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Duration 70 Days 420 CPD hours Cisco Learning Library: Networking offers a subscription to all Cisco core online networking training, including product training, technology training, and certifications such as Cisco Routing and Switching, Wireless, Design, and Network Programmability.This comprehensive technical training library includes full-length, interactive certification courses, additional product and technology training with labs, and thousands of reference materials. Networking Library Certification Courses CCNA Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v1.0 CCNP Enterprise Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) v1.0 Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (ENARSI) v1.0 Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions (SDWAN300) v1.0 Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) v1.0 Designing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks (ENWLSD) v1.0 Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks (ENWLSI) v1.1 Implementing Automation for Cisco Enterprise Solutions (ENAUI) v1.0 CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) v1.0 CCIE Enterprise Wireless Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) v1.0 Product and Technology Training Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v1.0 Developing Applications and Automating Workflows Using Cisco Core Platforms (DEVASC) v1.0 Developing Applications Using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs (DEVCOR) v1.0 Developing Solutions Using Cisco IoT and Edge Platforms (DEVIOT) v1.0 Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices Using Cisco Platforms (DEVOPS) v1.0 Developing Applications for Cisco Webex and Webex Devices (DEVWBX) v1.0 Implementing Automation for Cisco Enterprise Solutions (ENAUI) v1.0 Implementing Automation for Cisco Collaboration Solutions (CLAUI) v1.0 Implementing Automation for Cisco Data Center Solutions (DCAUI) v1.0 Implementing Automation for Cisco Security Solutions (SAUI) v1.0 Implementing Automation for Cisco Service Provider Solutions (SPAUI) v1.0 Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU) v1.0 Cisco Certified Technician Supporting Cisco Routing and Switching Network Devices (RSTECH) v3.0 Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR) v1.0 Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (ENARSI) v1.0 Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions (SDWAN300) v1.0 Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD) v1.0 Implementing Cisco Enterprise Wireless Networks (ENWLSI) v1.1 Cisco NCS 2000 Deploying 96-Channel Flex Spectrum (OPT201) v3.0 Cisco Digital Network Architecture Implementation Essentials (DNAIE) v2.0 Understanding Cisco Industrial IoT Networking Foundation (INFND) v1.0 Programming Use Cases for Cisco Digital Network Architecture v1.0 (DNAPUC) v1.0 Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions Part 1 (ECMS1) v1.0 Deploying Cisco SD-Access (ENSDA) v1.1 Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment (ENSDW) v1.0 Introduction to Cisco IOS XR (IOSXR100) v2.0 Cisco IOS XR System Administration (IOSXR200) v1.1 Cisco IOS XR Basic Troubleshooting (IOSXR201) v1.1 Cisco ASR 9000 Series IOS XR 64-Bit Software Migration and Operational Enhancements (IOSXR211) v1.0 Cisco IOS XR Layer 3 VPN Implementation and Verification (IOSXR301) v1.1 Cisco IOS XRMulticast Routing Implementation and Verification (IOSXR302) v1.1 Cisco IOS XR Broadband Network Gateway Implementation and Verification (IOSXR304) v1.0 NSO Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (NSO201) v3.0 Cisco NSO Administration and DevOps (NSO303) v3.0 Cisco Optical Technology Advanced (OPT300) v2.0 Implementing Segment Routing on Cisco IOS XR (SEGRTE201) v2.0 Operating and Implementing Cisco WAN Automation Engine (WAE200) v3.0 Implementing Cisco Virtual Wide Area Application Services (VWAAS) v1.0 Configuring and Operating Cisco EPN Manager (EPNM100) v3.0 Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC300) v2.0 Product and Technology Training Deploying Cloud Connect Solutions with Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V (CLDCSR) v1.0 Implementing Cisco Multicast (MCAST) v2.0 Cisco Prime Central Intermediate ? Administration and Operations (CPCI-AO) v1.0 Cisco Prime Network Intermediate ? Administration and Operation (CPNI-AO) v1.1 Cisco Prime Provisioning (CPP) v6.5 Cisco Prime Performance Manager (CPPERF) v1.0 Implementing Cisco Catalyst 9000 Switches (ENC9K) v1.0 