Get your people ready for cloud computinGEssential Cloud Training & Certification for IT Professionals

ITpreneurs is a Platinum member of the CompTIA Authorized Partner Program and components of the Cloud Certification Program have been designated as CompTIA Approved Quality Content.

Going into the cloud?Cloud computing is changing the way we work and the way we engage with our customer. Virtually every organization is now exploring their potential for cloud computing, searching for a higher agility, scalability and even new business opportunities.

Still, many organizations struggle to correctly adopt cloud computing to their advantage, not anticipating the impact it has on the complete organization. With the help of cloud computing working becomes more socially interactive and unconstrained to location and time. Fear and uncertainty, as a result of a lack of a basic understanding of cloud computing often provokes internal resistance to change.

To help corporations overcome these challenges ITpreneurs, together with a review board of industry-leading organizations (such as ING Group, Cisco, EMC HP, and IBM Virtual Clarity) have developed the Cloud Certification Program for IT professionals.

Vendor-neutral training solutions by ITpreneurs For IT professionals who want to better understand virtuali-zation and cloud computing concepts, ITpreneurs offers seven new courses, across three delivery methods, supported by two certification exams. The courses prepare a professional to leverage the new possibilities provided by virtualization and cloud computing.

Trained & certified people are keySuccessfully adopting the cloud starts with foundation-level knowledge of the possibilities, potential benefits, and understanding of basic roadmaps to implementation.

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ITpreneurs offers vendor-neutral training possibilities for the core concepts behind virtualization and cloud computing. In addition, after successful completion of the optional certification exam, participants will be certified as a Virtualization EssentialsTM Professional or CompTIA Cloud EssentialsTM Professional.

Staff do not have adequate cloud competencies:• Ambiguity in professionals on how to start with

cloud computing• Incapability to control the impact of cloud

computing on the organization• Resistance to change

Insufficient fundamental cloud training:• Organizations are not recognizing the importance of

vendor-neutral, fundamental level training for all key IT employees

The cloud moves faster than organizations can adopt:• There is no standard set of rules/terminology/

language yet in the market place

Cloud Competence-related challenges

The ITpreneurs’ Approach

Vendor-neutral

Before going into the cloud, it’s important to have a principle level understanding of the key cloud concept and terminology, not biased to any vendor specific solution. This essential understanding can be seen as a stepping-stone to vendor specific solution based training, being often much more technical.

Our program helps to make the right choices when selecting a cloud vendor.

Our professional certification program aims at facilitating a higher cloud implementation success rate. It has been developed based on three main principles:

Empowering your people

Creating awareness of the benefits of cloud computing will build the roots for acceptance of its adoption. This will speed up cloud implementation projects. Getting your people up to speed with basic cloud skills is key for a safe and well-managed implementation of any cloud project. They will better understand the impact on business processes, governance, and security.

Our program empowers your people to successfully implement cloud computing.

Beyond IT

A mutual understanding of the business needs and cloud solutions is vital for any successful cloud implementation. Make sure the IT department aligns with the rest of the organization to get agreement and commitment on the common goal, business expectations, and implementation roadmap.

Our program focuses on the end goal: Real business benefits.

Benefits of adopting this program

• Higher success rate of implementing cloud computing• Prepare your workforce for tomorrow’s workplace • Internationally certified vendor-neutral material that is taught by certified trainers.• Recognized quality training materials developed with the most leading experts

and vendors • Save money with a corporate plan for training• Overcome resistance to change, by building basic cloud awareness• Become a smart purchaser of cloud vendor products

Delivery methodsWith years of experience in the development of material and training for IT best practices, ITpreneurs offers a portfolio that ensures the successful deployment of virtualization and cloud computing training and guarantees that individuals get the most of their learning experience.

Classroom Virtual Classroom E-Learning

Essentials Virtualization and Cloud Awareness

Executive Workshop

Virtualization Essentials

Cloud Essentials

Business Simulation

Certifications Virtualization Essentials Exam Web-Based Web-Based Web-based

CompTIA Cloud Essentials Exam Web-Based Web-Based Web-based

Business Simulation

Awareness

Cloud Essentials Virtualization Essentials

Cloud Certification Program

The cloud simulation is a perfect add-on to foundation training, aimed at delivering practical experience. Cloud Challenge gives context to theory and delivers a fun, highly interactive experience to anchor the players’ knowl-edge of cloud computing and virtualization. It’s the first and only cloud simulation engine in the world.

Business Simulation

The awareness e-learning is an essential introduction for IT and business execu-tives who need to get quick insight into virtualization and cloud computing, their core benefits, and their impact on the organization.

Virtualization and Cloud Awareness

The Virtualization Essentials course and exam are intended for technical IT specialists who work with, or are going to work with, products from large virtualization vendors VMware®, Cisco, Citrix, IBM, Red Hat, and Microsoft.

