VERITAS Software and Brocade will collaborate to deliver increased education services for SAN technology for IT professionals. VERITAS Software will become an Authorized Brocade Education Partner and will offer industry-leading Brocade SAN education courses through the 21 U.S. VERITAS Education Services Centers and 16 others across the globe. VERITAS Software expects to offer Brocade education courses to its customer base beginning in September 2001, and through this partnership, Brocade education courses will be made available across North America, Asia Pacific, and Europe.
The collaboration on SAN education services further expands the relationship between the two companies, building on a technology partnership announced earlier this year to optimize VERITAS Software SAN management solutions in Brocade-based SAN environments and ensure product compatibility and interoperability. A Brocade Fabric Access partner, VERITAS Software leverages the capabilities of the Brocade Fabric Operating System (Fabric OS) the distributed operating system that forms the intelligent foundation of the Brocade SAN infrastructure, allowing its software to leverage information in the Brocade fabric. Through the VERITAS Software partnership with Brocade, mutual customers benefit from increased management capabilities in a Brocade-based SAN environment, such as centralized zoning management included in VERITAS SANPoint Control software, enabling customers to centralize the management of open, heterogeneous SANs.
Two worldwide leaders in the field of storage expanding the global scope of their education courses is a benefit to the user community, said Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst, Enterprise Storage Group. Storage networking requires specific knowledge and training, so delivering market leading Brocade SAN knowledge via VERITAS Education Centers should be very well received by customers and can only help accelerate SAN implementation.
As more and more companies recognize the high value SANs bring to their businesses, creating a highly trained pool of IT professionals is essential to creating SAN solutions that meet the needs and requirements of businesses today and in the future, said Tony DeCicco, vice president, Professional Services, VERITAS Software. This expansion of the partnership between VERITAS Software and Brocade will increase the options and improve the quality of SAN education for our mutual customers worldwide.
Thousands of IT professionals have already completed Brocade SAN education courses. Combining informative classroom instruction with an interactive, lab-style learning environment, the Brocade education curriculum offers a full range of coursework for SAN professionals, from introductory classes in storage networking technology to advanced courses in SAN assessment, design, and implementation.
As a Brocade Authorized Education Partner, VERITAS Software’s experienced education services trainers will be qualified to deliver Brocade SAN training courses directly to customers. Brocade coursework completed at a VERITAS Software facility will be recognized as credit towards Brocade certification programs including, Brocade Certified Fabric Professional and Brocaded Certified SAN Designer.
We are delighted to partner with VERITAS Software to expand the reach of Brocade SAN education services worldwide. Through our partnership, we can help to ensure that the highest quality education services are available to our mutual customers, helping them reduce SAN implementation time, and increase their understanding of the benefits of implementing high value storage management applications in a Brocade environment, said Dave Smith, Brocade vice president of Worldwide Support Services.