Intense School, the training division of Vigilar, and provider of IT and security training services, announced the availability of a new VMware Boot Camp, which includes the industry's most comprehensive security training for VMware. As organizations continue to deploy virtual machines throughout their environment, and make them a critical part of their infrastructure, the ability to manage and secure these machines becomes crucial to overall security posture.

Intense School's new VMware training course provides four days of hands-on VMware ESX training by Intense School's virtualization experts. Topics covered in depth include ESX Server 3.5, VirtualCenter 2.5, Storage VMotion, Update Manager, Distributed Power Management, and VMware Guided Consolidation. In addition, instructors will review 3rd party tools to help assist in the deployment and management of a virtual infrastructure.

The Boot Camp will include four key areas of security training for VMware:

• ESX Host Security
• Virtual Center Security
• Virtual Machines Security
• SAN Security

 Together, these elements provide organizations with a comprehensive plan for securing their virtual infrastructure and networks.

"The rapid proliferation of VMware, with its cost and efficiency benefits, has been a boon to enterprises but is not without risks and challenges," said Barry Kaufman, director of training and professional services for Vigilar. "Enterprises desperately need the tools and training to help them manage and secure their virtual environments, so that they can continue to play a growing role as a trusted platform for crucial applications and services."

The new VMware Boot Camp will be delivered via Intense School's award-winning accelerated format, which offers certification in less time and at less cost than traditional training methods. Students can attend classes at one of Intense School's training locations, or Intense School instructors can train students onsite at the customer's location to save time and travel costs. Intense School's proprietary curriculum and superior certified instructors offer a higher retention rate and actual real world skills students can bring back and apply directly on the job.