APC (Accredited Presales Consultant)

HP APC Description:
The APC (Accredited Presales Consultant) certification from HP certification is an advanced level certification. This certification was started in 2001, and was last updated in 2003.

A person with the APC HP Certification (Accredited Presales Consultant) has the foundation information and advanced level understanding for APC (Accredited Presales Consultant) certified professionals that can plan and design a solution (including application, platform, operating system, storage, network and option components) within a specialty area. This knowledge will include but will not be limited to explain and position business class and enterprise class products, as well as solutions and services at a generalist level.

HP APC Prerequisites:
You must have 6 to 12 months experience design, support and integrate platform, operating system, storage, network and option components to solve business needs. However, for the APC certification you have to know all the basics of the certification. In addition, to do the APC exams and you are recommended to do the HP Training course. Alternatively you can do the APC study guides or APC practice exams from vendors like Testking.com.

HP APC Exams:
You need to do the HP exam(s) required to earn AIS certification. Because there are different tracks in the certification, there can be different exams for the different tracks. For example:

The exam that is required is the APC - HP Imaging and Printing Solutions track is the HP HP2-448 Digital Workplace Technical Professional v5.4 exam.

The exam that is required is the APC - HP Integrity Servers [2005] track is the HP HP0-380 Planning & Design of HP Integrity Entry-Level Server Solutions exam.

The exam that is required is the APC - HP AlphaServer GS Solutions track is the HP HP0-733 AlphaServer GS80/160/320 System Technologies exam.

HP APC Recertification
The certification is now valid indefinitely.

HP APC Training
The recommended HP training courses for the APC is the Introduction to HP Networking Technologies (IHPNT) courses from HP Certification Training.

On the internet you can find additional APC prep material, including TestKing practice questions, simulations, study guide s, labs, tips from the APC (Accredited Presales Consultant) professionals, expert advice, success stories, along with all the other APC (Accredited Presales Consultant) resources to help the students preparing for the APC certification exams.