VMware Partner News

The all-new Partner Central debuted this week with an easy-to-use interface and updated training courses, marketing campaigns, services IP content, competitive selling tools, and much more.

With the launch of the new Partner Central and the VMware Partner Network, join us for a vmLIVE session to learn the basics on how to navigate the portal, register deals, and access leads. Get the overview on the new VMware Partner Network and see how this program distinguishes and rewards you for your expertise around VMware solutions and how earning competencies can help you accelerate your virtualization business.

Wednesday, July 15: 8:30 AM Pacific Time / 11:30 AM Eastern Time / 5:30 PM Central European Time

Register now for the vmLIVE or visit the all-new Partner Central for more details.

This session will provide an overview of new features and capabilities of VMware Capacity Planner 2.7. Capacity Planner 2.7 includes an exciting set of features for Desktop Virtualization assessments. This session will walk you through key new capabilities such as Software Profiles, VM Template sizing, Base Image Creation, Reporting enhancements, etc.

July 9: 8:30 AM Pacific Time / 11:30 AM Eastern Time / 5:30 PM Central European Time
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VMware ThinApp represents an outstanding opportunity for partners to drive incremental revenue in both traditional as well as virtual environments. In this session we’ll tell you how to position VMware ThinApp appropriately against the competition to help you maximize your sales volumes.

July 1: 9:30 AM Pacific Time / 12:30 PM Eastern Time / 5:00 PM Central European Time
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Virtualization penetration in the small and mid-sized business segment is still very low. This vmLIVE session will cover exactly what you need to know to take advantage of this massive opportunity. Topics include sales strategies, customer profiles, pain points, key product benefits and objection handling.

July 1: 8:00 AM Pacific Time / 11:00 AM Eastern Time / 5:00 PM Central European Time
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This week, we are offering new technical vmLIVE webinars for VMware vSphere, vCenter, and vShield Zones in English, German, Italian, and Russian.

VMware vSphere Storage - ENGLISH
11/06/2009 09:00 BST
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VMware vShield Zones - ENGLISH
11/06/2009 16:30 BST
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VMware vCenter Data Recovery - GERMAN
09/06/2009 14:00 CEST
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VMware vShield Zones - ITALIAN
09/06/2009 15:00 CEST
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VMware vSphere Storage - RUSSIAN
11/06/2009 10:00 MDT
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Virtualization penetration in the small and mid-sized business segment is still very low. This session will cover exactly what you need to know to take advantage of this massive opportunity. Topics include sales strategies, customer profiles, pain points, key product benefits and objection handling.

June 8: 10:00 AM Pacific Time / 1:00 PM Eastern Time / 7:00 PM Central European Time
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Position our offering vis-à-vis MSFT, explain our value proposition vs. theirs, and how to sell effectively against them.

June 2: 8:30 AM Pacific Time / 11:30 AM Eastern Time / 5:30 PM Central European Time
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June 2: 5:30 PM Pacific Time
June 3: 8:30 AM Singapore Time / 9:30 AM Japan Time / 10:30 AM Australia Eastern Time
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Please join this session to receive an update on the System Builder Program. Topics will include new System Builder SKUs, Hardware Compatibility Process, and New System Builder Specific Programs.

June 1: 8:30 AM Pacific Time / 11:30 AM Eastern Time / 5:30 PM Central European Time
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June 1: 5:30 PM Pacific Time
June 2: 8:30 AM Singapore Time / 9:30 AM Japan Time / 10:30 AM Australia Eastern Time
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vSphere includes a number of improvements and features that are targetted specifically at Tier 1 applications such as Exchange, SQL, Oracle, and SAP. In this session we will present these technical improvements and highlight their main uses cases for major applications. We will show how the doubling of performance and scalability enables very large, demanding applictions such as databases or email applications to perform well on vSphere. We will describe the new Application vServices, including Fault Tolerance, Hot-Add of CPU and Memory, and vShield Zones, and showcase typical use cases for specific applications.

May 7: 8:30 AM Pacific Time / 11:30 AM Eastern Time / 5:30 PM Central European Time
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May 7: 5:30 PM Pacific Time
May 8: 8:30 AM Singapore Time / 9:30 AM Japan Time / 10:30 AM Australia Eastern Time
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Register now for the upcoming VMware vSphere 4 localized vmLIVE series. We’ll have live experts to deliver the sessions in a variety of languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Croatian, Russian, and more. Be the first to get trained on vSphere 4!

What's New with VMware vSphere 4 (Overview)
FRENCH: Monday 27 April, 09:00 GMT / 10:00 CET
ITALIAN: Tuesday 28 April, 09:00 GMT / 10:00 CET

VMware Partner Network: The Next-Generation VMware Partner Network
ENGLISH: Monday 27 April, 12:00 GMT / 13:00 CET

El camino a vSphere revelado
SPANISH: Monday 27 April, 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET

Tier 1 Applications (Exchange, SQL, SAP, Oracle) on vSphere
ENGLISH: Monday 27 April, 16:30 GMT / 16:00 CET

To see more vmLIVE webinars in your local language, login to Partner Central, select the Partner University link at the top of the page and select vmLIVE.