Verizon Named 2016 “The Year of SDN.” Research by SDX Central estimated the Total Addressable Market for SDN is expected to grow to an estimated $132Billion by 2020. (Source: SDN and NFV Market Size Report 2015 by SDX Central). Deployment of SDN is happening! The market is looking for a vendor-neutral, technology-inclusive training and an exam to validate the skills of network engineers. And vendor-specific network engineers are looking to future-proof their careers. Vendor-specific AND vendor-neutral skills are essential for success in SDN.
Tap into a Growing Market - Become an ONF Approved SDN Training and Exam Provider. Engage us and learn how you can offer this to your customers email: info@itpreneurs.com
2. SDN Certification: The Next Job
Requirement
With the rapid adoption of SDN into enterprise infrastructures, the demand for
trained engineers, developers, and sales and marketing professionals in this space
has increased significantly.
To meet this increased demand, Open Networking Foundation (ONF) has developed the ONF-Certified
SDN Professional (OCSP) Program to provide a strong foundation of vendor-neutral knowledge and
skills validation of foundational concepts and advanced technical components, complementing vendor-
specific certifications in SDN.
SDN Certification
SDN Courseware and Exams Available at ITpreneurs
ITpreneurs, the leading provider of IT training content and services, and the Open Networking Foundation
(ONF), a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of open Software-Defined
Networking (SDN), partnered to offer exam for the ONF-Certified SDN Associate (OCSA) and ONF-Certified
SDN Engineer (OCSE) certificates developed as part of the ONF-Certified SDN Professional (OCSP) Program.
ITpreneurs is also a courseware provider for these programs. With a pay-per-use model, training providers
can license the courseware to deliver the training. ITpreneurs offers train-the-trainer program and can help
you source a trainer to deliver the courses.
Dive SDN standards
and architecture
Educate the market
Fill ecosystem gaps
Bring consumers and
suppliers together
3. Become an ONF Approved SDN Training Partner
1. Tap into a Growing Market: Verizon Named 2016“The Year of SDN”. Research by SDX
Central estimated the Total Addressable Market for SDN is expected to grow to an estimated
$132Billion by 2020. (Source: SDN and NFV Market Size Report 2015 by SDX Central)
2. Network Engineers Need It: Deployment of SDN is happening! The market is looking for a
vendor-neutral, technology-inclusive training and an exam to validate the skills of network
engineers. And vendor-specific network engineers are looking to future-proof their careers.
Vendor-specific AND vendor-neutral skills are essential for success in SDN.
3. Help Organizations to Transition to SDN: The networking mindset needs to change when
SDN is deployed. With training, you facilitate organizational skill-set migration.
4. Increasing respect for Vendor Neutral Certification in the Industry: Vendor-neutral
certifications validate the candidate’s unbiased knowledge of technology principles. He/
she is more likely to respond better in a multi-vendor environment having gone through
training in a technology-inclusive program which focuses more on the methodology and
technology than a specific brand or software.
5. Upselling and Cross-Selling Opportunity: Your existing learner base in networking
management, development and operations will benefit from SDN training and certifications.
You can develop a learning path to connect SDN with related domains of Cloud Computing,
Virtualization, OpenStack and DevOps.
Targeted Learning Across Organizations
Network Architects
Technical personnel deploying
networks (vendor and operator)
Network Management
Network Engineers
Network Technicians (entry)Network
Operations / Sys Admin
IT Dev (& DevOps)
Architects
Business
SDN Sales Engineer
Business Analyst
Product Manager
Industry Analyst
Sales and Marketing
Executives
CxO
Business Strategy
Department Heads
SDN Associate
Knowledge and
understanding of
Networking concepts,
Software Defined
Networking,
OpenFlow and SDN
ecosystem
CompTIA Network +
Design, configure, manage
and troubleshoot any wired
and wireless devices
SDN Engineer
Deep technical
knowledge of SDN
concepts, ability to
apply SDN practices