Learning objectives: • Variousapproachesto

servervirtualization• Consequencesof

virtualizationforITSM-StepstosuccessfullyImplementingvirtualization

• Compliance,risk,andregulatoryconsequencesofvirtualization

Virtualization Essentials

The Cloud Essentials course and exam are intended for all operational and tactical level IT professionals who will see their process area affected by the implementation of cloud computing, such as IT support staff, developers, architects, consultants, process managers, and IT managers.

Learning objectives:• Businessbenefitsand

businessconsiderationsofcloudcomputing

• ConsequencesofcloudimplementationforITSM

• Stepstosuccessfullyadoptingcloudcomputing

• Compliance,risk,andregulatoryconsequencesofcloudcomputing

Cloud Essentials

ING Bank, the global financial organization offering banking, insurance, and asset management services, adopted a cloud strategy that resulted in substantial savings in cost while also providing for greater control of the IT infrastructure, newer technology, improved stability, and a more agile organization.

For many organizations, the appetite for the cloud is larger than the organizational readiness for it. What sets ING apart is that it understood that to adopt the cloud, the organization had to change and it was able to do so by creating a major awareness and education campaign around its cloud initiative.

ING ensured that people acquired the competencies required to support the organization. The journey included making changes to the way people work, the types of skills needed in the organization, and the relationship of the organization and its users with its IT providers.

Case-study: ING

How ING Adopted Cloud Training & CertificationING’s success in preparing the organization for cloud lies in the fact that ING did not treat the journey towards into the cloud as an IT-only issue, but rather involved the entire organization. For that purpose ING initiated a large-scale awareness and education campaign around their cloud initiative. The graph below shows ING’s awareness and education program life cycle, visually, over time.

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A blended learning approach

The campaign was initiated with a video message by the CTO. While the internal marketing campaign was underway, the workforce started with taking the appropriate training, which ITpreneurs provided. A large part of the workforce took part in the Awareness course while a more select group participated in the Foundation courses and took the appropriate exams. The business simulation was used to allow participants who have taken the courses to anchor the knowledge learned.

How a structured cloud education program helped

transforming ING into a more agile IT organization.

Go to ww.cloudchallenge.com for a free trial and see if you have what it takes

How it works

In the simulation, you are responsible for the IT department of PureNRG, which is going through major strategic changes, requiring a flexible IT approach.

As you navigate through the different missions, each decision you make impacts various stakeholders of PureNRG. Every decision produces different results - can you figure out the right combination to earn a high score?

The benefits of Cloud Challenge

The simulation gives context to theory and delivers a fun, highly interactive experience to anchor the players’ knowledge of cloud computing and virtualization. In addition, it places more emphasis on training soft skills, such as stakeholder management, relationship management, and negotiation skills.

Cloud Challenge is an exciting online simulation to enhance and reinforce learning around cloud computing and virtualization.

The cloud simulation is a perfect add-on to training, aiming at delivering higher qualified people who have also completed the Virtualization and Cloud Foundation courses.

Gain practical experience in our virtual cloud simulation

Join the Cloud Credential Council

How to join? Review the Web site to familiarize yourself with our vision, members, the Certification Program, and partnership possibilities.

1 Complete the application form.

A CCC representative will contact you to discuss the partnership possibilities.

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Introducing the Council:The Cloud Credential Council is a not-for-profit organization that has been established to engage in the development, adoption and use of a vendor-neutral, independent, and globally accepted cloud computing certification for IT professionals. The Council has three main objectives:• Developing recognized cloud competence certification• Acting as a cloud competence platform for vendors• Assuring training quality by means of accreditation

Who participates in the Council?All parties that have interest in standardizing cloud competences are committed to the CCC with various levels of involvement: hardware/software vendors, end-user corporations, training organizations, and exam institutes.

www.cloudcredintialcouncil.org

MembershipMembers are organizations that commit themselves to the Council to aid the further development of the Cloud Certification Program or to display endorsement of the program.

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AccreditationPartners play a role in the execution of the Cloud Certification Program in the market.

Accredited TrainersTrainers are professionals who deliver these training programs.

Accredited Content PartnersLearning Content Partners develop training materials for certified training.

Accredited Training PartnersCertified Training Partners are organizations that commercially offer training programs to the market.

MembersGeneral members are or-ganizations that would like to associate themselves with the council without active participation.

Executive MembersExecutive Members are organi-zations who actively participate in the further development of the Cloud Certification Program by active participation in work-ing groups of the CCC.

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Solid learning methods Our learning programs have been developed based on proven instructional design principles, optimizing the learning experience.

High-quality products Our products are always updated to the latest industry insights, developed by the most leading experts, bundled in one practical offer.

Proven track record Over the past decade, thousands of professionals have been successfully trained and certified using our learning materials. We work with all major vendors to their satisfaction.

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• VENDOR-NEuTRAL ESSENTIAL TRAINING

• FOCuS ON SuCCESSFuL IMPLEMENTATION

• GLOBALLy RECOGNIzED CERTIFICATION

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