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VMware MVP: VMware Impresses with Its Foray into Mobile Virtualization
Having been a network administrator at one time, managing corporate smartphones was a time consuming process. Managing the phones sometimes felt like a full-time job. It was a significant cost for the company and in the event that there was an issue with an application on the phone, I usually had to have the employee bring their phone in so that I could troubleshoot the issue. Most of the enterprise-managers were a little tricky to implement as well. RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server was the easiest to manage and provision phones in the corporate environment. Deploying software, when it was available, was tough since you needed packages for every version of the BlackBerry OS. Meanwhile implementing Microsoft's System Center Mobile Device Manager was beyond difficult.
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Initial Thoughts on New VMware Certifications
VMware recently announced a new line of certifications with a focus on their View 4.5 platform. This new line of certifications now directly competes with Citrix XenDesktop's certification framework.
VMware offers 3 exams that one can take to get Associate, Professional, and Advanced Professional certification, respectively. The exams must be taken in that order as each represents a prerequisite for the subsequent level of certification. Currently the initial exam, the VMware Certified Associate – Desktop (VCA-DT) is in beta with the Professional and Advanced Professional exams are listed as coming soon on VMware's site. The Associate-level exam consists of 100 questions and has a three hour time limit. There are no prerequisites for taking the Associate exam. However, VMware does suggest a couple of View 4.5 ...
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