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Cisco’s integration of AI into their general certification tracks. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/john-capobianco-644a1515_cisco-just-settled-the-argument-ccna-v20-share-7463223964203655168-4M_x
AI in networking is a logical extension of large-scale analysis and orchestration. I get that. This has the same foundational thinking as the “every networking practitioner must be a developer” mantra from 10 years ago… and it holds a similar level of truth. This is why it belongs in the automation tracks and not the ever increasingly broad general tracks. #NetEng #AI #Cisco #CCNA #CCIE
Cisco just settled the argument. CCNA v2.0: effective February 2027 - dedicates an entire domain to AI and Network Operations. Prompt engineering. Agentic AI. Evaluating what a network assistant tells you. Not a footnote. 10% of the exam. And the CCIE? A new AI Deploy, Operate, and Optimize module embedded across every expert track. Data Center first in June 2027. Then Collaboration. Then Security, Service Provider, Enterprise, Automation, Wireless. The gold standard certification in networking just told the industry: if you can't work with AI, you can't claim expertise in modern networks. Four years. That's how long I've been saying this - from stages, in posts, in conversations where people politely smiled and changed the subject. AI is not coming for networking. AI is the next layer of networking. The engineers who learn to orchestrate intelligent systems will design the networks. The engineers who refuse will troubleshoot them - for a while. I'm not here to gloat. I'm here to point at the blueprint. Here's where it gets uncomfortable: a lot of network professionals are looking at this announcement and quietly doing the math. Some of you have been building this skillset for years and just got handed a runway. Some of you have been resisting it and just got handed a deadline. That's not a threat. That's a curriculum change. To everyone who told me automation was a fad, AI was hype, and prompt engineering wasn't a "real" skill; Cisco disagrees. Every hiring manager who reads a blueprint before writing a job description disagrees. You have until February 2027 to decide what kind of network professional you want to be in 2030. Cisco frames it as Operator or Orchestrator. Pick one. I'm here to help. I've always been here to help. Itential is here to help. Did you notice the huge wave of infrastructure MCPs just in the past two weeks alone? I'm so excited about the future of our industry. Imagine the impact having 10% of the CCNA about AI and the skills and tools the modern junior network engineer will be empowered with as a result? And the real experts the CCIE's of the world - they too will adapt and embrace these skills and have the force multiplying power of years of experience and real expert level qualifications *and* the ability to build digital coworkers; ReAct agents. By 2030 we won't recognize the traditional operations today and yesterday. It will be as unrecognizable as RIPv2 or Frame Relay. If you are not at the AI table you are on the AI menu - I think if you want to stay in this field the choice has just been made for you. If AI is not your thing - well - maybe networking isn't the right field for you anymore. Check my previous post about my availability in the Vibe Ops Lounge at Cisco Live or AutoCon5 if you want to have a serious discussion about this; your future; and if I can help in anyway | 20 comments on LinkedIn
RT by @UEGuatemala: Centroamérica fortalece sus capacidades para acceder al mercado europeo bajo estándares EUDR. Hoy dimos inicio en Costa Rica al Curso Regional de Formación de Formadores en Regulación EUDR y Planes de Exportación, una iniciativa impulsada por el @CCIE_CA y la #UniónEuropea, a través de la #GlobalGateway Facility for Central America.
Este espacio reúne representantes del sector privado, cámaras empresariales y actores estratégicos de la región para fortalecer capacidades en trazabilidad, sostenibilidad, cumplimiento regulatorio y acceso competitivo al mercado europeo.
La iniciativa busca contribuir a la construcción de una red regional de puntos focales empresariales en materia de #EUDR y comercio sostenible, fortaleciendo el ecosistema exportador centroamericano frente a los nuevos estándares internacionales.
#Centroamérica #ComercioSostenible #Exportaciones #CCIE #Sostenibilidad #Trade #EUCA
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Three years ago, I was at a crossroads.
I already had my CCIE Routing & Switching for quite some time, and I was asking myself the big question: what’s next?
DevNet? CCIE Security? I started exploring both… but something kept pulling me towards one thing: design. The kind of work where you don’t just make networks run, you make them make sense.
So I went all-in.
I poured every spare hour into the CCDE path, starting with the written exam (400-007). In June 2024 I passed the CCDE Written in Las Vegas and thought, right, now it’s “just” the practical.
I knew the practical would be tough.
I did not expect it to take a year and a half of my life.
Early mornings. Most weekends. A few nights every week with the study group.
And, if I’m being brutally honest, a lot of it was time borrowed from my family. Time they graciously sacrificed with me, even when it wasn’t fun, even when it dragged on.
But today… I walked into the Cisco office in London knowing it was the day.
Almost 7 hours exam (yes, I finished a bit early). Then, I waited. Waited. And waited. In the end, the email arrived.
“𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗖𝗗𝗘 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 (𝗖𝗖𝗗𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱𝟬𝟬𝟲𝟰)”
I’m proud. I’m relieved. And I’m genuinely grateful.
To my study group: you kept me accountable when motivation wasn’t enough.
To my family: you carried a chunk of this journey with me.
To everyone who’s grinding through something big right now: keep going, but don’t forget why you started.
Now… I’m going to take a breath. Then I’ll decide what’s next. 🙂
#CCDE #CCIE #CCNP #CCNA #NetworkDesign #Cisco #CareerJourney #Learning #NeverStopLearning
Any network engineer lives on the edge of configuration, analysis and troubleshooting. Even a network architect. 👨💻
Think about how often we:
• Correlate logs, SNMP traps, telemetry and packet captures to find the real root cause 🔍
• Spend time with wireless issues like roaming, sticky clients, RF interference and capacity 😵💫
• Analyse path changes, flaps and convergence in complex routing environments 📈
• Validate policy and segmentation (ACLs, security rules, VRFs, SDA/ACI policies) against what the business thinks is happening 🔐
• Spot patterns in performance issues that only appear at scale or at weird times of day ⏰
Used well, AI tools can genuinely improve the quality of our work while cutting execution time dramatically. ⚡
Better designs, fewer mistakes, faster troubleshooting, clearer docs.
All good on paper.
What I find interesting, though, is how this plays out in real life. 🤔
Instead of using that time-saving to improve our work-life balance, what often happens is that once we deliver faster, we are simply given more work.
More projects, more tickets, more “quick asks”, more meetings squeezed into the same week, because “you are efficient with those tools now”. 📥
The result is a strange paradox.
We are more productive than ever, but not necessarily less tired.
AI boosts output, yet the space it creates in our day is quickly filled with additional tasks, not recovery, not learning and not thinking time. 🧘♂️📚🧠
I am genuinely curious:
👉 Have you noticed the same behaviour in your team or organisation?
👉 Are you using AI to work better, or simply to work more?
I would love to hear how others are experiencing this shift. 💬
#cisco #ccde #ccie #ccnp #ccna #netengs #AI #worklifebalance
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