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TechnologyPosted by Administrator
The career in IT field is lucrative these days as everyone talks of IT. Name the engineer of any stream and he will be in an IT field.
But there are various subfields in IT which you can make your career and not just software and hardware.Lots of youngsters get confused as which field to choose in IT. This article will try to help clear there idea on the options available in IT.
But this article will mainly focus on Networking and its position in IT.
In IT infrastructure there are mainly two things
-Computer(pc) and networking component which make the IT infrastructure.
IT infra is a billion dollar industry and as per the Nasscom its revenue in India is going to touch 5 Billion by 2010.Companies require large resources of information which they store in form of databases. They store this data on the computers called Servers. These servers serve the requests from client computers. There are special Operating systems like Windows 2000, 2003, Redhat Linux, Sun Solaris which are made for stable operations and to serve with lowest MTBF(Mean Time Between Failure) that means going kaput while serving the requests and many of these have an uptime of many years.
The trained professionals are required to maintain these Operating Systems and fine tune them. Many IT companies have created IT certifications so that candidates willing to excel in that stream can take that path and concentrate on his goal.
For Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 Microsoft has created a certification called MCSE(Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer).
Candidates who are interested in managing Windows based networks can opt for this certification. There are total 7 papers which have to be given to achieve this certification. The candidate become MCP(Microsoft Certified Professional)after giving one paper, then after giving four papers he become MCSA(Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator) out of which one paper of Exchange is required.
The detailed information is available on
Microsoft URL.
Redhat Corporation has created a similar certification for candidates interested in Redhat linux OS. The certification is RHCE(Redhat Certified Engineer).This certification has only one paper which you can clear to get the certification. You can clear this paper in two phases also. If you clear the first phase then you can get a middle certification as RHCT(Redhat Certified Technician).More infor mation can be obtained from this
URL.
There are also certifications for maintaining the server hardware like Blade servers and SAN media. The blade servers are mainly used in data centers where a large pool of servers is required. The SAN(Storage Area Network) is the concept used to store large chunks of data mainly in Terabytes and petabytes.
Now we will come to the part of networking. There are few companies like Cisco, Juniper which provides the certifications. Out of which Cisco has a greater share of Global networking market with around 80%.Cisco has designed a career path for candidates pursuing there interests in Networking.
They have created a hierarchy so candidates get step by step wiser. The first level is CCNA(Cisco Certified Network Associate) which gives you the basic
understanding of networking. The second level is for candidate who is aspiring more in networking. The certification is CCNP(Cisco Certified Networking professional)
The third level is for the master which can be considered of Phd of networking. It is the highest sought degree by a networking professional. It is CCIE(Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert).It gives the candidate a challenging career with high rewards. A candidate with CCIE in hand gets $100000 easily.
Further Cisco has created tracks for various of its network operations. They are mainly R&S(Routing and Switching),SP(Service Provider)
Security, Voice. Here R&S is the general track and candidates who would like to take specialization can choose as they desire.More information for Cisco certifications is available on this
URL.
These are some global certifications which are available in Indian market and are really in demand. These are valid globally and do not depend on your local area.A MCSE or CCIE degree in India holds the same value in US, Australia or Europe. And they do not require any prequalification to give the exam. You can just appear for the exam by booking it and you don’t have to wait for a month for the results to come as they take a live exam (online-Internet based).
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