Integrating, implementing and selling Vblock technologies
New training courses offered by Fast Lane: “Implementing Vblock” and “Selling Vblock”
Hamburg/Berlin, Germany, 20 December 2010 – The IT training specialist Fast Lane (www.flane.de) has started 2011 by expanding its range of courses. “Implementing Vblock” (VBLOCK-TECH) and “Selling Vblock” (VBLOCK-SALES) look in detail at the Vblock-systems used for virtualising IT infrastructure from two different perspectives. The technical training focuses primarily on integration and configuration, whereas participants in the sales training course are provided with the knowledge required for marketing and selling such technology.
The Virtual Computing Environment Coalition (VCE), which consists of the companies Cisco, EMC and VMware, combines individual solutions from the three manufacturers in order to create the Vblock systems that enable the construction of private clouds. The various solutions involve the use of virtualisation, security, storage, computing and network components.
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The 5-day “Implementing Vblock” Fast Lane training course provides comprehensive knowledge regarding the integration and installation of these components. The intended target group for the training includes, in particular, system technicians, data centre network designers, pre and post sales engineers and network administrators. Theoretical sessions and lab exercises are combined to teach participants how to implement EMC² storage. The course also looks at how to configure Cisco UCS as the hardware basis for VMware vSphere and also Cisco Nexus 1000V as a virtual switch.
An overview of the content of the technical Vblock training course:
- Data centres
- Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
- EMC² storage
- VMware vSphere
Price: € 3,490 plus VAT
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This one day sales training course has been designed as an introduction for VCE partnership account managers or their channel partners who sell Vblock solutions. In this course, Fast Lane specialists provide participants with key basic knowledge regarding the advantages of these virtualisation systems as well as advice on how to position and sell them.
An overview of the content of the sales course:
- The virtual computing environment
- What is Vblock?
- Vblock sales
Price: € 990 plus VAT.