VMware Training at TekSource
Meet some of our VMware trainers:
Don
PhD Computer Science – Berkley, PhD Applied Mathematics - MIT
Don has had more than two decades of experience in the IT industry offering services inclusive of network architecture, information security, project management, budget management, quality assurance, consultation and training for a wide spectrum of clients. Don is an effective communicator, skilled technician, mentor, leader, manager and team builder equipped to handle problems and resolve them based on sound business principles. Don has provided instruction on VMware & Microsoft virtualization technologies throughout North America; led the Virtualization practice with Fortune 500, Fortune 1000 and smaller organizations; led a team of up to 45 people in MS Windows NT 4.0 conversion, primarily in the ABN AMRO Information Technology Services Company MCSE/LAN/WAN Instructor (Computer Systems Institute); Project Manager – Network Architect – Security (US Broadband); Network Architect and Administrator, Project Manager Staff Supervision (RSA Network Inc.) and Staff Instructor/Subject Matter Expert (Veritas Software).
He is highly qualified across his specialty of consultation, project management and training. His technical skills in related fields are best illustrated as numerated below
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
- Sun Microsystems UNIX Sun Solaris
- Novell Netware
- CompTIA A+, N+
- Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert: R & S, Voice, Security
- Cisco CCNP, CCNA
- GSEC
- VERITAS
- Microsoft Certified Professional+ Internet
- Numerous (>15) Microsoft applications, operating systems and servers
- Web Development - HTML, ASP
- IBM OS/2
- Oracle
- LINUX – RedHat
- Apache Server
- MS Office 95, 97, 2000 Suite
- Computer Associates ArcServe
- VERITAS NetBackup
- VERITAS Cluster Server
- VERITAS Volume Manager
Duane
Security+, CPTE, CPTC, CDFE, CISSO, CEH, VMTraining Certified Instructor and Mile2 Certified
Duane has had considerable experience in the IT industry over the last two decades; his special focus is undertaking training and consultation to match business, training and public needs for related IT environment. While in college he developed and sold proprietary software applications and provided consulting for large agribusiness enterprises. He then made the transition to the IT security and virtualization fields as a full-time administrator, consultant and instructor.
His ability to absorb and understand the general operation of organizations has enabled him to gather his experience into a focused approach, bringing unique and valuable solutions to clients’ needs. Duane has worked for or with most U.S. and some foreign military branches, U.S. government agencies, banking and regulatory industries and Fortune 500 companies. Duane contributed to the coordination and execution of IT counter-hacking & security courses for the US Marine Corps, US Army, US Air Force, U.S. Treasury, Sprint, IBM, Washington Mutual and Service Canada. Duane’s consulting and training undertakings usually revolve around highly specialized Penetration Testing, Forensics, VMware solutions and general IT security events.
In addition, Duane develops customized and blended security curriculum. Duane has also appeared as an expert witness for several court hearings for IT related matters. His tremendous experience in the field has made him a first rate trainer capable of illustrating his lessons with real life examples.
He confesses that in the spectrum of IT Security he has a passion for Penetration Testing, both as Trainer and Consultant.
Click Here for Upcoming VMware Webinars
Upgrading from VMware Vi3.5 to vSphere 4.0
Date: January 7, 2010
Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm
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Unleashing the Power of VMware and the Certified Virtualization Expert
Date: November 10, 2009
Time: 12pm-1:00pm
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Doing More with Less -- with Virtualization
Virtualization can help you shift your IT focus from managing boxes to improving the services you provide to the organization. If you are managing multiple servers and desktops, virtualization can help you to:
Save Money
Companies often run just one application per server because they don’t want to risk the possibility that one application will crash and bring down another on the same machine. Estimates indicate that most x86 servers are running at an average of only 10 to 15 percent of total capacity. With virtualization, you can turn a single purpose server into a multi-tasking one, and turn multiple servers into a computing pool that can adapt more flexibly to changing workloads.
Save Energy
Businesses spend a lot of money powering unused server capacity. Virtualization reduces the number of physical servers, reducing the energy required to power and cool them.
Save Time
With fewer servers, you can spend less time on the manual tasks required for server maintenance. On the flip side, pooling many storage devices into a single virtual storage device, you can perform tasks such as backup, archiving and recovery more easily and more quickly. It’s also much faster to deploy a virtual machine than it is to deploy a new physical server.
Reduce Desktop Management Headaches
Managing, securing and upgrading desktops and notebooks can be a hassle. Desktop virtualization solutions let you manage user desktops centrally, making it easier to keep desktops updated and secure.
| According to VMBlog: “VMware retains its leadership position in this updated vendor landscape of virtualization software. However, the virtualization market has seen greatly increased competition in 2008...VMware remains in the leadership zone due to its market share and continued innovation toward comprehensive data center virtualization. |
