HP Certified Professional

Hewlett Packards Certification Professional (HP-CP) program has been designed by HP, and is organised by job roles. Within each role, there are certification levels. It was developed to confirm the technical skills, sales competencies and knowledge that is required to propose and deploy, service and support technology and solutions sold by HP. HP-CP is intended for Customers, Reseller's, and HP Employees. The tests are administered by Prometric.

HP-CP

The program is designed for:
* Sales - Account_manager, IT Sales Rep's, Relationship Managers
* Pre-Sales - IT Presales Consultants, IT Solutions Architects or Designers
* Systems Integration - Support Engineers, Systems Integrator, Systems Engineers
* Systems Administration - IT Managers, System Administrators
* Systems Development - System Developers
* Hardware Support - Hardware Support or Repair Technicians

The Certification program offers credentials in the following areas of HP:
* Business Critical Systems - Superdomes and Integrity Servers, HP-UX and OpenVMS
* Commercial Solutions - Blade System and SMB solutions
* Desktops, Workstations, Notebooks
* Enterprise Solutions - Blade System and services
* Imaging and Printing
* Industry Standard Servers - Blade System and ProLiant servers
* NonStop Systems - NonStop Fault Tolerance systems
* ProCurve Networking - ProCurve Networking Switches, wireless and routers
* Software - OpenView and OpenCall - Business availability, Operations Centre, Performance Centre, Quality Centre and Service Management software.
* Storage Solutions - ProLiant and StorageWorks

See All Certifications : [http://www.hp.com/certification/quick_access_credentials] for a complete list of HP Certifications.

ales

Provides salespeople with the tools needed to understand customers requirements and then sell the correct HP product.
* HP Accredited Sales Professional
* HP Accredited Sales Consultant

Presales

Provides technical IT professionals with the skills necessary to analyze customer requirements. They can then plan and design anthe correct HP solution, including applications, platforms, OS, storage and networking.
* HP Accredited Presales Professional
* HP Accredited Presales Consultant

ystems Integration

The systems integration credential will enable IT Technicians with the skills needed to design, install, configure, integrate and support HP solutions given a set of requirements.
* HP Accredited Integration Specialist
* HP Accredited Systems Engineer
* HP Master Accredited Systems Engineer

ystems Administration

The Systems Administration credentials will enable IT professionals to setup, administer and manage systems effectively. They will also be able to configure and support the IT environment.
* HP Certified Systems Administrator
* HP Certified Systems Engineer

ystems Development

The Systems Development credential provides developers with the skills and knowledge needed to design, implement, test, and maintain HP software products.
* HP Certified Systems Developer

Hardware Support

The Hardware Support credential equips individuals with the ability to provide basic hardware support for HP products
* HP Accredited Platform Specialist

References

External

* All HP-CP Certification : [http://www.hp.com/certification/quick_access_credentials]
* HP-CP Program Overview : [http://www.hp.com/certification/program_overview.html]
* HP-CP Frequently Asked Questions : [http://www.hp.com/certification/faq.html]
* HP-CP Americas Portal : [http://www.hp.com/certification/americas]
* HP-CP Asia Pacific Portal : [http://www.hp.com/certification/ap]
* HP-CP Europe, Middle East and Africa Portal : [http://www.hp.com/certification/emea]
* HP-CP Japan Portal : [http://www.hp.com/certification/jp]