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VMware IT Academy Program | Latest information

Both BiASC and NASC are VMware Regional Academies (Academy Support Center) offering instructor training.  An important change in the conditions from VMware is that VMware Academy Instructors do not require formal certification any more.

VMware IT Academy Program

• Benefits
• Product offering
• Details and Cost
• Qualification and Restrictions

Qualification and Restrictions

• Must be an accredited, degree/diploma granting education institution of higher education or government approved workforce development organization
• Courses must be incorporated into a degree, diploma, or certificate program
• Can not offer online classes exclusively
• Can not promote or deliver courses to businesses as a way to train their IT staff
• Maximum of twelve student lecture/lab hours per consecutive 7-day period content delivery
• Must adhere to all guidelines outlined in the VMware IT Academy Program Guide
• Must apply and be approved by VMware
• Must be aligned to a regional academy (Academy Support Center)

Presentation

• Download VMware IT Academy Program-May2016

NASC & BiASC VMWARE REGIONAL ACADEMY FOR BENELUX

Nasc & BiASC intend to be VMware Regional Academy for the Benelux.

Contacts

• Benelux Instructor Trainers: Sven Knockaert, Roel Van Steenberghe
• NASC: Gerk van der Wal
• BIASC: Yvan Rooselee

VMware IT Academy - Simplified process changes starting on 1-Sept-2015

Simplified process changes starting on 1-Sept-2015!

Together with others BiASC is doing efforts to simplify the processes for VMware IT Academies. We will try to keep you informed.

• https://labs.vmware.com/vmware-it-academy

YouTube Resources from VMware

Please find a YouTube resource from VMware:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EroaCHfPjn4

Upgrading and Mastering vSphere 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npvN_YSHNPE

11 recordings from Vmware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBQNuT_z9ro&index=1&list=PL9MeVsU0uG64Si2Ml
Y1gezU_O-27Fuqmf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nazpRzD4Jmc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPm8Fmhxasc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlL_C7ixOXM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGQ5ejGfuDY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m65TgcWfOJg

Enrollment Form - VMware Instructor Training - August 2015

VMWare labs

VMWare students only from VMware Academies are able to use temproary licence keys in order to do the labs.

https://communities.vmware.com/thread/300670

 

VMware IT Academy Trainer LinkedIn Group

For all the VMWare IT Academy Trainers and other interested people we created a LinkIn Group to keep in touch.

Here is the link: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/VMware-IT-academy-Benelux-user-8125215/about

Hopefully this group can help to spark innovation & collaboration. Feel free to invite your peers to this group or to open a discussion.

BiASC Regional Academy for VMWARE vITA

BiASC has become a regional academy for VMWare vITA.

Belgian IT Academy Support Center
School_email: [email protected]
Full_Name: Yvan Rooseleer
Phone: +32 474 56 45 76
Other_email: [email protected]
Country: Belgium
Website_01: biasc.be
Website_02: biasc.be

VMware Instructor Training - June 2014 - Ghent

The following VMware Instructor Training is planned to start in Ghent at 13:00 pm on 2 June 2014.

Course Dates: 2-3-5-6 June 2014

Self-study: 4 June 2014

Instructors: Sven Knockaert (VCP), Roel Vansteenberghe (VCP)

Location: HUB-KAHO Technologiecampus Gent- Gebroeders De Smetstraat 1 - 9000 Gent

Price: 1000 euro ex VAT (NASC/BiASC members), 2000 euro ex VAT for non-members

TO ENROLL

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nNDFWwY9Z2T4R1vmFMYyBnmKBr85IzWVoUU8QLEC9io/viewform

VMware IT Academy - 2014

Below is a message from the VMware IT Academy Programme team with the focus on more sophisticed cloud integration and hybrid strategies.

Enterprises are expected to try new strategies to alleviate internal IT demands in 2014, including deeper and more sophisticated cloud integration, and increased use of artificial intelligence and automation to decrease reliance on human workers, Stephanie Overby writes. Experts say the evolving nature of the outsourcing industry will also see companies employing hybrid strategies that combine offshoring with more on-site, onshore and near-shore options.

Interview with Dave Nelson (VMware IT Academy)

Published on Youtube 3 Feb 2014

Winter 2014 ICT Educator Conference
San Francisco, CA

James Jones (Executive Director, MPICT Center) interviews Dave Nelson (Director, VMware IT Academy).

VMware Certified Associate eLearning and certification promotion - 2014

The VMware Certified Associate eLearning is still available and another course Network Virtualization Fundamentals will be available very soon - at no cost.

However, the 100% discount on VCA certifications ended on December 31st, the 70% instructor discount code provided by Pearson VUE to active IT Academy instructors is also valid for the VCA exam.

