Enterprise software company Sybase SA has been accredited as a Red Hat Linux certified training partner, adding the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) programmes to its technology-specific certification courses on offer.
Due to the fact that Linux has become popular with organisations, Sybase has responded to this trend by certifying and supporting its products and services on the Linux platform, says Sybase SA's training manager Arn'el Taute.
Red Hat is benchmarking the RHCE and RHCT certification programmes as useful metrics that can be used to measure experience, skill and competency with Red Hat Linux; and for demonstrating preparedness for professional responsibilities at critical levels of Red Hat Linux systems administration.
"For organisations to optimise their infrastructures, be they based on Linux, Unix or Windows, IT support staff should have the experience, training and qualifications applicable to the relevant technology," Taute says. "By presenting certified Linux training, as one of only two Linux Red Hat certified training partners in Gauteng, Sybase SA can provide customers with high quality training of international standard."
The RHCE and RHCT are performance-based certification programmes that measure actual competency on live systems. Other training programmes teach students to answer multiple-choice questions instead of how to perform on real-world systems, while Red Hat training and certification focuses on practical hands-on skills.
"Red Hat has appointed Sybase as its third official Red Hat training partner in SA," says Jasmine Huxtable-Wright, EMEA training manager for Red Hat Global Learning Services. "The rapid adoption of the Red Hat Linux operating system in SA has been evident in the past year and it was strategic for Red Hat to appoint another partner to ensure full market coverage. Sybase's existing customer base will provide a new area of the market for Linux training because the Sybase database solutions operate on Linux."
There are two RHCE certification programme curriculum tracks - the RH300 Rapid Track course is aimed at those who already have systems administration experience and knowledge in a Unix or Linux environment.
The Standard Track consists of three courses and is aimed at those who need to review key concepts or who are new to Linux. RH033 targets IT professionals with no prior Unix or Linux experience; RH133 is designed for those wanting to prepare for professional responsibilities as a Linux systems administrator at the technician level; and RH253 is designed for those who want to build skills at configuring and administering a Red Hat Linux server running key enterprise network services and security.
The RHCE certificate is granted upon passing the RHCE exam. This exam measures a person's competencies in server system administration, set-up of networking services and network security, and diagnostics and troubleshooting. The RHCT exam tests performance in installing and configuring a Red Hat Linux system.
"The primary goal of RHCE and RHCT certification is to meet organisational and individual demand for useful metrics that can be used to measure skills and competencies with Red Hat Linux," Taute says.
The Red Hat Linux certification courses and exams will be available as of the end of May at the Sybase Johannesburg offices.
In due course, Sybase will also be offering training that focuses on how to assess an existing Unix or Windows NT environment and migrate the production level of active server enterprise (ASE) databases to the Linux environment.
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Sybase SA is the sole African representative of Sybase Inc (USA), one of the largest global independent software companies, and has offices across the continent. Sybase's open architecture solutions provide the data management and mobility necessary to create the unwired enterprise. Its business integration division, The BI Practice specialises in all the components of business intelligence from consulting to products, training and support. The division's product offering includes Business Objects, the Ascential product suite, Evoke and Sybase business intelligence products. The company also distributes and supports Embarcadero's data lifecycle management solutions. Sybase enables companies to attain maximum value from their data assets by getting the right information to the right people at the right time and place. Clients include Harmony Gold Mining, Spoornet, Telkom, and the South African Post Office.
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