Hello Spring! Nice to meet you. It’s not a secret that spring is the best time for changes and upgrades. The IT world also falls under the spring “perestroika” (changeover). The globally recognized IT vendors withdraw or replace old certificates and exams, and launch new ones. These changes are always good because they test, confirm, improve, and broaden the knowledge and skills of current or future IT professionals.

Today, in this article you will know about updates related to the global organization EXIN, its retiring certifications and exams. Let’s start.

Some Words about EXIN

EXIN is a world independent certificate institute for ICT professionals. It never stands still, the institution permanently innovates via developing exams to improve its portfolio and widen the scope of the proposed tests. The main goal of EXIN is to provide digital transformation of organizations and professionals by evolving and testing digital competencies. It is committed to becoming a leader in digital transformation. And this institute has every reason to achieve it. After all, EXIN is 30 years of experience, about 2 million ICT professionals, 1000 accredited partners. The good reason to be a reliable and leading authority in the ICT market.

The most significant EXIN credentials are PRINCE2®, ITIL®, and ISPL. Nowadays, the institute focuses on responding to market trends with certifications, such as Information Security, Agile Scrum, DevOps, and SIAM.

Retiring Examinations

EXIN made a spring-cleaning thereby the following 6 certification exams will be no longer available, and won’t meet spring:

1. ITIL-Foundation offers a general understanding of the candidate for core terminology, concepts, and elements used in the ITIL® service life cycle, including links between used processes, life cycle stages, and their contribution to service management practices.
2. MOPF verifies that the individual has sufficient understanding and knowledge to work as an informed member of the Portfolio Office or in a number of portfolio management roles.
3. MORF confirms that the candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding to help identify, assess and control risks in any organizational perspective.
4. MOVF verifies the individual’s knowledge and expertise in making an efficient contribution to MoV activities led by other.
5. MSPF is the first step to become a registered practitioner. It provides the candidate with information about the knowledge in program management.
6. PR2F measures the applicant’s ability to operate as an informed member of a project management team using the PRINCE2 technique in a project environment that supports PRINCE2.

EXIN Guarantees

Today, companies want to obtain generalized knowledge in related fields. By studying different areas in their general context, ICT professionals obtain a better understanding of their relationship. To meet the growing demand for experts, EXIN has developed the Certified Integrator: an integrated approach to business practices, new technological developments, and IT methodologies. When you receive three Foundation credentials, you will attain the EXIN Certified Integrator certification automatically and for free.

EXIN guarantees:

• EXIN Certified Integrator certificate
• EXIN Certified Integrator Secure Cloud Services certificate = Service Management + Cloud Computing + Information Security (you will receive it, in case you have EXIN Information Security Foundation, EXIN Cloud Computing Foundation and EXIN IT Service Management Foundation or ITIL Foundation)

Don’t forget about a thorough exam preparation, as it is the best way to earn one of the significant EXIN certifications. As usual, ExamCollection will provide you with all necessary information related to these examinations.

Well, well, well, our article is again devoted to the exam retirement. This time on the bench is the Selling Business Outcomes (810-403) exam. This certification test will be available only until December 29, 2017. Thus, to prepare for the exam and earn the Cisco Business Value Analyst Specialist or Cisco Business Value Specialist certifications, you should have a fundamental preparatory base. After all, for 90 minutes of the exam, you’ll have to show your knowledge and skills related to selling technology services and solutions with a business outcome focus. Candidates can prepare for the 810-403 test by taking the Selling Business Outcomes course or visiting ExamCollection database with Cisco braindumps. To make your exam preparation more effective, we provide you with the detailed exam topics.

End 2017 as a Cisco certified specialist!

EMC Proven Professional certification program is one of the most prestigious and well-recognized in IT world. Getting certified will let you prove your up-to-dated skills, put you in the superior position compare to other professionals, and increase your earning potential.

So if you want to become EMC certified specialist due to the E20-370 and E20-670 exams, you should hurry up. On January 3, 2018, these two certification tests will retire.

