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INTRODUCTION

This certification exam is awarded by the CompTIA organization which is one of the leading providers of the neutral certification courses that are IT based and in this certification the individual is imparted with the knowledge related to cloud computing and among the knowledge gained in this certification relates to concepts entailed in cloud computing, the systems used in disk storage, the components used in virtualization, the management of network, the tuning performance how testing and troubleshooting is done among others and also how security is maintained in a cloud, and also disaster recovery and how continuity of the business is done among others.

EXAM DESCRIPTION

WHY IS THIS EXAM REQUIRED?

This certification exam offered by the CompTIA organization is an exam aimed at those individuals with the passion of becoming a highly qualified and trained with experience in technology and methodologies related cloud computing and also one is able to comprehend and gain various aspects related to security in IT and also implementations in cloud and how virtualization is applied. This certification imparts one with the knowledge and skills used in implementation and delivering of the infrastructures and technologies used in the cloud computing among others and the careers that one can pursue with this certification are:

• Cloud computing specialist
• Server operator
• Server technician
• Network admin.

ASSOCIATED CERTIFICATION

Just like all other certification exam do have associated certifications that they do borrow a lot from, this CompTIA CV0-001 certification exam has no clear stated associated certification but any certification that is offered by CompTIA organization and is related to cloud computing and its technologies is definitely the associated certification.

PREREQUISITES

The prerequisites recommended in any certification exam are always meant to alleviate the sense of unfamiliarity on the part of the candidate while pursuing that given course as they already have some clue or background information on the certification they want to pursue and among the recommended prerequisites for this CompTIA CV0-001 certification are the following:

• The candidate with the interest to undertake this certification exam should have good experience working in the field of IT and mainly networking, storage of networks or in the center of data administration.
• The candidate willing to pursue this certification exam should have good knowledge and understanding in the operation of technologies related to and used for virtualization of server.
• The candidate should have knowledge on what networking is and how it is implemented and managed and secured among others.

WHAT KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ARE TESTED?

In this CompTIA CV0-001 certification, at the end of the course, the candidate is expected to not only have a good knowledge and skills pertaining to but also the experience needed in operation in a  cloud computing environments, one should be able to display and prove their good understanding of the same and of the key concepts covered here among which are its mainatinance,implementation,the technologies delivered, and also the infrastructures used and involved, one should come out an individual equipped with knowledge used in  networking and IT security implementation among others.

OBJECTIVES OR TOPICS COVERED

Since it’s the aim and ultimate goal of any certification exam to deliver to the candidate the right content in relation the certification, this content that should be delivered is normally categorized into topics with each topic having different weighted percentage but all the topics or domains forms part of the final exam with the domain having the highest weighted percentage having more questions. A candidate who wants to perform very well overall must however take seriously all the domains irrespective of their weighted percentages. The objectives or topics covered in this certification exam are as follows:

• Cloud computing its model and concepts: Part I
  • This is the introductory part or topic of this certification and it’s the basis of this certification course and at the end of the topic the candidate is expected to be in a position to successfully answer the following questions regarding cloud computing: what does the term cloud computing mean? What are the various delivery models and services used in cloud computing? What does the term cloud services mean and what is it all about? And also among others what are the object storage used in cloud computing?
     
• What is virtualization? Part II
  • Here the candidates are introduced to what virtualization as a term used in cloud computing is and among other key concepts and ideas covered are the benefits associated with virtualization, the cloud environment and its components, the hypervisor as a system, the virtual device management and how it’s done and also what virtual resource migration is among others.
• The virtual environment and its infrastructure and the management of network: Part III & IV
  • In these two remaining topics one is expected that at the end of it all they should have knowledge regarding: the technologies used in storage, and the configuration of storage and its provisioning and also the protocols observed here and the monitoring, the security implementation, how deployment and optimization is done, how disaster recovery is achieved among others.

CAREER PROSPECTS

With current application and usage of cloud computing in almost all organizations all over the world, the skills and expertise acquired from this certification comes handy very needed here therefore an individual with this certification is very sought after and marketable.