I’ve stumbled upon this great list of materials you can use to get started on IT, and Networking in particular. I have to admit that some are new for me, even after being in this field for over 12 years.
2018-01-03 note, I’ve update the list with more resources
/r/ITCareerQuestions Wiki /r/CSCareerQuestions Wiki /r/Sysadmin Wiki /r/Networking Wiki /r/NetSec Wiki /r/NetSecStudents Wiki Certifications IT Certification Road Map Cisco Training & certification Info Center Juniper Networks Certification Programs Microsoft Learning Info Center Red Hat Certification Info Center VMware Certification Info Center Microsoft Microsoft Learning Portal - Powered by EdX Microsoft Virtual Academy Microsoft MSDN Product Evaluation Center – Free Downloads Microsoft TechNet Product Evaluation Center – More Free Downloads Microsoft Azure Cloud Services Free Trial Center Microsoft Training Info Center Microsoft Ignite Training Convention Video Center Microsoft MSDN Video Training Portal Cisco / Networking Stanford University Free Intro to Networking Online Course Cisco Learning Center - How to Study for CCNA for Free Professor Messer’s CompTIA Network+ Training Videos Cybrary Free CCNA Training Videos Cisco VIRL - Virtual Router & Firewall Training Tool GNS3 Vault - Free Practice & Training Labs for Cisco Equipment Cisco Live Training Convention Video Portal - Free Registration Required Cisco Design Zone - Best Practices PacketBomb - WireShark Training Center NetCraftsmen - Network Consultants Blog PacketPushers News & Podcasts IOSHints - Ivan Pepelnjak’s Blog/site Cumulus Networks SDN Technical Videos SDX Central - SDN Resources Information/Computer/Network Security SANS Reading Room SANS Certifications BlackHat Conferences @ YouTube DEFCON Conferences @ YouTube RSA Conference @ YouTube Carnegie Mellon SoftEng Institute @ YouTube CMU’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning Competitive Hacking Team Blog Cybrary - Open Source Security Learning Krebs on Security blog Google’s Security Blog US CERT - Computer Emergency Response Team blog ISC^2 - CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional Linux Resources Linux Foundation - Intro to Linux for Free Linux Foundation - Online Course Catalog - some free some paid DigitalOcean Linux Tutorials Docker Self-Paced Training USENIX Site Reliability Enginering Convention 2014 Presentations - Free USENIX Site Reliability Enginering Convention 2015 Presentations - Free USENIX Large Installation System Administration Conference 2014 Presentations - Free USENIX Large Installation System Administration Conference 2015 Presentations - Free PuppetConf Convention Videos 2014 - Free Registration Required PuppetConf Convention Videos 2015 - Free Registration Required ChefConf Convention Videos 2015 Ansible Video Resources - Including AnsibleFest Convention Videos SaltStack Video Resources VMware Resources VMWorld Convention Session Playback VMWare Hands-On-Labs Training Labs The Best of Cisco Live ^(Cisco Live is Cisco’s annual Technology expo & training convention.) ^(All of these presentations are available for free here: http://www.ciscolive.com/online - Many with video presentations of the lectures.) BRKARC-3001 - Cisco Integrated Services Router G2 - Architectural Overview and Use Cases (2013) BRKARC-3001 - Cisco Integrated Services Router - Architectural Overview and Use Cases (2016) BRKARC-2001 - Cisco ASR1000 Series Routers: System & Solution Architectures (2016) BRKCRS-3147 - Advanced Troubleshooting of the ASR1K and ISR (IOS-XE) made easy (2016) BRKARC-1009 - Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switching Architecture (2016) BRKARC-3438 - Cisco Catalyst 3850 and 3650 Series Switching Architecture (2016 BRKCRS-3146 - Troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst 3650 / 3850 Series Switches (2016) BRKARC-3445 - Cisco Catalyst 4500E Switch Architecture (2016) BRKCRS-3142 - Troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches (2015) BRKARC-3465 - Cisco Catalyst 6800 Switch Architectures (2016) BRKCRS-3143 - Troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst 6500 / 6800 Series Switches (2015) BRKARC-2222 - Cisco Nexus 9000 Architecture (2015) BRKDCT-3101 - Nexus 9000 (Standalone) Architecture Brief and Troubleshooting (2016) BRKCRS-1500 - Wired LAN Deployment Using the Cisco Validated Design for Campus (2016) BRKCRS-2031 - Enterprise Campus Design: Multilayer Architectures and Design Principles (2016) BRKCRS-2501 - Campus QoS Design-Simplified (2016) Cisco Design Zone: Cisco Validated Designs for Campus Networks Cisco Design Zone: Cisco Validated Designs for Branch Office Networks BRKDCT-2218 - Data Center Design for the Midsize Enterprise (2016) BRKSAN-2449 - Storage Area Network Extension Design and Operation (2015) BRKSAN-2883 - Advanced Storage Area Network Design (2016) Enjoy it! :)
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