Credentials and Assessments

The Certified Linux Professional 11 certification validates the skills necessary for performing administrative tasks on SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 platforms.

Certified Novell Engineer training provides a wide variety of network support skills that allow you to keep your company's network running efficiently—with less downtime. As a CNE, you solve advanced company-wide support problems and high-level network problems. You perform planning, installation, configuration, troubleshooting and upgrade services for networks.

Cisco Certified Design Professional validates advanced knowledge of network design concepts and principles. With a CCDP certification, a network professional can discuss, design, and create advanced addressing and routing, security, network management, data center, and IP multicast complex multi-layered enterprise architectures that include virtual private networking and wireless domains. The CCDP curriculum includes building scalable internetworks, building multilayer switched networks, and designing network service architecture.

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert certification is accepted worldwide as the most prestigious networking certification in the industry. Network Engineers holding an active Cisco CCIE certification are recognized for their expert network engineering skills and mastery of Cisco products and solutions. The CCIE community has established a reputation of leading the networking industry in deep technical networking knowledge and are deployed into the most technically challenging network assignments.

Cisco Certified Network Professional validates the ability to plan, implement, verify and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks and work collaboratively with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless and video solutions. The CCNP certification is appropriate for those with at least one year of networking experience who are ready to advance their skills and work independently on complex network solutions. Those who achieve CCNP have demonstrated the skills required in enterprise roles such as network technician, support engineer, systems engineer or network engineer.

The CASP exam is in development. Tentative exam availability is scheduled for fall 2011. The CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner certification is an international, vendor-neutral exam that proves competency in enterprise security; risk management; research and analysis; and integration of computing, communications, and business disciplines.  The exam covers the technical knowledge and skills required to conceptualize, design, and engineer secure solutions across complex enterprise environments. It involves applying critical thinking and judgment across a broad spectrum of security disciplines to propose and implement solutions that map to enterprise drivers.

CompTIA Network+ certification proves knowledge of networking features and functions.  The exam addresses the latest skills needed by technicians, such as basic principles on how to secure a network.  The exam covers network technologies, media and topologies, devices, management, tools and security.  The exam addresses the latest skills needed by technicians, such as basic principles on how to secure a network.

CompTIA Server+ certification validates knowledge of server issues and technology, including disaster recovery. It is a vendor neutral certification that proves knowledge of server hardware and software.  The exam covers system hardware, software, storage, IT environment, disaster recovery and troubleshooting. CompTIA Server+ is an international, vendor-neutral certification for technical support professionals with 18 to 24 months of IT experience. Although not a prerequisite, it is recommended have 18 to 24 months experience in server technology, along with a CompTIA A+ certification. The exam covers system hardware, software, storage, IT environment, disaster recovery and troubleshooting. CompTIA Server+ is an international, vendor-neutral certification for technical support professionals with 18 to 24 months of IT experience. Although not a prerequisite, it is recommended have 18 to 24 months experience in server technology, along with a CompTIA A+ certification.

Certified Novell Engineer training provides a wide variety of network support skills that allow you to keep your company's network running efficiently—with less downtime. As a CNE, you solve advanced company-wide support problems and high-level network problems. You perform planning, installation, configuration, troubleshooting and upgrade services for networks.

The Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) certification helps validate that an individual has the comprehensive set of skills necessary to perform a particular job role, such as database administrator or enterprise messaging administrator. MCITP certifications build on the technical proficiency measured in the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certifications.

The Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification helps validate the ability to manage and troubleshoot network environments based on the Windows Server 2003 operating system. It reflects a unique set of skills required to succeed in a variety of job roles, such as systems administrator, network administrator, information systems administrator, network operations analyst, network technician, and technical support specialist.

The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification enables individuals to target specific technologies, and are generally the first step toward Microsoft's Professional-level certifications. There are currently 20 MCTS certifications, based on specializations, and each requiring certain examinations to be passed.