HP Accredited Technical Associate (ATA) - IT Architect V1 certification is an associate level certification and it is the ultimate ATA certification. This certificate validates the candidate's skills and knowledge in identifying, recommending, planning, implementing and managing IT Solution based on complete business principles. This certificate helps the candidate to get higher job and to prove their skills among employers that they can execute solution from end-to-end business objectives.

HP ATA - IT Architect V1 certification are taken by the candidates who seek to extent the highest award in business tracks and in technology. To attain this certification, the candidate need to complete HP ATA cloud V1 and HP ATA - IT for Business V1 certifications. If the candidates already have those two certifications, they will automatically acquire HP ATA - IT Architect V1 certification.

HP ATA - Cloud V1

This certification validates the candidates' skills in understanding the customer business objectives, designing, implementing IT solutions in a small to medium business environment. The candidate will learn about industry standard virtualization technologies and designing virtualized services for customer needs. The required exam for this exam is "Designing and Deploying Cloud Solutions" with exam code HP4-A04. This certification exam is for 1 hour with multiple choice questions.

The topics to be covered for HP4-A04 exam are:

• Recognising industry standard cloud and virtualization technologies and its implications for customer needs: This topic includes common virtualization technologies and products and its implications for customer needs, business benefits of Virtualization, different types of cloud services and its implications, business benefits of cloud services.
• Plan and design of end-to-end solutions for SMB customers: This includes Gathering customer's technical requirements, designing end-to-end technical solution for SMB customers, consulting with SMB customers to translate business objectives into enabling technology, designing online services solution elements, present a solution proposal to customer decision maker.
• Install, upgrade and configure end-to-end IT solutions for SMB customers: This topic includes the implementation of changes to the existing system to support solution.
• Optimization and troubleshoot end-to-end IT solutions for SMB customers: This topic includes applying HP troubleshooting techniques in an end-to-end solution environment, troubleshooting common issues, optimizing performance issues.
• Administer and manage end-to-end IT Solutions: This topic includes Adding users, profiles and groups on cloud services with local infrastructure.

HP ATA - IT for Business V1

This certification tests the candidates' skills and knowledge in identifying key IT solutions and it is used to solve business problems. The candidate will learn to define business challenges, to plan and design technology solutions, to plan and execute business initiatives. This certification is designed for business or technical professionals who have the ability to recognise, evaluate and execute business project proposals for technology driven enterprises.

The required exam for this certification is "Achieving Business Results through Technology" with Exam code HP4-A05. To acquire more information, register with certiport or The HP Learning Center. The exam is for 80 minutes with multiple choice questions. The topics to be covered for this exam are:

• Identifying pillars of IT and using them to solve business challenges: This topic includes identifying key infrastructure components, business relevant applications, different types of business data and its importance, security elements, management elements, types of services and its implications.

• Addressing Business problems: This topic includes organization's business context, identifying business outcomes, key success factors for proposed solution and key success measurements.

• Evaluating alternative solutions: This topic includes analysing potential solutions, recommended solution with business goals, evaluating proposed solution against the impact, quantify the business value, components of high impact business.

• Plan, execute and monitor project that produces IT solution: This topic includes collaboration with an IT manager to prepare project plan, execute business side project plan and perform post release activities.

HP provides Instructor led training for this certification. This training is for 3 days and it covers the entire topics mentioned above. You should clear both the exams to attain this certification. Proper time management and dedicated preparation can help you to attain this certification quickly.