Students Learn High-Tech Ropes at Web Academies State Grant Pays for New Program

St. Augustine and First Coast Technical high school students are getting the chance to take a high-tech step for their future.

This spring, the schools were two of 30 statewide awarded $340,000 grants from the state education department to take part in the Oracle Internet Academy, where students learn advanced computer skills that could lead to a big-paycheck job.

Cisco, 67, Turns Self in to FBI, Pays Bond; Judge Warns Him Not to Obstruct Investigation

BRUNSWICK - Camden County businessman Fairley Cisco surrendered to FBI agents Friday to face federal charges accusing him and four others of a multimillion-dollar fuel fraud scheme and a bribery conspiracy.

Cisco, 67, of St. Marys, is charged along with his nephew, a former son-in-law and two others with cheating customers out of millions of dollars by deliberately tampering with fuel pump measuring devices at his three gas stations along Interstate 95 in Camden County from 1995 through March 2008.

Cisco Trial May Move to Avoid Jury Prejudice; Fairley Cisco's Lawyers Say a Fair Trial Will Be Difficult in the Area

BRUNSWICK - Camden County businessman Fairley Cisco wants to stand trial alone and somewhere other than Southeast Georgia on federal charges accusing him and four others of a multimillion-dollar fuel fraud and conspiring to bribe state officials.

Cisco, 67, is also asking a federal judge to ban the government from using evidence discovered when Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents and other state authorities searched his St. Marys home on March 4, 2008. He also wants the government barred from using any statements he made during the search.

Cisco, Trend Micro Ink Pact on Security Sol'ns

Cisco Systems, Inc. and Trend Micro Inc. announced a joint collaboration to deliver comprehensive virus and worm outbreak prevention solutions to help protect networked businesses. The new agreement is an extension of the companies relationship previously established in the Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) program, and will integrate Cisco network infrastructure and security solutions with Trend Micros antivirus technologies, vulnerability assessment, and real-time outbreak prevention capabilities.

IT Networking Is Spanning the Skills Gap

The Computer Networking Academy at the City of Sunderland College is a unique facility in the North-East.

An Interview with Carroll McGillin: An Interview with Carroll McGillin, National Initiatives Manager for the Cisco Networking Academy

 ACTE: So tell us about the Cisco Networking Academy.

CM: The Cisco Academy has been in place for the past 11 years. It was launched in 1997. It is a unique public/ private partnership--with education, state, local and national governments and community organizations--that really focuses on providing students with the foundational and advanced skills and knowledge that are needed to begin an advanced career in networking and IT.

ACTE: Which institutions become academies?

PLDT Leads in Cisco Certified Personnel

 Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has recently increased its number of certified data networking in anticipation of the growth of the data business and to be able to provide more of its clients with global expertise.

AMA and Mapua Are Nat'l Champs in Cisco Networking Academy Skills Competition

AMA Fairview and Mapua Institute of Technology were declared Advanced Category and Basic Category National Champions respectively, in the recent Networking Academy Skills Competition held at Holy Angel University, Pampanga. Team AMA Fairview received P30,000 from the Cisco Networking Academy Core Council, wireless routers from Linksys for each team member, and Cisco

Cisco Expands Networking Academy Program, Names NCC as New Partner

Cisco Systems would further enhance its networking curriculum program by providing more advanced technology and security.

The company has also expanded the number of regional networking academies in the country with the recent designation of the National Computer Center (NCC) as the 11th academy.

Cisco Systems Rolls out Two New Courses on Network Security and Wireless LAN

 A Cisco regional academy will have to invest at least R750,000 for the new Cisco curricular offerings fundamentals in network security and wireless LANs (local area network).

There are 139 Cisco regional academies in the Philippines currently offering Cisco Certified Networking Associates (CCNA) courses under the Cisco Networking Academy Program (CNAP).

The new courses would be rolled out by De La Salle University, the designated Cisco Academy Training Center (CATC) in the Philippines.

Jocelyn Wong, Cisco Networking Academy program manager of De La Salle University said that each Cisco regional academy would spend 550,00 for the network security and R200,000 for the wireless LANs that include laboratory facilities and Cisco equipment.

Cisco operates on a cost recovery model for the regional Cisco academies where each school is expected to recover the investment in a year or two.

De La Salle University will incorporate the two new courses in the undergraduate level beginning this year. The university is targeting 16 students as the initial batch for the new courses with 50 students per year.

The courses combine hands-on experience, instructor-led lectures and Web-based curricular for students.

Wong said networking technology is evolving all the time, leading to the development of converged, wireless devices and complex corporate networks that are highly vulnerable to security threats.

"This has created unprecedented career opportunities for graduates equipped with the basic skills to architect, implement and operate wireless networks and security solutions

 

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