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The VMware IT Academy Program is an important component of VMware education programs. The academic institutions that agree to participate in the VMware IT Academy Program fulfill an important role in providing VMware education worldwide. These academic institutions operate as business alliances of VMware with an objective of delivering educational services to their students.  The VMware IT Academy Program is designed to introduce students to VMware technologies and equip them with VMware technical skills to compliment their chosen fields of study. VMware will provide selected  academic institutions with course materials developed by VMware for this purpose. By instituting this program, VMware seeks to create a collaborative relationship with academic institutions whereby their students may obtain the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) status and other VMware certifications.  GRA was the first VMware IT Academy within the UK and is working closely with VMware to make this programme available to a wider audience and thus offer additional opportunities to students and the local community alike.  We are able, through working with our NDG and Fujitsu partners in this venture, to offer academies a cost effective hardware solution to enable them to deliver to students, also the training you need in order to run the academy programme delivering the Instructor led training by attending the In-Person training. 

 

To ensure the certification courses are more accessible to educational institutions links between VMware and NDG were forged as a result of working with GRA and the OU which provides a virtual solution at a cost effective basis.  Academies within the GRA consortium can work within our framework to benefit from this accessing our Netlab centres.  VMware courses now feature within the new Edexcel BTEC QCF level 3 certifications.  GRA offers not only the vSphere 4.1, install, configure and manage course but has developed this into an instructor course aimed at guiding instructors in addition to providing a pathway to certification.

VMware IT Academy Programme Overview

NDG and GRA  

Instructor certification class

Instructor course datasheet. 

WebEx Presentation.

Academy Guide

 

Register as a VMware IT Academy 

Courses 
 
Web-based eLearning

Students can learn at their own pace - when and where they choose.  All they need is a browser with Internet access. VMware's eLearning courses available with this entitlement includes courses on:

  • VMware Lifecycle Manager: Fundamentals
  • VMware ACE 2.0 Quick Start Guide
  • VMware Workstation 6: Mastery
  • VMware Stage Manager Fundamentals
  • VMware ESXi: Administration
  • VMware Infrastructure 3: What's New v3.5
  • VMware Server 1.0 Quick Start Guide
  • VMware vSphere: What's New in vSphere 4
  • VMware vSphere Fundamentals
  • VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4.0 Fundamentals
  • VMware vCenter Chargeback Fundamentals
  • VMware vCenter AppSpeed Fundamentals
  • Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Fundamentals
  • Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4 Fundamentals
  • VMware Workstation 7: Fundamentals
  • VMware Fusion 3

Courses are constantly updated and added to the above list. The eLearning entitlement will be administered by e-academy (www.e-academy.com) who will contact schools opting for free eLearning.

Courses
 
Schools and Colleges can apply to delivery VMware courses using their own instructors to create a learning experience with extensive hands-on lab exercises and state-of-the-art training material using VMware provided courseware and software. VMware's instructor-led courses available with this entitlement includes:
  • VMware vSphere 4: Overview
  • VMware vSphere 4: What's New
  • VMware vSphere 4: Manage Availability
  • VMware vSphere 4: Manage Scalability
  • VMware vSphere 4: Troubleshooting
  • VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage
  • VMware vSphere 4.1: Install, Configure, Manage
  • VMware vSphere 4: Fast Track
  • VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage Japanese
  • VMware View: Design Best Practices
  • VMware View: Install, Configure, Manage
  • VMware Infrastructure 3: Overview
  • VMware Infrastructure 3: Skills for Operators
  • VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy, Secure and Analyze
  • VMware Workstation 6.5you can say for yourself.

To participate in the instructor led courses the instructor must have undertaken training and passed the VCP (Vmware Certified Professional) within a recognised training centre.

 

To Register for Instructor training within the VMware IT Academy programme please complete the form below stating the name and address of your Academy.

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