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AAT Bookkeeping Course Online Overview If you want to become a certified bookkeeper with AATQB (AAT Qualified Bookkeeper) status, then you must complete the AAT bookkeeping course successfully. This bookkeeping course is broken down into two levels, Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping Advanced Certificate in Bookkeeping Once you pass all 5 exams successfully, you can gain AATQB status giving you a leading edge to build a successful career in bookkeeping. Next steps after qualifying You will be awarded with Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping and Advanced Certificate in Bookkeeping from Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) once you have passed all the exams. Therefore, you will be eligible for Certified Bookkeeper Status. It gives you greater recognition and professional approval. What you will gain? Firstly, this course will help you develop your skills in double entry bookkeeping and give you an understanding of management and administrative processes. You'll learn how to use manual bookkeepin systems and to work with the purchase ledger, sales ledger and general ledger. You would also get better understanding about VAT system and how to do VAT Return. You will be awarded with Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping and Advanced Certificate in Bookkeeping from Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) once you have passed all the exams. Therefore, you will be eligible for Certified Bookkeeper Status. It gives you greater recognition and professional approval. The AAT bookkeeping course covers the following areas: Bookkeeping transactions Bookkeeping Controls Advanced Bookkeeping Final Accounts Preparation Indirect Tax

AAT Bookkeeping Course Online Overview If you want to become a certified bookkeeper with AATQB (AAT Qualified Bookkeeper) status, then you must complete the AAT bookkeeping course successfully. This bookkeeping course is broken down into two levels, Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping Advanced Certificate in Bookkeeping Once you pass all 5 exams successfully, you can gain AATQB status giving you a leading edge to build a successful career in bookkeeping. Next steps after qualifying You will be awarded Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping and Advanced Certificate in Bookkeeping from the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) once you have passed all the exams. Therefore, you will be eligible for Certified Bookkeeper Status. It gives you greater recognition and professional approval. What you will gain? Firstly, this course will help you develop your skills in double-entry bookkeeping and give you an understanding of management and administrative processes. You'll learn how to use manual bookkeepin systems and to work with the purchase ledger, sales ledger and general ledger. You would also get better understanding about VAT system and how to do VAT Return. You will be awarded with Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping and Advanced Certificate in Bookkeeping from Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) once you have passed all the exams. Therefore, you will be eligible for Certified Bookkeeper Status. It gives you greater recognition and professional approval. The AAT bookkeeping course covers the following areas: Bookkeeping transactions Bookkeeping Controls Advanced Bookkeeping Final Accounts Preparation Indirect Tax

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed primarily for customer engineers and systems engineers in the following job roles: Automation architect Automation engineer Consulting systems engineer DevOps engineer Network administrator Network architect Network consulting engineer Network design engineer Network engineer Network operator Network reliability engineer Sales engineer Site reliability engineer Systems engineer Technical solutions architect Overview After taking this course, you should be able to: Articulate the role network automation and programmability play in the context of end-to-end network management and operations Define and differentiate between waterfall and agile software development methodologies Interpret and troubleshoot Python scripts with fundamental programming constructs built for network automation use cases Describe how DevOps principles, tools, and pipelines can be applied to network operations Understand the role of network automation development environments and associated technologies such as Python virtual environments, Vagrant, and Docker Understand and construct HTTP-based API calls to network devices Articulate the differences among and common use cases for XML, JSON, YAML, and protobuf Construct and interpret Python scripts using the Python requests module to automate devices that have HTTP-based APIs Understand the role YANG plays in network automation Understand that a number of tools exist to simplify working with YANG models Describe the functionality of RESTCONF and NETCONF and the differences between them Construct Ansible playbooks to configure network devices and retrieve operational state data from them Build Jinja2 templates and YAML data structures to generate desired state configurations The Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU) v1.1 course gives you a broad overview of network automation skills. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on labs, you will learn the fundamentals of automation such as working on model-driven programmability solutions with Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF) and Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) protocols. The course also covers data formats and types, including Extensible Markup Language (XML), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), Yaml Ain?t Markup Language (YAML), and Yet Another Next Generation (YANG), and their value in network automation, along with DevOps tools such as Ansible and Git. Course Outline Examining Network Management and Operations Exploring Software Development Methodologies Using Python for Network Automation Describing NetDevOps: DevOps for Networking Managing Automation Development Environments Introducing HTTP Network APIs Reviewing Data Formats and Data Encoding Using Python Requests to Automate HTTP-Based APIs Exploring YANG Using YANG Tools Automating Model-Driven APIs with Python Introducing Ansible for Network Automation Templating Configurations with Jinja2

