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Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for business professionals who leverage data to address business issues. The typical student in this course will have several years of experience with computing technology, including some aptitude in computer programming. However, there is not necessarily a single organizational role that this course targets. A prospective student might be a programmer looking to expand their knowledge of how to guide business decisions by collecting, wrangling, analyzing, and manipulating data through code; or a data analyst with a background in applied math and statistics who wants to take their skills to the next level; or any number of other data-driven situations. Ultimately, the target student is someone who wants to learn how to more effectively extract insights from their work and leverage that insight in addressing business issues, thereby bringing greater value to the business. Overview In this course, you will learn to: Use data science principles to address business issues. Apply the extract, transform, and load (ETL) process to prepare datasets. Use multiple techniques to analyze data and extract valuable insights. Design a machine learning approach to address business issues. Train, tune, and evaluate classification models. Train, tune, and evaluate regression and forecasting models. Train, tune, and evaluate clustering models. Finalize a data science project by presenting models to an audience, putting models into production, and monitoring model performance. For a business to thrive in our data-driven world, it must treat data as one of its most important assets. Data is crucial for understanding where the business is and where it's headed. Not only can data reveal insights, it can also inform?by guiding decisions and influencing day-to-day operations. This calls for a robust workforce of professionals who can analyze, understand, manipulate, and present data within an effective and repeatable process framework. In other words, the business world needs data science practitioners. This course will enable you to bring value to the business by putting data science concepts into practice Addressing Business Issues with Data Science Topic A: Initiate a Data Science Project Topic B: Formulate a Data Science Problem Extracting, Transforming, and Loading Data Topic A: Extract Data Topic B: Transform Data Topic C: Load Data Analyzing Data Topic A: Examine Data Topic B: Explore the Underlying Distribution of Data Topic C: Use Visualizations to Analyze Data Topic D: Preprocess Data Designing a Machine Learning Approach Topic A: Identify Machine Learning Concepts Topic B: Test a Hypothesis Developing Classification Models Topic A: Train and Tune Classification Models Topic B: Evaluate Classification Models Developing Regression Models Topic A: Train and Tune Regression Models Topic B: Evaluate Regression Models Developing Clustering Models Topic A: Train and Tune Clustering Models Topic B: Evaluate Clustering Models Finalizing a Data Science Project Topic A: Communicate Results to Stakeholders Topic B: Demonstrate Models in a Web App Topic C: Implement and Test Production Pipelines

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for: Developers responsible for developing Deep Learning applications Developers who want to understand concepts behind Deep Learning and how to implement a Deep Learning solution on AWS Overview This course is designed to teach you how to: Define machine learning (ML) and deep learning Identify the concepts in a deep learning ecosystem Use Amazon SageMaker and the MXNet programming framework for deep learning workloads Fit AWS solutions for deep learning deployments In this course, you?ll learn about AWS?s deep learning solutions, including scenarios where deep learning makes sense and how deep learning works. You?ll learn how to run deep learning models on the cloud using Amazon SageMaker and the MXNet framework. You?ll also learn to deploy your deep learning models using services like AWS Lambda while designing intelligent systems on AWS. Module 1: Machine learning overview A brief history of AI, ML, and DL The business importance of ML Common challenges in ML Different types of ML problems and tasks AI on AWS Module 2: Introduction to deep learning Introduction to DL The DL concepts A summary of how to train DL models on AWS Introduction to Amazon SageMaker Hands-on lab: Spinning up an Amazon SageMaker notebook instance and running a multi-layer perceptron neural network model Module 3: Introduction to Apache MXNet The motivation for and benefits of using MXNet and Gluon Important terms and APIs used in MXNet Convolutional neural networks (CNN) architecture Hands-on lab: Training a CNN on a CIFAR-10 dataset Module 4: ML and DL architectures on AWS AWS services for deploying DL models (AWS Lambda, AWS IoT Greengrass, Amazon ECS, AWS Elastic Beanstalk) Introduction to AWS AI services that are based on DL (Amazon Polly, Amazon Lex, Amazon Rekognition) Hands-on lab: Deploying a trained model for prediction on AWS Lambda Additional course details: Nexus Humans Deep Learning on AWS training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Deep Learning on AWS course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for network and software engineers who hold the following job roles: Network administrators Network operators Overview After taking this course, you should be able to: Explain the benefits of using Cisco DNA Center in a traditional, enterprise network Explain at a detailed level the Cisco DNA Center Assurance system architecture, functional components, features, and data-processing concepts Explain the health scores, metrics, and strategies that you use for monitoring network devices, clients, and applications with Cisco DNA Assurance Describe how Cisco DNA Center Assurance analyzes the streaming telemetry and collected data, correlates the data, performs root cause analysis, and displays detected issues, insights, and trends Describe the Cisco DNA Center Assurance troubleshooting tools, mechanisms, strategies, and scenarios to proactively