Cisco Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series Essentials (ASR9KE) v6.0 Network Convergence System 5500 Series Router (NCS5500HW) v1.0 Cisco DNA Center Fast-Start Use Cases (A-SDA-FASTSTART) Getting Started with DNA Center Assurance (A-DNAC-ASSUR) v1.0 Overview of Cisco DNA Center Fast Start Use Cases for System Engineers (P-SDA-SYSEF) Planning and Deploying SD-Access Fundamentals (For Customers) (CUST-SDA-FUND) v1.0 Preparing the Identity Services Engine (ISE) for SD-Access (For Customers) (CUST-SDA-ISE) v1.0 SD-Access 1.2 Update Supplement (A-SDA-12UPDT) The SD-WAN Mastery Collection - Getting Started (For Customers) v1.0 (A-SDW-START) The SD-WAN Mastery Collection - Deploying the Data Plane (For Customers) v1.0 (A-SDW-DATPLN) The SD-WAN Mastery Collection - Developing the Overlay Topology (For Customers) v1.0 (A-SDW-OVRLAY) The SD-WAN Mastery Collection - Managing the Application Experience (For Customers) v1.0 (A-SDW-APPEXP) The SD-WAN Mastery Collection - Bringing Up the Control Plane Devices (For Customers) v1.0 (A-SDW-CTRPLN) Securing Branch Internet and Cloud Access with Cisco SD-WAN (A-SDW-BRSEC) Programming for Network Engineers (PRNE) v1.0 Cisco Optical Technology Intermediate (OPT200) v2.0 Advanced Implementing and Troubleshooting MPLS VPN Networks (AMPLS) BGP Bootcamp (BGP) Building Core Networks with OSPF, IS-IS, BGP and MPLS Bootcamp (BCN) Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP) v4.0 Implementing Cisco MPLS v3.0 Internetworking Technology Overview (ITO) Introduction to IP Multicast Bootcamp Introduction to IPsec VPN Bootcamp (IPsec VPN) Introduction to IPv6 Bootcamp (IPv6) Introduction to MPLS-VPN Bootcamp (MPLS-VPN) LAN Switching Bootcamp (LAN-SW) RP Bootcamp Troubleshooting for Network Support Engineers

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course is as follows: Channel partners and reseller engineers installing, configuring, and maintaining scalable and resilient deployments of Cisco Meeting Server Channel partners and reseller engineers providing presales support for scalable and resilient Cisco Meeting Server deployments Customer engineers supporting scalable and resilient Cisco Meeting Server deployments Overview Upon completion of this course, the learner should be able to meet the following objectives: Cisco Meeting Server API commands Scalable and resilient deployments Customization Recording In this 3-day course Cisco Meeting Server Advanced (COLLAB350), you will learn advanced techniques in installing, troubleshooting, and maintaining a single server and single server split deployment of Cisco Meeting Servers. The recently purchased Acano collaboration hardware and software includes video and audio-bridging technology that allows customers to connect video systems from multiple vendors across both cloud and hybrid environments. Cisco has incorporated Acano collaboration technologies into the new Meeting Server tool. Module 1: Reviewing Cisco Meeting Server Intermediate Component parts of a Cisco Meeting Solution Configuration steps for a Cisco Meeting Solution Module 2: APIs Purpose of APIs Benefits of APIs Types of APIs Function of the GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE commands Module 3: Configuring Software with an API How a user can interact with software using an API Download and install Chrome Postman Other API software Download the Cisco Meeting Server API guide Module 4: Configuring Spaces with the Cisco Meeting Server API Cisco Meeting Server API structure Use Chrome Postman for information on calls and spaces with the GET command Use Chrome Postman to post a new call space with the POST command Use Chrome Postman to place changes in a space, including adding a member, with the PUT command Use Chrome Postman to delete a space with the DELETE command Module 5: Customization Configuration Create and modify a user profile and assign users Create and modify a dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) profile and apply to a user profile Modify the interactive voice response (IVR), color scheme, and background Module 6: Planning a Resilient and Scalable Cisco Meeting Server Deployment Resilient server solutions Scalable server solutions Geographically dispersed configurations and GeoDNS Domain Name System (DNS) records required for a resilient and scalable solution Certificate requirements for a resilient and scalable solution Module 7: Configuring a Database Cluster Relationship between cluster master and cluster slaves in a database cluster Certificate