The certification process is jobs oriented and they are open for all the people regardless of their age and the geographical location. Some of the certifications require the good hands on experience and some prerequisites and some need to be renewed after every 3 years. You need to choose the certification track based on your planned career path and your job roles. In this article, you will find an overview of some of the best IT certification programs.
MCSE stands for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer that is designed for developing, maintaining, implementing and securing a network infrastructure on the Windows based operating systems. The job roles for the MCSE certified people include network administrator, systems administrator and network consultants.
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator administers, secure and maintain Windows based computer network.
MCDST stands for Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician. MCDST certified people troubleshoot the hardware and software related issues in the Windows based network infrastructure.
MCDBA stands for Microsoft Certified Database Administrator and the MCDBA design, implement and administer the SQL server database.
MCT stands for Microsoft Certified Trainers. The MCT are the qualified instructors that deliver the support training to the IT professionals and the developers.
MCSD stands for Microsoft Certified Solution Developers. The MCSD certified design, implement and develop the business solutions and the business applications by using the Microsoft tools, technologies sand the Windows based operating systems.
MCAP stands for Microsoft Certified Application Professionals. MCAP certified individuals work on the Microsoft Office system and the Microsoft Office share points server sites.
- Cisco
CCNA stands for the Cisco Certified Network Associates. CCNA certification validate the candidates’ skill and knowledge that is required to operate, install, configure and troubleshoot a small to medium sized network.
CCNP stands for the Cisco Certified Network Professional. CCNP validates the candidate’s knowledge to install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot a converged network of about 100 to 500 nodes.
CCIE stands fro the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert. CCIE validates the candidate’s expert level network knowledge of LAN and WAN across the multiple routers and switches.
Cisco Certified Security Professional is an advanced level certified that validates the candidate’s skills of securing the Cisco Networks.
Cisco Certified Internetwork Professionals are skilled in providing the infrastructure IP networking solutions.
Cisco Certified Design Professional validates the candidate’s skills of designing the complex IP networks.
- Comptia
Comptia Stands for Computing Technology Industry Association. It is an association of more than 8000 companies. They provide the IT certifications for the IT professional on a number of topics. Comptia offers a wide range of industry’s recognized certifications such as Comptia A+, Comptia Linux+, Comptia Security+, Comptia Server+, Comptia CDIA+, Comptia Project+ and Comptia Convergence+.
- ISC2
ISC2 offers a wide range of advance security related certifications which include CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP and SSCP for the IT professionals who want to make their in the network/system securities.
- Other Certifications
There are a number of other certification programs which are offered by the Citrix Systems, Checkpoint, Sun, Symantec, Dell, HP and others.