[cisco-voip] CCNA/CCNP Collaboration certs

[Dane Newman]

I'm in the same boat 

I took my ccnp voice back when it was called ccvp and had gateway gatekeeper on it

It feels like a slap in the face that passing the CCIE collaboration won't give you a ccnp collaboration upgrade to your ccnp voice.  

Dane Newman
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> On Feb 17, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Heim, Dennis <Dennis.Heim at wwt.com> wrote:
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> This year will mark 10 years hold the CCVP/CCNP Voice for me, and mine expires Fall of this year. When I took all the exams there was still a gateway/gatekeeper exam. In my case basically I need to pass all the exams or achieve a CCIE Collaboration certification before my CCNP Voice expires.
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> My approach is this:
> 1.       Renew CCNP Voice by taking any of the existing CCNP Voice exams.
> a.       Keeps is active and alive and give me time to get motivated for more certs
> b.      If I have time work through the other exams in this order before Q4.
>                                                                i.      TVOICE (642-427)
>                                                              ii.      CAPPS (642-467)
> 2.       Pass CIPTV2 sometime over the next couple years to get CCNP Collaboration.
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> I cannot say all of this really excites me.
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> From: cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Ben Story
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 1:10 PM
> To: Ryan Huff
> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] CCNA/CCNP Collaboration certs
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> Better than how they handled CCSP to CCNP Security and required a complete redo.
> 
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> On Feb 17, 2015, at 11:57 AM, Ryan Huff <ryanhuff at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> What gets me is that a CCNP Voice needs one test to upgrade to CCNP Collaboration (http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/tools/ccnp_collab/ccnp_collab_tool.html). 
> 
> Really? Only one test's worth of info is what changes between Voice and Collaboration?
> 
> If you are going to retire and invalidate a credential and move to another tract altogether, then it should be a top-down revamp, not just one test of a few new questions about video.
> 
> This feels like it is nothing more than re branding/marketing; and I shouldn't have to pay for that.
> 
> My grumpy two cents,
> 
> Ryan
> 
> 
> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:10:24 -0600
> From: ben.story at gmail.com
> To: wokka at justfamily.org
> CC: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] CCNA/CCNP Collaboration certs
> 
> Is it just me or does it seem weird for a CCNA level to now require two tests.  Money grab?
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> Ben Story 
> CCNP, CCNA, CCNA Wireless, CCDA
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> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Charles Goldsmith <wokka at justfamily.org> wrote:
> https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/ccna-ccnp-collaboration 
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