179 Architect courses in Manchester

Business Intelligence: In-House Training Business Intelligence (BI) refers to a set of technology-based techniques, applications, and practices used to aggregate, analyze, and present business data. BI practices provide historical and current views of vast amounts of data and generate predictions for business operations. The purpose of Business Intelligence is the support of better business decision making. This course provides an overview of the technology and application of BI and how it can be used to improve corporate performance. What you will Learn You will learn how to: Specify a data warehouse schema Identify the data and visualization to be used for data mining and Business Intelligence Design a Business Intelligence user interface Getting Started Introductions Agenda Expectations Foundation Concepts The challenge of decision making What is Business Intelligence? The Business Intelligence value proposition Business Intelligence taxonomy Business Intelligence management issues Sources of Business Intelligence Data warehousing Data and information Information architecture Defining the data warehouse and its relationships Facts and dimensions Modeling, meta-modeling, and schemas Alternate architectures Building the data warehouse Extracting Transforming Loading Setting up the data and relationships Dimensions and the Fact Table Implementing many-to-many relationships in data warehouse Data marts Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) What is OLAP? OLAP and OLTP OLAP functionality Multi-dimensions Thinking in more than two dimensions What are the possibilities? OLAP architecture Cubism Tools OLAP variations - MOLAP, ROLAP, HOLAP BI using SOA Applications of Business Intelligence Applying BI through OLAP Enterprise Resource Planning and CRM Business Intelligence and financial information Business Intelligence User Interfaces and Presentations Data access Push-pull data access Types of decision support systems Designing the front end Presentation formats Dashboards Types of dashboards Common dashboard features Briefing books and scorecards Querying and Reporting Reporting emphasis Retrofitting Talking back Key Performance Indicators Report Definition and Visualization Typical reporting environment Forms of visualization Unconstrained views Data mining What is in the mine? Applications for data mining Data mining architecture Cross Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CISP-DM) Data mining techniques Validation The Business Intelligence User Experience The business analyst role Business analysis and data analysis Five-step approach Cultural impact Identifying questions Gathering information Understand the goals The strategic Business Intelligence cycle Focus of Business Intelligence Design for the user Iterate the access Iterative solution development process Review and validation questions Basic approaches Building ad-hoc queries Building on-demand self-service reports Closed loop Business Intelligence Coming attractions - future of Business Intelligence Best practices in Business Intelligence

Internet of Things training course description A concise overview course covering The Internet of Things and the technologies involved. Particular emphasis is placed on the high level architecture of IoT and the benefits achievable. What will you learn Describe the structure of the IoT List the technologies involved in IoT. Explain how IoT works. Internet of Things training course details Who will benefit: Non-technical staff working with IoT. Prerequisites: None. Duration 1 day Internet of Things training course contents What is IoT The Internet, what is IoT? IoT and M2M, IoT technologies, IoT architecture. Wired and wireless communication. IoT applications; Smart houses, smart cities, smart cars, wearable, environment, other domain specific IoTs. IoT architecture Physical objects, virtual objects, cloud computing, data capture, communications. Big data. Components Hardware, sensors, actuators, chips, firmware, embedded systems. Open source platforms. Power options: Battery, solar, PoE. IoT communication RF, ZigBee, Bluetooth, Bluetooth LE, RFID, WiFi, 802.11ah, mobile technologies. Wired. Arduino (as an example) Microcontrollers, the platform, development, Arduino software, reading from sensors, I2C, SPI. Arduino and the Internet, HTTP, WiFi, GSM. The cloud and IoT: Pachube, nimbits, ThingSpeak Security in IoT Authentication, Encryption, secure booting, firewalls.