Both retiring exams include about 60 questions and last 90 minutes. Let’s have a closer look on each of the exams:

= Content Addressed Storage (CAS) Specialist Exam for Implementation Engineers =

This exam focuses on the CAS family products and implementation tasks required to integrate Centera in heterogeneous open systems environments. The exam topics include CAS concepts, Centera Architecture, Tools and Universal Access (CUA) as well as Centera Operations such as API, Naming Schemes, Pools and Profiles, Compliance, Advanced Retention Management, Replication and Restore.

The E20-370 exam is associated with the Implementation Engineer, Content Addresses Storage (CAS) Specialist (EMCIE) certification. To complete the requirements for this cert, it’s necessary to attain one of the following Associate level certifications:

• Information Storage Associate (EMCISA)
• Information Storage Associate Version 2 (EMCISA)
• Information Storage Associate Version 3 (EMCISA)

= Centera Specialist Exam for Platform Engineers =

This exam focuses on concepts of content addressed storage and the EMC Centera product line. The test also verifies the candidate’s ability to perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting in a CAS environment. It requires that a future specialist can formulate features and functions of various hardware models, understand architecture and theory of operations, and demonstrate management and administrative capabilities using native tools and EMC software applications.

The exam topics include Centera Fundamentals, Centera Installation & Maintenance and Centera Universal Access (CUA).

The E20-670 exam is associated with the Platform Engineer, EMC Centera Specialist (EMCPE) certification. To complete the requirements for this cert, it’s necessary to attain one of the following Associate level certifications:

• Information Storage Associate (EMCISA)
• Information Storage Associate Version 2 (EMCISA)
• Information Storage Associate Version 3 (EMCISA)

Dell EMC and ExamCollection provide free practice tests to assess your knowledge in preparation for these exams. These practice tests include the topics and question types you will find on the real exam.

EMC E20 – 370 & ExamCollection E20 – 370

EMC E20 – 670 & ExamCollection E20 – 670

Make the best New Year gift for yourself – become an EMC Certified Specialist!

How long we didn’t cover any news from the IT company HPE…But it’s high time to change this situation, especially, when we have a good reason. Recently, HPE released TWO new certifications! Let us introduce you the HPE ATP – Data Center Solutions V1 and Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) V1 certs! They have already become quite popular among IT specialist. But first things first.

HPE ATP – Data Center Solutions V1

What does this HPE certification validate? – It certifies that you can identify, describe, configure and manage core HPE data center solutions including HPE ProLiant Gen10, 3Par, Nimble and OneView infrastructure management. This cert also validates that you are able to describe the HPE data center strategy, and design HPE server, storage and networking solutions that are ideal for small to medium-sized business (SMB) enterprises

Why should you earn it? – You should attain the HPE ATP – Data Center Solutions V1 cert, if you want to fill the gaps in your skills, test your knowledge of HPE data center solutions spanning servers, networks and storage or advance your career as a certified professional.

Who is the typical candidate? – IT professionals who plan, design or manage data centers.

Which steps should you take to earn this certification? – There are 3 main steps:

Step 1 – Register for this certification in The Learning Center

Step 2 – Complete recommended training: 01114481: Designing HPE SMB Data Center Architectures, Rev. 17.41 & 01098484: Building HPE Data Center Solutions, Rev. 17.41

Step 3 – Pass the related exam: HPE0-S51: Building HPE Data Center Solutions

The HPE0-S51 exam has 60 questions (multiple choice, matching, drag-and-drop) and 90 minutes to complete them. The ideal candidate for this test should have a minimum of 12 months’ hands-on experience in the core HPE areas (Server, Storage, Networking) and 6 months’ hands-on experience in other HPE SMB solutions and technologies.

Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) V1

What does this HPE certification validate? – It certifies that you can implement and manage Aruba campus switching solutions at the enterprise level. This cert also validates that you are able to implement ArubaOS switches, including access provision and redundancy technologies, configure dynamic routing using Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and the Edge Gateway Protocol (BGP), protect the network using Access Control Lists (ACLs) and other security measures.

