Citrix Certifications
| CCA Citrix Certified Administrator | CCA 3.0 Citrix Certified Administrator 3.0 |
| CCA 4.0 Citrix Certified Administrator 4.0 | CCA 4.5 Administrator 4.5 Citrix Certified |
| CCA XP Citrix Certified Administrator XP | CCAA Citrix Certified Advanced Administrator |
| CCEA 3.0 Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator 3.0 | CCEA 4.0 Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator 4.0 |
| CCEA XP Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator XP | CCIA Citrix Certified Integration Architect |
Citrix
With the technology that Citrix introduced to the Information and technology sphere, it is recommended that one must familiarize oneself with the technology. To this end Citrix offers a wide range of examinations and certifications that serves to prepare IT professionals to solve real-world problems the Citrix way. Passing these examinations provides you with the opportunity to prove your expertise and work towards your Citrix Certification. These certifications allow one to specialize in various fields.
The Available Citrix Certifications
The Certifications for this Vendor are varied and includes the following:
- CCA - Citrix Certified Administrator
- CCEA - Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator
- CCIA - Citrix Certified Integration Architect
- CCSP - Citrix Certified Sales Professional
- CCI - Citrix Certified Instructor
Each of these Citrix Certifications has a number of examinations that can be used as credits towards ones professional career.
Benefits of Citrix Certifications
The Individual that decides on becoming Citrix certified can enjoy benefits like:
- The ability to provide tools and knowledge that can be directly applied on the job to optimize and maintain Citrix environments.
- Enhanced credibility by keeping skills and knowledge up to date with advances in technology
- Improved work performance, which increases the individuals value to the company where he or she is employed.
However, it is not only the individual that stands to benefit. The organization where the individual is employed will also benefit as follows:
- Citrix training maximizes Return on Investment (ROI) for Citrix products through proper implementation and support.
- Citrix training also improves the efficiency and reliability of Citrix environments
- It also decreases downtime.
- Citrix training increases the expertise of in-house staff. In this way it reduces implementation and support costs because problems can be resolved internally and quicker.
- It serves to foster employee job satisfaction, which inevitably leads to higher levels of customer satisfaction.
The Citrix Examinations
The Citrix examinations are as varied as the certifications that they serve as credits for. These examinations can be approximately between one and two hours long. The prices for these examinations also differ; though most will set you back approximately $100 US per examination. The examinations are usually timed, proctored and delivered in a secure environment. Skills tested by the Citric Examinations go beyond what meet the eye and usual expectation of simple recall. Candidates are expected to engage in on-the-job types of problem solving and as such the examinations can be quite challenging. The new format in examinations is more modular than those in the past.
Though more modular in format, the examinations still maintains the difficulty level and still manages to test hands-on experience, practical knowledge as well as the overall expertise of the different candidates. This is especially true of the latest CCEA and CCIA Citrix Certifications.
Registration
Registration can be done online or by telephone in the United States and Canada. Alternatively you can visit www.prometric.com to locate a testing center in your area.
Before registration you should however take the following steps:
- Decide which examination you wish to sit for.
- Avoid duplication of examinations if you have a previous Citrix Examination under the belt.
- Do prepare all legalities in terms of your personal information. This will include previous Citrix examinations that you may already have completed.
- You then need to download and review the Citrix Examination Policies and familiarize yourself with it.
- If you have taken any eLearning courses, you should also provide the identical demographic information to as to avoid duplicate records and delays with regard to you records.
When you fulfilled all the requirements for a certification, including the eLearning requirement, Citrix will send a certificate to the address on file in Certification Manager.
In addition, a CCEA, CCIA or CCI candidate needs to accept the corresponding agreement in Certification Manager.
