On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Aravindhan Krishnan wrote: > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:02:19 +0530 > From: Aravindhan Krishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [twincling] Certifications in Storage domian > > Hi friends, > > I would like to know about the certifications in Storage Networking.. I saw > some certifications in snia.org. > Also I could find companies like NetApp, Cisco, EMC coming out with their > own certifications.. > How much worth it is for a developer..? Which would be the best for a > developer, if its really worth..? > I would like to get more insight into these certifications.. the syllabi, > preparation.. > > Can anyone help me out..? > > Thanks, > Aravindhan > >
Hi Aravindhan: Professional certification in the Computer technology field is a designation earned by a person to assure that he/she is qualified to perform a job or task. An indicative list with background discussion available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_certification_%28Computer_technology%29 Having said that, certification programs target 'task' or 'closely related tasks' based competencies. This makes it easy for hiring managers to select candidates ! Each company that has some market share, tries to create a 'pool of task trained' individuals who can work with that product. This means customers who have bought product A from company A, can also find 'product A from company A' certified administrators to manage their installations. This creates a certain gravity around the 'available market place' for product A and 'certain idioms/practices'. eg. Cisco certified CCNA individual is comfortable with Cisco CLI (Command Line interface) and will promote it 'subconsciously'. Once this hits critical mass, you will find that even the competitor's are designing their CLI, very similar to Cisco CLI. >From the storage domain, two common certifications are - eg. Veritas Filesystem administrator Veritas VolumeManager administrator. In this case, the critical mass was 'automatically' achieved when HP decided to OEM Veritas Filesystem and Volumemanager. Oracle running on HP-UX for example, will require an administrator with VxFS and VxVM knownledge. Hence 'task trained' individuals on these core products are in great demand ! Hope this helps see the perspective. thanks Saifi.
