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The VMware IT Academy

Storage, Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Dave Nelson - VMware IT Academy Program Director

20 August 2014

Agenda

The Federation And Why Is So Important

The Importance of Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Role Based Certification Paths

VMware Certified Associate:

• VCA Transforms Careers and Companies…

• VCA Program Goals

• VCA Positioning

• VCA Tracks

• Training for VCA Certification

• VCA Exams and the Certification Process

Learning Paths

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The Federation

Drawing on the strengths of each of the four companies, VMware customers can benefit from a single, focused vision to move to becoming a Software-Defined Enterprise.

EMC Academic Alliance

EMC Academic Alliance Program – Program Information

http://education.emc.com/academicalliance/ – Storage Technologist Track (EMCST)

https://education.emc.com/cust/certification/framework/st/stor_tech.aspx – Find Participating Institutions

http://education.emc.com/academicalliance/institutes.aspx

Research Links– Managing Information Storage: Trends, Challenges & Options

http://education.emc.com/content/_common/docs/articles/Managing_Information_Storage_Trends_Challenges_%20and_Options_2009_2010.pdf

– IDC – The Diverse and Exploding Digital Universe http://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/diverse-exploding-digital-universe.pdf

– As the Economy Contracts, the Digital Universe Expands http://www.emc.com/collateral/demos/microsites/idc-digital-universe/iview.htm

– Certification Magazine – Salary Survey Dec 08 http://www.certmag.com/read.php?start=0&in=3656

– ESG – Eliminating the Storage Skills Gap https://education.emc.com/content/_common/docs/articles/ESG_WP_EMC_Education_Services_FINAL.pdf

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Why Virtualization Is Important & The VMware IT Academy

• Current Economy

• Reduces Capital Expenses

• Reduces Operational Expenses

• Promotes Green IT

• Demand for VMware Certified Professionals

• Enables Cloud Computing!

+92%Increase in job postings requiring VMware experience at Dice.com (2011)

Ben Fried (Google CIO)Source: CIO Journal - Tuesday, April 10, 2012

“The economics of cloud computing are driving down the cost structure of business so far and so fast that it’s scary”.

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The Next 10 Years in ICT

• Will virtualization, multicore, and cloud computing trends send x86 architecture server and processor volumes down for the next decade?

• It certainly is a realistic scenario – and perhaps the most likely, but….– Mobile devices and traffic will

more than double every year

– Storage requirements will increase 50x

– ICT Professional Growth will increase by only 1.5x

Source: blogs.gartner.com/thomas_bittman/2011/.../the-end-of-server-growth and Cisco

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Majority of Companies Expanding Cloud Computing Skills

Types of skills/roles companies have added to IT departments

Percentage Increase %

Skills to build private clouds 69

Departmental liaisons 864

Integration specialists 63

Cloud architect 61

Compliance specialist 44

Source: CompTIA

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Sunshine in the Clouds

Cloud Computing Statistic Value

1New jobs in this sector by 2015 14 million

1Revenue per year in this sector by 2015 $1.1 trillion

2Global market for equipment by 2018 $79.1 billion

3Global spend in cloud computing by 2020 $241 billion

4Cloud services revenues by 2016 $40.8 billion

5Global digital content stored in the cloud by 2016 36%

6Amount of new workloads going directly to the cloud 33%

Sources: 1IDC, 2 Forbes, 3Forrester, 4 Wikibon.org, 5Gartner, 6VMware

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Report Cites 13% Savings For IT In 2012 From Cloud Adoption

• User demand for cloud services is driving adoption in the enterprise

• “Cloud systems delivered 13% savings for IT budgets last year”1

• “Organizations' adoption of cloud computing has steadily increased, which comes as no surprise given the growth of mobility and the consumerization of IT“2

1Source: “State of the Cloud” report, CDW 2013.

2 Source: Stephen Braat, General Manager, CDW.

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The World’s Fastest Growing Infrastructure Software Company

• Proven Market Leader – $5.59 billion revenue (2014)

– >$6.64 billion cash (2014)

– ~14,300 employees (2013)

• Proven in the Trenches– 500,000+ VMware customers

– 100% of Fortune 100

– 100% of Fortune Global 100

– 99% of Fortune 1000

– 97% of Fortune Global 500

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Gartner’s Magic Quadrant

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This Is What The New Hybrid Cloud Looks LikeHybrid cloud management is really about managing the old and the new IT worlds.

