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Telecomms training course description A comprehensive tour of the telecommunications technologies and terminology currently in use, and under development. What will you learn List and describe components of the PSTN. Explain how calls are made over the PSTN Compare analog and digital transmission methods. Describe the technologies within the transport plane. Recognise the benefits of extra features available in today's telephone networks. Telecomms training course details Who will benefit: Anyone new to the Telecommunications industry. Prerequisites: None. Duration 2 days Telecomms training course contents Telephone network architecture Handsets, local loop, distribution points, Local exchanges, main telephone switches, PBXs. Making a call - some basics Telephone call components, how a telephone call works, accessing the local exchange, loop disconnect, DTMF, standards, E.164, PSTN routing, Intelligent Networks, Special Rate Services. Analogue vs Digital Voice characteristics, PSTN bandwidth, analogue signalling, Digital encoding, PCM and the 64k, ADPCM and other voice compression methods. PBXs PABX, Call processing, networking PBXs, PBX facilities, bandwidth, blocking probability and Erlangs, Erlang models, using Erlang tables. Transmission methods Two wire transmission, 64k circuits, Nx64, E1, 2 wire to 4 wire conversion, echo, echo suppression, echo cancellers, twisted pair, coax, fibre optic, power lines, satellite systems, microwave. Signalling Analogue signalling, loop start, earth calling, E&M, AC15. Digital signalling -CAS, robbed bits and E1 slot 16 signalling. Digital signalling CCS, Q.931, SS7, Q.SIG, DPNSS, DASS2. Transport planes PDH, PDH issues, SDH, SDH architecture, SDH standards, SDH bit rates, SDH mulitplexors, DWDM. Networks Circuit Switched Networks, TDM, Packet Switched Networks, Frame Relay, Message Switching, Circuit Switching, STDM, Cell Switching, ATM, ATM cells, ATM traffic parameters, ATM QoS, MPLS. Other network access Modems, modulation, speeds, ISDN, BRI, PRI, xDSL, SDSL, ADSL. Other Services Centrex, VPNs, FeatureNet, CTI, Call Processing Systems, Voice Mail, Automated Attendant Systems, Interactive Voice Response, Call Management Systems, Call Conferencing, Star Services. Mobile communications 3 types of wireless telephone, mobile generations, base stations, cells, GSM, GPRS, 3G, UMTS, WCDMA, 4G, LTE. VoIP overview What is VoIP, VoIP benefits, What is IP? The IP header, Packetising voice, VoIP addressing, H.323, SIP, RTP. Bandwidth requirements.

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Microsoft Project Orange Belt® 2016: In-House Training This workshop gives participants a full insight into creating effective schedules using Microsoft® Project 2016, allowing you to estimate, coordinate, budget, staff, and control projects and support other users. This workshop gives participants a full insight into creating effective schedules using Microsoft® Project 2016, allowing you to estimate, coordinate, budget, staff, and control projects and support other users. This workshop provides the eBook Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft® Project 2013, and is kept up to date with the framework of knowledge outlined by the Project Management Institute's PMBOK® Guide and the Practice Standard for Scheduling. What you Will Learn You'll learn how to: Understand what's new in Project 2016 Explain where Project 2016 fits in the Microsoft® EPM solution Initialize Project 2016 to start project planning Create a well-formed project schedule Understand task types and the schedule formula Assign resources and costs to tasks Analyze resource utilization and optimize the schedule Set a baseline and track progress Create and manage project reports Customize views and fields Apply Earned Value Management Understand the basics of managing multiple projects Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Concepts of Project Management Getting Started with Project 2016 Project 2016: What's New and General Overview Setting Up a New Project Schedule (templates, options, save, etc.) Setting the Project Calendar Entering Tasks The planning processes Importing tasks (Word, Excel, SharePoint) Synchronizing with SharePoint Tasks List Creating and managing the WBS (include tasks, manually scheduled tasks, summary tasks, milestones, and custom WBS coding) Entering Estimates Tendencies in estimating The rolling wave approach Entering duration and work estimates Types of tasks Entering Dependencies The principle of dynamic scheduling Choosing the right Type of dependency Entering dependencies in Project 2016 Different applications of dependencies Entering Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars Use of deadlines