DECEMBER 2011 
IN THIS ISSUE
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
VIRTUALIZATION IS THE FUTURE. GET READY
VMWARE CERTIFICATION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
GODFATHER OF XEN
TECH TALK

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

 

50331 Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician 

1/9-1/13

5 Sessions

8:30am-4:30pm   

Project Management Certificate 

1/9-3/1

16 Sessions

6:00pm-9:00pm  

 

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices part 1 (ICND1) 

1/30-2/3

 5 Sessions

8:30am-4:30pm  

  

Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2)

2/6-2/10

5Sessions 

8:30am-4:30pm

 

ITIL V3 Foundation

1/17-1/19

3 Sessions

8:30am-4:30pm

 

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VIRTUALIZATION IS THE FUTURE.  GET READY. 

Today's IT professionals are looking for ways to more effectively use their infrastructure, respond to new business opportunities, and adapt to change. Using virtualization as the foundation, skilled IT professionals are able to deploy creative solutions to meet the business challenges of today. 

As today's companies expand their efforts around virtualization and the cloud, they need employees with the skill and understanding to lead them in the right direction.  So when it comes down to it, becoming a virtualization expert could mean the difference between getting ahead or getting lost in the crowd.

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10215 Implementing and Managing Microsoft Server Virtualization

Date: 4/16-4/20 201

Sessions:  5 Sessions

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Sessions: 5 Sessions

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50273 Planning and Designing Microsoft Virtualization Solutions 

 Date:  3/26-3/30 2012

 Sessions:  5 Sessions

 Class Time:  8:30am-4:30pm

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COURSE SPOTLIGHT

VMWare Certification

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St. Edward's University Professional Education has partnered with VMTraining to provide the most comprehensive and up-to date VMWare training. Learn how to improve the efficiency and availability of IT resourceswith VMware. Run multiple virtual machines on a single computer, reduce overallcosts, improve disaster recovery solutions, improve desktop management control, and so much more!

 

 

 

VMware offers world-class

certifications designed to

validate and recognize IT professionals with the technical capabilities and real-world experience needed to effectively install, manage, deploy and support VMware products and solutions.

 

Key Certifications: 

 

Certified Virtualization Expert® (CVE®): CVE® exam 

                            VMware vSphere 5.0 Ultimate Bootcamp

Sessions: 5 Sessions

Class Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Class Dates:  January 30-February 3, 2012

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Certified Virtualization Security Expert® (CVSE®): CVSE® exam

Sessions: 5 Sessions

Class Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 

  

 

St. Edward's University Professional Education offers a comprehensive project management training program for project practitioners of all education and skill levels. The program demonstrates both your commitment to the profession and your expertise through certifying education, experience and competency. Rigorously developed by project managers, PMI certifications ensure that you and your projects excel.

Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers. Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP® demonstrates that you have the experience, education and competency to successfully lead and direct projects.

Project Management Certificate

Evening Program

(8 weeks; 2 evenings per week)

 

St. Edward's University Professional Education's Project Management certificate program is a comprehensive 56 hour course that covers all aspects of project management. This course will not only prepare you for the Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) exam, it will expose you to multiple project management methodologies, strategies, and best practices. 

 

Fee includes the following:

  • 350+ Page Workbook  ü  PMBOK® Project Management Body of Knowledge reference manual
  •  PMP Test Simulator for 90 dayS
  •  PMP Exam Prep book
  • PMP® study plan, PMP® application template Exam Fee
  • Microsoft Project Levels 1 & 2
  •  National PMI Chapter Membership
  • 1 year retake at no charge
  •  48 PDUs 4.8 CEUs - qualifies for PMP® or CAPM® exam.
  • Post class access to 40+ student projects (templates & examples)

 SEU133 Project Management Certificate 

Sessions:  16 Sessions

Class Dates:  January 9-March 1, 2012

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TECH TALK

GODFATHER OF XEN: Virtualization holds a key to public-cloud security 
Xen expert Simon Crosby says virtual machines can boost cloud security
Xen expert Simon Crosby says virtual machines can boost cloud security
By Tim Greene, Network World
November 03, 2011 02:13 PM ET 

While conventional wisdom says virtualized environments and public clouds create massive security headaches, the godfather of Xen, Simon Crosby, says virtualization actually holds a key to better security.

Isolation -- the ability to restrict what computing goes on in a given context -- is a fundamental characteristic of virtualization that can be exploited to improve trustworthiness of processes on a physical system even if other processes have been compromised, says Crosby, a creator of the open source hypervisor and a founder of startup Bromium, which is looking to use Xen features to boost security.

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OBAMA ORDERS AGENCIES TO MOVE RECORDS TO CLOUD
By Elizabeth Montalbano, InformationWeek
November 29, 2011
In yet another effort to manage costs and make government information more available, President Obama has ordered federal agencies to improve their records management activities in part by moving from paper-based records to a cloud-based system.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which oversees recordkeeping for the federal government, has collected about 475 million pages of records a year for each of the last 10 years, according to a White House blog post by staffer Megan Slack. However, "federal agencies aren't keeping up with this heavier load," she said, which has prompted the president to ask agencies to consider electronic alternatives for recordkeeping.  Read more: 

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