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Agenda
Challenges and opportunities for an industry in transition Alignment to the larger Cisco transformational message Partitioning of a complex subject to make it accessible Effectively serving a complete range of customers Filling the gaps, evolving into the future

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Agenda

Challenges and opportunities for an industry in transition Alignment to the larger Cisco strong transformational message Partitioning of a complex subject to make it accessible Effectively serving a complete range of customers Filling the gaps, evolving into the future

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Virtualization Challenges and Opportunities

Role and complexity of the Network Grows
Learning@Cisco Charter
Remove knowledge gaps as barriers to deployment Virtualization, Cloud Web 2.0 IP Video and TelePresence Data Center Unified Communications Enhanced Security Wireless Voice Transport Telecommuting and VPN Ethernet Switching Routing Technical and business architects Workflow Designers Infrastructure Deployment Architects Virtualization Infrastructure Designers Vertical solutions Certified skills

Evolution of the Network

Enable Cisco, partners, and customers

Knowledge Gap

Time
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Data Center Technology Evolution Towards the Cloud

Continuous growth in: Virtualization VM-awareness Cloud-awareness Consolidation High Availability Speed

Virtualization, whole offers

Cloud, Intelligent Automation

Organizational changes

CIAC, N1K, DCNM, UCSM

Client/Server
Centralize Computing, Minimal network impact

Vblock, FlexPod, N1K, VSAN, Vpath, VxI..

LxNetworking, UCS, SAN

Virtualization less silos skills in transition

Routing, Switching Time, complexity

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Challenges.
Scope of the learning Walking outside of the own comfort zone Transition, expanding role Staying on top of the technology evolution

and opportunities Learning from the leaders Getting the needed support structure for a customizable, rich, comprehensive training and certification - walking the IT workforce from todays siloed and rigid structure to a dynamic, evolving up-to-date team Surfing the technology evolution unleashing unlimited opportunities

Getting the best out of the product portfolio and of the Cisco rich offering Bringing innovation and disruption without destruction

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Challenges and opportunities for an industry in transition Alignment to the larger Cisco strong transformational message Partitioning of a complex subject to make it accessible Effectively serving a complete range of customers Filling the gaps, evolving into the future

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Cisco Unified Data Center

It is the unified approach that allows all of these advantages. Consequently, it only makes sense that the three pillars of Cisco Unified Data Center are: Cisco Unified Computing Cisco Unified Fabric Cisco Unified Management

UNIFIED COMPUTING

UNIFIED FABRIC

UNIFIED MANAGEMENT
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From the single productthe box the administrator

to architectures the solutions the infrastructure architects
Unified Computing
VM, Fabric Integration From Server admin to Virtualization Architect

Unified Fabric
Unified I/O, Virtualization VM networking erases the border between Fabric and Computing

Unified Management
Cloud awareness, automation, APIs Connecting the business rules to the IT

To full integrationthe XaaS.. the business architects

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Cisco Data Center Learning Strategy: the Answer to the Challenges, the Door Towards a World of Opportunities

From legacy, product-centric specialist certifications (Storage, Computing, Fabric, Application Services)

to industry job roles focused specialist certifications centered around the Cisco Unified Data Center architecture

supported by libraries of collateral training to make the specialist certifications comprehensive, meaningful and well rounded

additional training tools complement the offering through additional modalities, self paced labs, partnership with Technology Partners also in training.

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Agenda

Challenges and opportunities for an industry in transition Alignment to the larger Cisco strong transformational message Partitioning of a complex subject to make it accessible Effectively serving a complete range of customers Filling the gaps, evolving into the future

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The Right Strategy for a Complex Problem

Addressing the needs, requirements and relationships.