and constraints Entering deadlines and constraints in Project 2016 Entering Resources and Costs Types of resources Entering resources in Project 2016 Calendars and resources Entering costs in Project 2016 Entering Assignments Assignments in a schedule Assignments and task types Entering assignments in Project 2016 Assignments, budgets, and costs Optimizing the Schedule The critical path method (CPM) and the resource critical path (RCP) Resource leveling Optimizing time, cost, and resources in Project 2016 Updating the Schedule The baseline Updating strategies and situations Prepare the status and forecast report in Project 2016 Reporting Using reports Using Visual Reports Formatting and printing in Project 2016 Customizing fields in Project 2016 Earned Value Management (EVM) Overview of EVM Applying EVM with Project 2016 Evaluating the Project Evaluating the project performance Project benefits and results Templates for future projects Summary and Next steps Tools and checklist Best practices checklist Certification options

Microsoft Project Orange Belt® 2013: In-House Training This workshop gives participants a full insight into creating effective schedules using Microsoft® Project 2013, allowing you to estimate, coordinate, budget, staff, and control projects and support other users. This workshop gives participants a full insight into creating effective schedules using Microsoft® Project 2013, allowing you to estimate, coordinate, budget, staff, and control projects and support other users. This workshop provides the eBook Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft® Project 2013, and is kept up to date with the framework of knowledge outlined by the Project Management Institute's PMBOK® Guide and the Practice Standard for Scheduling. What you Will Learn You'll learn how to: Understand what's new in Project 2013 Explain where Project 2013 fits in the Microsoft® EPM solution Initialize Project 2013 to start project planning Create a well-formed project schedule Understand task types and the schedule formula Assign resources and costs to tasks Analyze resource utilization and optimize the schedule Set a baseline and track progress Create and manage project reports Customize views and fields Apply Earned Value Management Understand the basics of managing multiple projects Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Enterprise Project Management Concepts and Framework Getting Started with Project 2013 Project 2013: What's New and General Overview Setting Up a New Project Schedule (templates, options, save, etc.) Setting the Project Calendar Entering Tasks The Planning Processes Importing Tasks (Word, Excel, SharePoint) Synchronizing with SharePoint Tasks List Creating and managing the WBS (include tasks, manually scheduled tasks, summary tasks and milestones, as well as custom WBS coding) Entering Estimates Tendencies in Estimating The Rolling Wave Approach Entering Duration and Work Estimates Types of Tasks Entering Dependencies The Principle of Dynamic Scheduling Choosing the Right Type of Dependency Entering Dependencies in Project 2013 Different Applications of Dependencies Entering Deadlines, Constraints, and Task Calendars Use of Deadlines and Constraints Entering Deadlines and Constraints in Project 2013 Entering Resources and Costs Types of Resources Entering Resources in Project 2013 Calendars and Resources Entering Costs in Project 2013 Entering Assignments Assignments in a Schedule Assignments and Task Types Entering Assignments in Project 2013 Assignments, Budgets, and Costs Optimizing the Schedule The Critical Path Method and the Resource Critical Path Resource Leveling Optimizing Time, Cost, and Resources in Project 2013 Updating the Schedule The Baseline Updating Strategies and Situations Prepare the Status and Forecast Report in Project 2013 Reporting Using Reports Using Visual Reports Formatting and Printing in Project 2013 Customizing Fields in Project 2013 Earned Value Management (EVM) Overview of EVM Applying EVM with Project 2013 Evaluating the Project Evaluating the Project Performance Project Benefits and Results Templates for Future Projects Summary Tools and Checklist Best Practices Checklist Consolidated Schedules Creating Consolidated Schedules Using a Resource Pool Links across Projects Solving common problems Analyzing the Critical Path across Projects

