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Gain a distinctive career advantage * Developing Solutions to the Data Center Skills Shortage, DCD Intelligence, 2016 * Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2015 - 2010, November 2016 * Stratosphere survey of 310 IT professionals worldwide, http://www.stratoscale.com/resources/research/salary-dashboard/?hash=1501c98b63600ca881222f4f9b749685 * 2016 Value of Certifications Survey, Cisco Systems, August 2016 SOURCES: Increase on-the-job effectiveness Prepare to work on cutting edge IT initiatives www.cisco.com/go/dccert For more data center information and resources on the Cisco Learning Network For more data center information and resources on the Cisco Learning Network * Worldwide Datacenter Network Forecast, 2016 – 2020, IDC, December 2016 CCNA CCIE CCNP Special Business Innovation Depends Upon The Work that IT Delivers Data Center Professionals Are In Big Demand Data Center Growth Continues Data Center Growth Continues IT organizations forecast data center network expansion (2015 - 2020) by 8.4% worldwide compounded annual growth rate. NORTH AMERICA 8.3% Growth LATIN AMERICA 9.0% Growth EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST 8.0% Growth ASIA/PACIFIC 9.2% Growth Demand for data center capacity and resources continues to grow, fueling demand for highly skilled IT professionals who can manage the data center infrastructure. Data Center Technology Plans Data Center Technology Plans Strong Demand for Data Center Professionals Strong Demand for Data Center Professionals Growth is propelled in part by convergence, deployment of IT architectures and services, and the increasing role of software in data center management and operations. Certify as a Cisco Certified Data Center professional Associates Network Administrator Network Engineer Systems Administrator Professionals Systems Engineer Presales Engineer Design Engineer Lead Network Engineer Lead Data Center Engineer Network Architect Implementation Engineer Support Engineer Senior Support Engineer Specialists Flexpod Engineer Experts Data Center Architect Technology Architect Senior Design Engineer Senior Implementation Engineer Senior Support Engineer Senior IT Consultant Cisco Certified Employees Outperform Non-certified Employees Cisco Certified Employees Outperform Non-certified Employees Produce higher quality results Reduce costs associated with IT projects Complete advanced tasks more effectively Data Centers are Critical for Business Agility and Transformation Initiatives Data Centers are Critical for Business Agility and Transformation Initiatives IT professionals plan, implement, and run the data center infrastructure that supports agile and innovative business initiatives that can handle: 600 500 400 300 200 100 2012 2013 2014 Take Your Career to the Next Level! Take Your Career to the Next Level! THOUSANDS OF STAFF Total IT Facility 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 SDN, cloud, and virtualized infrastructure New and innovative business, consumer, and technology applications By 2020, the data stored in data centers globally will grow 3x 600ZB From 2015 - 2020, global data center IP traffic will grow Skyrocketing traffic and information loads 11.5 5x The management of a growing number of mobile devices accessing company networks By 2019, there will be billion devices in the market New and unpredictable security challenges By 2020, data generated by IoT workloads will reach a year 2015 New Data Center Skills New Data Center Skills These knowledge and skills are in high demand. Streamline operational tasks through automation Implement unified computing Secure the data center Manage policy-driven infrastructure across physical and virtual resources Leverage flexible deployment models (hybrid, cloud, on-premises) Manage data center infrastructure (network, servers, storage ...) Career Opportunities Career Opportunities Over 2/3 of Data Center Operators have concerns about the impact of skills shortage 25% of data center professionals earn between $100K - $140K. 2/3 25 % $ * Gartner, Survey Analysis: Software-Defined Data Center and Hyperconverged Adoption, October 2016 2015 or before Notes: Question we asked: When did or will your organization begin to use in production each of the following technologies? Number of respondents = 153. Numbers may not add up to totals shown because of rounding. Source: Gartner (October 2016) 2016 By the end of 2018 (Will) use the following technologies in production 68% Private cloud IaaS Public cloud IaaS Private cloud- based disaster recovery Hyperconverged servers or storage Software- defined security Software- defined networking Software- defined storage Software- defined data centers DRaaS 59% 50% 42% 39% 38% 34% 31% 45% have no plans to invest in SDDCs 27% 20% 4% 3% 18% 8% 5% 15% 9% 11% 21% 10% 7% 24% 8% 7% 21% 10% 11% 14% 12% 24% 20% 14% 25% 20% 15% 33% NP: 22% DK: 10% NP: 30% DK: 10% NP: 35% DK: 16% NP: 37% DK: 22% NP = No plans to invest DK = Don’t know NP: 29% DK: 32% NP: 35% DK: 27% NP: 41% DK: 24% NP: 45% DK: 24% NP: 57% DK: 16% Figure 1. Production Deployment Plans
