May 2016

Learning@Cisco

Digital Innovation: Driving the Next Workforce Transformation

News

Next Generation CCNA

R&S Certification

Aligning workforce

to evolving job roles

Covering new skills required

for digital innovation

Option 1

Digitalization Opens the Door to New Data Enabled Business Models

IT Innovation Health

Shopping

Transport

Enterprises and IT must evolve to meet new business challenges

A New, Open and Software Driven Enterprise Network

Application Enabled IT

Open & Programmable | Standards-Based

Virtualized Infrastructure

New Skills Needed

Programmable

Networks

for Automation

Virtualized Network

Functions

and Services

Network as

the Platform

for Analytics

Policy Based

Network

Management

Open APIs | Developers Environment

Automation/Cloud

Analytics/Business Outcomes

Networking Infrastructure, a Key Factor

96,600 New Positions To Be Added in U.S.

by 2020

31% Job Growth Projected in U.S.

by 2024

800,000+ Networking Jobs U.S. in 2015

The Network Administrator: New Tools for an Expanding Role

Information-Era Network From Manual, Rigid, Device-Centric to

Digital-Ready Network Automated, Flexible, Network-wide

Open, Programmable, Software-Driven

Network-wide, Policy-Based Automation

Programmability Now Across All Segments

of Network (Access, WAN etc..)

Manual Box-by-Box Management

Programmability only in Data Center

Closed and Hardware-Centric

A Relevant Foundation to Digitalize Your Business

Programmable network architectures (APIC-EM)

Virtualized network functions and services (NFV)

Policy based network management (QoS policies)

Network leveraged analytics (flows and applications)

Enterprise VPN technologies for intelligent WAN

IPv6 address family and routing to support IoT scaling

Transformation

of CCNA R&S

Certification

Next Generation CCNA R&S: Uplifting Key Audiences and Stakeholders

Network Administrators

Seeking Certification

Cisco Channel Partners

(SE & FE) and Enterprise Cisco Networking Academy

• Training adds latest skill sets

and subject matter

• Exam(s) validate skill sets

• Provides digital ready skills for

workforce enablement

• Updated training adds latest

skill sets

• No change to Channel Program

requirements

• New exams validate skill sets

upon recertification

• Bridged training created for

existing students

• New students exposed to new

content and curriculum

• Summary of changes provided on Cisco Learning Network

• Complete exam topics provided on Cisco Certifications

• Enhanced Learning Solutions with lab centric framework delivered by Authorized Cisco Learning Partners

• New Exams now Available through Authorized Pearson VUE Testing Centers

Next Generation CCNA R&S Training and Exam Resources

For more information:

www.cisco.com/go/ccna

Option 1

Summary

Obtaining or maintaining this new generation of certification validates skill level to meet the digital transformation

Digital Innovation is critical for the

success of business today

Expanded skills critical factor for

digitization of business

A new level of CCNA Routing and

Switching certification is the foundation

through which expanded skills are created

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