Karl Childs

Karl Childs is a Senior Manager with VMware Education Services. He has 20+ years experience in IT Education and Certification, working with global companies such as HP, Novell, and MCI. While his background is in Instructional Technology and Training Development, he enjoys applying those skills within the IT and software industry.

Recent Posts

VCAP Deploy Lab Exam Improvements

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  Starting May 2020, VMware Certification will be delivering the VCAP Deploy lab exams through a new delivery infrastructure at test centers. If you’ve taken one of these exams in the past, you may notice some changes—including how questions appear—but the exam process and specific lab environment will stay the same. This revamp will vastly improve issues related to latency, up-time, performance, and Read more...

Remote Exam Testing is Here!

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  VMware Certification is pleased to announce that remote proctoring of its exams, delivered by Pearson VUE, will be available starting April 20, 2020. Remote proctoring allows you to take the exam from ANY secure location, and will be a permanent offering, regardless of the availability of in-person testing centers going forward. The cost per Read more...

Global Certification Testing Changes

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  Updated: August 4, 2020 – As the shelter-in-place situation continues to evolve, we wanted to make you aware of additional updates from Pearson VUE-owned test centers at this time, including the availability of remote exams in some locations. More details below.   Pearson VUE has begun to reopen PPCs for test delivery, aligned with Read more...

Update to Certification Manager

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We’ve received some feedback about the Emeritus section of the certification transcript in Certification Manager. It doesn’t reflect the original intent of this specific section in your transcript. We are glad to inform you that we will be renaming the Emeritus section to Prior Certification Earned. Here you can find any and all certifications that Read more...

Certification Upgrade Policy Update

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Along with the change in the recertification policy in February 2019, VMware has introduced a couple of easier ways to upgrade your previous certifications. The different upgrade paths for 2020 will be listed on our website within the next few weeks; this blog will help outline the general upgrade policy that you will see reflected Read more...