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Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Account and project managers Contact Center Enterprise (CCE) administrators Deployment engineers Technical sales Overview After taking this course, you should be able to: Navigate CCE configuration and scripting tools Configure a dialed number, call type, and media routing domain Build a basic Cisco Intelligent Contact Management (ICM) script Configure agents and skill groups Configure basic Interactive Voice Response (IVR) functionality Implement attributes and precision queues Configure Ring-No-Answer (RONA) using CCE configuration tools Configure and populate an agent team and primary supervisor Improve agent efficiency through finesse enhancements Build and test a basic Voice XML (VXML) application Implement roles, departments, and business hours Run Cisco Unified Intelligence Center (CUIC) reports using the Reporting tool The Administering Cisco Contact Center Enterprise (CCEA) v1.0 course teaches you the contextual information around call flow between components in the Cisco© Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE) solution including intelligent contact routing, call treatment, network-to-desktop Computer Telephony Integration (CTI), and multichannel contact management over an IP infrastructure. You receive hands-on practice using administrative tools to perform routine adds, moves, and changes in an inbound contact center environment. Cisco Unified Contact Center Review Contact Center Basics Components and Architecture Deploying Basic Call Settings Associate Basic Call Settings Explore Media Routing Domains Building a Basic Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Script Introduce Script Editor Use Script Editor Nodes Configuring Basic Agent Functionality Introduce Agent Functionality Configure Agent Desk Settings Configuring Basic Call Treatment and Queuing Explore Media Server and Files Introduce Microapps Implementing Precision Routing Introduce Precision Routing Basics Examine the Migration Path Configuring RONA Support Introduce RONA Functionality Identify RONA Timeout Considerations Configuring Agent Teams and Supervisors Configuring Teams and Supervisors Explore Agent Roles Administering the Cisco Finesse Desktop Administering Cisco Finesse Desktop Introduce Cisco Finesse Administration Implementing Voice XML Applications Introduce VXML Build a Basic Call Studio Project Configuring Roles, Departments, and Business Hours Examine Post-Call Survey Functionality Configure Post-Call Survey Running Unified CC Enterprise Reports with Unified Intelligence Center (IC) Configure Unified CC Enterprise Administrators Configure Departments

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Students who need to know how to implement and manage Cisco ASA 5500-X. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to do the following:? Technology and features of the Cisco ASA? Cisco ASA product family? How ASAs protect network devices from attacks? Bootstrap the security appliance? Prepare the security appliance for configuration via the Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM)? Launch and navigate ASDM? Essential security appliance configuration using ASDM and the command-line interface (CLI)? Configure dynamic and static address translations? Configure access policy based on ACLs? Use object groups to simplify ACL complexity and maintenance? Use the Modular Policy Framework to provide unique policies to specific data flows? Handle advanced protocols with application inspection? Troubleshoot with syslog and tcp ping? Configure the ASA to work with Cisco Secure ACS 5.2 for RADIUS-based AAA of VPNs? Implement site-to-site IPsec VPN? Implement remote access IPsec and SSL VPNs using the Cisco AnyConnect 3.0 Secure Mobility Client? Work with the 5.x Legacy Cisco IPsec VPN client and Anyconnect VPN client? Deploy clientless SSL VPN access, including smart tunnels, plug-ins, and web-type ACLs? Configure access control policies to implement your security policy across all classes of VPN? Configure Active/Standby failover for both firewall and VPN high availability Student will gain the essential skills required to configure, maintain, and operate Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Adaptive Security Appliances based on ASA Software v9.x. Cisco ASA Essentials ? Lesson 1: Evaluating Cisco ASA Technologies ? Lesson 2: Identifying Cisco ASA Families Basic Connectivity and Device Management ? Lesson 1: Preparing the Cisco ASA for Network Integration ? Lesson 2: Managing Basic Cisco ASA Network Settings ? Lesson 3: Configuring Cisco ASA Device Management Features Network Integration ? Lesson 1: Configuring Cisco ASA NAT Features ? Lesson 2: Configuring Cisco ASA Basic Access Control Features Cisco ASA Policy Control ? Lesson 1: Cisco ASA Modular Policy Framework ? Lesson 2: Configuring Cisco ASA Connection Policy Cisco ASA VPN Architecture and Common Components ? Lesson 1: Implementing Profiles, Group Policies, and User Policies ? Lesson 2: Implementing PKI Services Cisco ASA Clientless Remote Access SSL VPN Solutions ? Lesson 1: Deploying Basic