A couple of years in the past, you would 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 recognized “the cloud” as one thing that allowed you to binge-watch your favourite streaming sequence or enabled speedy response instances in your cellular apps, whether or not you’re in Los Angeles, London, Lima, or Lagos.
These days–whether or not it or not–your enterprise might be within the cloud. It’ll be as much as you to ensure that apps, knowledge, and providers can transfer seamlessly between your native knowledge 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 Large-Space Community (WAN) expertise 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’ll be able to take a look at the blueprint, but it surely’s a fairly complete examination, specializing in design, a number of sorts of implementations (IP Safety [IPSec] and Software program-Outlined WAN [SDWAN]), and troubleshooting of those implementations.
If you happen to’re unfamiliar with cloud networking ideas basically, you will get began with cloud networking and connectivity tutorials (created by us, your technical advocates). They’re out there on Cisco U. at this time, without cost and for everybody.
If you happen to’re already cloud-aware and need to soar into connecting them utilizing cloud-native sources, we’ve bought tutorials for instantiating IPsec VPNs between a Cisco router and AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
If you happen to’d like one thing a bit extra complete, we’re releasing a full ENCC Studying Path overlaying the whole certification blueprint. The primary monitor of this studying path is dwell now for these with a Cisco U. subscription, with the remaining following briefly order over the approaching weeks.
Designing and Implementing Cloud Connectivity | ENCC | Monitor 1
Out there now in Cisco U. Free. Get began
Moreover, there are a number of Snack Minute sources in case you want your studying in video format quite than written phrases. In Episode 113, Patrick Gargano teases the thought course of behind the Multicloud Specialist certifications, in addition to critiques the blueprint and examination subjects which might be included within the ENCC Certification. Lastly, he teases among the sources 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.
If you happen to couldn’t inform–we’re enthusiastic about this new certification and need to see you reach your certification journey!
New Snack Minute episodes premiere each Tuesday at midday Pacific Time.
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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 vital. Due to this, we’ve added an “Admin portal” inside Cisco U. to make sure that buyer directors are supplied an in-platform expertise to handle learner accounts. This fashion, you may be certain the best learners are enabled to their coronary heart’s content material!
Creating engaging 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. Nonetheless, 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 (in case you haven’t already).
Dive into the tutorials, discover the out there programs and Studying Paths, and see simply how a lot there’s so that you can be taught. I’m certain that you simply’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 numerous phrases. The TL;DR of all of it is: Utilizing the facility of Cisco and our new studying platform, the cloud has by no means appeared…brighter? (Properly, possibly that doesn’t work since clouds often block the solar–however what I imply.)
As all the time, if this wasn’t sufficient data, click on the video beneath to get a whole recap of every thing new in Cisco U., and take a look at the Cisco Studying Community for some cloudy discussions about all of it afterward. I imply—effectively… the discussions aren’t cloudy—they’re fairly clear and simple 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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