During last week’s VMworld 2012 event in San Francisco, VMware has released three new certifications; VCP-Cloud, VCAP-CID and VCAP-DTD.
The VMware Certified Professional – Cloud (VCP-Cloud) certification validates your ability to install, configure and administer a Cloud environment using vCloud Director and related components. Achieving this certification demonstrates your understanding of basic cloud concepts including public/private/hybrid clouds, multi-tenancy and cloud security, as well as your skills in using vCloud Director to create and manage vApps, service catalogs, and organization/provider VDCs, as well as administering cloud enabled networking and storage.
Earning VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Design (VCAP-CID) certification shows that you have continued to enhance your cloud skills, and gives you a new, industry-recognized credential for your list of accomplishments.
The VCAP-CID certification is designed for architects who can devise a conceptual framework based on business requirements, organize its elements into distinct components, and design a cloud infrastructure that meets those requirements. It also verifies that you can define goals for the architecture, analyze elements of the framework, and make design decisions that ensure the proper physical and virtual components exist in the design. Achieving VCAP-CID status shows that you have skills with:
The VCAP-CID certification is designed for architects who can devise a conceptual framework based on business requirements, organize its elements into distinct components, and design a cloud infrastructure that meets those requirements. It also verifies that you can define goals for the architecture, analyze elements of the framework, and make design decisions that ensure the proper physical and virtual components exist in the design. Achieving VCAP-CID status shows that you have skills with:
- Conceptual, Logical, and Physical Design
- Security and Availability Design
- Extended Cloud Design
- Metering and Compliance
- vApp Design
Earning VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Design (VCAP-DTD) certification shows that you have continued to enhance your desktop virtualization skills, and gives you a new, industry-recognized credential for your list of accomplishments.
VCAP-DTD is designed for architects who can devise a conceptual end user infrastructure framework based on business requirements, organize its elements into distinct components, and design an architecture that meets those requirements. It also shows that you have experience defining goals for the architecture, analyzing elements of the framework, and making design decisions that ensure the proper physical and virtual components exist in the design for the desktop users.