Global Knowledge Kicks Students' Virtualization Skills into High Gear with New VMware Fast Track Training.

CARY, N.C. -- Global Knowledge, recently named VMware's Global Education Partner of the Year, today announced the availability of new VMware fast track training.

In the five-day VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V4.1], a fast-paced, extended-hours course, students will learn to install, configure, and manage VMware([R]) vSphere[TM] using the VMware vSphere Client and VMware vSphere PowerCLI. A fifty-fifty split between lecture and hands-on labs, this new VMware fast track course includes the content of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.1] and VMware vSphere: Automation with vSphere PowerCLI [V4.x]. Based on VMware ESX[TM]/ESXi 4.1 and VMware vCenter[TM] Server 4.1, VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V4.1] helps students prepare for the VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 4 (VCP4) certification exam and includes a prepaid VCP4 exam voucher.

Additional new VMware fast track courses from Global Knowledge are VMware vSphere: Advanced Fast Track [V4.x], a lab-intensive course in which students will gain advanced VMware vSphere performance management and troubleshooting skills, and VMware View: Desktop Fast Track [V4.5], a hands-on course based on VMware View[TM] 4.5 and VMware ThinApp[TM] 4.5 and 4.6 in which applications-oriented administrators will build skills on the VMware View suite of products.

All three new VMware fast track courses are available in classrooms, live over the Internet in virtual classrooms, and as private on-site courses that can be tailored to the needs of your organization. Learn more about the new VMware fast track courses and explore the comprehensive VMware curriculum available from Global Knowledge at www.globalknowledge.com.

About Global Knowledge

Global Knowledge is the worldwide leader in IT and business skills training, with more than 1,200 courses that span foundational and specialized training and certifications. Our core training is focused on Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya, VMware, Red Hat, business process improvement, and leadership development. We deliver via training centers, private facilities, and the Internet, enabling our customers to choose when, where, and how they want to receive training programs and learning services.

Founded in 1995, Global Knowledge employs more than 1,300 people worldwide and is headquartered in Cary, N.C. The company is owned by New York-based investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe. Learn more at www.globalknowledge.com.