IT careers consist of application development and Infrastructure management. Both have a good scope of placing the individual aspirant on a high growth path trajectory. Application is attuned to the software development aspect of IT. Infrastructure co-relates to the hardware aspect. Both application and Infrastructure aspects of IT are core elements of any organizational set up. There are organizations which are into Application software development. The best examples would be India's software giants like TCS, Wirpo Technologies, Infosys, HCL Technologies. There are also other software companies like Mphasis, IGate technologies, Capgemini which are into total application development. Most of them undertake "offshore projects". This means clients will be located outside India. On the domestic front - i.e. within India, there are developmental projects which happen but to a less extent. The other aspect of IT is - Infrastructure management. It consists of all aspects of IT which are not related to software development. This includes hardware like network switches, routers, firewall, Storage and Servers, Lease line and connectivity links like internet, antivirus licenses, windows licenses, remote monitoring and Network Management Software (NMS). These days technology has widened into aspects like virtualization, Back up and replication etc. Infrastructure even includes the desktops, Laptops and the printers.

Organizational growth means a massive expansion of the infrastructure. Maintenance of this infrastructure requires skilled specialist. They should be well versed in all aspects like managing the switches and routers configuration, aligning the networking uptime by ensuring that network has bare minimum downtime. Management of inter- branch connectivity through setting up of Wide Area Network (WAN). This also requires an ongoing technological up gradation, a constant evaluation of new hardware requirement, strategizing new policies and procedures for the Organizational IT security. In fact IT security policy is becoming a specialized and highly resourceful are Area of study, Companies are pumping in huge amounts of funds to have the right kind of infrastructure and also highly paid professionals.

Undertaking Cisco Training Institute is the biggest advantage in pursuing a professional career in IT infrastructural management. Cisco prepares the aspirant for a deep level knowledge of Networks and communications. This becomes the base for higher career path like - Head of IT, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Security officer etc. Another major aspect of Cisco career development is from the Vendor side. There are Vendors like - Wirpo InfoTech, HCL Info systems, IBM which does the IT infra management for clients. Career options for those having done Cisco certification courses range from Technical solution architect to project manager, delivery manager.

There are a multitude of organizations looking forward to people having expertise in network administration and network management. Cisco certifications courses help create a lot of job opportunities in the corporate segment. These can vary from junior system administrator, Network administrator / Engineer, Network Manager, IT infrastructure Manager. On the higher levels, it can lead to positions like Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Overall IT infrastructure Head etc. It would be interesting to note that most of the IT Heads in corporate or enterprise segment started out as infrastructure managers and today are heading both application and infrastructure set up.