Clientless VPN Solutions ? Lesson 2: Deploying Advanced Application Access for Clientless SSL VPNs Cisco AnyConnect Remote Access SSL Solutions ? Lesson 1: Deploying a Basic Cisco AnyConnect Full-Tunnel SSL VPN Solution Cisco ASA Remote Access IPsec VPNs ? Lesson 1: Deploying Cisco Remote Access VPN Clients ? Lesson 2: Deploying Basic Cisco Remote Access IPsec VPN Solutions Cisco ASA Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Solutions ? Lesson 1: Deploying Basic Site-to-Site IPsec VPNs ? Lesson 2: Deploying Advanced Site-to-Site IPsec VPNs Cisco ASA High Availability and Virtualization ? Lesson 1: Configuring Cisco ASA Active/Standby High Availability Labs Lab 1: Prepare the ASA for Administration Lab 2: Fundamental ASA Configuration Lab 3: Network Address Translation (NAT) Lab 4: Basic Access Control Lab 5: Basic Protocol Inspection Lab 6: Licensing, ACS, and Public CA Lab 7: Basic Clientless SSL VPN Lab 8: Clientless SSL VPN - Thin Apps Lab 9: Basic AnyConnect Full Tunnel SSL VPN Lab 10: Remote Access IPSec VPN Lab 11: IPSec Site-to-Site VPN Lab 12: Active/Standby Failover

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is relevant to anyone who needs to work with and understand data including: Business Analysts, Data Analysts, Reporting and BI professionals Marketing and Digital Marketing professionals Digital, Web, e-Commerce, Social media and Mobile channel professionals Business managers who need to interpret analytical output to inform managerial decisions Overview This course will cover the basic theory of data visualization along with practical skills for creating compelling visualizations, reports and dashboards from data using Tableau. Outcome: After attending this course delegates will understand - How to move from business questions to great data visualizations and beyond How to apply the fundamentals of data visualization to create informative charts How to choose the right visualization type for the job at hand How to design and develop basic dashboards in Tableau that people will love to use by doing the following: Reading data sources into Tableau Setting up the roles and data types for your analysis Creating new data fields using a range of calculation types Creating the following types of charts - cross tabs, pie and bar charts, geographic maps, dual axis and combo charts, heat maps, highlight tables, tree maps and scatter plots Creating Dashboards that delight using the all of the features available in Tableau. The use of analytics, statistics and data science in business has grown massively in recent years. Harnessing the power of data is opening actionable insights in diverse industries from banking to tourism. From Business Questions to Data Visualisation and Beyond The first step in any data analysis project is to move from a business question to data analysis and then on to a complete solution. This section will examine this conversion emphasizing: The use of data visualization to address a business need The data analytics process ? from business questions to developed dashboards Introduction to Tableau ? Part 1 In this section, the main functionality of Tableau will be explained including: Selecting and loading your data Defining data item properties Create basic calculations including basic arithmetic calculations, custom aggregations and ratios, date math, and quick table calculations Creating basic visualizations Creating a basic dashboard Introduction to Tableau ? Part 2 In this section, the main functionality of Tableau will be explained including: Selecting and loading your data Defining data item properties Create basic calculations including basic arithmetic calculations, custom aggregations and ratios, date math, and quick table calculations Creating basic visualizations Creating a basic dashboard Key Components of Good Data Visualisation and The Visualisation Zoo In this section the following topics will be covered: Colour theory Graphical perception & communication Choosing the right chart for the right job Data Exploration with Tableau Exploring data to answer business questions is one of the key uses of applying good data visualization techniques within Tableau. In this section we will apply the data visualization theory from the previous section within Tableau to uncover trends within the data to answer specific business questions. The types of charts that will be covered are: Cross Tabs Pie and bar charts Geographic maps Dual axis and combo charts with different mark types Heat maps Highlight tables Tree maps Scatter plots Introduction to Building Dashboards with Tableau In this section, we will implement the full process from business question to final basic dashboard in Tableau: Introduction to good dashboard design Building dashboards in Tableau