Hi,
Very open question. Most likely, you'll get very different answers. Here's mine:
- Yes. VMware is leader in virtualization and the first one in introduce a "cloud" operating system with vSphere 4.0
- VCP-DV is the first certification you should start with if you want to know how to operate vSphere. VMware offers an ecosystem of solution in which vSphere is only one piece (a critical one, but still one). In order to avoid making any investment, I would recomend to first go with online free education (accreditations, like VTSP). You will able to find it in VMware Partner University (if you are a partner). Otherwise, there are a lot of really good books about it. That would reduce your initial investment in education from 3-4 thousand dollars to 30-50 dollars.
- This one is difficult. VMware is one manufacturer that has a cloud solution (best or not the best, that will depend who you ask). From my point of view, best certification you could get is VCDX from VMware.
http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification/
There is a new one specially cloud oriented
VCDX-Cloud
Best of lucks!
elgreco81
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