Certification Magazine - December 2007 - (Page 39) Specifically, candidates are tested on NetScaler features such as load balancing, SSL offload, policy engine expressions, content filtering, compression, content switching, monitoring, and auditing and logging. Topics covered in the pursuit of a CCA for Citrix Access Gateway 8 Enterprise Edition certification include, but are not limited to, configuring an SSL VPN virtual server, creating SmartAccess policies to customize VPN behavior and configuring the Access Gateway to integrate with Citrix Presentation Server. To learn more about Citrix’ cert programs, check CertScope, which lists more than 20 CertMag articles on the company, as well as 94 Web sites. dict and control. An effective IT service management strategy must ensure applications are delivered to users reliably and with optimal performance levels. The Citrix EdgeSight solution shifts the IT focus from technology and systems to end-users and achieving business goals. By measuring performance and availability from the user’s perspective, IT organizations have the insight, data and tools they need to ensure all IT resources are operating at peak efficiency so end-users can do the same. The CCA for Citrix EdgeSight 4 validates that IT professionals are experts in this product line and are prepared to give their organizations unprecedented visibility into their application-delivery infrastructure. Citrix EdgeSight 4 CCAs will have mastered technologies that give them accurate and granular visibility into the various components of an organization’s IT environment, including monitoring of applications, devices and the network in real time. As a result, administrators can quickly analyze, resolve and proactively prevent problems. Businesses require these skills to deploy mobile workforce strategies, expand markets, save money and retain key employees. WANScaler: Better Application Speed and Performance for Branch Offices and Remote/Mobile Workers More than half of corporate employees access their applications while working off-site, according to industry analysts. Up to 90 percent of these employees still need regular access to the corporate database infrastructure. To address this, organizations use WAN optimization appliances such as Citrix WANScaler, which dramatically increases the speed by which applications are delivered to branch office and mobile employees. As a result, employees have access to applications from wherever they work without performance penalties. Citrix WANScaler is both an appliance installed at each branch office and a software client installed on each user’s computer. The CCA for Citrix WANScaler validates IT administrators’ knowledge of the entire solution, preparing them to expertly extend LAN-like application performance to branch office and mobile employees. The curriculum supporting the certification focuses on the operational theory behind Citrix WANScaler, including topics such as typical TCP flow over a WAN and TCP flow with WANScaler. It also prepares candidates to deploy the solution, including installation, configuration, troubleshooting and ongoing administration. Achieving the New Certifications The new CCAs continue to expand Citrix certification offerings for administrator-level professionals who want to help their organizations increase productivity and profitability in the face of organizational growth. The following details exam requirements, as well as recommended training for the new certifications. • CCA for Citrix NetScaler 8 – Required Exam: 731 Citrix NetScaler 8.0: Administration – Recommended Training: CTX-1733AI Citrix NetScaler 8.0: Basic Operations and Administration INSIDE CERTIFICATION continued on page 44 Gaining Control of Complex Infrastructures Through Visibility from EdgeSight IT administrators face considerable challenges because of complex and variable environments that make IT infrastructure performance difficult to pre- December 2007 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE 39 http://www.certmag.com
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