Cisco To Add Two New Certifications Soon?

There is a recent story about Cisco waffling over completing an acquisition that will have an impact on the existing state of Cisco training and certification. Cisco is unsure whether it wants to complete a deal to acquire Tandberg, a leading video conferencing technology supplier. Tandberg has over 40% of the global teleconferencing market. Cisco wants to complete the deal only if it can secure 90% acceptance from the Tandberg shareholders for the deal.

If Cisco does complete the acquisition, it would bolster significantly its collaboration technologies offerings. Additionally, two new certifications would be added to validate the skills that IT professionals need to implement and support Cisco TelePresence deployments.

Cushing Anderson, the program vice president of IT Education and Certification for IDC, a Cisco certification and training company, is quoted in the story as saying,

Market-focused education and certification programs for new job roles such as video, voice and telepresence specialists are essential to assure the return on enterprise investments in these new technologies is fully maximized.”