Aptec Signed as the VMWare Authorized Training Center in the Middle East

Aptec Holdings has announced that the company has received a status of VATC – VMWare Authorized Training Center – for the Middle East region. By the end of October 2011, the company plans to open its first training center at its UAE regional head office in Dubai.

The training schedule has been already announced and partners can have access to it through the ATS website. The company has already had a VMWare Certified Instructor on board who will be conducting trainings for channel partners in the region. To host the training center, the company has also secured addition office space within its current premises, Aptec stated in a press release.

Mario Veljovic, general manager of Advanced Technology Services (ATS), a professional services subsidiary within the Aptec Group, said the company is delighted at this partnership with VMWare and is looking forward to work with the vendor in providing virtualization solutions training to channel partners in the region. Veljovic said the company will start offering classroom, instructor-led trainings to partners from November 2011.

Before adding more courses for partners, initially the vSphere: Install, Configure and Manage course will be offered, the company has announced. The company also intends to add virtualization and technology labs to the training as it already runs these programs through the Data Centre Partner Alliance Program which was unveiled earlier this year. From traditional Licensing, Training, Services and VSPP, Aptec is the only one distributor in the region which offer complete stack of VMWare offerings.

Recently, the company was designated as a Microsoft (News - Alert) Cloud Distributor in the Middle East. As a consequence , it will be extending the reach of Microsoft's cloud technology product, Microsoft Office 365, to U. A.E., Qatar and Kuwait.

The company said that Microsoft Office 365 will provide the best software-as-a-service under the public cloud offering by moving from a CAPEX- to OPEX (News - Alert)-based solution, The distribution agreement is expected to cover other GCC countries and Egypt in the near future.