Experts say hybrid cloud is necessary progression of IT

Source: By Brandon Butler NetworkWorld | Jul 8, 2014

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Their Cloud, Their Business: NYSE Euronext

• “We chose VMware because of their advanced technology record and their advanced thinking in cloud computing. They’re the obvious choice to work with us.” - Steve Rubinow, SVP/CIO, NYSE Euronext

• NYSE private cloud manages nearly 1/3 of the world’s wealth

• Complex trading operations went from days to minutes

• Now offering the world’s first public cloud for the financial services industry

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Their Cloud, Their Business: SAP

• “We have a very good strategic relationship with VMware – and with operational support, that’s necessary with challenges often more complex than in traditional settings.” - Dr. Wolfgang Krips, SVP Global IT, SAP

• SAP’s global infrastructure is 80% virtualized, running 25,000 VMs

• Private cloud houses all critical app servers; and supports its entire training business and development systems

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Their Cloud, Their Business: Revlon• “VMware is our core; it is the

core of our Cloud. It allows us to be very fast…simplicity equals speed, speed equals competitive advantage.” - David Giambruno, P/CIO, Revlon

• Revlon private cloud:– 98% of global infrastructure

virtualized

– 531 applications across the globe

– 15,000 automated vMotion moves a month

• 300% increase in project throughput, with zero downtime

• Savings of more than $70.4M in 2 years

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Their Cloud, Their Business: Ducati Motor Holdings

• “VMware has never failed us. We have grown in terms of demands and requirements, and VMware has grown in capabilities and ability to support us.” - Daniel Bellini, CIO, Ducati

• Zero-to-98% virtualized in less than 2 years, all with no down time and supporting a 3x increase in production

• Ducati’s IT infrastructure supports the production of 40K bikes per year, and helps them outrace competitors significantly larger

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Their Cloud, Their Business: Southwest Airlines

• “Our goal is similar to that of VMware - to have the cloud seamless and transparent, so our customers, employees and IT team don’t have to care about

the technology underlying delivery of the service.” - Bob Young, VP of Tech/CIO, SWA

• Zero-to-40% globally virtualized in less than two years, reducing provisioning time from six days to one hour

• Leverages GemFire to run critical applications accounting for 85% of total business

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Our FocusEnabling IT as a Service

IT as a Service leverages:

highly virtualized infrastructure

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modern development approaches

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anywhere, anytime access by end users

…to enable a more efficient and business-focused model for IT

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Virtualization is Key to This Shift in Focus

• Virtualized applications, by 2015:– Of existing VMware users, ~97%

expect to virtualize mission critical applications.

– In Test/Dev, EndUser, Web Apps, Collaboration and BI applications, VMware used in +50% more sites

• Datacenters: – 69% server virtualization

increasing to 84% by 2015

– 24% growth expected in servers running VMware

– 76% installed hypervisors are VMware. “All workload types are migrating to VMware, including mission critical and databases”.

Source: Wikibon.org

VMware Role-Based Certification

www.vmware.com/certification

VMware Certified Associate Transforms…Y

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Car

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As a VMware Certified Associate you benefit from:

• Extra recognition – of your knowledge, initiative and commitment to stay current

• Faster career progression – certified skills to take advantage of the best IT opportunities

• Greater confidence – discussing virtualization with customers, peers and management

• A real-world approach – so you learn what you need for your role

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ny Employers and managers value VCA certification as way to:

• Reflect the competence of staff

• Fast-track learning means less time away from job

• Ensure their people have the right skills for the job

• Confirm their staff are up-to-date with innovative virtualization and cloud technologies

VCA Program Goals As a VCA, you can:

• Demonstrate knowledge of virtualization products, capabilities, trends and best practices

• Have credibility in discussions with potential employers

• Prove your understanding of the business challenges virtualization can address

• Identify business needs and map those drivers to products from VMware

• Propose VMware solutions that suit the business

Not a replacement for VCP!

