As cloud computing becomes a viable IT solution, increasing numbers of organizations are evaluating how they can benefit from cloud computing technologies.
Class goals :
Comparing and contrasting the available delivery models of cloud computing
Evaluating the benefits of cloud products, including Salesforce.com, Microsoft Azure, Google, and Amazon EC2
Deploying Software as a Service (SaaS) to optimize productivity and collaboration
Leveraging Platform as a Service (PaaS) to streamline application deployment
Examining the cost benefits of deploying Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Integrating multivendor cloud products and services
Content of Cloud Computing Overview: Evaluating the Opportunities
Cloud Computing: Defining a New Strategy for IT Delivery
Exploring the cloud computing landscape
Defining cloud computing
The benefits of cloud computing
Cloud computing components
Cloud computing delivery models
Analyzing the types of clouds: public, private, hybrid, community
Layering cloud services to create a coherent architecture
Integrating Software as a Service (SaaS) for Maximum Business Impact
Defining SaaS
Exploiting access anywhere software
Exploring best practices of the SaaS delivery model
Benefitting from SaaS
Minimizing administration costs
Improving productivity and collaboration
Replacing capital investments with pay-per-use
Live, in-class demonstrations
Capturing, analyzing and presenting data in real time with SaaS
Managing customer relationships with Salesforce.com
Improving Application Delivery with Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Employing PaaS
Leveraging off-premise execution platforms
Instantaneous provisioning
Achieving transparent application scalability
Exploiting prepackaged configurations with Windows Azure and the Google App Engine
Live, in-class demonstrations
Deploying applications to the Google App Engine for dynamic scalability
Hosting ASP.NET data-driven applications in the Windows Azure cloud
Achieving Organizational Agility with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Implementing IaaS
Leveraging on-demand servers
Eliminating software license costs with preconfigured servers
Migrating existing machine images to the cloud
Cost-effective, scalable and reliable data storage with Amazon Simple Storage Solution (S3)
Minimizing risk to your organization
Immediate response to market demands
Elastically scaling infrastructure capacity to meet organizational demands
Evaluating operating systems and software with pay-per-use
Live, in-class demonstration
Instantaneous server provisioning with Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2)
Examining Potential Barriers to Adopting the Cloud
Highlighting security implications in the cloud
Analyzing security concerns
Maintaining privacy of proprietary data
Achieving acceptable reliability and service-level agreements
Maintaining business continuity
Avoiding vendor lock-in
Exploiting multiple cloud providers for cross-platform interoperability
Evaluating the impact on employee skill requirements
Live, in-class demonstration
Integrating the best of cloud vendor offerings into one customized solution
Moving Forward to Cloud Adoption
Taking the next steps to implement cloud computing in your organization
Building a business case
Selecting a pilot project
Forecasting the cloud
Tracking cloud trends and vendor solutions
Monitoring emerging standards and regulations
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As the world’s largest consumer of information technology, the United States government encounters barriers to achieving optimum productivity and efficiency. Cloud computing has the potential to play a major part in addressing these inefficiencies and improving government service delivery.
Class goals :
Evaluating cloud computing technologies to improve government service delivery
Applying light technology and shared solutions for improved operational efficiency
Selecting the best cloud deployment model to meet requirements
Aligning cloud solutions with project requirements to identify first movers
Examining potential barriers and pitfalls to government cloud adoption
Analyzing government-wide initiatives to illustrate successful cloud implementations
Content of Cloud First: Overview, Strategies and Options for Government IT Managers
Cloud Computing Initiative: Defining a New Strategy for Government IT
Exploring the cloud computing landscape
Business case for the Cloud-first policy
Mapping agency priorities to cloud attributes
Analyzing cloud computing delivery models
Public
Private
Hybrid
Community
Layering cloud services to create a coherent architecture
Achieving System Agility with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Implementing IaaS for operational efficiency
Improving infrastructure procurement lead time
Cost-effective, scalable and reliable data storage with Amazon Simple Storage Solution (S3)
Immediate response to dynamic system requirements
Auto-scaling infrastructure capacity to handle unpredictable demands
Federal, state and local agency case studies
Computing intensive tasks with hundreds of servers at minimal cost
Hosting a scalable Web application with Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2)
Integrating Software as a Service (SaaS) to Lower the Cost of Government Operations
Benefiting from SaaS
Exploring best practices of the SaaS delivery model
Minimizing administration costs
Improving productivity and collaboration
Replacing capital investments with pay-per-use
Federal, state and local agency case studies
Implementing a SaaS vulnerability assessment system to reduce costs and increase security
Managing and maintaining customer relationships with Salesforce.com
Selecting the Right Cloud Deployment Model
Leveraging public clouds
Enabling shared solutions for reduced cost and increased efficiency
Choosing a public cloud vendor
Identifying the right services to move to the cloud
Implementing private clouds
Determining when a private cloud is required
Deciding on a private cloud architecture
Federal, state and local agency case studies
Improving resource utilization with private clouds
Leveraging public clouds for Federal systems
Improving Application Delivery with Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Leveraging PaaS to simplify deployment
Employing off-premise execution platforms
Instantaneous provisioning
Achieving transparent application scalability
Exploiting prepackaged configurations with Windows Azure and the Google App Engine
Live, in-class demonstrations
Deploying applications to the Google App Engine for dynamic scalability
Hosting ASP.NET data-driven applications in the Windows Azure cloud
Evaluating Potential Barriers to Adopting the Cloud
Security implications in the cloud
Complying with FISMA requirements
Achieving acceptable reliability and service-level agreements
Aligning security requirements with cloud solutions
Assessing cloud vendors authorized by FedRAMP
Building a strong governance foundation
Establishing cloud computing standards
Changing to a pay-per-use procurement model
Evaluating the impact on employee skill requirements
Best practices for government cloud services procurement
Live, in-class demonstration
Investigating FISMA certified vendors
Moving Forward to Cloud Adoption
Conducting a cloud-based alternatives analysis
Selecting services for cloud migration
Determining first movers
Identifying a pilot project
Creating a decision framework for your agency
Streamlining RFP processes to relevant cloud services
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The course provides an overview of the leading agile methods and techniques which are currently being used in I.T. and non-I.T. project environments. The fundamentals of what ‘agile’ really is and how it works are explained by describing and contrasting several methods such as DSDM Atern, Lean, XP and Scrum.
