What is Hands-on Labs Service?
Hands-on Labs Service is an online service delivered by some of Broadcom’s cloud provider partners that delivers a virtualized environment for customers to gain hands-on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). This online platform offers a range of pre-configured labs that simulate real-world scenarios, allowing you to test and evaluate different technologies in a safe and controlled environment.
The Hands-on Labs Service delivers richly featured virtual IT labs to anyone on the planet on any device at a cloud scale while eliminating costly lab environments and associated infrastructure management.
In this blog post, we’ll explore the benefits of using the Hands-on Labs Services of our VMware Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) partners and how they can help your organization achieve its goals.
Introduction
We’re excited to announce that some of our VCSP partners now provide a Hands-on Labs Service offering that can revolutionize the way you learn and experiment with VMware Cloud Foundation-based service capabilities. This interactive experience allows you to gain hands-on expertise, experiment with real-world scenarios, and optimize your Learning Management System (LMS) to streamline your learning journey.
Benefits of Using Hands-on Labs Service
- Reduced Risk: With the Hands-on Labs Service, you can test and evaluate new technologies without risking your production environment. This reduces the risk of errors, downtime, and potential data loss.
- Faster Learning Curve: The Hands-on Labs Service provides a realistic and immersive experience, allowing you to learn and experiment with new technologies at your own pace.
- Increased Efficiency: With this service offering, you can quickly and easily set up and tear down test environments, saving time and increasing productivity.
- Improved Decision-Making: By experiencing the features and capabilities of the VCF products suite and the solutions firsthand, you can make more informed decisions about which technologies are right for your organization.
- Enhanced Collaboration: This type of platform allows multiple users to collaborate on labs, promoting teamwork and knowledge sharing.
How the VMware Cloud Service Provider can Help!
Our trusted participating VCSP partners are committed to helping you get the most out of the Hands-on Labs service. Here are just a few ways they can support your journey:
- Lab Design and Configuration: Experts will work with you to design and configure labs tailored to your specific needs and goals.
- Training and Support: Offer comprehensive training and support to help you get started with the platform and ensure you’re getting the most out of your labs.
- Customization: Customize labs to meet your specific requirements, including adding or modifying components to fit your unique needs.
- Content Development: VCSPs can develop custom content for your labs, including scripts, workloads, and scenarios tailored to your organization’s specific use cases.
Real-World Examples
We’ve seen firsthand the positive impact that Hands-on Labs Service can have on organizations like yours. For example:
- A large enterprise customer uses this platform to test and evaluate a new disaster recovery solution, saving them thousands of dollars in potential downtime costs.
- A small business using our labs to train their IT staff on a new virtualization solution, resulting in increased efficiency and productivity.
- A government agency can use this platform to test and evaluate a new security solution, ensuring the safety of their critical infrastructure.
Some Track Records and Future Analysis
Proven Track Records: Volume managed through HOL Service within VMware by Broadcom internally:
Source: VMware Internal Survey
Source: Technavio Research
Customer Personas!
These individuals play a key role in shaping technology decisions and are well-positioned to benefit from the Hands-on Labs Service, which can help them enhance their existing services, adopt new solutions, or introduce innovative technologies to their organization.
Customer Profile
Hands-on Labs Service is specifically designed to benefit these customer profiles, enabling them to maximize their investment in VCF technology and achieve their business goals through the service offering provided by our VCSPs.
Customer Benefits
The Hands-on Labs Service, delivered by our participating VCSPs, offers a range of valuable benefits to organizations, which can help drive business success and improve operational efficiency.
Why should a customer use this Service?
The Hands-on Labs Service offers a comprehensive set of applications that can significantly improve an organization’s operational efficiency by simplifying processes and maximizing its Learning Management System (LMS) capabilities. By leveraging the service, organizations can achieve cost-effective and efficient optimization of their LMS, resulting in improved overall performance and reduced operational costs.
Remember the participating VCSPs don’t just deliver services, they revolutionize the conversation by shifting the focus from mere service offerings to business-enabling solutions.
Conclusion
Participating VMware Cloud Service Provider Partners, Hands-on Labs Service is a powerful tool that can help your organization achieve its goals by providing a safe, controlled, and cost-effective way to test and evaluate new technologies. Participating VCSP partners are committed to supporting your journey every step of the way.
Call-to-Action!
Ready to get started with Hands-on Labs?
- Contact a VCSP Partner today to confirm their participation and schedule a demo or discuss how this platform can be customized to meet your specific needs and requirements.
- To learn more about how the Hands-on Labs Service can benefit your organization.
