Cisco announced yesterday that it will release a new version of its Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification on 1 August. 2007.

A brand new entry-level certification, the Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) will also be released

Jeanne Dunn, Senior Director of Learning for Cisco said “the content for the new CCNA will focus on a much broader range of technologies these will be very systems-based to include wireless and security.”

The new CCNA will unfortunately be more expensive, but will still be available in several formats:

Two exams:

• ICND1 640-822 CCNA Part 1 - This exam will also earn the new entry level certification CCENT

• ICND2 640-816 CCNA Part 2

or

one composite exam:

• CCNA 640-802 CCNA Composite

The old exams 640-821, 640-811 and 640-801 will still be available until 6 November 2007.

According to a Cisco spokesperson, candidates who choose to go the two-exam route will be able to “mix and match” between the current and new exams until the older ones expire

For further details on the CCNA track CLICK HERE