Customers

Open Untouched Market

Channels Partners

Technology Partners

Learning Partners

with a comprehensive portfolio

Foundational Certification (evolving set of Specialist Certifications)

Collateral training (agnostic, product, solution, special skills)

Full set of supporting training material (Labs, elearnings)

High end direct touch to Customers

with the right approach

Alliances with technology partners to create end-toend training (

Fast Product Training updates

Differentiated modalities

Relevance to Customers and Partners maintained through continuous dialog

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DC Learning Strategy
Under Consideration

EMC Netapp VmWare Cisco

Breadth

SelfStudy Labs

UCS labs Nexus labs

Supporting Labs

Microsoft

Citrix

UM Specia lists UC/UF Special ists

End-to-end Training

UCS Nexus MDS

Mobility

Career Certs NA/NP/I E

Cloud

Compli ance

Security

Under Consideration

Certifications
Product Training

Skill Training
Value-add

Products

Job-Role Based Training and Certifications

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Agenda

Challenges and opportunities for an industry in transition Alignment to the larger Cisco strong transformational message Partitioning of a complex subject to make it accessible Effectively serving a complete range of customers Filling the gaps, evolving into the future

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CCNA Data Center Example

Pete is a network administrator who wants to start working in data center Knowldege Basic routing and switching PC and server administration Good customer services skills What he needs to do to get started

Required Exams 640-911 DCICN 640-916 DCICT

Recommended Training Courses Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies
Note: There are no prerequisites for CCNA Data Center

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CCNP Data Center

Professional Level Certification; valid for 3 years Validates skills in job role;
Pre-sales Engineers Design Engineers Implementation Engineers Support Engineers

Data Center Technology pillars

Unified Computing Unified Fabric

Prerequisites
CCNA Data Center and 3-5 years experience

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CCNP Data Center

Training and Exams
Required Exams 642-997 DCUFI 642-999 DCUCI Recommended Training Implementing Cisco Unified Fabric Implementing Cisco Unified Computing

Available Exams (pick a group of 2) 642-996 DCUFD 642-998 DCUCD or 642-980 DCUFT 642-035 DCUCT

Recommended Training Designing Cisco Unified Fabric Designing Cisco Unified Computing Troubleshooting Cisco Unified Fabric Troubleshooting Cisco Unified Computing

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CCIE: a Look at OUR Data Center

The Data Center CCIEs are able to cover the Pre-sales/Design (understanding), Implementation (act) Support (interface) role Will be familiar with anything that Cisco positions in Data Center space (MDS, Nexus line, UCS) glued by virtualization layers, leveraging all the capabilities of this product suite to virtualize the environment; focus on architectures aligned with Unified Data Center

Not Product Focus

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Partner Ecosystem, Direct Delivery

Systems (Data Center Unified Computing Implementation Cisco DCUCI + Virt 101 and VmWare offering)

Storage (EMCEMCDCA)

Backup and Recovery (EMCEMCDCA)

Data Center Network (Data Center Unified Fabric Implementati on Cisco DCUFI)

Security

(Implementing Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Security Cisco IECIS-1)

EMCISA or EMCCIS (foundation)

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Agenda

Challenges and opportunities for an industry in transition Alignment to the larger Cisco strong transformational message Partitioning of a complex subject to make it accessible Effectively serving a complete range of customers Filling the gaps, evolving into the future

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Evolution: Key Influential Factors

Enablement Evolution from Box to Software Products From assessment of knowledge to creation of knowledge

Internal Audience Partners Customers

Shift in student expectation More flexibility and speed of development of the training

Start from Solution Training and New Skills training to guide the Customer through the Cloud revolution

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Towards the cloud

Filling the skill gaps

Foundational training on the cloud Collaboration with Universities to develop curriculum Solution training (VxI, Vblock, FlexPod, CIAC, Public Cloud, APIs) Whole Offer insertion

Building the track

Product training Skill training (Service Designer, Integration Expert..) Open Stack Impact on current certification Skills Training (security) Certification

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How to Find the Resources on CLN

Study Groups

Blogs and Polls

Documents Exam Information

Discussions

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Contacts

Cisco Learning Network community help

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/help

Antonella Corno
acorno@cisco.com

Andy Gremett
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Questions.?

Call to Action

Visit the Cisco Campus at the World of Solutions

to experience Cisco innovations in action

Get hands-on experience attending one of the Walk-in Labs Schedule face to face meeting with one of Ciscos engineers at the Meet the Engineer center Discuss your projects challenges at the Technical Solutions Clinics

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