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A degree in virtualization on the way?
It was only a matter of time before you could get a degree in virtualization. IBM has created a two-year associates degree in green data center management.
The program, developed in conjunction with Metropolitan Community College of Omaha, teaches skills in virtualization and server consolidation, energy efficiency, security and compliance and business issues that arise in the data center. It’s unclear whether those issues include IT in-fighting between networking, systems and storage teams.
What the program does promise is problem-solving in a real-world setting — if your real world is built on IBM hardware and software. The school’s data center lab includes IBM Power Systems servers running AIX, IBM I and Linux.
Until now, there haven’t been viable options for vendor-neutral virtualization certifications, but companies like VMware, Citrix, Microsoft and Red Hat all offer specialization courses. There are generalized data center certifications and degrees, though those are typically on the graduate level.
I was talking with a colleague about this just the other day, I’d love to see us work towards more empowerment in our training within the IT world? Could an IT degree include such things as ITIL? Oncall/certification for virtualization or operating systems? We need to offer the right balance of theory, of best practice and skills in order to empower our next generation of graduates to be ready for their first/next roles.
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