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RED HAT TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

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Training4 JBoss Training5 Lead Generation & Pre-paid

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CUSTOMERS NEED TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

OVERVIEW

● Training Ensures a Successful Deployment– Customers investing in the expertise of their IT staff want to

ensures optimal system performance, enhance productivity and mitigate risk

● Red Hat Certifications provide Proof of Competency– Certifications are earned by passing “performance based exams”

measuring actual job task competency on live systems

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WHY TRAINING IS IMPORTANT TO YOUOVERVIEW

● Red Hat is Growing = Huge Training Opportunity– With Red Hat's Product Growth, More System Administrators and

Developers than ever before

● OS Migrations = Training Needs– Historically, when Red Hat introduces an OS release (RHEL6),

customer training spend spikes

● Companies w/ RHCEs on Staff Spend 4x More on Subscriptions– Getting System Admins trained and certified creates Red Hat

Advocacy

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WHAT WE OFFER: JBOSS & LINUX CURRICULUM

OVERVIEW

● Learn by Doing– All of our Courses are

“Hands-On”– Minimum of 50% Lab to

Lecture

● Facilitated teaching approach– Inclusion of Adult Training

Methods Designed for Better Retention

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WHAT WE OFFER: RED HAT CERTIFICATIONOVERVIEW

● Performance Based Exams– Measure knowledge in Real World situations, not ability

to memorize a book

● In High Demand by Employers– Assure that deployment projects go off on time and

on budget

● In High Demand by Employees– Over 6000 Linux System Administration Jobs open (CareerBuilder,

Feb 2012)

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● Instructor-Led Training (ILT)– Publicly Scheduled Classes

● On-Site Training– Dedicated Class for one

company– 'Get Everyone Trained at

once'

● Virtual Training– Same Courses as ILT, but

delivered Virtually

TRAIN YOUR WAYOVERVIEW

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50K+ RHCSAs 80K+ RHCEs

CORE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATIONCERTIFICATION

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ADVANCED CERTIFICATIONSCERTIFICATION

● Specialized Products tested● Multiple Exams to Earn

Specialist and Architect Certifications

● Must hold RHCE to take these exams (except RHCVA)

● Great to push to customers using Red Hat Products such as:– Satellite– GFS / Cluster Suite– Directory Server

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Administration of JBoss Platform

Developers Using

Hibernate

Developers Using Seam

CERTIFICATION: JBOSSCERTIFICATION

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*Also applies to students who are starting w/ very limited Linux background

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SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION TRAINING PATHSSYSTEM ADMINISTRATION TRAINING

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1 Overview2 Certification3 System Administration

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JBOSS TRAINING PATHSJBOSS TRAINING

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1 Overview2 Certification3 System Administration

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SKILLS ASSESSMENTLEAD GENERATION AND PRE-PAID TRAINING

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RED HAT TRAINING UNITSLEAD GENERATION AND PRE-PAID TRAINING

Training Units• Flexible - Prepaid Training good for 1 year

• Manageable

• Versatile

• Economical

Add Training Units to Your Subscription Deals!

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Where? Page XX of your Learner WorkbookWhere? Page 53 of your Learner Workbook

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