All posts by Christopher Kusek (PKGuild)

Whoa, wait a minute? 15% off Microsoft Exams until 31DEC2014?!?

by Christopher Kusek (PKGuild) Certification, Education, Free, Microsoft

Whoa, wait a minute there, are you serious? Yea, After the recent debacle with not even noticing the 25% off VCP Exams Update your VCP for 25% off (Including the latest VCP-NV also!) Expires 1JAN2015 I decided to walk through a list of ‘discounted’ certifications I had published back in August… Free, discounted, and reduced Certifications and Training! and lo and behold I discovered that some of the discounts (a lot of which were set to expire in June… Had been EXTENDED!)

So taken from the Microsoft Learning Exam Discount Page: Act now to save 15% on your MCP exam

Save 15% on your next MCP exam

Here are the highlights!

  • Register to take an MCP exam by December 31, 2014, and get 15 percent off of your exam price. This discount is available at exam providers Prometric and Pearson VUE.
  • To receive your discount, when you register for your exam, simply enter the discount code 15OFF or STU15OFF at checkout.
  • Browse through available exams. Note that only those which begin “70-,” “72-,” or “73-” are eligible for this discount.

    • Offer available October 1, 2014?December 31, 2014, or while supplies last.

      Blah blah other details, which you can see at the Act now to save 15% on your MCP exam link. So check it out, and go pay less! :) <3

OMG! #vExpert 2015 applications are open until 12DEC2014!!!

by Christopher Kusek (PKGuild) Evangelist, Virtualization, vmware

VMware #vExpert 2015!!!

So, Corey Romero @vCommunityGuy recently put out this gem of a blog post vExpert 2015 applications are open which if you’re a previous vExpert or you think you’re the next up and coming vExpert, OR if you’d like to nominate someone you think absolutely rocks? Well, This is the post!

To sum up some of the key points from Corey’s post;

  • Applications will be accepted until December 12th at midnight PST
  • Applications received after the December 12th deadline will roll into the next nomination & voting process
  • vExpert 2015 announcement will be on February 5th 2015.

And of course the ever so important links in the event that you don’t click on Corey’s post! :)

If you’re not sure whether you should be vExpert material, or what it really takes to apply… Feel free to check out my post from 2012!

The Non-definitive guide to the VMware vExpert Program, Tips, Tricks, How to become a vExpert!

So existing vExperts, go fill out your Fastrack application, new vExpert hopefuls, go get your application rocking out, and get those nominations in for the lesser known vExpert who don’t realize that they truly are a vExpert…’’

Update your VCP for 25% off (Including the latest VCP-NV also!) Expires 1JAN2015

by Christopher Kusek (PKGuild) Certification, Education, Virtualization, vmware

This has been out for a few months,  and chances are you probably also didn’t know about it! (I didn’t!)  So let’s get with the savings with these last two months on the books to take advantage of it!   All you have to do is register for your exam using the Discount Code: VCPRECERT25

VMware Certified Professional 5 – Data Center Virtualization

VMware Certified Professional 5 – Desktop

VMware Certified Professional – Cloud

VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization

There are more details to be found here at VMware’s Blog;  Current VCPs – Save 25% off VCP Exams & Get Recertified

Are you a Nutanix rockstar? Applications now open for Nutanix Technology Champion (NTC) Program

by Christopher Kusek (PKGuild) Nutanix, Storage, Technology, Virtualization

You heard it here first (Well, I certainly did) when I read it on Steve Kaplan’s blog Get in on the Nutanix Technical Champion (NTC) ground floor.

So here’s the gist of it.  I’m sure a lot of you are familiar with Microsoft’s MVP Program, the VMware vExpert Program, EMC Elect Program and the many other iterations of community champions who are head and shoulders doing things in their own right and often on their own time (and dime!) Well, this is Nutanix’s reach into that same atmosphere, showing that Community is King.

The official announcement of things to come are available here on the Nutanix Blog;  Announcing the Nutanix Technology Champion (NTC) Program with the actual Application (quite detailed I might say) available through the online NTC Application Form.

For those who are new to Nutanix and Hyper-Converged Infrastructures… I thought through the NUMEROUS image options to depict it, and chose to go with this brief picture I heartily ‘borrowed’ from Nutanix Sr. Solutions Engineer and rockstar Derek Seaman!

Nutanix: Under the covers

I definitely encourage you to check out his blog (and there are others) to continue to get that deep dive understanding of Hyper-Convergence like infrastructures like Nutanix.   Otherwise be sure to check it out, and if you are indeed the rockstar we all know you to be, definitely be sure to get your application in! Applications are due 15NOV2014 – So time is running out! <3

OMG! EMC has over 20 Free Fundamentals Training Courses! #EMCElect

by Christopher Kusek (PKGuild) ATMOS, Big Data, Cloud, emc, EMC Elect, Free, Technology, Virtualization, vmware

Hey! Why do you keep tagging these posts about EMC with #EMCElect? I just want you to know that I like to party.

But seriously, after my past (and even very recent) posts about Free EMC Education, I love to share the love, the word and the FREE!

Thanks to the awesome team at EMC Education Services there’s a whole boatload of training available to get yourself started!

What kind of topics?

Where can I find out more?

More details can be found at the Free Fundamentals e-Learning Index! So get out there and continue being awesome. :)