Cisco Announces New Specialist Certifications to Support Enhanced Channel Partner Program.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. (R) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) today announced the addition of 12 new Specialist certifications to align with Cisco's recently enhanced Channel Partner Program. The new Specialist certifications map to updated Partner Specializations that were a key element of the changes to Cisco's award-winning partner program. The new Specialist certifications match job-role requirements within Specializations for Cisco's Channel Partner employees, and will also be of interest to any technical professional involved with the design, implementation and support of integrated Cisco networks that incorporate Unified Communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. , wireless, security, and routing and switching technologies. "Cisco has created new Specialist certifications to meet the growing demand for integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. technologies," said Don Field, director of certifications at Cisco. "Organizations that employ specialists certified by Cisco have expertise in the technologies required to build robust, sophisticated network-based solutions." The new Cisco Specialist Certifications include: --Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area Design Specialist --Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Field Specialist --Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Sales Specialist --Cisco Security Solutions and Design Specialist --Cisco Advanced Security Field Specialist --Cisco Security Sales Specialist --Cisco Routing and Switching Solutions Specialist --Cisco Routing and Switching Field Specialist --Cisco Routing and Switching Sales Specialist --Cisco Foundation Design Specialist --Cisco Foundation Field Specialist --Cisco Foundation Sales Specialist Technical professionals who earn Cisco Specialist certifications will be in high demand for their skills, as technologies such as wireless, Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) communications and security become standard for solution providers, businesses of all sizes and service providers. Professionals who have earned Specialist certifications demonstrate that they have received training to allow them to successfully plan, design, implement, operate and optimize new technologies that increase productivity, reduce costs and differentiate a company from competitors. To learn more about the new Specialist certifications, visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/certification Training and Availability Authorized Cisco training is available from a global network of Cisco Learning Partners and the Partner E-Learning Connection. For complete details about the training and exam requirements for the Specialist and other certifications, visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/certifications. About Cisco Career Certifications Cisco Career Certifications are IT professional certifications for Cisco products. The tests are administered by Pearson VUE (Prometric previously administered the test; but as of 1 Aug 2007, no longer does). The widely respected Cisco Career Certifications bring valuable, measurable rewards to network professionals, their managers and the organizations that employ them. Cisco offers three levels of general certification: Associate, Professional and Expert in various tracks such as Routing and Switching, Network Security and Service Provider. A variety of Cisco Specialist focused certifications are also available to show knowledge in specific technologies, solutions or job roles. For Cisco Career Certifications information, visit: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com. Cisco, Cisco Systems, the Cisco Systems logo, CCIE See Cisco certification. , CCNA See Cisco certification. , and Cisco IOS are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. |
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