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for network professionals who are looking to build their foundational knowledge of the ClearPass product portfolio This training combines the following classes into one five day workshop, preparing you for the ACCP certification: ACF-Aruba ClearPass Fundamentals IAC-Implementing Aruba ClearPass Overview Ability to setup ClearPass as a AAA server Demostrate Configuration Guest, Ongurad, Onboard and Profiling features Integrate with External AD Server Understand Monitoring and Reporting Demostrate Scaling and deployment of best practices It prepares participants with foundational skills in Network Access Control using the ClearPass product portfolio. This 5-day classroom session includes both modules and labs to teach participants about the major features of the ClearPass portfolio Intro to ClearPass BYOD High Level Overview Posture and Profiling Guest and Onboard ClearPass for AAA Policy Service Rules Authentication Authorization and Roles Enforcement Policy and Profiles Authentication and Security Concepts Authentication Types Servers Radius COA Active Directory Certificates Intro to NAD NAD Devices Adding NAD to ClearPass Network Device Groups Network Device Attributes Aruba Controller as NAD Aruba Switch Aruba Instant Monitoring and Troubleshooting Monitoring Troubleshooting Logging Policy Simulation ClearPass Insight Insight Dashboard Insight Reports Insight Alerts Insight Search Insight Administration Insight Replication Active Directory Adding AD as Auth Source Joining AD domain Using AD services External Authentication Multiple AD domains LDAP Static Host Lists SQL Database External Radius Server Guest Guest Account creation Web Login pages Guest Service configuration Self-registration pages Configuring NADS for Guest Guest Manager Deep Dive Web Login Deep Dive Sponsor Approval MAC Caching Onboard Intro to Onboard Basic Onboard Setup Onboard Deepdive Single SSID Onboarding Dual SSID Onboarding Profiling Intro to Profiling Endpoint Analysis Deep Dive Posture Intro to Posture Posture Deployment Options OnGuard Agent Health Collection OnGuard workflow 802.1x with Posture using Persistent/dissolvable agent OnGuard web LoginMonitoring and Updates Operation and Admin Users Operations Admin Users Clustering and Redundancy Clustering Redundancy LAB Licensing ClearPass Licensing Base License Applications Single Sign-On Deployment Options ClearPass Admin Login SSO Access Network SSO ASO-Auto-Sign On Configuration and Demo ClearPass Exchange Intro Examples General HTTP Palo Alto Firewall Configuration Case Study Objectives Discussion Advanced Labs Overview

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course is as follows: Security administrators Security consultants Network administrators System engineers Technical support personnel Channel partners and resellers Overview Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives: Define the use and placement IDS/IPS components. Identify Snort features and requirements. Compile and install Snort. Define and use different modes of Snort. Install and utilize Snort supporting software. Securing Cisco Networks with Open Source Snort (SSFSNORT) v3.0 is a 4-day course that shows you how to deploy Snort© in small to enterprise-scale implementations. You will learn how to install, configure, and operate Snort in Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) modes. You?ll practice installing and configuring Snort, utilize additional software tools and define rules to configure and improve the Snort environment, and more. The course qualifies for 32 Cisco Continuing Education credits (CE) towards recertification.This course will help you:Learning how to implement Snort, an open-source, rule-based, intrusion detection and prevention system. Gain leading-edge skills for high-demand responsibilities focused on security. Module 1: Detecting Intrusions with Snort 3.0 History of Snort IDS IPS IDS vs. IPS Examining Attack Vectors Application vs. Service Recognition Module 2: Sniffing the Network Protocol Analyzers Configuring Global Preferences Capture and Display Filters Capturing Packets Decrypting Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Encrypted Packets Module 3: Architecting Nextgen Detection Snort 3.0 Design Modular Design Support Plug Holes with Plugins Process Packets Detect Interesting Traffic with Rules Output Data Module 4: Choosing a Snort Platform Provisioning and Placing Snort Installing Snort on Linux Module 5: Operating Snort 3.0 Start Snort Monitor the System for Intrusion Attempts Define Traffic to Monitor Log Intrusion Attempts Actions to Take When Snort Detects an Intrusion Attempt License Snort and Subscriptions Module 6: Examining Snort 3.0 Configuration Introducing Key Features Configure Sensors Lua Configuration Wizard Module 7: Managing Snort Pulled Pork Barnyard2 Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK) Module 8: Analyzing Rule Syntax and Usage Anatomy of Snort Rules Understand Rule Headers Apply Rule Options Shared Object Rules Optimize Rules Analyze Statistics Module 9: Use Distributed Snort 3.0 Design a Distributed Snort System Sensor Placement Sensor Hardware Requirements Necessary Software Snort Configuration Monitor with Snort Module 10: Examining Lua Introduction to Lua Get Started with Lua

