Both the training and the certification are vendor-neutral; the student learns the fundamental knowledge to work in any vendor’s space. CTP+ does a good job of explaining how the data world and the telecommunications world intersect. This background is especially helpful for VARs and service providers who work with or support products from multiple vendors to make sure the voice, video and data networks are working just right.
With successful and resilient botnet operations established in prior years, the cyber criminals experimented with many tactics to keep spam campaigns active and fresh this year. From leveraging newsworthy events like the FIFA World Cup to taking advantage of the widespread popularity of URL shortening services and social networks, the spammers deployed a variety of tricks to bypass spam filters and lure potential victims.
The cloud has been coming for a long time — it’s coming, really coming, like a freight train — but there are some impediments to its broad adoption. It’s something that will enable a broad set of companies to buy something off the shelf from Riverbed, and make easier the confusing cloud world almost immediately. We’re in the position of having the dominant technology needed to enable cloud computing, and it’s a great position.
Whitewater cloud storage gateways provide fast, drop-in access to the major public cloud storage providers with local-like performance and connect directly to most popular backup tools. With the introduction of Whitewater cloud storage gateway models 510, 710 and 2010, Riverbed enables a wider range of enterprises and federal agencies to significantly reduce storage requirements by embracing the benefits of cloud storage for data protection.
We are noting an increasing adoption of our certification program throughout the Asia Pacific region, particularly in China and the ASEAN group of countries as demonstrated by these two new partners. As a result, we are receiving more inquiries for approved training partners who have an in-depth understanding of our exam objectives. Shenghao and Concentrix are well-positioned to fill this role within their respective territories.
