Just a few years in the past, you can be forgiven for not worrying about cloud computing and cloud suppliers, particularly on the enterprise degree. The truth is, in your day by day life, you might need solely identified “the cloud” as one thing that allowed you to binge-watch your favourite streaming sequence or enabled speedy response occasions in your cell apps, whether or not you’re in Los Angeles, London, Lima, or Lagos.
These days–whether or not you already know it or not–your enterprise might be within the cloud. It’ll be as much as you to be sure that apps, information, and providers can transfer seamlessly between your native information facilities and whichever cloud supplier(s) your organization is utilizing. Appears like a fairly large job, however don’t fear: We’re right here to assist. Learn on for an summary of studying and certification provides constructed to information you in your cloud connectivity journey—no matter Huge-Space Community (WAN) know-how or cloud supplier. We’ve been the chief in connectivity for many years, and the cloud isn’t any completely different for us.
Serving to join you to the clouds
As a part of the Cisco Licensed Community Skilled (CCNP) Enterprise certification, we’ve launched the brand new ENCC focus examination, which focuses on Designing and Implementing Cloud Connectivity. You possibly can take a look at the blueprint, nevertheless it’s a reasonably complete examination, specializing in design, a number of forms of implementations (IP Safety [IPSec] and Software program-Outlined WAN [SDWAN]), and troubleshooting of those implementations.
In case you’re unfamiliar with cloud networking ideas usually, you may get began with cloud networking and connectivity tutorials (created by us, your technical advocates). They’re out there on Cisco U. at present, totally free and for everybody.
In case you’re already cloud-aware and need to bounce into connecting them utilizing cloud-native assets, we’ve bought tutorials for instantiating IPsec VPNs between a Cisco router and AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
In case you’d like one thing a bit extra complete, we’re releasing a full ENCC Studying Path overlaying your complete certification blueprint. The primary monitor of this studying path is dwell now for these with a Cisco U. subscription, with the remaining following in brief order over the approaching weeks.
Designing and Implementing Cloud Connectivity | ENCC | Observe 1
Obtainable now in Cisco U. Free. Get began
Moreover, there are a number of Snack Minute assets for those who favor your studying in video format fairly than written phrases. In Episode 113, Patrick Gargano teases the thought course of behind the Multicloud Specialist certifications, in addition to opinions the blueprint and examination matters which can be included within the ENCC Certification. Lastly, he teases a few of the assets out there on Cisco U.
In Episode 121, I dive deep into the Azure cloud management panel and the required steps to create an IPSec-based Digital Personal Community (VPN) between an on-prem router and native cloud VPN constructs.
In case you couldn’t inform–we’re enthusiastic about this new certification and need to see you achieve your certification journey!
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Enhancing our personal cloud
Having a unified platform for quite a lot of completely different studying elements (tutorials, programs, and studying paths) is nice. However like with any funding, particularly on the enterprise degree, having the ability to monitor customers, licenses, begin and finish dates, and license consumption, is necessary. Due to this, we’ve added an “Admin portal” inside Cisco U. to make sure that buyer directors are offered an in-platform expertise to handle learner accounts. This manner, you may be certain the correct learners are enabled to their coronary heart’s content material!
Creating attractive cloud provides
Lastly, rumor has it that we’ll offer a particular Cisco U. Black Friday deal (November 20–24, 2023). The draw back is that these dates are a number of weeks away. Nevertheless, the upside is that they are a number of weeks away; providing you with an opportunity to discover all that Cisco U. has to supply (for those who haven’t already).
Dive into the tutorials, discover the out there programs and Studying Paths, and see simply how a lot there may be so that you can be taught. I’m certain that you just’ll be setting your alarm for very first thing on the 20th to just be sure you don’t miss out.
I do know I wrote quite a lot of phrases. The TL;DR of all of it is: Utilizing the ability of Cisco and our new studying platform, the cloud has by no means appeared…brighter? (Effectively, perhaps that doesn’t work since clouds normally block the solar–however you already know what I imply.)
As at all times, if this wasn’t sufficient info, click on the video under to get an entire recap of all the things new in Cisco U., and take a look at the Cisco Studying Community for some cloudy discussions about all of it afterward. I imply—nicely… the discussions aren’t cloudy—they’re fairly clear and straightforward to know, truly. I’ve actually carried this joke too far, haven’t I?
Learn subsequent: “Up, Up, and Away to the Clouds: Cisco Multicloud Specialist certifications” by Hank Preston. Learn now >>
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