About 000-225 : Ibm Power Systems With Power7 And Aix & Linux Technical Sales Skills – V2 Exam

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The main link between the customer, the Power Systems solution sales representative and IBM is the IBM Certified Technical Sales Specialist with POWER 7 and AIX and Linux Technical Sales Skills.
Candidates having passed this examination would be able to determine the customer requirements and supposed to be capable of determining the appropriate solutions for customers.
Course Outline
1. Product Knowledge - relative to AIX
2. AIX, Linux & Power Systems Software stack
3. Virtualization
4. Gathering Customer Requirements
5. Design a System to Support Customer Requirements

Recommended Prerequisites
It is recommended that candidates have 1 to 2 years of experience in pre-sales technical job. Out of these years, 6 to 12 months of experience should be in a leadership position advising field sales personnel and designing solutions to be sold and installed.

The successful candidate will have participated in 10 to 12 system and solution design opportunities including:
 5-6 opportunities in a technical leadership role
 6 new system placements ...
... for Power 710 through Power 740
 5 upgrades or migrations from older hardware (POWER5 and POWER6)
 one medium/ large system opportunity (Power 750, 770, 780 etc)

Exam Preparation
For all IBM certification it is assumed that candidates have some practical experience which is not present in any classroom or Web presentation.
Web Resource
 Power Systems Facts and Features Guide
 Power Systems Pages
 IBM Announcements Pages

Online course
 Power Systems Technical Sales School for AIX
 Linux and the Power Systems Technical Sales School for IBM i

Both online courses above mentioned are self – paced and cover lectured covering key topic areas.

Exam Registration process
Candidates can register for the exam by contacting an authorized Prometric Test Center.
All candidates are expected to arrive15 minutes prior to the scheduled test time to sign in. They should bring two forms of identification:

1. Photo identification
2. Identification containing their signature

Once the exam is completed, candidates will receive a full score report of the test. The results of the test will automatically be sent to IBM for processing.
Candidates who didn’t pass the exam at the first attempt can avail a retake at a later date. The same test cannot be taken more than twice within a 30-day period.

Those who have successfully passed the exam may not take the test again unless there has been an update to the exam.

Exam Information
Number of questions: 41
Time allowed in minutes: 60
Required passing score: 60%
Test languages: English

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