Why should you earn it? – You should attain the Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) V1 cert, if you want to successfully implement enterprise grade Aruba campus switching solutions and advance your career as a certified professional.

Who is the typical candidate? – Networking IT professionals with a minimum of 1 years’ experience deploying enterprise level network solutions.

Which steps should you take to earn this certification? – There are 5 main steps:

Step 1 – You should be qualified for an upgrade path: Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) V1- upgrade from HP ASE – FlexNetwork Architect V2 and HP ASE – FlexNetwork Integrator V1 & Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) V1- upgrade from Cisco, Juniper or Brocade

Step 2 – Register for this certification in The Learning Center

Step 3 – You must have Aruba Certified Switching Associate (ACSA) V1

Step 4 – Complete recommended training: 01095999: Implementing Aruba Campus Switching Solutions, Rev. 17.41

Step 5 – Pass the related exam: HPE6-A45: Implementing Aruba Campus Switching Solutions

The HPE6-A45 exam consists of 60 questions and lasts 90 minutes. The ideal candidate for this test should have a minimum of 4 to 5 years of general networking experience and 2 years of experience focused on interpreting network architectures and customer requirements to install and configure Aruba solutions.

Don’t forget about ExamCollection website where you can find free preparation exam materials for HPE exams.

Earn one of these new certifications to advance your career as a certified professional and keep your expertise current.

Wow! Oracle doesn’t cease to please us with novelties. We have already written about its four newcomers, and this time we’ll tell you about three new exams from this American IT company. Welcome the 1Z0-628, 1Z0-951 and 1Z0-952 exams! We have prepared a detailed overview for a close acquaintance with new Oracle tests. Here it is:

As for exam preparation, you can also have a look at ExamCollection database for FREE Oracle braindumps containing real exams, which will be a tremendous help in preparing for your Oracle tests.

We can say with confidence that these new exams will be a perfect opportunity to become Oracle certified specialist. It depends only on you, how soon it will happen.

December, 31 will become not only the last day of the year but also the farewell tour for several Microsoft exams. Thereby, the following certification tests won’t meet the New Year 2018

1. Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud
2. Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud
3. Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
4. Managing Programs and Projects with Project Server 2013

Our overview will help you learn the peculiar features of these retiring tests as well as prepare for it. A good exam preparation is a half the battle. We hope our article will help you win the struggle. Let’s start!

The Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud (70-246) exam measures an individual’s ability to configure data center process automation, deploy resource monitoring, monitor resources, configure and maintain service management and manage configuration and protection.

Candidates for this exam should have basic Microsoft SQL Server, Windows PowerShell knowledge, Windows Server, System Center 2012, security, high-availability, fault tolerance, and networking experience in an enterprise environment.

The 70-246 exam is associated with the MCP, MCSE certifications.

Preparation options:

• Instructor-led training: 20246D: Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud
• Video: Microsoft Certification PREP Talk: Exam 246
• Book: Exam Ref 70-246: Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud
• ExamCollection Practice Test
• Practice test

The Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud (70-247) exam measures an individual’s ability to design and deploy System Center, configure System Center infrastructure, System Center integration, the fabric, configure and deploy virtual machines and services.

Candidates for this exam should have basic Microsoft SQL Server, Windows PowerShell knowledge, Windows Server, System Center 2012, security, high-availability, fault tolerance, and networking experience in an enterprise environment.

The 70-247 exam is associated with the MCP, MCSE certifications.

Preparation options:

• Instructor-led training: 20247D: Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud
• Video: Microsoft Certification PREP Talk: Exam 247
• Book: Exam Ref 70-247: Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud
• ExamCollection Practice Test
• Practice test

The Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions (70-534) exam measures an individual’s ability to design Azure Resource Manager networking, an application storage and data access strategy, Azure Web and Mobile Apps, a management, monitoring, and business continuity strategy, secure resources, and architect an Azure Compute infrastructure.