NTP and PTP training course description This course looks at timing and synchronization as provided by NTP and PTP. Hands on sessions primarily involve using Wireshark to analyse the protocols. What will you learn Recognise the importance of timing and synchronisation. Explain how NTP works. Explain how PTP works. NTP and PTP training course details Who will benefit: Anyone using NTP or PTP but particularly relevant for those in the broadcast industry. Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineers Duration 1 day NTP and PTP training course contents Introduction Clock drift. Timing and synchronization. Importance in computing. Importance in broadcasting. NTP NTP versions, v0 to v4. Architecture. The intersection algorithm. Accuracy. Clock strata, Stratum 0, 1, 2 and 3. Protocol modes. Hands on NTP configuration More NTP NTP packet header. Timestamps. Variables in the header. Clock synchronization algorithm. SNTP. The Windows Time service. Hands on Wireshark and NTP analysis. PTP PTP v2, IEEE 1588. Architecture. Accuracy. Synchronization with PTP. Offset and delay. Hands on Analysing PTP packet flows. More PTP Ordinary clocks, boundary clocks, masters and grandmasters. PTP specific switch types. Hardware time stamping. SMPTE ST2059-2. PTP packet header. PTP domains. Best master clock algorithm. Hands on More Wireshark and PTP.

Introduction to Design Thinking: In-House Training Innovation is the cornerstone of highly successful companies, especially those that continue to be successful over the years and decades. Design thinking practices fuel this continual innovation, as they are the critical links from inspiration to delivery, concept to showroom floor, and start-up to global business. Design thinking is a structured approach to promoting innovation and creative problem-solving. It is not a new approach. It has been around for centuries, as the art, architecture, and inventions of mankind illustrate. By examining the steps to achieving great design and maximum utility of product, design thinking approaches provide a framework in which to develop new solutions to problems and new products to sell. This highly interactive course is designed to help participants think like designers to generate innovation, and to help teams to produce more innovation and creativity. Since design thinking is based on doing rather than thinking, we participants are challenged to apply the techniques, in the classroom, to create new ideas and solutions to a case study project. What you will Learn At the end of this program, you will be able to: Explain the underlying principles and value of using Design Thinking for innovation Describe the basic concepts of the Stanford Model for Design Thinking Evaluate a set of basic Design Thinking techniques for application to your projects Apply tools, techniques, and skills aligned with the 5 stages of the Stanford Model Drive innovation through Design Thinking at some level in your work environment Foundation Concepts Problems and solutions The Design Thinking difference Design Thinking skills and abilities Design Thinking mindset Design Thinking frameworks Stages of Design Thinking Problems and solutions The Design Thinking difference Design Thinking skills and abilities Design Thinking mindset Design Thinking frameworks General Practices Team formation Visualization Improvisation Personalization Empathize Practices Overview of Empathize techniques Observation Engagement Interviews Define Practices Overview of Define practices Unpacking techniques Defining the customer techniques Integrating the Define experience Ideate Practices Overview of Ideate practices Reusable techniques for the Ideate stage New Ideate techniques to explore Prototype & Test Practices Overview of Prototype practices Examples of prototypes Overview of Testing practices Forms of testing techniques Adopt and Adapt Design Thinking Overview of Design Thinking implementation Design Thinking implementation challenges Success in implementing Design Thinking Summary and Next Steps Workshop summary Next steps: Personal Action Plans

Essential DHCP training course description Almost all businesses use DHCP. This course builds on delegates existing IP knowledge and focuses on IP Address management using DHCP. Also covered is the role of DHCP in plug and play environments. What will you learn Explain how DHCP works. Configure DHCP servers. Troubleshoot DHCP. Essential DHCP training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with TCP/IP. Prerequisites: TCP/IP Foundation for engineers Duration 1 day Essential DHCP training course contents Introduction What is DHCP?, IP configuration: Address, mask, default gateway, DNS. History of DHCP: RARP, BOOTP. Hands on Client configuration, releasing and renewing. DHCP servers Installation. Base configuration: Scope. Lease period. DHCP options. Hands on Server setup, Impact of lease times. Server monitoring. How DHCP works Client states. Obtaining, renewing leases. DHCP messages: DISCOVER, OFFER, REQUEST, NAK, ACK, DECLINE, RELEASE, INFORM. Hands on Troubleshooting DHCP using Wireshark. DHCP architecture DHCP relay agents. Server platforms, resilience, DHCP fail over, split scopes. Dynamic DNS and DHCP. Hands on DDNS, routers, Troubleshooting.

