When choosing a VMware certification class, what should a system administrator look for?
Foran: System administrators should always look for a reputable, well-reviewed training provider who is listed on the VMware Web site and offers authorized courses. How marketable is a VCP title? Foran: Right now, it’s a blank check. If you have it, you can walk into almost any midsized or large consultancy and say, “Pay me,” simply because the VCP is so hot to market to both potential and current clients. In a corporate environment, it’s also hot — hotter even still with any application infrastructure certifications like CCA [Citrix Certified Administrator] or MCTS to show that you can not only implement virtualization but also integrate it. Is the ESX certification exam, which is no longer offered, worth anything in light of the new exam? Should a sys admin pursue the additional certification if he has already passed the older ESX exam? Foran: ESX 2.x and Virtual Infrastructure 3 may share some underlying superstructure, but they’re otherwise entirely different ships. So much has go
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