• Good introduction to technologies for transition preparation

− e.g. first step for Cloud, Workforce Mobility, Network Virtualization

• A springboard to VCP, VCAP, VCDX

• Low-cost way to explore possibilities

• Tool to help make intelligent choices about learning paths

VCA Positioning

• Core Product Knowledge

• Business Drivers• Use Cases

VSP

• Solution Selling• Sales Motions

• Technical Sales• Consulting

(Pre-Sales)• Solution Design

(Pre-Sales)

VTSP

• Sys Admin • Install• Configure• Manage

VCAP

VCP

VCA

VCDX

• Sys Engineer• Optimize• Scale• Troubleshoot• Design

ArchitectPre/Post-Sales• Consulting• Solution Design• Solution Delivery

Customer/End-User Domain VMware Partner Domain

VCA Tracks VCA – DCVVMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization

• Benefits of server virtualization across the data center

• How vSphere meets business challenges

VCA – CloudVMware Certified Associate - Cloud

• How to take advantage of public and private clouds

• Business challenges that cloud computing addresses

VCA – WMVMware Certified Associate – Workforce Mobility

• How workforce mobility delivers freedom and manageability while connecting people to their data, applications and desktop

VCA – NVVMware Certified Associate – Network Virtualization

• How to enhance the benefits of virtualization across your network

• Coming soon

Training for VCA Certification Free 2.5 and 3 hour elearning online course available

• English and Japanese now

• French, German and Spanish language modules will be live in October at VMworld Barcelona

Self-study at your convenience

Module-based with topic reviews, text notes and quizzes. Focus on:

• Products and technologies

• Capabilities and use-cases

• Trends and best practices

No prerequisite courses required

VCA not a prerequisite for ICMs or VCPs

Streamline ICMs, e.g. vSphere ICM will have VCA-DCV material removed

VCA Exams – On Demand, Online Online through Pearson VUE – no test center required.

• Test when and where you want, at your convenience

Exam is open book

50 question multiple-choice of the format:

• Select one correct answer

• Select two of the following

75 minutes to complete

Checking facility:

• Allows candidate to review questions

• Highlights if only one answer given when two required

Immediate result given /500. Pass mark is 300

Exam tests information in elearning but also extended knowledge.

• Use additional resources listed in the exam blueprint and other people!

VCA Certification Process – The Training Go to www.vmware.com/education :

• Go to Trending Now > Top Free

Register for the elearning course in MyLearn

• Registration expires after 4 months

Take course when and where you want - at your convenience

Course is not a pre-requisite for VCA exam

• Search vca for DCV and Cloud.

• Search workforce mobility View-based elearning

Before You Take the Exam - Additional Resources Access documentation

from the exam blueprint:

Use our free library of instructional videos to help you prepare:

• http://vmwarelearning.com/

VCA Certification Process – The Exam From Certification page,

click through to [create account and] register in MyLearn

Receive VMware authorization with unique candidate ID

Create Pearson Vue account with candidate ID, supply name and address

Authorized exams are displayed:

• Schedule (2-day slot) and complete exam in Pearson Vue

Receive confirmation email from MyLearn:

• Follow instructions to ‘manage plan’ in MyLearn

Certificate is posted to the address given in Pearson Vue, MyLearn transcript is updated.

Learning Paths

http://vmwarelearningpaths.com/

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Value Proposition & Goals

• Value Proposition:– Academic institutions have use of industry leading intellectual property

– Students have affordable access to training & professional certification

– VMware benefits from proliferation of virtualization competencies

• Goals & Objectives:– Drive collaboration between institutions & between students with

communities

– Maximize awareness and competencies on virtualization products and technologies

– Supply the IT industry with a pool of VMware Certified Professionals (VCP)

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VMware IT Academy Program – Two LevelsVMware has designed a flexible program to enable virtualization training in multiple formats, learning styles and levels

Instructor Led Training(certification courses)

eLearning courses

Institute Capabilities and Competency

Higher costs / resources

Low start up costs/resources

Entry level capabilities

Higher level certification

No certified trainers required

Low/no ICT hardware requirement

Include in existing courses or used for self-study

May require VMware certified instructor to teach

Specific ICT hardware requirement

Minimum course content and hours required for student certification

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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offerings (1)

VCA Certification Courses

• VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals

• VMware Cloud Fundamentals

• VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals

• VMware Workforce Mobility Fundamentals

Infrastructure Virtualization

• VMware vSphere: What’s New Fundamentals [V5.5]

• vSphere Data Protection Advanced Fundamentals [V5.5] 