Please see the FAQs at:

VMware Certified Associate FAQs

Note: You may need to login to _any_ Google user account before you can see the contents of the link above.

 

New VCA Program

The new VCA program offers a path to VMware certification (cloud, datacenter, virtualization). It focuses on core product knowledge and use cases.

• Module based-elearning course available: 150-180 mins
  • Products & Technologies
  • Best practices
  • Use Cases
• Online exam through Pearson VUE: 50 questions- pass mark 300/500 - open book
  100% Voucher for Cisco Academies until end April 2014, afterwards 70%
• Course description: VMware Datacenter Virtualization Fundamentals
• To take the course register through VMware MyLearn:
  http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfm
• No prerequisites

VMware VCA Guide

VMware IT Academy is offering an online learning course which does not require instructors to be trained, nor does it require special hardware.

Detailed information: Download GRA VMware VCA guide

VMware Instructor Training - Ghent & Webex

Starting a VMware vITA Academy

NASC & BiASC are Regional VMware IT Academies helping you to set up your own VMware IT Academy.

Starting your own WMware IT Academy requires the following steps as the VMware Academy coordinator designated by your educational institution:

• Academy Coordinator fills out the NASC/BiASC registration form:
  Link to VMware Regsitration Form 
• After  registration the Academy Coordinator informs <[email protected]> and <arie @biasc.be>
• The Academy Coordinator is then granted access by VMware and registers future VMware instructors
• Future instructor completes VMware Academy Instructor Training
• VMware instructor starts teaching VMware courses

What to do in more detail?

1. The academy coordinator registers the academy by filling out the online registration form.
   Link to VMware Regsitration Form  
2. NASC & BiASC will forward your vITA membership details to VMware.
3. You will be granted access by VMware within five days after forwarding.
4. The academy coordinator then registers local candidate instructors according to the procedure at the following weblink: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-15017 
   Every instructor needs to be recorded separately. Before taking training all instructors need to be recorded.
5. Completing instructor training is essential to be able to start a student course at your own institution. After conluding Instructor Training from Regional Academy NASC & BiASC authorizes you to teach students classes. You can take the official VCP Certification exam with a discount voucher,but VCP certification is not required to teach student classes.

Apart from in-person instructor training, also remote blended learning using Telepresence and/or Webex or self-study using elearning materials are possible. No VCP voucher is offered in case of self-study.

Agenda - Information session for Belgian Cisco Academies - 31 May 2013

Here are the preliminary details for the information session in Brussels.

Agenda

• Collaboration for Cisco Academy - Belgium & Benelux
  • Academy Support Center Activities - Belgium & Benelux
  • Instructor Training Activities - Belgium & Benelux
• New offerings 
  • Corning IQ Academy (Igor Canjko)
  • VMware IT Academy (Arie Van Duijn)
• New developments for Cisco Academies (Jaskarin Kalsi)
  • Certification and new courses - Technical Update
    • IT Essentials v5.0
    • CCNA Routing & Switching
  • Cisco NetSpace Demo
• Q&A

 

Location

HUBRUSSEL
Aula 0105
Stormstraat 2 rue d'Assaut
1000 Brussel-Bruxelles

Registration for the event ==> Registration Form

Presentation

• PPTX:  Download Biasc-31-May-2013
  
• PPT: Download Biasc-31-May-2013
  
• PPT Player:  Download Biasc-31-May-2013
• PDF:  Download Biasc-31-May-2013
  

 

 

VMWare eBooks, instructor materials and student materials - april 2013

Here is an overview of eBooks, instructor materials and student materials for VMware IT Academies. It is essential to go through the procedure of Academy Registration aided by the Regional Academy of NASC or BiASC. Afterwards a contract with Gilmore has to be signed.

Spreadsheet: Download VMware eBooks, instructor materials, student materials

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage - Instructor Course

Course Title: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage

Duration: 5 days (40 hours)

Version: 5

Course Code: VCP 510

Course Overview

This hands-on training course explores installation, configuration, and management of VMware vSphere, which consists of VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter™ Server. The course is based on ESXi 5.0 and vCenter Server 5.0. Completion of this course satisfies the prerequisite for taking the VMware Certified Professional 5 exam.

On completion delegates will be eligible for a 70% discount voucher for the VCP certification.

VMware IT Academy (vITA) Instructor Training - MAY 2013

As the regional vITA academy for the Benelux, NASC and BiASC are organizing  the first VMware IT Academy Instructor Training in Belgium. The full course consists of three days in person training and two days online:

• 29 MAY: in person, campus KAHO Gent
• 30 MAY: in person, campus KAHO Gent
• 4 JUNE: Webex online training
• 5 JUNE: Webex online training
• 7 JUNE: in person, campus KAHO Gent