WiFi demystified training course description A concise overview aimed at less technical staff requiring an overview of WiFi networks. The course covers the technologies at a high level allowing delegates to discuss WiFi networks with others recognising the buzzwords used. The course will also allow the delegates to recognise the issues involved in planning and installing WiFi networks as well as securing them. What will you learn Recognise the different WiFi technologies available. Describe the architecture of WiFi networks including the role of Access Points. Recognise the distance limitations of WiFi networks. Describe the buzzwords used in WiFi. Recognise the security issues of WiFi networks. WiFi demystified training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with WiFi networks. Prerequisites: None. Duration 1 day WiFi demystified training course contents Introduction When to use wireless, when to use wired, WiFi technologies: 802.11, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, WiFi speeds and distances, comparison to other wireless technologies, 802.15 (Bluetooth), 802.16 (WiMax). Simple WiFi networks Network cards, Antennae, Access Points, WiFi routers. Enterprise WiFi networks SSIDs, Multiple WiFi networks, Repeaters, Wireless bridges, Controller based access points, Wireless switches, Power Over Ethernet. RF site surveys Steps and techniques, tools, analysing the feasibility of WiFi, range, performance, roaming. Security How safe are WiFi networks? Encryption, Authentication, WEP WPA WPA2. 802.1x, EAP, RADIUS.

VoIP and IP Telephony training course description A concise overview course for management covering voice communications using IP networks. The course focuses on how VoIP works at a simplified level enabling delegates to recognise the key decisions to be made when implementing VoIP. What will you learn Describe the key buzzwords used in the VoIP arena. Explain how VoIP and IPT work (at a simplified level). Describe the issues of providing a converged architecture. Recognise the key decisions to be made when implementing VoIP VoIP and IP Telephony training course details Who will benefit: Anyone, although the course is particularly aimed at non-technical personnel needing some knowledge of VoIP. Prerequisites: Network fundamentals Duration 1 day VoIP and IP Telephony training course contents Introduction What is VoIP, brief review of IP, brief review of telephones, voice and signalling. VoIP issues Bandwidth, Delay, Jitter. Voice coding and compression, packetising voice, comparison of techniques, MOS.IP performance and QoS. The need for QoS, prioritising voice. Architectures Hard phones, soft phones, video phones, desktop, backbone, gateway, integrating analog phones and PCs, carriers, Softswitches. VoIP protocol stack RTP, RTCP. H.323 vs SIP, other signalling protocols. H.323 Architecture, Call setup, Gatekeepers. SIP Comparison with H.323, SIP proxy, proxy servers, redirect servers, location servers. MGCP and MegaCo Carrier networks, PSTN breakout, SS7 gateways, MGCP, Megaco. IP PBXs Integrating IP into 'normal' PBXs, IP PBXs, Asterisk. UM, other telephony applications.

Peering at LINX training course description A one or two day induction course covering the technical procedures of LINX along with correct interaction with LINX and LINX members. This course focuses on the implementation of the technologies within the LINX network. For those already competent in BGP the one day version of this course is sufficient. What will you learn Explain the role of LINX in the Internet. Correctly connect to LINX. Recognise the correct procedures for peering at LINX. Use the current Best Current Practices. Peering at LINX training course details Who will benefit: Technical staff of new LINX members. Technical staff of companies preparing to join LINX. Non technical staff may also benefit from this course. Prerequisites: None. (For technical staff with BGP knowledge 1 day) Duration 1 to 2 days Peering at LINX training course contents Introduction and review Networks, The Internet, IP, routers, Autonomous systems, the structure of the Internet, the role of Internet Exchanges. BGP and peering. LINX, EuroIX, RIPE. What you get when you join LINX. LINX products: Connexions, Virtual PoPs, Colocation resales, LINX from anywhere. LINX infrastructure The original architecture, The growth of LINX, the current topology. LINX London locations. Dual LAN topology. LON1, LON2. Use of MPLS to connect London sites. Regional peering: LINX NoVa, LINX Manchester, LINX Wales, LINX Scotland, ManxIX, JEDIX. Connecting with LINX nnecting with LINX Locations. 1/10/100/400G. Interface specifications. Link aggregation. The racks and space provided, access to the racks, connecting WAN circuits into LINX. The connection form, How to link your ISP with LINX, switch assignments, limits on traffic, average measured traffic, getting statistics from LINX, Using looking glass. Allowed traffic. Port security Configuration hints LINX IP details, IPv4, IPv6, PTR records, Cisco base configuration, Juniper base configuration. Peering with other LINX members Preparing for peering, the peering template, setting up the peering, RFC 2142, the RIPE database, contacts, peeringdb.net, solving downed BGP sessions, escalation procedures. Peering configuration hints Cisco BGP configuration, Juniper BGP configuration. LINX additional services Private interconnect, LINX time service. NTP, Strata. The LINX route server Bi lateral peering, Multi lateral peering. How the LINX route server is configured. Use of communities on the route server, template for peering with the route server. Summary Getting further information, the LINX website, the LINX mailing lists.