requirements for a secure database cluster Configure the certificates for a database cluster Configure a database cluster Module 8: Configuring a Call Bridge Cluster Relationship between the Call Bridge and the Database How cross-cluster spaces behave Configure certificates for Call Bridge clustering Storage of configuration when entering with the API and the individual web interfaces for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Call Bridge clustering Configure a Call Bridge Cluster Connect XMPP server to multiple Call Bridges Module 9: Configuring Load Balancers and Trunks Relationship between the XMPP server, Trunk and Load Balancer Configure certificates for multiple trunks and load balancers Configure multiple Trunks to multiple Load Balancers Module 10: Configuring Multiple Web Bridges Relationship between multiple Web Bridges and Call Bridges Internal and external DNS records support for both internal and external Web Bridges Configure certificates for multiple Web Bridges Configure multiple Web bridges Connect multiple Call Bridges to multiple Web Bridges Module 11: Configuring Multiple TURN Servers Relationship between multiple TURN servers and multiple Call Bridges Configure certificates for multiple TURN servers Configure multiple TURN servers Connect multiple Call Bridges to multiple TURN servers Module 12: Configuring Multiple Recorders Features of the recording capability Software, hardware, and licensing requirements for recording DNS records Configure the Recorder Relationship between multiple Recorders and multiple Call Bridges Configure a Call Bridge to use a Recorder Configure certificates for multiple Recorders servers Configure multiple Recorder servers Connect multiple Call Bridges to multiple Recorder servers Module 13: Integrating with a Resilient and Scalable Cisco Meeting Server Deployment Integration with Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) or Cisco Unified Communications Manager and multiple Call Bridges Integration with Cisco Expressway technology and multiple Call Bridges Integration with Microsoft Skype for Business and multiple Call Bridges Integration with Cisco TelePresence Management Suite and multiple Call Bridges Module 14: Deploying an H.323 Gateway Cisco preferred architecture for H.323 and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) interoperability Functionality of the Cisco Meeting Server H.323 gateway Configuration the Cisco Meeting Server H.323 gateway Module 15: Multitenancy Options Purpose of the multitenancy capabilities Options for multitenancy capabilities on the Cisco Meeting Server Module 16: Customization Options Options available to customize Cisco Meeting Apps License keys required for customization Web Server requirements for customization Options available to customize recorded messaging Customization options available for invitation text

There is a lot to learn in Power BI, this course takes a comprehensive look at the fundamentals of analysing data and includes a balanced look at the four main components that make up Power BI Desktop: Report view, Data view, Model view, and the Power Query Editor. It also demonstrates how to utilise the online Power BI service. It looks at authoring tools that enable you to connect to and transform data from a variety of sources, allowing you to produce detailed reports through a range of visualisations, in an interactive and dynamic way. It also includes a detailed look at formulas by writing both M functions in Power Query, and DAX functions in Desktop view. This knowledge will allow you to take your reports to the next level. The aim of this course is to provide a complete introduction to understanding the Power BI analysis process, by working hands-on with examples that will equip you with the necessary skills to start applying your learning straight away. 1 Getting Started The Power BI ecosystem Opening Power BI Desktop Power BI's four views Introduction to Dashboards 2 Importing Files Importing data sources Importing an Excel file Importing a CSV file Importing a database Connect to an SQL Server Database Import vs. Direct Query Importing from the web Importing a folder of files Managing file connections 3 Shape Data in the Query Editor The process of shaping data Managing data types Keeping and removing rows Add a custom column Appending tables together Hiding queries in reports Fixing error issues Basic maths operations 4 The Data Model Table relationships Relationship properties 5 Merge Queries Table join kinds Merging tables 6 