Developing VMware Multi Cloud Skills - Becoming a VMware Certified Technical Associate
VMware is committed to education and supporting the academic community through our VMware IT Academy program.
The VMware IT Academy program is a global network of approved secondary, post-secondary and non-profit institutions that provide students access to high-quality educational content, certification potential and experience with VMware technologies.
VMware provides upper-secondary, community college, technical college, university, and technical learners and professionals with teaching and learning materials developed by VMware and our partners.
We’ve created a collaborative, learn-anywhere environment where students can start their learning journey. Building on foundational skills and knowledge leading to recognized certifications— so they can lead in the digital future.
VMware skills help students master emerging technologies like cloud, mobile, IoT, and artificial intelligence (AI). Companies look for these certifications when they are hiring skilled workers for today’s in-demand and high-paying IT jobs.
As part of its 2030 agenda, in particular in alignment to the goal to enable digital skills creation, VMware aims to facilitate the following:
- Offer all EU accredited academic institutions, research centers and non-profits access to our academic resources:
- Discounted certification vouchers for faculty/students
- Teaching resources for instructors
- Access to software for research and hands-on experience
- Hands-on labs provided by VMware and NDG.
- Offer the above resources in the following technology domains:
- Application Modernization
- Cloud Computing
- Data Center Virtualization
- Digital Workspace
- Software Defined Networking
- End Point Security
In 2022, this amounted to the following:
- Over 500 institutions across the EU active in our academic programs
- Over € 25M of in kind value contributed to the EU research and academic sector
