CAI Certifications for Not Yet Techies

"Computer Careers: for Systems and Network Administrators"

by Richard Stooker, President Info Ring Press and author of Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career

CAI certifications from:

CAI certifications come from the Computer Associates International. Computer Associates International / CAI certifications test and validate your knowledge and skills with their software products. If you use or plan to work for a company using them, then these certs can advance your computer careers.

Type of CAI certifications for computer careers:

Cross Platform

CAI certifications worth it?

Standard disclaimer:

Whether or not any certification is "worth it" is an individual decision. You alone must decide what your career goals and needs are.

Look at certifications from a cost/benefit or Return On Investment (ROI) basis. If they help you get a better paying job or make more money at your current job, they are obviously "worth it."

The problem is, there is no real way of measuring how much you can expect your income to go up as a result of any given certification. It also depends on non-related job search skills such as how well you network.

CAI certifications background:

The Computer Associates International / CAI certifications program consists of three product areas: Storage, Security and Application Life Cycle Management. You can choose one product area or all three in which to be certified.

The Computer Associates International / CAI certifications are:

CA Certified Unicenter Specialist/Administrator (CA-CUSA) for Unicenter NSM 3.0.

Intended for system administrators, network administrators and operators that administer Unicenter NSM in their environment.

Confirmed Abilities:

Define the Unicenter NSM architecture and Install Components
Navigate and use the Unicenter NSM features
Discover Network Devices and Identify Worldview components
Define and configure agents
Identify Enterprise Management Concepts and automate responses to events

You must pass the CA Certified Unicenter Specialist/Administrator (270-131) Exam

Another Computer Associates International / CAI certifications is:

CA Certified Unicenter Specialist/Engineer (CA-CUSE)

Intended for: implementing consultants, system administrators, network administrators and system managers.

Confirmed Abilities:

Monitor system performance using Unicenter NSM
Configure Unicenter NSM to the requirements of their environment
Configure the Distributed State Machine (DSM)
Maintain policies for Unicenter NSM processes and assign actions
Leverage security management features
Install Unicenter NSM and expertly configure settings
Leverage enterprise IT assets through relationships, connections and topology
Enable the Unicenter NSM environment to respond faster to critical events
Protect their network infrastructure when agents reside outside the firewall

Must pass the CA Certified Unicenter Specialist/Administrator (270-131) Exam and the CA Certified Unicenter Specialist/Engineer (270-132) Exam

Those are the Computer Associates International / CAI certifications.

Next: Cisco CCIP certification

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