Peering demystified training course description A concise overview course covering The Internet and peering. Particular emphasis is placed on the structure of the Internet, how IXs benefit the Internet, IX architectures, peering and the technical buzzwords behind the IX services. What will you learn Describe the structure of the Internet Explain the role of RIPE, ARIN and IXs in the Internet Explain how IXs connect ISPs and the benefits of using IXs. Describe peering from a technical perspective including the role of BGP and AS's. Peering demystified training course details Who will benefit: Non technical staff working for Internet companies. Prerequisites: None. Duration 1 day Peering demystified training course contents IP and routers IP as glue. What is a router? How routers join networks, benefits and disadvantages of routers, default gateways, routing tables, routing protocols. Addressing IP address format, rules of IP addressing, where to get IP addresses. Subnetting and groups of IP addresses. The Internet What is the Internet? The big picture, IP basics, registering IP addresses, DNS and registering domain names, whois, The IAB, IANA, ICANN, RIPE and other Internet organisations. ISPs Top ISPs, Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 ISPs, backbone providers, circuit providers, content providers, virtual ISPs, the internal network of ISPs. Customer connections to ISPs (DSL, Leased lines, MPLS…) ISP to ISP connections: Peering points Public peering versus private peering, NAPs, Internet Exchanges, Metropolitan Area Exchanges, LINX, other major peering points, the geography of the Internet. BGP and ASNs. How to peer. IRRs. IX architecture Ethernet switching.

WANs training course description A concise overview course covering Wide Area Networks with particular emphasis on the WAN options available including the use of the Internet. What will you learn Choose and evaluate WAN technologies. Recognise the role of service providers. Describe the benefits of VPNs. Describe how the Internet can be used as a WAN. Describe the equipment needed to connect LANS to WANS. List the speeds of various WAN technologies. WANs training course details Who will benefit: Anyone, although the course is particularly aimed at non-technical personnel needing some knowledge of WANS. Prerequisites: Network fundamentals Duration 1 day WANs training course contents WANS WAN architecture, Common WAN terms, Core vs access, service providers, relationship with 7 layer model, WAN equipment, how to choose a WAN. Layer 1 Copper, phone lines, fibre, coaxial, satellite, wireless. Cabling to the building, CPE cabling, interfaces. Layer 2 Dial up vs. Dedicated vs. packet switched networks and when to use them. Packet switching vs. circuit switching. Point to point and point to multipoint. Dialup access technologies Modems, ISDN, BRI, PRI. Access with dedicated lines XDSL, leased lines. WAN services X.25, SMDS, Frame Relay, CIR, ATM, Internet, MANS, dark fibre and other services. Case study: Selecting WAN technologies. Service provider technologies MPLS, SDH, WDM, DWDM. Routers Network addressing, default gateways, routing tables, routing protocols. Internet architecture Service providers, ISPs, private peering, public peering, core WANs in the Internet. VPNs Private networks, public networks, What are VPNs?, benefits of VPNs, tunnelling, encryption, IPSec. Case study: Specifying WAN connectivity.