Software-Defined

Networking
Industry Certification
ONF-Certified SDN Professional (OCSP) Program

ITpreneurs in Partnership with Open

Networking Foundation (ONF)
SDN Certification: The Next Job
Requirement
With the rapid adoption of SDN into enterprise infrastructures, the demand for
trained engineers, developers, and sales and marketing professionals in this space
has increased significantly.

To meet this increased demand, Open Networking Foundation (ONF) has developed the ONF-Certified
SDN Professional (OCSP) Program to provide a strong foundation of vendor-neutral knowledge and
skills validation of foundational concepts and advanced technical components, complementing vendor-
specific certifications in SDN.

SDN Certification

Dive SDN standards

Educate the market
and architecture

Bring consumers and

Fill ecosystem gaps suppliers together

SDN Courseware and Exams Available at ITpreneurs

ITpreneurs, the leading provider of IT training content and services, and the Open Networking Foundation
(ONF), a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of open Software-Defined
Networking (SDN), partnered to offer exam for the ONF-Certified SDN Associate (OCSA) and ONF-Certified
SDN Engineer (OCSE) certificates developed as part of the ONF-Certified SDN Professional (OCSP) Program.
ITpreneurs is also a courseware provider for these programs. With a pay-per-use model, training providers
can license the courseware to deliver the training. ITpreneurs offers train-the-trainer program and can help
you source a trainer to deliver the courses.
Targeted Learning Across Organizations

Network Architects
SDN Engineer
Technical personnel deploying
Deep technical
networks (vendor and operator) knowledge of SDN
concepts, ability to
Network Management
apply SDN practices
Network Engineers SDN Associate CompTIA Network +
Network Technicians (entry)Network Knowledge and Design, configure, manage
Operations / Sys Admin understanding of and troubleshoot any wired
IT Dev (& DevOps) Networking concepts, and wireless devices
Architects Software Defined
Networking,
Business OpenFlow and SDN
SDN Sales Engineer ecosystem
Business Analyst
Product Manager
Industry Analyst
Sales and Marketing

Executives
CxO
Business Strategy
Department Heads

Become an ONF Approved SDN Training Partner

1. Tap into a Growing Market: Verizon Named 2016 “The Year of SDN”. Research by SDX
Central estimated the Total Addressable Market for SDN is expected to grow to an estimated
$132Billion by 2020. (Source: SDN and NFV Market Size Report 2015 by SDX Central)

2. Network Engineers Need It: Deployment of SDN is happening! The market is looking for a
vendor-neutral, technology-inclusive training and an exam to validate the skills of network
engineers. And vendor-specific network engineers are looking to future-proof their careers.
Vendor-specific AND vendor-neutral skills are essential for success in SDN.

3. Help Organizations to Transition to SDN: The networking mindset needs to change when
SDN is deployed. With training, you facilitate organizational skill-set migration.

4. Increasing respect for Vendor Neutral Certification in the Industry: Vendor-neutral

certifications validate the candidate’s unbiased knowledge of technology principles. He/
she is more likely to respond better in a multi-vendor environment having gone through
training in a technology-inclusive program which focuses more on the methodology and
technology than a specific brand or software.

5. Upselling and Cross-Selling Opportunity: Your existing learner base in networking

management, development and operations will benefit from SDN training and certifications.
You can develop a learning path to connect SDN with related domains of Cloud Computing,
Virtualization, OpenStack and DevOps.
Product Components:
ITpreneurs SDN Associate and SDN Engineer training solutions come with:

Classroom Additional Support:

Courseware (Optional)
--Learner’s Course Book with course --Train-the-trainer programs
materials, reading notes, assignments and --Exams booking services when you order
handouts - all the content required to pass your course materials
the exams
--Instructor’s Package with presentation
materials, briefing, teaching points, Delivery Support:
speaking points, delivery instructions,
answer keys to exercises --Welcome emails
--Delivery Fact Sheet
--Instructor Fact Sheet

Exam: --Exam Fact Sheet

--ONF has selected ITpreneurs

to manage the exam and to collaborate Go-to-Market Tools:
with training providers to host the SDN
Associate and Engineer exam. To offer the --Course Fact Sheet
exam to your customers, you purchase --Sales Enablement Presentation
exam ivouchers from ITpreneurs and
the provide the exam ivouchers to your
customers.

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