Inserting Dashboard Visuals Things to keep in mind Inserting maps Formatting Maps Inserting charts Formatting Charts Inserting a tree map Inserting a table, matrix, and card Controlling number formats About report themes Highlighting key points Filter reports with slicers Sync slicers across dashboards Custom web visuals 7 Publish and share Reports Publishing to Power BI service Editing online reports Pinning visuals to a dashboard What is Q&A? Sharing dashboards Exporting reports to PowerPoint Exporting reports as PDF files 8 The Power Query Editor Fill data up and down Split column by delimiter Add a conditional column More custom columns Merging columns 9 The M Functions Inserting text functions Insert an IF function Create a query group 10 Pivoting Tables Pivot a table Pivot and append tables Pivot but don't aggregate Unpivot tables Append mismatched headers 11 Data Modelling Expanded Understanding relationships Mark a date table 12 DAX New Columns New columns and measures New column calculations Insert a SWITCH function 13 Introduction to DAX Measures Common measure functions Insert a SUM function Insert a COUNTROWS function Insert a DISTINCTCOUNT function Insert a DIVIDE function DAX rules 14 The CALCULATE Measure The syntax of CALCULATE Insert a CALCULATE function Control field summarisation Things of note 15 The SUMX measure X iterator functions Anatomy of SUMX Insert a SUMX function When to use X functions 16 Time Intelligence Measures Importance of a calendar table Insert a TOTALYTD function Change financial year end date Comparing historical data Insert a DATEADD function 17 Hierarchies and Groups Mine data using hierarchies Compare data in groups

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This class is primarily intended for the following participants: Technical employees using GCP, including customer companies, partners and system integrators deployment engineers, cloud architects, cloud administrators, system engineers , and SysOps/DevOps engineers. Individuals using GCP to create, integrate, or modernize solutions using secure, scalable microservices architectures in hybrid environments. Overview Connect and manage Anthos GKE clusters from GCP Console whether clusters are part of Anthos on Google Cloud or Anthos deployed on VMware. Understand how service mesh proxies are installed, configured and managed. Configure centralized logging, monitoring, tracing, and service visualizations wherever the Anthos GKE clusters are hosted. Understand and configure fine-grained traffic management. Use service mesh security features for service-service authentication, user authentication, and policy-based service authorization. Install a multi-service application spanning multiple clusters in a hybrid environment. Understand how services communicate across clusters. Migrate services between clusters. Install Anthos Config Management, use it to enforce policies, and explain how it can be used across multiple clusters. This two-day instructor-led course prepares students to modernize, manage, and observe their applications using Kubernetes whether the application is deployed on-premises or on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Through presentations, and hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy using Kubernetes Engine (GKE), GKE Connect, Istio service mesh and Anthos Config Management capabilities that enable operators to work with modern applications even when split among multiple clusters hosted by multiple providers, or on-premises. Anthos Overview Describe challenges of hybrid cloud Discuss modern solutions Describe the Anthos Technology Stack Managing Hybrid Clusters using Kubernetes Engine Understand Anthos GKE hybrid environments, with Admin and User clusters Register and authenticate remote Anthos GKE clusters in GKE Hub View and manage registered clusters, in cloud and on-premises, using GKE Hub View workloads in all clusters from GKE Hub Lab: Managing Hybrid Clusters using Kubernetes Engine Introduction to Service Mesh Understand service mesh, and problems it solves Understand Istio architecture and components Explain Istio on GKE add on and it's lifecycle, vs OSS Istio Understand request network traffic flow in a service mesh Create a GKE cluster, with a service mesh Configure a multi-service application with service mesh Enable external access using an ingress gateway Explain the multi-service example applications: Hipster Shop, and Bookinfo Lab: Installing Open Source Istio on Kubernetes Engine Lab: Installing the Istio