Candidates for this exam should know the features and capabilities of Azure services to be able to identify tradeoffs and make decisions for designing public and hybrid cloud solutions.

The 70-534 exam is associated with the MCP, MCSA, MCSE and MCSD certifications.

Preparation options:

• Instructor-led training: 40442: MOC Workshop: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
• Online training
• ExamCollection Practice Test
• Practice test

IMPORTANT: The 70-534 exam will be replaced with a new exam (proposed exam number 535) that covers the new (but related) objective domain. This new exam will be available on November 30, 2017.

The Managing Programs and Projects with Project Server 2013 (74-344) exam measures an individual’s ability to create enterprise projects and portfolios, plan enterprise projects and resources, track and collaborate on an enterprise project, and manage configurable enterprise objects.

Candidates for this exam should have a solid understanding of key project management concepts and terminology, extensive hands-on experience using Microsoft Project Professional 2013 and Project Web App 2013, including managing enterprise custom fields, views, and portfolio objects.

The 74-344 exam is associated with the MCP certification.

Preparation options:

• ExamCollection Practice Test

Make yourself the best New Year gift – become a Microsoft Certified Specialist with these certification exams!

Today we would like to overview two IBM certifications from the list above.

IBM Certified Solution Advisor – Security Systems Identity and Access Assurance

 This IBM certification identifies opportunities and influences direction for IBM security solutions within the customer environment.

Candidates should have the knowledge of IT security and compliance services, IT process model, IT security and compliance standards, IBM Pricing Model, networking environments and operating systems. Individuals who want to earn this cert, should be able to apply security and compliance concepts and standards to a customer’s IT infrastructure; assess IT process maturity; describe business/technical advantages of IBM Security Identity and Access Assurance solutions; supply a transition document to interested parties, understand the customer’s business needs for identity and access management.

The IBM Certified Solution Advisor – Security Systems Identity and Access Assurance certification requires 1 exam – Fundamentals of Applying IBM Security Systems Identity and Access Assurance (C2150-201). This exam consists of 64 questions and lasts 105 minutes.

The test consists of 5 sections:

1. Design
2. Develop
3. Discovery
4. Planning
5. Transition

As for exam preparation, visit ExamCollection website for a real exam practice test, which is verified by the community of former exam takers including certified professionals.

IBM Certified Solution Advisor – Security Dynamic and Static Applications V2

This entry level certification is for solution advisors that are able to identify opportunities and influence direction across the AppScan portfolio, respond to RFPs & RFQs, and understand licensing and pricing.

These solution advisors understand application security and competitive analysis, have knowledge of the broader IBM Security portfolio and the software development cycle, and understand mobility security, business drivers and licensing.

Candidates should have the static and dynamic analysis skills, comfortable discussing technical concepts with developers and comfortable discussing business and financial concepts with managers and executives.

To attain the IBM Certified Solution Advisor – Security Dynamic and Static Applications V2 certification, candidates must pass the IBM Security Dynamic and Static Applications V2 Fundamentals (C2150-500) exam. This test is a 2-hour long exam with 57 multiple-choice questions in English, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Latin American Spanish.

The exam consists of 8 sections including Application Security, Competitive Analysis, IBM Security Portfolio, Software Development Lifecycle, AppScan Product Knowledge, Mobile Security, Business Drivers, Licensing.

Preparation options:

• Sample Test
• Practice Test
• Self-Study Approach: Web Reference: IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Quarterly – 4Q 2014 & Presentation: IBM Security Services – Securing the Web Presence

Earn your IBM certification, while it’s available!

This news is too hot for this cold and wet autumn. But it certainly will not leave anyone indifferent. Oracle launched four new and promising exams at once. We think that no one will remain uncertified this fall. Every individual can find an appropriate way to become an Oracle certified specialist, especially when there are four ways to do it! Let’s be certified!

