Community Roundup - January 17, 2010

Hi everyone! I thought I'd start providing information about things happening in the Proven Professional community.

Top viewed discussions in December:

1. E2E webcast on FAST (V-MAX and Celerra) for certified Proven Professionals
This page gives directions on how to get to last month's E2E webcast about FAST for Celerra and V-Max. We have links to the recording, as well as all the questions asked during the webcast (answers too!). You must hold a Proven Professional Certification to access this content.

2. Closing the Storage Skills Gap

Post about the EMC now article that talks about what EMC Education is doing to close the storage skill gap.

3. Study Tips for EMC E20-001 (ISM Examination)

Chilkuru provided his tips for studying for (and passing!) the ISM Exam. His post is great, and the responses are full of information on how to find the official study materials, exam descriptions and links to practice exam on the EMC Education page, how to buy the ISM book, and how to register your ISM book.

Just in case you missed it, be sure to visit the Industry Readiness subcommunity and find out how to participate in our Global Managing Storage Survey. If you wonder how important this survey is, check out what some of the EMC bloggers had to say:

• • • Adventures in Corporate Education (my blog) talks about the importance of determining gaps from an educational point of view
    • Chuck's Blog calls the survey a "state of the state" of the storage industry
    • The Storage Anarchist reminded everyone that we'd really love to hear from everyone - even if you are using arrays from vendors other than EMC.

Those are my top picks for this week. How about you? What were your favorite discussions over the past month? Have you participated in the Managing Storage Survey?