This talk by CloudShare's Lee Berkman goes into the concept of digital nomads and how the new workers can do their job from anywhere. So there is a talent and skills shortage. This is why virtual training labs are so important. With remote workers being the norm, hands-on software training should be great when given from anywhere in the world to anywhere in the world. CloudShare's virtual training labs are perfect for software training for your employees and customers wherever they are located.

1. THE DIGITAL NOMAD &
OTHER CASES FOR VIRTUAL LABS
September 22, 2017
Lee Berkman, Virtual Labs &
Business Development Expert

2. The Digital Nomad

3. Digital Nomads: Fad or Trend?
1983
Steve Roberts on Computerized
Recumbent Bicycle
1997
Book - Digital Nomad
2007
Book - The 4-Hour
Workweek: Escape 9-
5, Live Anywhere, and
Join the New Rich
2017
Entire Ecosystem

4. Digital Nomads Today: An Entire Ecosystem

5. Who are these digital nomads?
TECH SAVVY
COMMUNITY
ORIENTED
03
CONFIDENT
SOCIAL MEDIA
USER
COMMERCIALLY
MINDED
06
SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

6. Who are these digital nomads?
COPYWRITING
PROGRAMMING
03
WEB DESIGN
CYBER EXPERTS
06
AM REHENIM
ELENDANIMIN POS QUIS
ILLORPORUM FUGITATIO
MAION NUSAM RE
VERRO BERATE
CAREER OPTIONS

7. Why should I care?

8. 53%
44%
32%
53% of technology hiring
managers report a skills shortage
44% say it will get worse in the
future
32% of technologists report 10+
headhunter enquiries in past year
Why should I care?
Source: 2016 Harvey Nash Technology Survey

9. GETTING & STAYING AHEAD IN THE
TALENT WARS

10. This is where virtual labs come in…
Hands-on Software Training:
Ideal for Training a Remote
Workforce

11. Student Benefits

12. Instructor Benefits

13. IT Benefits

14. Do trainees
prefer VTLEs?
Our research found the majority of learners
prefer VTLEs to traditional training
methods.
• 74% of those with virtual lab experience
prefer virtual IT training labs over
traditional methods.
• 74% of those with virtual lab
experience* use virtual IT training labs
often.
*Note, only 36% of the respondents
indicated they used a VTLE in the past 12
months.
74%
26%
Prefer Virtual IT Training Over
Traditional Training
Yes No
73%
27%
Use Virtual Training
Often
Yes No

15. SALES DEMOS & POCs
DEVELOPMENT & TESTING
TRAINING
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Many Use Cases for Virtual Labs
+ MORE!

16. Sophos -
networks security
products used by
100 million people
in 150 countries
and 100,000
businesses
Robert Lillywhite, Global
Technical Enablement
Manager, Sophos
“In FY 2017, we had over
8,000 partners complete
training courses supported
by CloudShare labs. When
it comes to the impact that
virtual training can have on
the business’ bottom line, a
trained partner generates
an average of six times
the revenue of a non-
trained one.”

17. ForgeRock –
$100M Global
Software
Company
Created a fully integrated
cloud-based training solution
with Administrate and
CloudShare that grew their
training business from zero
to over $1 million in one
year, without increasing
staff.

18. Q&A

19. About
CloudShare
As the leading supplier of virtual IT environments in the cloud, CloudShare
provides its clients with specialized solutions designed to meet a wide variety of
business needs – including lab environments for virtual training, development and
testing, and sales demos and POCs. All CloudShare environments are completely
customizable and offer on-demand access to infrastructure resources such as
servers, storage, networks, and software.
To learn more about how CloudShare’s advanced lab solutions can benefit your
business, visit us at www.cloudshare.com.
Easy-to-use virtual labs specialized for
your training needs.

20. Thank You!
le e @cloudsha re.com
UK: +44 203 769 1 2 8 6
S k y pe US : + 1 4 1 5 9 9 2 - 5 4 6 5
@Le e Be rk ma n
Get in touch with me!