Foundation Learning Guide: Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH)

Foreword

With emerging IT trends such as virtualization, data center, collaboration, and mobility, the demands placed on network professionals have become more varied and sophisticated. Knowledge of networking fundamentals is no longer sufficient. Network professionals must understand networking systems with integrated security, wireless, and voice capabilities.

The technology evolution is creating a global IT skills gap, as corporations, regardless of size, industry, or geography, seek professionals who have more than product and technology skills. Instead, the focus on today’s IT professional is their ability to fulfill real-world job role requirements. In fact, new careers in IT are being established that are based more on complex services ...