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NetApp Certification Prepares Next Generation of Storage Professionals for Increasing Complexity of Data Management | |
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 02:37:36 PM | |
Entry-Level NetApp Certified Storage Associate Program Provides IT Professionals with the Expertise Needed to Address Today's Storage and Data Management Challenges. SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- November 25, 2013 -- Cynthia Stoddard, Chief Information Officer, NetApp -- "Today, organizations are faced with the challenge of harnessing data to make strategic decisions that accelerate innovation and enable business success. New challenges in data management have created high demand for qualified professionals, but today's IT skills gap prevents many organizations from finding the right people for the job. NetApp is focused on delivering industry-leading training programs that enable our customers, partners, and the academic community to develop the critical skills necessary to address today's and tomorrow's storage and data management needs." News Summary NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced the general availability of the industry-recognized NetApp Certified Storage Associate (NCSA) program. An accelerated entry-level certification credential, the NCSA program is designed to familiarize participants with storage technology and terminology, NetApp products and solutions, and the skills to manage systems that utilize the NetApp Data ONTAP architecture, the world's #1 branded storage OS. [1] The ongoing explosion in the amount of data that must be stored and managed means that the demand for storage capacity and storage requirements will only continue to grow. For example, "Many Gartner clients that intelligently deploy storage efficiency technologies in their infrastructure still reported an 80% increase in their storage requirements in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013."[2] Despite the healthy demand for IT professionals who can help manage this data growth, finding the type of talent that is needed is a challenge because of the IT knowledge gap that exists today. Insufficient staffing and training for storage and data management positions are top concerns for business technology professionals this year.[3] The NCSA program addresses these concerns by providing academic institutions, IT professionals, customers, and partners with the foundational training necessary to store, manage, and protect data while enabling businesses to hire the talent necessary by expanding the pool of industry-validated applicants. News Facts
Hear Grace Soriano-Abad, vice president of Global Staffing at NetApp, talk about the importance of the NCSA program for IT professionals, customers, partners, and academic institutions. Educating Tomorrow's IT Professionals Today Dr. David Hua, Ball State University
Andrew Marsh, First Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps
[1] IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker 2013 Q2, September 2013 (Open Networked Disk Storage Systems revenue) [2] Gartner, "Market Trends: Evolving HDD and SSD Storage Landscapes," October 30, 2013 [3] InformationWeek, February 2013, "2013 State of Storage Survey," [4] GovWin Consulting Analysis of FPDS-NG, October 2012 |