Brocade Affiliated With the SNIA Certified Storage Network Expert Program

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)added Brocade
as the latest participating vendor in the SNIA Certified Storage Network
Expert (SCSN-E) certification program. Moving forward, storage network
professionals who hold the Brocade Certified SAN Manager (BCSM)
certification can apply this credential toward SCSN-E certification
under the SNIA’s Storage Networking
Certification Program (SNCP).

The alignment of the BCSM certification with the SNIA’s
expert-level certification provides further opportunity for certified
individuals to achieve acknowledgment for their skills and recognizes
the growing demand for network professionals who have the skills to
design, install, and support today’s
multi-vendor storage network environments.

“Brocade is pleased to be affiliated with the
SNIA Certified Storage Network Expert program,”
said Brocade Certification Manager Joe Cannata. “We
welcome the opportunity to work with industry leaders such as SNIA in
raising the visibility and expanding the opportunities for Brocade
Certified SAN Managers to enhance their skills through the SNIA Expert
Track program.”

Brocade will participate with six other vendors, including (in
alphabetical order) — Cisco, EMC, Hitachi Data
Systems, Hitachi, Ltd., HP, and NetApp — that
consider their exams SNIA-compliant and work with the association toward
the continued fulfillment of even more SCSN-E certifications.

“We are pleased to add Brocade to the list of
SNIA partners who recognize or require SNIA certifications,”
said Rick Bauer, Technology & Education Director for the SNIA. “The
addition of an industry-leading data center networking provider such as
Brocade is a major step forward in establishing the SNIA as the leader
in storage industry standards and vendor-neutral Storage Networking
certifications.”

The SNIA Storage Networking Certification Program (SNCP) provides a
strong foundation of vendor-neutral, systems-level credentials that
integrate with and complement individual vendor certifications. The
structure of the SNCP has been enhanced to reflect the advancement and
growth of storage networking technologies over the past few years, and
to provide for expanded offerings in the future. Through enhancing the
SNCP, the SNIA is establishing a uniform standard by which individual
knowledge and skill sets can be judged.

Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)

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