Oracle Database 12c R2

Exam # 1. Upgrade Oracle DBA 11g or 12c to 12c R2 (1Z0-074)

The 1Z0-074 exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions and lasts 2 hours. The passing score is 63%.

Exam topics include: Using CDBs and Application Containers; Managing Users and Users Access to Data in a Multitenant Environment; Creating Different Types of PDBs; Recovering and Flashing back CDBs and PDBs; Managing Performance in PDBs and CDBs; Upgrading Database from 11g or 12.1 to 12.2; Creating and Managing Profiles and Privileges; Performing Unified Auditing; Using Data Redaction; Using Data Encryption; Using TSPD policies with Auditing and Column Encryption; Creating and Managing backup and recovery catalog; Recovering a database; Transporting a tablespace; Using Oracle Data Pump, SQL*Loader and External Tables; Performing In Memory Column Store; Tuning SQL Statements; Memory and Other Performance Enhancements; Applying Different Types of Partitioning; Manageability; Using Diagnostic Enhancements; Managing Oracle Database Cloud Services; Using SQL Enhancements; Using Information Lifecycle Management and Storage Enhancements; Administrating Storage.

This exam is associated with the Oracle Database 12c R2 Administration Certified Professional certification. The first step to earn this cert is the availability of the Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional or the Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Professional certifications. The second step – pass the exam.

As for the exam preparation, complete one the following training courses: Oracle Database 12c R2: New Features for 12c R1 Administrators Ed 1 and Oracle Database 12c R1: New Features for Administrators Ed 2.

Database Cloud

Exam # 2. MySQL Cloud Service 2018 Implementation Essentials (1Z0-320)

The 1Z0-320 exam consists of 79 multiple choice questions and lasts 2 hours. The passing score is 60%.

Exam topics include: Oracle MySQL Enterprise Product Suite; Installation and Architecture; Database Design; MySQL Security; Leverage MySQL Enterprise Monitor; Leverage MySQL Backup; MySQL Overview of High Availability and Replication; MySQL Cloud Service.

This exam is associated with the MySQL Cloud Service 2018 Certified Implementation Specialist certification.

Oracle Manufacturing Cloud

Exam # 3. Oracle Manufacturing Cloud 2017 Implementation Essentials (1Z0-348)

The 1Z0-348 exam consists of 65 multiple choice questions and lasts 2 hours. The passing score is 60%.

Exam topics include: Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud Common Configuration; Manufacturing Set Up; Manage Items and Item Structures; Manage Work Definitions; Manage work orders; Execute Production; Manufacturing Integrations; Manufacturing Costing; Reporting and Analytics for Manufacturing.

This exam is associated with the Oracle Manufacturing Cloud 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist certification. An Oracle Manufacturing Cloud 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist has demonstrated the knowledge required to use Manufacturing Cloud on a project. Individuals who earn this certification are able to perform manufacturing set-up, manage items and item structures, and understand the complexities of manufacturing integration.

Payroll

Exam # 4. Oracle Payroll Cloud 2017 Implementation Essentials (1Z0-969)

The 1Z0-969 exam consists of 74 multiple choice questions and lasts 2 hours. The passing score is 64%.

Exam topics include: Payroll Concepts; Payroll Definitions; Earnings and Deduction Definitions; Payroll Payment Details; Payroll Costing Rules; Employee Level Payroll Information; Payroll Flows; Calculate, Validate and Correct Payroll Processes.

This exam is associated with the Oracle Payroll Cloud 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist certification. An Oracle Payroll Cloud 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist has demonstrated the knowledge required to set up Oracle Payroll Cloud using Workforce Deployment tasks offered in the functional setup manager.  Individuals who earn this certification are able to identify the key concepts of Oracle Payroll Cloud and use Oracle Payroll Cloud Functional Setup Manager (FSM) to implement payroll.

Don’t forget to visit ExamCollection website to track free exam materials for these four Oracle novelties.