Class goals :
To give delegates a solid understanding of agile approaches and where they fit in relation to typical project structures. It will enable them to understand how and when to apply them by outlining what each approach is aiming to achieve for each project role.
Content of Agile Methods Overview
A brief history of agile
The fundamentals of agile
How do you work in an agile way?
What agile approaches are available?
Where do they fit with respect to:
Governance
Project Management
Product Delivery
Detailed comparison of each approach:
Products
Roles
Techniques
Ethos
Moving to agile – what is the best way?
The 10 golden rules for agile success
Training Agile Methods Overview
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This Unix training course is designed to give delegates an overview of the various versions of UNIX available. It is technically orientated to enable staff at all levels to have an appreciation of what UNIX is, and the various features available with the different versions..
The delegates will practise:
What UNIX is
The History of UNIX from Version 7 and the Various Versions Available
OSF/2 POSIX SVR4 Standards
Features of the UNIX Operating System
UNIX Networking Features
What a Process is and how Processes are Controlled
Standard Utilities Available with UNIX
Applications Available
The System Administrator
Class goals :
This UNIX Technical Overview course will provide the delegate with a technical understanding of the UNIX Operating System, from its general structure to its Networking capabilities..
Content of Unix Technical Overview
What is UNIX?
The UNIX Kernel
What is the Shell?
Different Shells Available
History of UNIX
Version 7 to SVR4 (System 5 Release 4)
UNIX Standards
OSF/1 and OSF/2
POSIX Standards
SVR4 Standards
Features of UNIX
Built in Functions
Applications for Users and Programmers
UNIX Networking
UUCP
TCP/IP
NFS (Yellow Pages)
NIS and NIS+
Processes and Background Jobs
Controlling processes in UNIX
Background Jobs
CRON and AT
UNIX Applications
Editors
Programmers Tools
System Start-up and Control
UNIX System Administrator
The Function and Responsibilities of a System Administrator
Training Unix Technical Overview
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This hands-on training course introduces the most compelling features of VMware vSphere® 5, which is the foundational component of the cloud infrastructure suite of software from VMware®. This course demonstrates vSphere features that help reduce your IT costs while improving efficiency, availability, scalability, flexibility, and manageability.
Class goals :
By the end of the course, you will be able to explain vSphere 5.0 storage, network, and virtualization concepts and have hands-on experience with the following:
Using the VMware vSphere® Client™ to deploy and manage virtual machines
Using VMware vSphere® vMotion® to migrate live virtual machines
Using vSphere Storage vMotion to migrate live virtual machine data
Configuring ESXi clusters to automatically balance virtual machine workloads
Hierarchically allocating CPU and memory resources to specific business functions
Using vCenter Server alarms and performance graphs to actively monitor the datacenter
Content of VMware vSphere 5: Overview
Course Introduction
Understand the course goals
Understand the course objectives
Become familiar with the course outline
Virtual Infrastructure Overview
Describe server virtualization concepts
Identify vSphere components, including vCenter Server, ESXi,and the vSphere Client
View and describe virtual network and storage components
Learn to use the vSphere Client management interface
Create and use templates to deploy virtual machines
Describe the functionality and benefits of installing VMware Tools on virtual machines
Automate guest operating system customization
Allocating Compute Resources to Business Functions
Describe CPU and memory resource management techniques used in ESXi
Use virtual machine resource controls to allocate CPU and memory resources
Use resources pools to hierarchically allocate CPU and memory resources
Migrating Virtual Machines
Describe the operation and benefits of vMotion and Storage vMotion
Use vMotion to migrate a live virtual machine
Use Storage vMotion to migrate a live virtual machine’s data
Balancing Virtual Machine Workloads
Describe the operation and scalability benefits of vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
Configure a DRS cluster and resource pools
Describe the operation and scalability benefits of Storage DRS
Configure a Storage DRS cluster
Describe the operation and cost benefits of vSphere Distributed Power Management
Monitoring the Virtual Datacenter
Describe vCenter Server monitoring capabilities, including performance graphs and alarms
Use performance graphs to monitor ESXi hosts
Configure ESXi host and virtual machine alarms
High Availability and Fault Tolerance
Describe the operation and availability benefits of vSphere High vailability
Configure a vSphere HA cluster
Describe the operation and availability benefits of VMware Fault Tolerance
Configure a virtual machine for fault tolerance
Extending VMware vSphere Capabilities
Discuss how different VMware products and features work together to reduce the costs and improve the efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability of your datacenter
Training VMware VSphere 5
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