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Cisco Introduces
IoT and Cloud certiications will prove
invaluable in the development of tomorrow’s New Cloud and IoT
workforce, helping individuals and their
employers deliver business outcomes that Certiications to Address
equate to customer success.
Key IoE Skills

NEWS FACTS
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CCNA Industrial (IoT):
● Manufacturing is undergoing a As a trusted Cisco Preferred
transformation as the IoE impacts the Solution Partner, 911 unprecedented economic opportunity for
market. Operational and informational technologies are converging into a
businesses, individuals and beyond. As
IT organizations adapt to address these
united industrial infrastructure. While Emergency Telecom Company new opportunities, IT and networking
these technologies are evolving at a rapid is a leading national provider professionals will require new knowledge,
pace, there is a growing skills gap, creating training and skills essential to be successful
a need for individuals equipped to manage with hundreds of customers in evolving job roles.
and operate the manufacturing facilities of across the United States and The new Learning@Cisco curricula
the future.
focuses on the ability to connect the
● As organizations recognize the value Canada.
unconnected, automate and orchestrate
of converging industrial networks with
services, and provide the infrastructure
IT infrastructure, demand for skilled www.911etc.com
to enable real-time data analytics in a
professionals who understand interactions pervasive manner. With the growing
among IT, networking and traditional demand for these skills, the new Cisco
control systems is on the rise.
● World Bank Studies estimate that
200,000 new engineers are required
every year from 2014 to 2022 to connect
the unconnected.1
● The new IoT-focused CCNA
Industrial certiication is a lab-based
training and certiication offering that is part of the CCNA Industrial Education
curriculum. The curriculum is targeted
at Plant Administrators, Control Engineers
and IT/Network engineers working in
manufacturing. The training and
certiication offerings equip individuals with
the knowledge and skills necessary to build,
manage and operate converged industrial
networks.

CCNA Cloud & CCNP Cloud
● The new Cloud certiication program will
help enable professionals to build private CXtec buys and sells used Cisco. Our
and hybrid cloud-based Infrastructure- brand of equal2new® certiied pre-owned
as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions, allowing
voice and networking hardware sets the
IT to enable and control Enterprise- industry standard - with a lifetime warranty
wide cloud deployments in a consistent,
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and a 99.51% reliability rating. Plus, we pay
● The CCNA Cloud certiication
prepares individuals to deliver entry-level cash, credit or trade for your used equipment
provisioning and support of Cisco Cloud and to help you maximize your budget.
Intercloud solutions.
The CCNP Cloud certiication is
● designed to give candidates the skills How do we know equal2new®
to explain cloud concepts, as well as
design, deploy, and maintain Cisco will make your job easier?
Cloud and Intercloud solutions in
complex environments.
• It stands for quality and peace of mind
• It means more money in your pocket
Quotes
• It keeps the technology at your business pace
Tejas Vashi, Director, Product Strategy
& Marketing, Cisco Services: “The
technological changes we are seeing
are unprecedented, both in terms of the Because equal2new is exactly what it says it is –
opportunities they afford and the pace of technology that’s equal to, or better than, new.
change. Innovation is hampered when
infrastructure lags, and new challenges arise
as the world becomes more connected. The new certiications we are introducing enable
IT personnel to handle current and future
challenges with job role based training that
drives business value for their employers.”

Glenn Goldney, Global Business
Manager, Training Services, Rockwell
Automation: “More than ever, our
customers are experiencing the convergence
of OT and IT on the plant loor, requiring
the two organizations to work together
to future-proof the development and
maintenance of these new and complex
network infrastructures. Cisco and Rockwell www.cxtec.com • 800.762.3282
Automation are addressing this challenge
with training and certiications to help OT
and IT professionals gain the skillset needed
to build, manage and operate converged
network architectures throughout The
Connected Enterprise.” ■

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