It’s only up to you to choose your best way to earn a well-respected credential to demonstrate IT expertise in the marketplace.

December 31, 2017 – the last day of the year. The time of New Year’s Eve, presents and miracles. They say that people should say goodbye to old things, thoughts and grievances… Evidently, the IT company VMware adheres to this superstition. After all, on December, 31 the company will retire the whole list of old exams and related certifications. The main reason for such a great withdrawal is the release of the new VCA-DBT certification.

VMware is retiring the following VMware Certified Associate 6 certifications and exams:

1. VMware Certified Associate 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCA6-DCV) – 1V0-621 exam
2. VMware Certified Associate 6 – Network Virtualization (VCA6-NV) – 1V0-642 exam
3. VMware Certified Associate 6 – Desktop and Mobility (VCA6-DTM) – 1V0-605 exam
4. VMware Certified Associate 6 – Cloud Management and Automation (VCA6-CMA) – 1V0-603 exam

After December 31, these exams will no longer be available, and the certification will no longer be awarded. But there is enough time to earn one of these retiring certs.

VMware Certified Associate 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCA6-DCV)

Gain greater credibility when discussing data center virtualization, the business challenges that vSphere is designed to address, and how virtualizing the data center with vSphere addresses those challenges.

1V0-621

This exam tests candidates on their skills and abilities identifying technical requirements for managing a VMware vSphere 6 environment. It consists of 50 single and multiple choice, non-proctored, online questions and lasts 75 minutes.

Preparation options: Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals [V6]; VCA6-DCV (1V0-621) Practice Exam; ExamCollection Practice Exam.

VMware Certified Associate 6 – Network Virtualization (VCA6-NV) 

Gain greater credibility when discussing network virtualization, the business challenges VMware NSX and related networking technologies are designed to address, and how virtualizing the network with NSX addresses those challenges.

1V0-642

This exam tests candidates on their skills and abilities identifying technical requirements for managing a VMware NSX 6.2 environment. It consists of 50 single and multiple choice, non-proctored, online questions and lasts 75 minutes.

Preparation options: VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals 2016;  VCA6-NV (1V0-642) 6.2 Practice Exam; ExamCollection Practice Exam.

VMware Certified Associate 6 – Desktop and Mobility (VCA6-DTM)

Gain greater credibility when discussing desktop virtualization, the business challenges that Horizon with View and related desktop technologies are designed to address, and how virtualizing desktops and mobile devices with View addresses those challenges.

1V0-605

This exam tests your skills and abilities identifying the technical requirements for desktop virtualization. It consists of 50 single and multiple choice, non-proctored, online questions and lasts 75 minutes.

Preparation options: VMware Workforce Mobility Fundamentals; VCA6-DTM (1V0-605) Practice Exam; ExamCollection Practice Exam.

VMware Certified Associate 6 – Cloud Management and Automation (VCA6-CMA)

Gain greater credibility when discussing cloud computing, the business challenges the vCloud Suite is designed to address, and how deploying VMware Cloud solutions address those challenges.

1V0-603

This exam tests your skills and abilities identifying the technical requirements for cloud management and automation. It consists of 50 single and multiple choice, non-proctored, online questions and lasts 75 minutes.

Preparation options:  VMware Cloud Fundamentals; VCA6-CMA (1V0-603) Practice Exam; ExamCollection Practice Exam.

They say, when you get rid of something old, then something new comes. Well, we are waiting for the whole list of new VMware certifications and exams on January 2018.

Effective October 1, 2017, the JN0-347 and JN0-647 exams will remain live and will become the only exams associated with the Enterprise Routing and Switching, Specialist (JNCIS-ENT) and Enterprise Routing and Switching, Professional (JNCIP-ENT) certifications respectively.

As for exam preparation, another useful JN0-347 and JN0-647 preparation options will be real exam practice tests from ExamCollection website, which can be downloaded for FREE and are verified by the community of certified professionals.

NOTE: The last date available to take these exams is September 30, 2017.