detect and resolve wireless network, client, and application issues and pinpoint the root cause Deploy and configure Cisco DNA Center to use Assurance features for monitoring and troubleshooting network devices, clients, and applications The Leveraging Cisco Intent-Based Networking DNA Assurance (DNAAS) v2.1 course provides you with the skills to monitor and troubleshoot a traditional brownfield network infrastructure by using Cisco© Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA?) Assurance. The course focuses on highlighting issues rather than on monitoring data. The advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning features within Cisco DNA Assurance enable you to isolate the root cause of a problem and to take appropriate actions to quickly resolve issues. Cisco DNA Assurance can be used to perform the work of a Level 3 support engineer. Course Outline Introducing Cisco DNA Center Assurance Monitoring Health and Performance with Cisco DNA Center Assurance Troubleshooting Issues, Observing Insights and Trends Troubleshooting Wireless Issues with Cisco DNA Center Assurance Tools Additional course details: Nexus Humans Cisco Leveraging Cisco Intent-Based Networking DNA Assurance (DNAAS) v2.1 training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Cisco Leveraging Cisco Intent-Based Networking DNA Assurance (DNAAS) v2.1 course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course is as follows: System Installers System Integrators System Administrators Network Administrators Solutions Designers Overview Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives: Describe the Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit software architecture and Linux system fundamentals Describe the major differences between classic Cisco IOS XR software and Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit software on the ASR 9000 Series routers Migrate an ASR 9000 Series router from classic IOS XR software to Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit software Perform and explain Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit software installations Configure and describe Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit software features The Cisco ASR 9000 Series IOS XR 64-Bit Software Migration and Operational Enhancements (IOSXR211) course covers the migration from classic 32-bit Cisco IOS© XR software to Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit software on the Cisco© ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. This course will also examine the software architecture, boot process, and auto-provisioning of the Cisco IOS XR 64-bit software, as well as showing you how to install Cisco IOS XR and third-party software packages. In addition, it will investigate data models and show you how to implement telemetry, model-driven programmability, and application hosting services. Software Architecture and Linux Fundamentals Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software Fundamentals Cisco ASR 9000 Series IOS XR 64-Bit Software vs. Classic 32-Bit Software Exploring Linux Fundamentals Creating User Profiles Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software Installation Examining Resource Allocations and Media Mappings Migrating to Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software Examining the Boot Process Performing Disaster Recovery Installing Software Packages Cisco IOS XR 64-Bit Software Features Investigating Data Models Implementing Telemetry Exploring Model-Driven Programmability Employing Application Hosting Additional course details: Nexus Humans Cisco ASR9000 Series 64-bit Software Migration (IOSXR211) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Cisco ASR9000 Series 64-bit Software Migration (IOSXR211) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course are Application Consultants, Business Analysts, Business Process Owners/Team Leads/Power Users, Program/Project Managers, and Users. Overview Learn how to create queries in BEx Query DesignerLearn how to use advanced query functionsLearn how to perform OLAP analysis In this course, students obtain the knowledge to create query definitions using the BEx Query Designer and to make them available for OLAP analysis. Data Warehousing Describing Data Warehousing Describing Data Warehouse Architecture Using Reporting Tools Navigation Options in Reports Using the Navigation Options in Reports Saving Analysis Views Simple Queries Creating Simple Queries Finding a Query Filtering Query Definition Data Configuring Query Properties Key Figures and Structures in Queries Creating Restricted Key Figures Creating Calculated Key Figures Creating a New Formula with Boolean Operators Configuring Properties of Key Figures Using Exception and Nested Exception Aggregation Queries with Multiple Structures Creating Structures Resolving Formula Collision Designing Detailed Queries with the Cell Editor Characteristics and Hierarchies in Queries Configuring the Properties of Characteristics Running Display and Navigation Attribute Queries Adding Hierarchies to Reports Adding External Hierarchies to a Report Using Hierarchies and Structures Creating External Hierarchies Variables in Queries Using Variables Creating Characteristic Value and Text Variables in Queries Creating Hierarchy and Hierarchy Node Variables in Queries Creating Formula Variables in Queries Activating Business Content Variables Exceptions and Conditions in Queries Creating Exceptions in Query Design Creating Conditions in Query Design Report-Report Interface Using the Report-Report Interface Query Performance Optimization Optimizing Query Performance Configuring Query Read Mode Use Performance Monitoring Tools Queries Management and Authorizations Overview Managing Query Objects Describing Authorizations Reporting Options Outlining Reporting Options for SAP NetWeaver BW Additional course details: Nexus Humans BW305 SAP Business Warehouse Query Design and Analysis training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the BW305 SAP Business Warehouse Query Design and Analysis course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is aimed at