on GKE Add-On with Kubernetes Engine Observing Services using Service Mesh Adapters Understand service mesh flexible adapter model Understand service mesh telemetry processing Explain Stackdriver configurations for logging and monitoring Compare telemetry defaults for cloud and on-premises environments Configure and view custom metrics using service mesh View cluster and service metrics with pre-configured dashboards Trace microservice calls with timing data using service mesh adapters Visualize and discover service attributes with service mesh Lab: Telemetry and Observability with Istio Managing Traffic Routing with Service Mesh Understand the service mesh abstract model for traffic management Understand service mesh service discovery and load balancing Review and compare traffic management use cases and configurations Understand ingress configuration using service mesh Visualize traffic routing with live generated requests Configure a service mesh gateway to allow access to services from outside the mesh Apply virtual services and destination rules for version-specific routing Route traffic based on application-layer configuration Shift traffic from one service version to another, with fine-grained control, like a canary deployment Lab: Managing Traffic Routing with Istio and Envoy Managing Policies and Security with Service Mesh Understand authentication and authorization in service mesh Explain mTLS flow for service to service communication Adopt mutual TLS authentication across the service mesh incrementally Enable end-user authentication for the frontend service Use service mesh access control policies to secure access to the frontend service Lab: Managing Policies and Security with Service Mesh Managing Policies using Anthos Config Management Understand the challenge of managing resources across multiple clusters Understand how a Git repository is as a configuration source of truth Explain the Anthos Config Management components, and object lifecycle Install and configure Anthos Config Management, operators, tools, and related Git repository Verify cluster configuration compliance and drift management Update workload configuration using repo changes Lab: Managing Policies in Kubernetes Engine using Anthos Config Configuring Anthos GKE for Multi-Cluster Operation Understand how multiple clusters work together using DNS, root CA, and service discovery Explain service mesh control-plane architectures for multi-cluster Configure a multi-service application using service mesh across multiple clusters with multiple control-planes Configure a multi-service application using service mesh across multiple clusters with a shared control-plane Configure service naming/discovery between clusters Review ServiceEntries for cross-cluster service discovery Migrate workload from a remote cluster to an Anthos GKE cluster Lab: Configuring GKE for Multi-Cluster Operation with Istio Lab: Configuring GKE for Shared Control Plane Multi-Cluster Operation

In a world focused on digital media, 24-hour news channels and social channels, it’s really important to communicate with your audience – there are lots of opportunities to do this if you are interviewed by journalists. There’s the chance to deliver expert comments or take part in in-depth features or give a quote about your business or organisation. The media wants to stay relevant and engaged with its audience and you can play a part in that and talk to your audience. In our Broadcast Media Training Courses, we will teach you the best ways to share your story, how to answer those difficult questions and present yourself with confidence and style. This means you will capitalise on every opportunity. Our broadcast media and media interview training courses include: Exploiting the opportunity The world of digital media means there are lots of opportunities to appear online, on radio or on TV, as an expert or commentator and gain invaluable exposure for your business and organisation. You may meet journalists at industry events or be contacted for a comment on an issue. You may also need media training because you have to protect your business’ reputation by reacting proactively if you become involved in a news story. Media training will help you handle interviews with journalists, content creators and other media professionals. You need to communicate positively and effectively and make sure your message reaches the audience. It means speaking consistently, and with style and confidence. You’ll also need to know how to handle challenging