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for If you want to advance from being a front-end developer to a full-stack developer and learn how Node.js can be used for hosting full-stack applications, this course is for you. Knowledge of JavaScript's basic syntax and experience with popular front-end libraries such as jQuery is required. You should also have used JavaScript with HTML and CSS, but not necessarily Node.js. Overview By the end of this course, you'll have the skills you need to tackle any real-world JavaScript development problem using a modern JavaScript approach, both for client and server sides.After completing this course, you will be able to: Apply the core concepts of functional programming Build a Node.js project that uses the Express.js library to host an API Create unit tests for a Node.js project to validate it Use the Cheerio library with Node.js to create a basic web scraper Develop a React interface to build processing flows Use callbacks as a basic way to bring control back This is your one-stop solution to mastering modern JavaScript. This course covers the latest features of JavaScript and advanced concepts, such as modularity, testing, and asynchronous programming. By the end of the course, you?ll know how to create a full-stack JavaScript application using NodeJS and how to use JavaScript in functional programming. JavaScript, HTML, and the DOM HTML and the DOM Developer Tools Node.js and npm What is Node.js? Node Version Manager (nvm) Node Package Manager (npm) Node.js APIs and Web Scraping Globals FileSystem APIs HTTP APIs What is Scraping? RESTful APIs with Node.js What is an API? What is REST? Useful Defaults and Easy Inputs Middleware The Contents of a JWT MongoDB Modular JavaScript ES6 Modules Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) npm Package? Code Quality Clear Naming Unit Tests Integration Tests End-to-End Testing Puppeteer Advanced JavaScript Language Features Supported in ES5, ES6, ES7, ES8, and ES9 OOP in JavaScript Sorting Maps and Sets Math, Date, and String Symbols, Iterators, Generators, and Proxies Asynchronous Programming Callback Hell Async and Await Event-Driven Programming and Built-In Modules Eventing Node.js Built-In Modules Handling Large Files in Node.js Functional Programming with JavaScript Functions ? First-Class Citizens Pure Functions Higher-Order Functions Function Composition Immutability and Side Effects Introduction to GraphQL Language Schemas and Queries

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Attending students should be new to Jira (this is NOT for experienced users), and are required to have a background in basic Enterprise application development Overview This course is approximately 50% hands-on, combining expert lecture, real-world demonstrations and group discussions with machine-based practical labs and exercises. Working in a hands-on learning environment guided by our expert Jira practitioner, students will explore: Getting started with JIRA Using JIRA for Business Projects Using JIRA for Agile Projects Issue Management Field Management Screen Management Workflows and Business Process Searching and Filtering Tracking issues is a critical component of any project management strategy. JIRA provides a web based single repository for creating, tracking and reporting on feature requests, bugs reported, or managing workflow. JumpStart to Jira for End Users is a two-day, lab-intensive course for participants new to Jira, that provides them with a hands-on Jira instance to ?learn by doing?. This course provides essential understanding in the practical use of the Jira in an Agile context, with an emphasis on Best Practices and practical job-ready skills. Getting started with JIRA JIRA Overview Core concepts Terminology Infrastructure Users and Groups JIRA roles Using JIRA for Business Projects Overview of Projects Project types Project screens Tasks and task management Project Management Process Management Using JIRA for Agile Projects Overview of Agile with JIRA (very brief) Kanban overview Running a project with Kanban Configuring agile screen resolving an issue Issue Management Overview of Issues Working with issues Issue cloning Time tracking Issues and comments Tasks and subtasks Field Management Overview of Fields Built-in fields Custom fields Searching Configuring JIRA for fields Screen Management Overview of JIRA screens Working with screens Using screen tabs Issue type screens associating an issue type screen a with a project Customizing JIRA screens Workflow and Business Process Overview of Workflow Mapping business processes Managing workflows Authoring a workflow Updating an existing workflow Workflow schemes Applying a workflow to a project Searching and Reporting Overview of Searching Search screens Basic search Advanced search with JQL Working with search results Reports Dashboards Filters Gadgets Charts Summary and Best Practices Looking back at the ?Big Picture? JIRA Administration Overview Where JIRA fits into the Agile perspective JIRA End-User best practices

