I got into IT by doing a competancy test, got the job over 250 other people most of whom had IT related degrees 
I have only minor electrical engineering qualificated and only a standard grade in computing!
I'm now 8 years later network manager, still have no qualifications, not even been on a software training course. I'll have to start soon if I want to move up the ladder anymore though.
If you had talent people will notice you, a vast majority of IT can be self taught, people who put too much weight on qualifications are fools, yes they can be an indicator but I'd rather hire someone who taught themselves and then train them. They have the raw skill and talent to be far far better than course trained monkeys.
Just from my observations of people in the last IT department I worked in
I have only minor electrical engineering qualificated and only a standard grade in computing!I'm now 8 years later network manager, still have no qualifications, not even been on a software training course. I'll have to start soon if I want to move up the ladder anymore though.
If you had talent people will notice you, a vast majority of IT can be self taught, people who put too much weight on qualifications are fools, yes they can be an indicator but I'd rather hire someone who taught themselves and then train them. They have the raw skill and talent to be far far better than course trained monkeys.
Just from my observations of people in the last IT department I worked in
but EMC are only famous for storage where as with HP storage is just one arm of a massive organisation ( reading the other day that in terms of hardware sales HP are now bigger then IBM 
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