• vSphere Data Protection and Recovery Fundamentals [V5.1]

• VMware vSphere: What’s New [V 5.1]

• VMware vSphere: Transition to ESXi Essentials[v4.1]

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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offerings (2)

Cloud

• VMware vCloud Connector Fundamentals V2.5

• VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals [V5.1]

• VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals [V1.5]

• vCloud Networking and Security Fundamentals [V5.X]

• vCloud Automation Center: Fundamentals [v5.1]

Workforce Mobility

• VMware Horizon Workspace Fundamentals [V1.5]

• What's New in VMware Horizon View 5.2

• VMware View: Fundamentals [V5.0]

• VMware View: Fundamentals [V5.X]

• VMware View Design Best Practices - What's New [V5.X]

• VMware Horizon Mirage Fundamentals [V4.0]

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VMware IT Academy eLearning Offerings (3)

Virtualization Management

• VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Fundamentals [V5.X]

• VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator Fundamentals [V2.X]

• VMware vCenter Operations Manager Fundamentals [v5.x]

• VMware vCenter Operations Manager for View Fundamentals [V5.X]

• VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Fundamentals [5.1]

• VMware vCenter Chargeback Manager Fundamentals [V2.5]

• VMware vCenter Operations Manager Fundamentals [V5.6]

Cloud Application Platform

• vFabric GemFire Fundamentals

• vFabric Hyperic Fundamentals

• vFabric tc Server Fundamentals

• vFabric Rabbit MQ Fundamentals

• VMware vFabric SQLFire

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VMware IT Academy Instructor Led Courses (1)*vSphere

• VMware vSphere with Operations Management: Fast Track [V5.1]

• VMware vSphere: Overview [V5.1]

• VMware vSphere: What’s New [V4.x to V5.5]

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]

• VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V5.1]

• VMware vSphere: Skills for Operators [V5.1]

• VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V5.1]

• VMware vSphere: Design Workshop [V5.x]

• VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop [V5.1]

vCloud

• VMware vCloud Networking and Security

• for vSphere Professionals [V5.5]

• VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.2]

• VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]

• VMware vCloud Director: Organization Administration [V5.5]

*Only the most recent versions are listed. The vITA Program also offers previous versions

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VMware IT Academy Instructor Led Courses (2)*

vCenter

• VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.1]

• VMware vCenter Operations Manager: Analyze & Predict [V5.x]

• VMware vCenter Operations Manager:

• Advanced Usage & Dashboard Design [V5.x]

• VMware vCenter Configuration Manager for Virtual Infrastructure Management [V5.x]

• VMware vCenter Configuration Manager for Virtual Infrastructure and OS Management [V5.x]

• VMware vCenter Orchestrator: Develop Workflows [V5.1]

Workforce Mobility

• VMware Horizon View: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.2]

• VMware View: Design Best Practices [V5.x]

• VMware View: Desktop Fast Track [V5.1]

• VMware Horizon Mirage: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.0]

*Only the most recent versions are listed. The vITA Program also offers previous versions

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VMware IT Academy Instructor Led Courses (3)*

Spring Developer

• Core Spring 4

• Enterprise Integration with Spring 4

• Spring Web 4

• Groovy and Grails [V2.0] 4

• Hibernate with Spring 3

• Pivotal RabbitMQ 2

• Pivotal GemFire for Developers

Course Catalogs

*Only the most recent versions are listed. The vITA Program also offers previous versions

https://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=39824&ui=www_edu

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Program Costs

• No cost to Join. A simple registration form submitted for approval.

• Student course kits purchased directly from VMware’s print vendor to leverage VMware’s price point based on quantity & scale. – eBooks = $16

– Hardcopy < $50 including tax & shipping when ordering 10 or more.

• IT Academy partners can purchase certification vouchers directly from VMware’s certification testing delivery partner (Pearson VUE) at a discounted rate of 70% off commercial cost.

• IT Academy partners receive eLearning courses to use at “No Charge” to supplement ILT courses or for reference for any courses desired.

Growth Of The IT Academy In Terms Of Students

Summary Role-based certification from associate to expert level in the DCV,

Cloud, WM and NV areas.

Objectives of the VCA; benefits, goals, positioning

Content and format of the eLearning

Exam format and process of registration and completion

Introduced Learning Path Tool

Thank You – Questions?