questions and make sure you positively manage your reputation. Contemporary Media Training Our media training is interactive, engaging and importantly, carried out by experienced journalist trainers. Our team has worked at the highest levels of journalism and broadcasting and will give you an invaluable insight into how to maximise the opportunity of a media appearance. We will take you through the background of what journalists want and need, and give you a clear understanding of how to prepare and deliver your messages and ideas. We will then carry out a number of media style interviews which our technical team will record and playback so you can see and hear yourself. We will then support you with practical, inclusive and useful feedback for you to put into practice for the next interview. We provide copies of all your recordings and useful notes after the training. Locations that suit you We deliver training at our facilities in Birmingham or London or at your location, bringing our technical equipment and cameras with us. You can have a half day training session for up to 4 people or a full day training for a larger group. We also deliver training online for small groups which can be useful when teams are spread around the country. Expert Journalist Trainers We pride ourselves on two things at Coherent Comms – delivering contemporary media training and our supportive inclusive feedback. We know there are lots of media training companies out there but our clients tell us they work with us because we listen. We don’t tell you what training you need or hark back to the old days. We take on board your communication needs and deliver bespoke training. Our associates are working in digital communications, carrying out interviews for news online sites and our contacts are producing digital content for a 21st century audience. We’ll talk to you about TV and radio but we understand the wider media landscape and how to navigate it. And we’re really proud of our feedback – we want to take you from good to great and believe confidence building with tips and ideas that will work for you is the best way to develop your skills. We will help you design the course you want All our media training is bespoke and designed to exactly suit your needs. We have lots of ideas of how it might work but we want to hear from you and what you want! So get in touch with our friendly team by phone on 0754 533 4269 or fill in our contact form and we will get back to you. We’d love to hear how you hope to improve your media and communication skills.

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Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for Experienced security administrators or network administrators Overview By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: Describe the architecture and main components of NSX-T Data Center Explain the features and benefits of NSX-T Data Center Deploy the NSX Management cluster and VMware NSX Edge™ nodes Prepare VMware ESXi™ and KVM hosts to participate in NSX-T Data Center networking Create and configure segments for layer 2 forwarding Create and configure Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateways for logical routing Use distributed and gateway firewall policies to filter east-west and north-south traffic in NSX-T Data Center Configure Advanced Threat Prevention features Configure network services on NSX Edge nodes Use VMware Identity Manager and LDAP to manage users and access Explain the use cases, importance, and architecture of Federation This five-day, fast-paced course provides comprehensive training on how to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX-T? Data Center environment. This course covers key NSX-T Data Center features and functionality offered in the NSX-T Data Center 3.2 release, including the overall infrastructure, logical switching, logical routing, networking and security services, firewalls and advanced threat prevention, and more. Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives VMware Virtual Cloud Network and NSX-T Data Center Introduce the VMware Virtual Cloud Network vision Discuss NSX-T Data Center solutions, use cases, and benefits Explain NSX-T Data Center architecture and components Describe the VMware NSXTM product portfolio and features Explain the management, control, data, and consumption planes and function Preparing the NSX-T Data Center Infrastructure Describe NSX Management Cluster Deploy VMware NSXTM ManagerTM nodes on VMware ESXi and KVM hypervisors Navigate through the NSX Manager UI Explain data-plane components such as N-VDS/VDS, transport nodes, transport zones, profiles, and more Perform transport node preparation and establish the data center infrastructure Verify transport node status and connectivity NSX-T Data Center Logical Switching Introduce key components and terminology in logical switching Describe the function and types of L2 segments Explain tunneling and the GENEVE encapsulation Configure logical segments and attach hosts using NSX Manager UI Describe the function and types of segment profiles Create segment profiles and apply them to segments and ports Explain the function of MAC, ARP, and TEP tables used in packet forwarding Demonstrate L2 unicast packet flow Explain ARP suppression and BUM traffic handling NSX-T Data Center Logical Routing Describe the logical routing function and use cases Introduce the two-tier routing architecture, topologies, and components Explain the Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateway functions Describe the logical router components: Service Router and Distributed Router Discuss the architecture and function of NSX Edge nodes Discuss deployment options of NSX Edge nodes Configure NSX Edge nodes and create NSX Edge clusters Configure Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateways Examine the single-tier and multitier packet flow Configure static routing and dynamic routing, including BGP and OSPF Enable ECMP on Tier-0 Gateway Describe NSX Edge HA, failure detection, and failback modes Configure VRF Lite NSX-T Data Center Bridging Describe the function of logical bridging Discuss the logical bridging use cases Compare routing and bridging solutions Explain the components of logical bridging Create bridge clusters and bridge profiles NSX-T Data Center Firewalls Describe NSX segmentation Identify the steps to enforce Zero-Trust with NSX segmentation Describe the Distributed Firewall architecture, components, and function Configure Distributed Firewall sections and rules Configure the Distributed Firewall on VDS Describe the Gateway Firewall architecture, components, and function Configure Gateway Firewall sections and rules NSX-T Data Center Advanced Threat Prevention Explain NSX IDS/IPS and its use cases Configure NSX IDS/IPS Deploy the NSX Application Platform Identify the components and architecture of NSX Malware Prevention Configure NSX Malware Prevention for east-west and north-south traffic Describe the use cases and architecture of NSX Intelligence Identify the components and architecture of VMware NSX© Network Detection and Response? Use NSX Network Detection and Response to analyze network traffic events. NSX-T Data Center Services Describe NSX-T Data Center services Explain and configure Network Address Translation (NAT) Explain and configure DNS and DHCP services Describe VMware NSX© Advanced Load Balancer? architecture, components, topologies, and use cases. Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer Discuss the IPSec VPN and L2 VPN function and use cases Configure IPSec VPN and L2 VPN using the NSX Manager UI NSX-T Data Center User and Role Management Describe the function and benefits of VMware Identity Manager? in NSX-T Data Center Integrate VMware Identity Manager with NSX-T Data Center Integrate LDAP with NSX-T Data Center Identify the various types of users, authentication policies, and permissions Use role-based access control to restrict user access NSX-T Data Center Federation Introduce the NSX-T Data Center Federation key concepts, terminology, and use-cases. Explain the onboarding process of NSX-T Data Center Federation Describe the NSX-T Data Center Federation switching and routing functions. Describe the NSX-T Data Center Federation security concepts.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This class is intended for experienced developers who are responsible for managing big data transformations including: Extracting, loading, transforming, cleaning, and validating data. Designing pipelines and architectures for data processing. Creating and maintaining machine learning and statistical models. Querying datasets, visualizing query results and creating reports Overview Design and build data processing systems on Google Cloud Platform. Leverage unstructured data using Spark and ML APIs on Cloud Dataproc. Process batch and streaming data by implementing autoscaling data pipelines on Cloud Dataflow. Derive business insights from extremely large datasets using Google BigQuery. Train, evaluate