EMC has announced the availability of two new cloud-related certification tracks. The first one is called EMC Cloud Architect (EMCCA) en the second one is called EMC Data Center Architect (EMCDCA). The tracks are targeted towards architects, designers and consultants who will be responsible for designing highly virtualized cloud-ready infrastructures a.k.a. IT as a Service (IaaS) environments. Both certifications will be ‘Open’ curriculum based training and certification focused on technology concepts and principles applicable to any vendor environment.
The Cloud Architect (EMCCA) bring cross-domain expertise to virtualization and cloud designs – including IT-as-a-Service considerations – and are likely to lead the business interfacing role within the team.
EMCCCA certification can be accomplished by taking the following exams:
- E20-001 Information Storage and Management Exam
- Develop understanding of a breadth of information storage technologies
- E20-018 Virtualized Infrastructure Specialist for Cloud Architects
- Differentiating virtualization and cloud concepts and capabilities including core VDC components and cloud elements
- The overall management strategy of a VDC or cloud environment
- Incorporating and listing the critical aspects of cloud services as elements of cloud infrastructure planning
- Describing how business process and service requirements will impact VDC and cloud planning and design
- Identifying key governance, audit, and compliance considerations
- E20-xxx IT as a Service – Expert Live Certification (Exam not available yet)
- Defining Cloud Offerings (IT and Business)
- Services Configuration Management
- Developing and Maintaining Service Catalogs
- Setting Optimal Service Management
- Infrastructure Integration, Discovery, and Provisioning
- Operation and Governance – Performance, Financial, Management, Security
- Closed Loop Process Management
The Data Center Architect (EMCDCA) plays a crucial role on the team, providing
domain-specific expertise to complement, expand, and complete the cloud-ready virtualized infrastructure designs.
- E20-001 Information Storage Associate Certification
- Develop understanding of a breadth of information storage technologies
- E20-016 Storage Networking Specialty
- Requirements and Business Value Analysis
- Fibre Channel Storage Area Network design considerations
- Network Attached Storage design considerations
- iSCSI, FCIP, and FCoE Storage Networking design considerations
- Design considerations in block- and file-level virtualized environments
- Storage Systems and Host design best practices
- Storage networking design for databases and e-mail applications
- Storage Networking project implementation planning
- E20-017 Information Availability Specialty
- Information Availability and Business value analysis Introduction
- Backup, Recovery technologies and design considerations
- Backup in a virtualized environment and design considerations
- Local, Remote replication technologies and design considerations
- NAS environment replication design considerations
- Design considerations for replication of Virtual Machines
- Data Archiving Design considerations
- E20-021 Information Storage Security Specialty
- Information-Centric Security Concepts
- Security Capabilities of EMC Products
- Building a Business Strategy for Information Storage Security
- Choosing Secured Products
- Designing for Secure Information Storage Solutions
- Planning for Implementation of Secure Information Storage Solutions
- Securing Storage in Virtualized and Cloud Environments
- Monitoring and Management of Secure Information Storage Solutions
- E20-022 Storage Service Management Specialty
- Storage Service Design
- Service Level Management, Capacity Management, Availability Management, Information Security Management, IT Service Continuity Management
- Storage Service Transition
- Service Asset and Configuration Management, Change Management, Release and Deployment Management
- Storage Service Operation
- Incident Management, Problem Management