The Changing Face of Cisco Training

Companies looking to cut costs and increase efficiency are turning toward software virtualization in order to cut down on hardware and increase their versatility. For the IT professionals that work on virtual machines, this development has been a turn of good fortune. Businesses are hiring aggressively for IT professionals with virtualization expertise, as this CNN Money article points out.

As businesses continue to hire virtualization specialists, network certifications are also popping up. Both VMware, a world-leading virtualization company, and Cisco are offering new certification courses. A senior manager at Learning@Cisco, Marcello Hunter, has said that

"Network virtualization is a key component of next-generation datacenters, and it is clear that virtualization skills are essential to ease the adoption of these networking technologies and maximize the return on enterprise investments. We now incorporate VCP training into two of our Cisco Data Center Unified Computing certification programs. Teaming with top organizations in virtualization like VMware to develop authorized training, education and career certifications underscores our commitment to providing organizations and individuals with the technical knowledge and expertise needed to capitalize on the evolution of networking technology."

The certifications available from VMware, VMware Certified Professional (VCP) and VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX), are growing in popularity throughout the IT industry. They are designed for system administrators, system operators, systems engineers, consultants, architects, and enterprise designers. IT professionals with a VMware certification are thought to earn from 15% to 19% more than non-certified IT professionals. Presently, there are approximately 40,000 VCP-certified IT professionals. The rest of the article has lots more interesting information. If you’re interested in virtualization and Cisco IT training, you should check it out!