Red Hat Introduces New DevOps Training and Certifications
Offerings will help IT professionals expand expertise in container,
OpenShift, Ansible, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host, and Puppet
technology
NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
2016 RED HAT NORTH AMERICA PARTNER CONFERENCE - Red Hat, Inc.
(NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions,
today announced five new Training and Certification offerings focused on
improving DevOps skills of IT professionals.
The new training and certification curriculum is designed to help
professionals to demonstrate expertise in technologies closely
associated with DevOps such as containers, OpenShift, Ansible, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Atomic Host and Puppet, and includes:
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Developing Containerized Applications course and exam;
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OpenShift Enterprise Administration course and exam;
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Cloud Automation with Ansible course and exam;
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Managing Docker Containers with RHEL Atomic Host course and exam; and
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Configuration Management with Puppet course and exam.
Individuals previously certified as Red Hat® Certified
Engineers and Red Hat Certified JBoss® Developers, and who
have passed these five additional exams, will be given the credential of
Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA®)
with a concentration in DevOps.
These new DevOps courses will also be offered through Red Hat Learning
Subscription, an annual subscription featuring unlimited access to Red
Hat’s full portfolio of training content designed to help customers
accelerate the speed and ease of on-boarding new staff, the adoption of
new technology releases, and cross-training across multiple products in
an on-demand setting.
In addition to Red Hat's expanding global training and certification
portfolio, Red Hat Consulting continues to offer full-stack DevOps
strategy for streamlining software delivery and aligning IT with the
business.
Supporting Quotes
Ken Goetz, vice president of training, Red Hat
"DevOps isn't a product but rather a culture and process. There are
certain technologies and skills someone working in a DevOps environment
should have. Our goal with this new RHCA concentration is to offer a way
for employers to validate these critical open source skills, and in the
process, further enable enterprises to accelerate application delivery."
Randy Russell, director of certification, Red Hat
"Red Hat is in a unique position to offer a credible certification with
a focus on DevOps. IT professionals who pursue the RHCA concentration in
DevOps can gain the skills and knowledge to build faster and more
reliable delivery pipelines in enterprise environments."
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