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

Upcoming Exam Retirement Dates

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With the release of new certification exams, we will be retiring previous versions of existing exams. The exams listed below will retire on August 30, 2019.   If you are preparing to take one of these exams, this will give you enough time to study, prepare and schedule the exam. You may also start to Read more...

New Upgrade Paths – Take Advantage of Your Training

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We continue looking for ways to help you certify, recertify, and stay current, to help you prove and share your expertise.   We recently removed the mandatory two-year recertification requirement (providing you flexibility over your own certification paths) and changed to an annual naming convention (allowing you to show your relevancy and currency in the Read more...

The VCP 2019 Certifications Are Here!

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A couple of weeks ago I shared insight into our 2019 certification plans and timing. You can read that blog here.   I’m happy to announce the new VCP 2019 certifications are now live! You can start earning them by passing any of the applicable exams, including the new DCV exam based on vSphere 6.7, Read more...