<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Earlier this week we had a little contest around the office – that is, who could get in and get their vSphere4 VTSP accomplished the quickest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The VMware Technical Sales Professional Program (VTSP) provides foundational technical knowledge for pre-sales engineering individuals to certify them to successfully architect, engage, and participate in a VMware solutions sales cycle. For VMware partners, the VTSP is a pre-requisite that must be completed before you can obtain Technical Pre-Sales Competency Accreditations.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">With 7 of our top VMware engineers in the room, we pulled up Partner University and plowed through the content – digesting massive amounts of new and updated information and “testing out” along the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>What a rush!</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">The courses and tests consisted of:</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As we broke for lunch, with two tests to go, the tension was running high as we all jockeyed for position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I don’t think I’ve ever seen people eat faster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the end of the day, we were proud to sit back and reflect on our accomplishment – that is the minting of 7 new vSphere 4 VMware Technical Sales Professionals - all with the “add-on” Desktop Competency (VMware View) and Business Continuity (SRM) specialties.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now on to all of the new VCP4 content !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>(Beta available June 29<sup>th</sup>, publicly available August 1<sup>st</sup>!)</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My VCP number is 199, what’s yours?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Please comment!</span></span></p>
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