developers who want to build web applications using ASP.NET Core or developers who want to make a career building web applications using Microsoft technology. In the web world, the ability to build robust web applications is key. With the knowledge about ASP.NET Core MVC (that makes use of the Model-View-Controller architecture) that you will take away from this course, you will be prepared to meet this need. In today's age, it's important for you as a developer to possess the ability to separate the programming and business logic. This course covering ASP.NET Core 2 will help you develop this skillset. Setting the Stage Introduction to Web Applications Creating ASP.NET Core application Controllers Role of the Controller in ASP.NET MVC Applications Introduction to Routing Our First Controller Implementing our own IActionResult Adding Views Adding Models Passing Data from the Controller to the View Filters Writing a Custom Filter Views The View Engine and the Razor View Engine Working with Layout Generating HTML Partial View View Components Tag Helpers Models Introduction to Models Model Binding The Entity Framework Using the Entity Framework in ASP.NET MVC applications Database Migration Validation Introduction to Validation Client-Side and Server-Side Validation Server-side Validation Client-side Validation Implementation Routing Convention-Based Routing Attribute-Based Routing Route Attribute at the Controller Level Passing Routing Values in HTTP Action Verbs in the Controller Route Constraints Rest Buy Designing Rest Buy Creating the Entities for the Application Creating EF Context and Migration Adding Features, Testing, and Deployment Adding the Registration Feature Creating a Unit Test Upgrading Our Application to Bootstrap 4 Deploying Rest Buy to Azure Additional course details: Nexus Humans Beginning ASP.NET training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Beginning ASP.NET course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This is highly recommended for everyone in a company who works in a Scrum Team or anyone who interacts with any Scrum Team. This will also be very useful for those who are interested in understanding the basics of Scrum and how this method could be used effectively. Overview To ensure that students understand the basics of Scrum To enable Scrum Team members to effectively contribute to a Scrum project. To enable Scrum Team members to apply Scrum effectively in Scrum/Agile projects. In this course, students learn to understand the basics of Scrum, effectively contribute to a Scrum project, and learn how to enable Scrum Team members to apply Scrum effectively in Scrum/Agile projects.Successful candidates will be awarded the Scrum Developer Certified (SDC?) certification by SCRUMstudy after passing the included certification exam. Introduction Agile Overview Scrum Overview Principles The Six Scrum Principles Organization Core Roles and Non-core Roles Business Justification Value-driven Delivery Factors used to Determine Business Justification Confirm Benefits Realization Quality Quality Defined Quality, Scope and Business Value Quality Management in Scrum Change Unapproved and Approved Changes Change in Scrum Risk Risks and Issues Risk Management Procedure Introduction to Scrum Project PhasesInitiate Create Project Vision Process Identify Scrum Master and Stakeholders Process Form Scrum Team and Develop Epics processes Create Prioritized Product Backlog and Conduct Release Planning Processes Plan and Estimate Create User Stories Process Estimate User Stories and Commit User Stories Processes Identify Tasks and Estimate Tasks Processes Create Sprint Backlog Process Implement Create Deliverables and Conduct Daily Stand-up processes Groom Prioritized Product Backlog Process Review and Retrospect Demonstrate and Validate Sprint Process Retrospect Sprint Process Additional course details: Nexus Humans Scrum Developer Certified (SDC) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Scrum Developer Certified (SDC) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Authors Overview Please refer to course overview This course teaches experienced authors advanced report building techniques to enhance, customize, manage, and distribute reports. Additionally, the student will learn how to create highly interactive and engaging reports that can be run offline by creating Active Reports. Create query models Build a query and connect it to a report Answer a business question by referencing data in a separate query Create reports based on query relationships Create join relationships between queries Combine data containers based on relationships from different queries Create a report comparing the percentage of change Introduction to dimensional reporting concepts Examine data sources and model types Describe the dimensional approach to queries Apply report authoring styles Introduction to dimensional data in reports Use members to create reports Identify sets and tuples in reports Use query calculations and set definitions Dimensional report context Examine dimensional report members Examine dimensional report measures Use the default measure to create a summarized column in a report Focus your dimensional data Focus your report by excluding members of a defined set Compare the use of the filter() function to a detail filter Filter dimensional data using slicers Calculations and dimensional functions Examine dimensional functions Show totals and exclude members Create a percent of base calculation Create advanced dynamic reports Use query macros Control report output using a query macro Create a dynamic growth report Create a report that displays summary data before detailed data and uses singletons to summarize information Design effective prompts Create a prompt that allows users to select conditional formatting values Create a prompt that provides users a choice between different filters Create a prompt to let users choose a column sort order Create a prompt to let users select a display type Examine the report specification Examine report specification flow Identify considerations when modifying report specifications Customize reporting objects Distribute reports Burst a report to email recipients by using a data item Burst a list report to the IBM Cognos Analytics portal by using a burst table Burst a crosstab report to the IBM Cognos Analytics portal by using a burst table and a master detail relationship Enhance user interaction with HTML Create interactive reports using HTML Include additional information with tooltips Send emails using links in a report Introduction to IBM Cognos Active Reports Examine Active Report controls and variables Create a simple Active Report using Static and Data-driven controls Change filtering and selection behavior in a report Create interaction between multiple controls and variables Active Report charts and decks Create an Active Report with a Deck Create an Active Report with 11.0 visualizations

