Here is your master list of topics and videos for your Evolving Technologies section of every CCIE Written Exam – enjoy!

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1. Cloud
1.1: Compare and contrast Cloud deployment models

• Infrastructure, platform, and software services (XaaS)
• Performance and reliability
• Security and privacy
• Scalability and interoperability

1.2: Describe Cloud implementations and operations

• Automation and orchestration
• Workload mobility
• Troubleshooting and management
• OpenStack components

2. Network Programmability

2.1: Describe functional elements of network programmability (SDN) and how they interact

• Controllers
• APIs
• Scripting
• Agents
• Northbound vs. Southbound protocols

2.2: Describe aspects of virtualization and automation in network environments

• DevOps methodologies, tools and workflows
• Network/application function virtualization (NFV, AFV)
• Service function chaining
• Performance, availability, and scaling considerations

3. Internet of Things

3.1: Describe architectural framework and deployment considerations for Internet of Things (IoT)

• Performance, reliability and scalability
• Mobility
• Security and privacy
• Standards and compliance
• Migration
• Environmental impacts on the network