Vmware Vexpert Program

VMware vExpert Program

The VMware vExpert program is VMware's global evangelism and advocacy program. The program is designed to put VMware's marketing resources towards your advocacy efforts. Promotion of your articles, exposure at our global events, co-op advertising, traffic analysis, and early access to beta programs and VMware's roadmap. VMware will provide you with a unique vExpert id that will allow insights into analytics to help understand customer trends to assist you and keep your advocacy activities on track.

The awards are for individuals, not companies, and last for one year. Employees of both customers and partners can receive the awards. In the application, we consider activities from the previous year as well as the current year's activities in determining who gets awards. We look to see that not only were you active but are still active in the path you chose to apply for.

If you are interested in becoming a vExpert the criteria is simple. We are looking for IT Professionals who are giving back to the community and go above and beyond their day job. Here is a short list of the things we look for while voting on the applications: 2015 blog posts on virtualization, magazine articles, CloudCred task writing, book authors, sharing personal scripts, helping community members in forums, public speaking, how to videos and so on. If you have questions around this please feel free to email us at vexpert@vmware.com.

Applications for the 2016 program are now closed and will re-open mid to late May 2016. Please read the announcement athttp://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2016/02/vexpert-2016-award-announcement If you have any questions, please email vexpert@vmware.com.

Benefits and Activities throughout the program year the awardees will receive

vExpert certificatePermission to use the vExpert logo on cards, website, etc for one yearAccess to a private directory for networking, etc.Exclusive gifts from various VMware partnersAccess to private betas (subject to admission by beta teams)365-day eval licenses for most productsPrivate pre-launch briefingsPrivate briefings from tier 1 alliance partnersBlogger early access program for vSphere and some other productsFeatured in a public vExpert online directoryAccess to vetted VMware & Virtualization content for your social channels.

If you have questions about the vExpert program please email vexpert@vmware.com. For the latest vExpert updates, follow @vExpert on Twitter.

Citrix Technology Program

Citrix Technology Professionals Program

The Citrix Technology Professionals (CTP) Program provides an opportunity for participants to gain deeper insight into Citrix strategies and technologies, including advance knowledge of planned projects. Awardees engage with Citrix leaders to help shape the future of cloud computing technologies that enable mobile workstyles, providing valuable input on business needs and feedback on product strategy.

Benefits include:

In-person meetings and private webinars with Citrix product teams for detailed discussions on current technologies and product roadmapsSpecial incentives to attend or speak at Citrix Synergy and other eventsAccess to a private forum for discussions with Citrix product teams about technologies, product updates and priority technical supportAccess to demo licenses of current products and to early releases of future products

Eligibility

The CTP Program recognizes the contributions of individuals who have invested a significant amount of time and resources to become experts in Citrix products and solutions. The wealth of knowledge they have developed - and more importantly, openly shared - has proven invaluable to the Citrix technology community.  These individuals have consistently demonstrated their real-world knowledge by:

Sharing insights on web sites and contributing to online discussions (e.g. Citrix forums, Citrix Developer Network)Creating or fostering active communities of Citrix users (e.g. Citrix User Groups, Community Verified Citrix Compatibility)Publishing technical documentation, articles, or booksOffering technical expertise in the fieldSpeaking at IT conferences

New candidates and current awardees are reviewed annually, and evaluations are based on recent community contributions. To be considered for the CTP Program you must submit an application.

Applications for the 2017 CTP class are  now open. Apply here!

If you have questions about the CTP Program, please email CTPnomination@citrix.com.

View current awardees

Applications for the 2017 CTP class are now open. 

If you submitted your application, thank you.Apply now.