Mirantis announced that it is providing resources to the OpenStack Foundation, including becoming the new administrators of the upgraded Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA) exam.
During the three years of the COA offering, nearly 3,000 professionals across 77 countries have taken the exam, providing qualified talent to meet the growing number of OpenStack job opportunities. The exam's intent is to seed a vibrant market and ecosystem of OpenStack professionals and training providers, and there are now dozens of OpenStack training providers around the world.
Dave Van Everen, SVP, Marketing, Mirantis
We’re extremely proud of our accomplishments as an OpenStack training provider and look forward to our collaboration with the OpenStack Foundation continuing to offer a vendor-neutral certification exam that can help community members grow their careers in meaningful ways.
Mark Collier, COO, OpenStack Foundation
With the OpenStack market forecasted to grow to $7.7 billion by 2022 according to 451 research, the demand for Certified OpenStack Administrators is clearly strong and set to continue growing for many years to come.
