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Virtualization eSSentialS

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General Information
Cloud Computing & Virtualization

Cloud computing is an emerging technology through which an increasing number of IT services are delivered over the Internet. From personal messages and pictures on Gmail or Facebook, to more professional offerings from Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Online Services, cloud computing makes it possible to run a successful business without having dedicated hardware, software, and services. The result is that organizations can reduce costs and be more flexible, more mobile, and scalable while improving their quality of service. Virtually every organization is now exploring their potential for cloud computing, searching for a higher agility, scalability and new business opportunities. Successfully adopting the cloud starts with foundation-level knowledge of the possibilities, potential benefits, and understanding of basic roadmaps to implementation.

Cloud Certification Program

The Cloud Certification Program is a vendor-neutral foundation level certification program for cloud computing. The program has been developed by some of the most significant forces in the industry such as IBM, Cisco, EMC, HP, Virtual Clarity and ING. ITpreneurs provided the learning and game design expertise and guided the development process from start to finish. Obtaining Virtualization EssentialsTM certification guarantees that the candidate understands the main principles and concepts of virtualization, understands what virtualization means from the business and technical perspectives, and understands what is involved in adopting virtualization techniques and governing a virtualized environment. Obtaining the Virtualization EssentialsTM certification guarantees that the candidate understands the main cloud computing principles and concepts, understands what cloud computing means from a business and technical perspective, and understands what is involved in moving to and governing the cloud.

Virtualization Essentials Certification

Objective of Virtualization Essentials Certification

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Target Audience

Virtualization EssentialsTM is certification relevant to: IT Management IT Support Staff IT Consultants Business Managers Business Analysts Process Owners Service Providers System Integrators Architects IT Service managers Software Developers/Engineers Security professionals Network specialists/engineers IT Project Managers

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites for certification. It is, however, recommended that the candidate completes an accredited training course from a certified training partner The Virtualization Essentials course is typically a 2-day, interactive, classroombased learning experience that addresses the business perspective of cloud computing and technical perspective of virtualization, and explains how to adopt, operate, and govern the cloud. The course prepares each participant to successfully become a Virtualization EssentialsTM Certified Professional. This 1-hour exam consists of 40 multiple-choice questions. To pass the exam, an individual must correctly answer 26 or more questions and attain a score of 65% or higher.

Course Structure

Examination Structure

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Certification Curriculum
Specify the technical capabilities and operating model for virtual infrastructures. U nderstand several common definitions of virtualization, and recognize what it is not. Comprehend the relationship between cloud computing and virtualization and how they interact in the journey that an organization must go through. Understand that virtualization has evolved over time and how old ideas have come together to make something new in the current technologies. Comprehend what types of organizations would benefit from virtualization and why it is important today. Describe the landscape of different types of virtualization, and identify leading vendor solutions within those categories. Understand the technical capabilities of virtual infrastructures that drive business benefits. Understand how to describe and measure business benefits. Explain relevant barriers to adoption and success with virtualization, and describe mitigation strategies. Understand the technologies that are relevant to the modern, virtualized data center. Understand the technical approaches, components, capabilities, and techniques of server virtualization. Identify leading server virtualization platforms, and explain their main capabilities and limitations. Explain important features of server virtualization, and state their product names on leading platforms. Recognize the implications of server virtualization. Understand issues, opportunities, and challenges relating to data storage in a virtual data center. Understand how virtualization impacts local area and wide area networks, and discuss the technologies involved. Understand virtualization as a new platform that needs to be managed, the types of tools needed to manage it, and its impact on existing management tools and processes. Illustrate how key application features, such as availability, continuity, security, scaling, and mobility, can be delivered more easily on virtual infrastructures. Explain how the various components of virtualization together form a coherent solution and enable a new way of developing and operating applications. Understand the workplace virtualization technologies, and apply them to cases relevant to the modern and virtualized workplace. Identify relevant challenges in workplace virtualization, and discuss solutions for specific challenges.

Discuss how business benefits can be described and measured.

Describe the implications for direct costs and cost allocations.

Explain relevant barriers to adoption and success with virtualization and appropriate mitigation strategies.

Outline the technical approaches, components, capabilities, and techniques of virtualization technologies.

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Explain the steps that lead to the successful adoption of virtualization technologies.

Explain the typical steps that lead to the successful adoption of virtualization technologies. Understand what it takes to create the internal capability to manage a virtual infrastructure. Discuss the technical and organizational approaches to migrate the enterprise to virtualized infrastructures. Understand the impact of virtualization on the IT service management of an organization. Use a structured approach based on the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) to explore the potential impact on your organization. Identify the issues associated with integrating virtualization into an organizations existing compliance risk and regulatory framework. Understand the implications for direct costs and cost allocations. Comprehend appropriate constraints for managing infrastructure in a virtual enterprise.

Understand the impact and changes of virtualization on IT service management.

Identify the issues associated with integrating virtualization into an organizations existing compliance risk and regulatory framework.

Virtualization Essentials Exam