Data center professionals require skills and certification for future Demands

    /24-7PressRelease/ - ALPHARETTA, GA, March 07, 2008 - Today's IT staff lacks multi-disciplined data center skills that is prepared to orchestrate and manage the convergence of IT, facilities and management. DCJ Education (www.dcjeducation.com) a data center professional training company with affiliation to the Data Center Journal (www.datacenterjournal.com) is ready to train, certify and deliver the next generation of data center and IT management professionals with its newly created FIT-IT program that is prepared to launch in April 2008.

"One of the core values at the Data Center Journal is that we pride ourselves in providing our readers with impartial content and information. We have carried on this core value to our education program and will provide the industry with an unbiased and impartial certification program" states Randy J. Ortiz, Executive Editor and President of the Data Center Journal.

One of the certificate programs will be offered at Georgia Tech's Global learning and Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia on April 21-25th. All attendees to this program will receive a DCIA certificate upon completion of class and passing of exam. Register today at www.dcjeducation.com.

In addition to live training events DCJ Education will also be providing eLearning opportunities for flexibility and for those organizations with smaller training and travel budgets.

The FIT- IT program will offer continuing education certificates for its registered members who fulfill the required training hours and pass a comprehensive final exam. Continuing education Classes can be taken through DCJ Education or other approved industry course providers. Examination must be completed through DCJ Education.

The following featured certificates are available:

• Data Center Infrastructure Awareness (DCIA) Certificate
• Data Center Infrastructure Specialist (DCIS) Certificate
• Data Center Infrastructure Engineer Level 1 and 2 (DCIE 1 & 2) Certificates

Up until now your attendance at trade shows, seminars and vendor sponsored online courses provided a good base, but nothing formal to prove to your employer that you were given a complete and holistic education that has value.

Now, your attendance at trade shows, seminars, conferences and formal training have value and you can put them all toward a certificate that signifies to your employer and the rest of the world that you have completed:

• The required training hours for an impartial and holistic data center professional education
• And participated in approved conferences and events that will compliment your education experience
• And passed a formal exam to prove comprehension

The Data Center Journal and DCJ Education understand the importance of ongoing training and this new impartial program will provide and keep track of your education for you and your employer and recognize those who have fulfilled a level of completion and knowledge worthy of a valued certificate.

To be included on our list for more information and to pre-register please send us an email with your contact information at [email protected]. In addition, more information on this new program will be made available during AFCOM's Data Center World event in Las Vegas on April 1st and 2nd. Please stop by the Data Center Journal booth #814 to pre-register for the FIT-IT program.


About The Data Center Journal
The Data Center Journal, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a part of EDM2R Enterprises, Inc. - A media production company. Their complete service offerings include: The Data Center Journal, DCJ Education, DCJ Media and DCJ Uptime. Education Contact: Donna DiMicele, 678-762-9366, [email protected]

The Data Center Journal is a niche publication and service provider to the IT, Facilities and Design community that work in and around the data center environment. For more information please visit www.datacenterjournal.com

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