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“We don’t do evolutions of this magnitude very often,” Moreno said. “It’s been about a year since we started talking about it and since then we’ve been working with partners so we can evolve towards it. Partners do that a lot: they see the market, follow the transitions and help drive it. A number of partners already play at the architectural level.”

It’s not that partners’ technology certifications will become null and void, Moreno explained; partners should connect with their Cisco 640-802 certification exam representatives to learn how their existing statuses and levels of training will be credited toward their new certifications. But Cisco Gold and Silver Partners won’t be able to badge themselves as such if they don’t re-certify by the deadlines.

For both companies, it’s a nod to the packet/optical convergence everybody is talking about. Optical networking vendors have focused on building packet-optical transport systems, but Cisco and Juniper are proposing a different direction, where packet-based traffic is transported through the core via a really big MPLS switch.

Total training hours, according to Moreno, have also been reduced by 25 percent. What’s more, Cisco will also offer $5,000 in Cisco 640-802 Learning Credits to each of the first 500 partners to complete the recertification process. The certification application period begins in August 2011.

It’s worth noting that Cisco does have a P-OTS in the Carrier Packet Transport System. But it seems likely Cisco 640-802 certification exam will put more emphasis on the MPLS alternative, given that it’s part of a flagship core router. Cisco 640-802 is announcing Monday that it’s adding an MPLS blade to the CRS-3 core router, taking on the recently announced Juniper PTX.

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