Managing Information Storage - EMC Education, Training, and ...

About the AuthorsAlok Shrivastava is responsible for technologyeducation, certification, and programs within EMCEducation Services. Key areas of his responsibilityinclude technical training and field readiness,EMC Proven Professional Certification, internalcommunications and program management,new product readiness, Storage Technologist‘Open’ Training and Certification, EMC LearningPartner Program, and the EMC Academic AllianceProgram. Prior to joining the Education Servicesteam in 2003, Mr. Shrivastava was responsible forbuilding and leading a strong sales engineeringteam for the EMC Asia-Pacific/Japan region. Inhis nearly 25-year professional career, he hasbeen an application developer, storage manager,systems manager, pre- and post-sales consultant,sales engineering manager, and director of thesales engineering function at the regional level.Somasundaram Gnanasundaram (Somu) isresponsible for the Industry Education and Certification(IEC) initiative at EMC to address the storageknowledge “gap” that exists in the industry.Key areas of his responsibility include deciding onthe most appropriate training offerings, identifyingand partnering with key IT training providers,and setting overall direction for the initiative.Prior to his current role, Somu was responsible forbuilding and leading a team of systems engineersand project managers in EMC South Asia. In his20-year professional career, Somu has been asystems engineer, sales engineering manager,and services sales manager.6. EMC’s Response and InitiativesEMC Education Services conducted this study to identify challenges faced by managers in the storageindustry and ways to address these challenges.The following key initiatives offer options for storage managers and professionals to acquire orimprove their skills to benefit their organizations:Education Solutions• ‘Open’ Storage Technology Curriculum– Unique offering in the industry; leads with concepts and principles– Covers all segments of Information Storage and Management Technology– Adapted by several universities– Public classes by independent training providers for non-EMC users• EMC Technology-Specific Learning Paths– Help leverage extensive capabilities of EMC technology and solutions– Comprehensive coverage for all segments of EMC technology– Prepare for EMC Proven Professional Certification• EMC Proven Professional Certification Program– Formal validation and recognition– Option of ‘Open’ and/or more than 10 EMC technology specialties– Exclusive Knowledge Maintenance and Sharing featureAll of the above education solutions are available globally via EMC Education Services to EMC’scustomers, partners, and employees.In an attempt to help address the widening knowledge gap in the industry, the following exclusiveprograms have been introduced which enable non-EMC users as well as university students to takeadvantage of the ‘open’ storage technology curriculum to build a successful career in this highgrowthindustry.EMC Academic Alliance Program• ‘Open’ information storage and management curriculum for students in colleges and universities,targeted to help build a highly skilled pool of future storage managers and professionals.• Introduced in mid-2006, the program has helped establish alliances with large number ofuniversities in several countries.EMC Learning Partner Program‘Open’ storage technology curriculum, offered by leading, independent IT training companies,designed to build or improve storage technology skills leading to better design and managementof efficient storage infrastructures.For more information on the programs, offerings, alliances and partnerships, visit www.EMC.com/training.Alok ShrivastavaSenior Director (Education Services)EMC Global ServicesEMC CorporationShrivastava_alok@EMC.comSomasundaram GnanasundaramDirector – Industry EducationEMC Global ServicesEMC CorporationSomasundaram_g@EMC.com16