Based on an EMC global survey, storage managers report that 66% of their staff would benefit from additional skills development. This gap is a potential problem throughout the IT industry. Where will IT managers and business stakeholders find knowledgeable, skilled storage professionals to fill the growing demand?
EMC and Element K have partnered to address the growing global storage knowledge gap and to develop a base of trained and certified storage professionals. This authorized program will be offered to Element K's audiences who are interested in storage technology education either as an extension of their existing IT roles or to build upon their college programs that did not offer storage-specific education.
The Storage Technologist Learning Path, offering EMC Proven™ Professional Associate- and Specialist-level certifications, enables IT professionals to assess, plan, design, and manage complex storage solutions. This Learning Path is suitable for:
- Experienced storage professionals knowledgeable in specific segments who may not have exposure to all of the other segments of modern storage infrastructure.
- Experienced IT professionals or organization-wide IT teams assuming responsibility to manage storage infrastructure.
- Students and IT professionals who want to build their career in the storage industry.
Element K offers the following courses within the EMC Storage Technologist Learning Path:
| Associate | Information Storage and Management (ISM) | This course introduces students to an "open" storage curriculum that is focused on concepts and principles rather than product specifics. It provides a comprehensive introduction to storage technology, enabling participants to make more informed decisions about information storage and management in context of their own company infrastructure, regardless of storage platform. |
| Specialist | Storage Networking Design and Management (SNDM) | This course builds on the technology concepts and principles learned in ISM (prerequisite) and challenges students to apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios when designing, deploying, and managing storage networking solutions. |
| Information Availability Design and Management (IADM) | This course builds on the process-oriented approach learned in the SNDM course (prerequisite) and challenges students to apply information availability requirements into real-world scenarios, such as business impact analysis and technology design considerations. |
The complete learning path for the Storage Technologist curriculum can be found here.
EMC storage training provides an excellent opportunity for incremental revenue for your training center.
EMC has partnered with Element K to facilitate partnership agreements to enable training organizations to offer the #1 program in the storage and information infrastructure management industry as EMC Learning Centers (ELC).
Features and Benefits of Partnership
- Turnkey solution -- We have a pool of contract instructors.
- Sales and marketing support at no charge to you -- Sales brochures, assessments, mailers.
- Dedicated Support -- EMC sales specialist and an internal Partner Manager at EMC available to support your sales and marketing efforts.
- Lead referral system -- EMC has all Learning Centers partners listed on their web site
- Up-sell & cross-sell opportunities -- You retain the relationship with your students with an opportunity to sell other courses in the 'Storage Technologist' track.
- Sales Training -- We can hold a webinar or onsite sales training event for your team.
- No gear required -- The training is comprised of lectures and 'minds on' labs.
Contact your Element K account manager to learn more about becoming an EMC Learning Center.
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