AAT Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Accounting AAT Level 2 is the first level of qualification for people with limited or no accounts knowledge. This Foundation Certificate in accounting training equips you for an entry-level role in an Accounting or Finance department. Moreover, this AAT course also lays the groundwork for a promising future in the accounting profession. By the end of the course, you will have a greater understanding and skills of manual and computerised accounts and how to use them in a 'real business world' setting. You'll be awarded AAT Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Accounting from the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), once you pass all the exams and skill tests. The AAT Foundation Certificate in Accounting covers the following areas: Bookkeeping Transactions Bookkeeping Controls Elements of Cost Work Effectively in Finance Using Accounting Software (i.e SAGE)

'Selling' doesn't work. You've got to help customers buy. And that means engaging with the customer in a positive way, showing that you understand their requirement and giving them confidence that your product or service is the best possible way of meeting that requirement. This may sound painless but there's more to it than meets the eye and it's all too easy to get it wrong. You need to follow a process. This programme will help participants: Understand 'how buyers buy' and align their selling activities accordingly Recognise the difference between 'latent pain' and 'active vision' opportunities Conduct effective pre-call planning and research Stimulate interest and establish credibility with your prospects Get prospects to share / admit high priority pain Engage in consultative dialogue that promotes the differentiating strengths of your offerings Gain access to 'power' people within an opportunity Effectively qualify and disqualify opportunities based on objective decision criteria Better control and manage sell cycles Improve their chances of winning competitive opportunities Shorten sales cycles and avoid 'no decision' Negotiate the steps leading to a successful sale 1 An introduction to selling Understanding the key points that encourage a customer to purchase from us The difference between consultative selling and a transactional sale Understanding the roles that trust and empathy play in a sale Understanding how tricks and manipulation can sink a sale Vital pre-meeting research that must take place before a conversation Understanding how the customer sees us and why positioning is important 2 Structuring the sales conversation process Defining a set process for structuring a sales call with a chance to demonstrate understanding How the first minute of a conversation can destroy a sale Understanding BPO objectives for a sale How a step-by-step sales conversation process helps win more sales Understanding the mis-match between the customers buying process How our sales processes can lead to mistakes 3 How and why people buy An insight into the emotional factors behind how people arrive at purchasing decisions Using research from neuroscience that shows how sales people can really make mistakes Understanding how people make decisions about larger purchases Understanding the stakeholders in companies and their buying motives How to analyse the stakeholders and determine a win-plan 4 Understanding the funnel Studying the sales and buying process to understand the ratios of sales to prospects and better forecasting Understanding the role of forecasting in sales analysis Why many forecasts are nearly always wrong Understanding the stages of a sales process How 'verifiable outcomes' can really change forecasting 5 Questioning techniques Understanding the different questioning techniques and when they should be used Using the 'knowledge tree' as a framework for questioning Understanding the use of real empathy to help customers uncover their needs How effective research can really empower your questions How to ask 'high gain' questions How to ask difficult questions without feeling intrusive 6 Features and benefits How to practically apply them in a sales scenario How to align the benefits to customers' business goals Really understanding the difference and how to demonstrate true economic benefits to a customer How to discover business goals, and align value propositions to these How to craft an effective value proposition for a customer Using the SAR storytelling method to really engage customers to align their thinking patterns Using the latest neuroscience research that explains what customers are really thinking 7 Overcoming objections How 'confirmation bias' can hinder any sales conversation How the CLARA method of responding to customer concerns can dramatically improve the chances of customers responding to us in a positive way Practising the method to become comfortable and congruent with it 8 Closing the sale A deep dive into what closing is How different sales have different closes How too many closing methods can destroy a sale How to lead up to a close with a logical sequence of questions Using the ACSAT trust method of closing A clear methodology with a chance to practise the skills in a fun way

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