กรุงเทพฯ--13 พ.ค.--PITON Communications
Fast Track Programme Extended; Exceeds 3000 Certifications and 7000 Applicants
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) today announced that over 3000 Asia Pacific networking professionals have earned enterprise routing qualifications in the company’s “Fast Track” certification programme. Launched in 2007, the programme enables qualified professionals to become certified in the Juniper Networks routing operating system, JUNOS, at substantial savings. JUNOS-based courseware is available to participants at no cost, along with 50 percent savings on exams for enterprise routing associate-level (JNCIA-ER) and specialist-level (JNCIS-ER) certifications.
Juniper is extending the programme, which has now attracted more than 7000 Asia Pacific applicants, to the end of 2008. It will also expand the curriculum to encompass the company’s recently announced JUNOS-based Ethernet switching portfolio and additional subject areas.
“There’s an increasing number of engineering professionals eager to capitalize on the growing market opportunity for JUNOS expertise,” said Sander Dales, Juniper’s vice president of customer services for Asia Pacific. “Being JUNOS-certified is the best way to address this market demand. We are very pleased with the programme’s success and, to build further on its momentum, have removed the original requirement for Cisco certification. Now any experienced networking professional is eligible to learn more about the business value JUNOS offers system integrators and end-users of our networking and security solutions.”
Programme graduate William Quek, Network Engineer at Singapore Comstor Pte Ltd, and the 7000th Fast Track programme applicant, said he finds Juniper’s approach to enterprise networking very intelligent: “I am extremely pleased with the skillset I acquired through the JUNOS Fast Track programme and am convinced it will help increase customer satisfaction and open the doors to more business. In particular, I find JUNOScript, Juniper’s configuration language for JUNOS, a very powerful and easy-to-use configuration tool. I’m looking forward to addressing further market needs with Juniper’s new switching and routing solutions.”
Juniper’s programme accelerates time-to-market for networking professionals already experienced with other industry solutions — including, but not limited to, networkers with Cisco Certified Networking Associates (CCNA), Cisco Certified Networking Professionals (CCNP), and Cisco Certified Internetworking Engineers (CCIE) qualifications. These professionals can leverage the programme to obtain the following Juniper certifications: Operating Juniper Networks Routers in the Enterprise (OJRE), Advanced Juniper Networks Routing in the Enterprise (AJRE), and Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate in Enterprise Routing (JNCIA-ER) with more certification offerings coming early in 2008.
Access to the programme is via the Juniper Networks Certification Fast Track Web Portal, which contains all the Juniper Networks Education Services courseware, lab guides and diagrams, technical manuals, and the tools required to become certified in Juniper Networks JUNOS software. Participants have access to the following materials:
- JUNOS as a second language (JSL) eLearning course
- Operating Juniper Networks Routers in the Enterprise (OJRE) student and lab guides
- Advanced Juniper Networks Routing in the Enterprise (AJRE) student and lab guides
- Hardware and software technical documentation
- Basic installation eLearning courses
- Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate — Enterprise Routing (JNCIA- ER) and Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist — Enterprise Routing (JNCIS- ER) online pre-assessment exams
For more information, please visit www.juniper.net/fasttrack
About Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks, Inc. is the leader in high-performance networking. Juniper offers a high-performance network infrastructure that creates a responsive and trusted environment for accelerating the deployment of services and applications over a single network. This fuels high-performance businesses. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net .
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Ross Inglis
Juniper Networks, Inc.
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