database. Ideally, this would work for you if you are already experienced in the field of computer networking and need to get that certification fast. But this would be a disadvantage to someone without the training or experience. Sure they can memorize by rote the answers to the questions but I doubt that they understood anything. This is where Ucertify's prepkit comes in.

Enhance your understanding

The prepkit is like this whole ecosystem of learning Cisco in a single piece of software. Not just Q and A database that you can browse.

The prepkit has this "Enhance your understanding" section which I find very nice. It complements the study helper (AKA study guide) that comes with the prepkit.

The prepkit has this "Create a fixed time test" feature. I thought it was a hooky feature until I tried it out. It basically allows you to create limited time test. Say you have a break for 15-minutes, you can spin this up and get a custom 15-minute test which can be in "Test mode" or "Learn mode".

You see, Ucertify prepkit test has modes like "Test mode" and "Learn mode" when its time to do a test. The difference being that "Test mode" lets me see the feedback at the end of the test while "Learn mode" provides me with the feedback immediately after each answer.

So far, I am very impress with Ucertify's Cisco prepkit and I haven't tried out every feature out yet. I would certainly recommend this to someone who wants that Cisco certification with the actual skills to back them up. Let's face it, how many people do you think you can convince when all you can do is talk and not the walk?

Cisco Skills Competition 2011 @ MSU-IIT

It was time again for the Cisco Skills Competition 2011. This is an annual event among Cisco Networking Academies. Its a networking competition where CNA students go head-to-head trying to network, troubleshoot and generally just figure out small to medium size data networks. This displays their technical knowledge, confidence, leadership and analytical skills.

The Cisco Skills Competition 2011 - Cluster F was hosted generously by MSU-IIT in Iligan City. We hope that next time around Capitol University will get to host the Competition.

From Cisco Skills 2011

I would like to thank my students for participating. From the Computer Studies, Carl Tanilon (Captain), Roldan Baldo, Nick Ranario for the Basic Networking category. From Engineering, Andrew Arañas (Captain), Marites Unabia, Charles Borres. Although, I know we didn't win first place but 2nd and 4th place ain't so bad in a field of seven.

From Cisco Skills 2011

Link to the picture album: http://picasaweb.google.com/jaypax.ginete/CiscoSkills2011

A shout out to the MSU-IIT Cisco staff: Sir Ernesto, Engr. Roy, and Mr. Ted.