Mobile technologies have been experiencing unprecedented growth and evolution, with no slowdown in sight. Mobility is truly taking IT by storm, forcing management to rethink everything from big-picture infrastructure design to the details of integration with wired and wireless networks. And mobile certifications are following suit.
The IT world is locked into a mobile craze these days. Cisco devotes a vertical website to mobility and is filtering mobility topics into its networking certifications. Citrix calls mobile IT "the new raison d’etre for information technology." Aruba Networks created the hashtag and moniker #GenMobile for the new generation of individuals who have embraced mobility and the notion of bring your own device (BYOD), and are changing the platform habits for today's workforce.
Mobility touches nearly every facet of the workplace. Where applications, networking, infrastructure and security have always played off each other, it was historically easy to treat each of these elements as somewhat stand-alone as well. But mobility has turned that view upside down and sideways. Network engineers need to support local, remote and mobile users and provide the proper infrastructure. Application and apps development is more heavily slanted toward mobile environments now, and security professionals have to consider mobility from every angle.
Whatever part of mobility falls in your bailiwick -- networking, infrastructure, application support or development, security -- you're going to find many more certification opportunities today than just a few years ago. So much so it's hard to keep articles like this one current! Read on to learn about some of the most popular network and support certifications for mobility and mobile technologies.
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