Technology innovation is essential to enhance agility, productivity, and resilience. But with innovation happening faster than ever, IT teams need to possess ever more knowledge about technologies from artificial intelligence to edge-to-cloud architectures.
Atmosphere 2024, held June 17-20 in Las Vegas, is a great opportunity for IT professionals to get ready for what’s next by exploring new technologies, refreshing learned skills, and earning new certifications while attending the conference.
Elevate your career with certifications
Earning technical certifications benefits you as an IT professional as well as the business.
Research from Pearson VUE shows that 92 percent of IT-certified professionals are more confident in their abilities, and 72 percent are more efficient.(1) Investing in IT certification benefits the business managers too, with an estimated $30,000 return on investment for a credentialed employee.
Even more valuable to a business is that fully certified teams meet 95 percent of their client objectives, according to IDC.(2) Fully certified teams are 35 percent more likely to finish projects ahead of schedule too.
Get certified at Atmosphere
HPE Aruba Networking certifications can help you level up your networking game. IT professionals attending Atmosphere can choose from in-depth training tracks designed to enrich your knowledge and skills, whether you are a seasoned engineer or early in your career. You will benefit from an array of lecture topics and hands-on labs to learn new skills and experience real-world scenarios. One certification exam is included with each conference pass!
Network architects attending Atmosphere can learn to design security-first, AI-powered networks to meet their customers’ needs more effectively. The Airheads Technical Track, designed by engineers for engineers, provides unmatched opportunities to learn from your peers in the trenches. Dive deep into the deployment, integration, management, and troubleshooting of wired, wireless, SD-WAN networking and security. Administrators can hone their skills for operating, monitoring, and optimizing the network.
Technical certifications underscore your commitment to keep up with cutting-edge innovation and prove you understand how best to deploy and manage secure networking to deliver maximum value for your organization.
Certifications help this IT pro expand his knowledge and deliver more value
Marcel Koedijk, an Airheads MVP and a consultant at Axians, has earned multiple Aruba Certified Professional designations, which have allowed him to deliver more value to his clients.
“The HPE Aruba Networking certifications have helped me get to know the products better and feel comfortable with both installation and troubleshooting,” Koedijk says. “In the past I have done the design (Aruba Certified Design Professional), mobility (Aruba Certified Mobility Professional), and ClearPass (Aruba Certified ClearPass Professional) certifications, which makes me an Aruba Certified Edge Professional. More importantly, with this knowledge, I am able to help customers end-to-end with the design, implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of their network infrastructure.”
Koedijk continues: “The new HPE Aruba Networking Certified Associate - Campus certification responds to these [needs] by providing new courses, so that you immediately gain basic knowledge of switching, wireless, design, and security. In this way, you gain good basic knowledge that you can immediately put into practice end-to-end with the customer.
I think it is important for every network consultant to continue to gain knowledge in the field of cloud-based network management (like Aruba Central), like JSON, Python, or PowerShell."
Discover more opportunities with HPE Aruba Networking certifications
HPE Aruba Networking solutions are widely deployed across businesses, education, and government. Ninety percent of Fortune 100 companies and 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies use HPE Aruba Networking. Having a solid understanding of HPE Aruba Networking solutions and what’s coming next for networking boosts confidence, improves job satisfaction and effectiveness, and provides opportunities for personal and professional growth.
