Preparing for the Simulation Exercises on the Cisco CCNA Exam

The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam consists of 50-plus questions with an allowed completion time of 90 minutes. There are the usual multiple-choice and drag-and-drop questions. However, there will be two to four simulation exercises that require hands-on interaction with one or more routers and switches.

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Maximizing Project Success

Over the last 10 years, many organizations have made significant progress in improving the maturity of their project-management processes and practices. Although research conducted by organizations like Gartner shows that IT project success is improving, there is still considerable room for improvement. The reality is that approximately one quarter of all IT projects still fail to meet their goals.

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Enabling Call Screening Based on Caller ID in CUCM

Occasionally I am asked to configure the ability to block calls based on Caller ID. Prior to Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) v8, the only way to block these calls was to configure voice translation rules and profiles on the gateway receiving the calls. This has changed in CUCM v8 with the introduction of an additional parameter in translation patterns: Route Next Hop By Calling Party Number.

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