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for The audience for this course should have previous experience with functional or technical focus in Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Applications. Primarily for those who are aspired to be and new to solution architect role Overview After completing this course, students will be able to: Understand the tasks expected to be completed by the solution architect for Dynamics implementation Complete the solution blueprint artifacts Know where to find technical information to address their customer's questions This course is developed for those aspired to be and new to the solution architect role. This course provides the technical information focusing on application architecture and technical skills to start their journey into this role. This course will not cover the industrial skills and delivery skills required for this role. The Architect Role The solution architect role Manage Interactions with FastTrack Get to know FastTrack Make the most of FastTrack templates Solution Blueprint Solution blueprint definition and components Project governance and timeline Solution architecture and organizational structure Working with business process catalog Define Environments, Tools, and Deployment Strategy Understand environment planning Application lifecycle management and deployment strategy Using LCS and Azure DevOps Determine Data Management Strategy Data management overview Develop data migration strategy Determine Integration and Interfaces Strategies Develop integration strategy Integration options Define Security Architecture Important security aspects Security framework Define security strategy Define Testing Strategy Testing strategy overview Testing planning and execution Define Performance Testing Strategy Prepare for performance topics Utilize performance testing tools Business Intelligence and Reporting Implement business intelligence and reporting Determine Licensing and Support Understand licensing estimation Understand support options Prepare for Go-Live Complete solution blueprint Prepare for go-live Class recap Additional course details: Nexus Humans MB-700T00 Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the MB-700T00 Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Application developers who want to increase their understanding of Spring and Spring Boot and a focus on fundamentals. Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the benefits provided by Spring Boot Initialize a project using Spring Boot Starters Leverage Spring Boot's auto configuration features Create simplified backing-store solutions using Spring Data JPA Build a simple MVC application using Spring Boot, embedded Web Server and fat JARs or classic WARs Build a RESTful Web application Use Spring Security to secure Web and REST endpoints Enable and extend metrics and monitoring capabilities using Spring Boot actuator Leverage advance configuration capabilities Utilize Spring Boot enhancements to testing This course offers experience with Spring Boot and its major features, including auto-configuration, Actuator, Spring Boot testing framework and more. On completion, participants will have a foundation for creating enterprise and cloudready applications. Please note that this course is a subset of the material in our 4-day Spring: Core Training course - there is no need to take both courses. This course is recommended if you have a good working knowledge of Spring Basics (see Prerequisites) but are new to Spring Boot. Introduction to Spring Essentials Why Spring Configuration using Spring Bean creation Data Management Spring Boot Introduction Introduction to Spring Boot Features Value Proposition of Spring Boot Creating a simple Boot application using Spring Initializer website Spring Boot Dependencies, Auto-configuration, and Runtime Dependency management using Spring Boot starters How auto-configuration works Configuration properties Overriding auto-configuration Using CommandLineRunner JPA with Spring and Spring Data Quick introduction to ORM with JPA Benefits of using Spring with JPA JPA configuration in Spring Configuring Spring JPA using Spring Boot Spring Data JPA dynamic repositories Spring MVC Architecture and Overview Introduction to Spring MVC and request processing Controller method signatures Using @Controller, @RestController and @GetMapping annotations Configuring Spring MVC with Spring Boot Spring Boot packaging options, JAR or WAR Rest with Spring MVC An introduction to the REST architectural style Controlling HTTP response codes with @ResponseStatus Implementing REST with Spring MVC, @RequestMapping, @RequestBody and @ResponseBody Spring MVC?s HttpMessageConverters and automatic content negotiation Spring Security What problems does Spring Security solve? Configuring authentication Implementing authorization by intercepting URLs Authorization at the Java method level Understanding the Spring Security filter chain Spring security testing Actuators, Metrics and Health Indicators Exposing Spring Boot Actuator endpoints Custom Metrics Health Indicators Creating custom Health Indicators External monitoring systems Spring Boot Testing Enhancements Spring Boot testing overview Integration testing using @SpringBootTest Web slice testing with MockMvc framework Slices to test different layers of the application