MIE and VMware enter into a strategic business partnership

MIE is delighted to announce its strategic partnership and appointment by VMware – as both a VMware Authorized Training Center (VATC) and VMware Education Reseller Partner (VERP) to assist customers to meet constantly evolving needs and drive business outcomes.

MIE aims to offer its ecosystem of channel partners and end customers a variety of VMware authorized training and certification solutions across six distinct areas. This enables them to have options to choose from in order to become more cloud smart and to navigate the complex world of multi-cloud.

The six distinct solution domains to choose from to become VMware certified are:

1. Data Center Virtualization (DCV) – This is for validating expertise in designing, installing and managing VMware vSphere environment in a real-world
2. Network Virtualization (NV) – This is vital in validating expertise in designing, installing and managing a VMware NSX
3. Cloud Management and Automation (CMA) – Suitable for validating skills in installing, configuring and optimising public, private and hybrid clouds using VMware vRealize
4. End-User Computing (EUC) – This is for validating skills required for installing and managing end-user computing solutions using VMware Workspace One and Desktop management solutions using VMware
5. Security (SEC) – This is designed to validate skills with VMware’s security solutions and the ability to provide support for the security features of VMware products, including VMware NSX-T Data Center, VMware Workspace ONE and VMware Carbon Black
6. Application Modernisation (AM) – Validates and helps to develop knowledge of specialised frameworks and administrator knowledge of emerging technologies, such as VMware Tanzu and Kubernetes

Once you have selected your area of expertise, you need to decide what skill level you are ready to become certified in. Each VMware learning career certification is geared towards a certain skills set. Each certification level may have different requirements to achieve it, including VMware Learning Courses, labs, etc.

1. VMware Certified Technical Associate (VCTA) – Aimed at Operators
2. VMware Certified Professional (VCP) – For Administrators and Engineers
3. VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) – For Administrators, Architects and Engineers
   • VCAP Design
   • VCAP Deployment
4. VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) – For Architects

MIE’s product and service consists of the following learning platforms which clients can to choose from when deciding their preferred method of enablement:

• In-person Instructor-Led Training – delivered by certified and experienced VMware Certified Instructors (VCIs).
• Virtual Instructor-Led training from the comfort of your office or home – delivered by certified and experienced VMware Certified Instructors (VCIs).
• VMware On-Demand series – 30-days of unlimited access to self-paced interactive, modular learning on selected titles that can be accessed anytime, anywhere.
• VMware’s Enterprise Learning Subscription (ELS) series– a comprehensive digital learning solution with the latest training content.

Who should get VCP certified?

The VMware Certified Professional (VCP) program is designed for IT professionals (administrators and engineers) who install, configure, manage, and optimise VMware solutions.

Why get VMware certified?

VMware Certifications are designed to validate your expertise and get you where you need to be in order to be proficient today and future-proofed for tomorrow. According to a survey conducted by Forbes in 2020, 1 out of 10,000 certified IT pros, 34 percent reported a salary increase which is one of the benefits of becoming certified.

Pearson VUE. “2018 Value of IT Certification.” 2019.

Find the right certification track for yourself

VMware Certification tracks provide operators, administrators, engineers, and architects with the skills needed to succeed and prove their technical excellence.