SNIA offers opportunities to learn about the value and methodology of storage networking. Storage professionals are increasingly turning to educational programs to keep up with day-to-day demands and to plan for the future.

The Storage Networking Industry Association has established the SNIA Education Continuum to expand educational opportunities and options available to end users and the IT industry. The SNIA Education Continuum leverages the strengths and successes of SNIA Education, SNIA Education Provider members, and the SNIA Technology Center to offer value to the storage networking industry through:

• Tutorials
• Certification
• SNIA Qualified Sales Professional
• SNIA / CompTIA Alliance
• SNCP Curriculum training providers
• SNCP Classes at SNIA Technology Center
• Educational materials (such as White Papers, Case Studies, or Webcasts) specific to a particular Forum/Initiative can be found in the Knowledge Center for that Forum/Initiative.

SNIA and CompTIA Announce Alliance to offer New Storage Credential

Downers Grove, Ill. and San Francisco, Calif., January 4, 2011 – CompTIA, the global nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry, and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), the global non-profit association for the storage industry, announced today they are collaborating to develop and market a new professional certification for IT workers responsible for storage networking and information management.

The credential, “CompTIA Storage+  Powered by SNIA,” will be a comprehensive validation of the knowledge and skills necessary to support various solutions and technologies in data storage, storage networking, data protection, and the underlying interconnect technologies. Global availability of the new credential is expected in the early part of 2012.

For more on this announcement be sure to view the complete Press Release.
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