Cisco Company offers new certification programs with the growing demand of networking professionals in IT market. IT professionals associated with enterprise environments should be Cisco content networking certified to work proficiently. This program also fulfills the requirements of professionals working in service provider environments. The content networking certified professionals can exhibit significant expertise in content routing and switching, content edge delivery, intelligent network services and content distribution & management. Individuals enrolled in Cisco provided Content Networking (CN) certification courses will surely get the understanding of planning, designing, installing and operating Cisco CN solutions. Following topics are included in these courses:

• Features of Internet Protocols associated with CN transmission and their use
• Functional components and applications coupled with Content Switching,
• Content Caching and Routing

Valid Cisco offered CCDA, CCNP or CCIP certifications are basic prerequisites through which candidates become eligible to appear in Cisco Content networking examination.
Cisco 642-342 CN is the only Content Networking certification Exam in which candidates are needed to appear and pass. For this exam two trainings are recommended by Cisco Company to help candidates in exam preparation.

• CSSOC (Content Services Switch Operation and Configuration)
• ACNS (Application & Content Networking System Operation and Configuration)

Validation period of this certification is two years. Afterwards, candidates have to recertify by passing either CCIE written exam or the latest version of 642-342-CN exam.