and predict using machine learning models using TensorFlow and Cloud ML. Enable instant insights from streaming data Get hands-on experience with designing and building data processing systems on Google Cloud. This course uses lectures, demos, and hand-on labs to show you how to design data processing systems, build end-to-end data pipelines, analyze data, and implement machine learning. This course covers structured, unstructured, and streaming data. Introduction to Data Engineering Explore the role of a data engineer. Analyze data engineering challenges. Intro to BigQuery. Data Lakes and Data Warehouses. Demo: Federated Queries with BigQuery. Transactional Databases vs Data Warehouses. Website Demo: Finding PII in your dataset with DLP API. Partner effectively with other data teams. Manage data access and governance. Build production-ready pipelines. Review GCP customer case study. Lab: Analyzing Data with BigQuery. Building a Data Lake Introduction to Data Lakes. Data Storage and ETL options on GCP. Building a Data Lake using Cloud Storage. Optional Demo: Optimizing cost with Google Cloud Storage classes and Cloud Functions. Securing Cloud Storage. Storing All Sorts of Data Types. Video Demo: Running federated queries on Parquet and ORC files in BigQuery. Cloud SQL as a relational Data Lake. Lab: Loading Taxi Data into Cloud SQL. Building a Data Warehouse The modern data warehouse. Intro to BigQuery. Demo: Query TB+ of data in seconds. Getting Started. Loading Data. Video Demo: Querying Cloud SQL from BigQuery. Lab: Loading Data into BigQuery. Exploring Schemas. Demo: Exploring BigQuery Public Datasets with SQL using INFORMATION_SCHEMA. Schema Design. Nested and Repeated Fields. Demo: Nested and repeated fields in BigQuery. Lab: Working with JSON and Array data in BigQuery. Optimizing with Partitioning and Clustering. Demo: Partitioned and Clustered Tables in BigQuery. Preview: Transforming Batch and Streaming Data. Introduction to Building Batch Data Pipelines EL, ELT, ETL. Quality considerations. How to carry out operations in BigQuery. Demo: ELT to improve data quality in BigQuery. Shortcomings. ETL to solve data quality issues. Executing Spark on Cloud Dataproc The Hadoop ecosystem. Running Hadoop on Cloud Dataproc. GCS instead of HDFS. Optimizing Dataproc. Lab: Running Apache Spark jobs on Cloud Dataproc. Serverless Data Processing with Cloud Dataflow Cloud Dataflow. Why customers value Dataflow. Dataflow Pipelines. Lab: A Simple Dataflow Pipeline (Python/Java). Lab: MapReduce in Dataflow (Python/Java). Lab: Side Inputs (Python/Java). Dataflow Templates. Dataflow SQL. Manage Data Pipelines with Cloud Data Fusion and Cloud Composer Building Batch Data Pipelines visually with Cloud Data Fusion. Components. UI Overview. Building a Pipeline. Exploring Data using Wrangler. Lab: Building and executing a pipeline graph in Cloud Data Fusion. Orchestrating work between GCP services with Cloud Composer. Apache Airflow Environment. DAGs and Operators. Workflow Scheduling. Optional Long Demo: Event-triggered Loading of data with Cloud Composer, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage, and BigQuery. Monitoring and Logging. Lab: An Introduction to Cloud Composer. Introduction to Processing Streaming Data Processing Streaming Data. Serverless Messaging with Cloud Pub/Sub Cloud Pub/Sub. Lab: Publish Streaming Data into Pub/Sub. Cloud Dataflow Streaming Features Cloud Dataflow Streaming Features. Lab: Streaming Data Pipelines. High-Throughput BigQuery and Bigtable Streaming Features BigQuery Streaming Features. Lab: Streaming Analytics and Dashboards. Cloud Bigtable. Lab: Streaming Data Pipelines into Bigtable. Advanced BigQuery Functionality and Performance Analytic Window Functions. Using With Clauses. GIS Functions. Demo: Mapping Fastest Growing Zip Codes with BigQuery GeoViz. Performance Considerations. Lab: Optimizing your BigQuery Queries for Performance. Optional Lab: Creating Date-Partitioned Tables in BigQuery. Introduction to Analytics and AI What is AI?. From Ad-hoc Data Analysis to Data Driven Decisions. Options for ML models on GCP. Prebuilt ML model APIs for Unstructured Data Unstructured Data is Hard. ML APIs for Enriching Data. Lab: Using the Natural Language API to Classify Unstructured Text. Big Data Analytics with Cloud AI Platform Notebooks What's a Notebook. BigQuery Magic and Ties to Pandas. Lab: BigQuery in Jupyter Labs on AI Platform. Production ML Pipelines with Kubeflow Ways to do ML on GCP. Kubeflow. AI Hub. Lab: Running AI models on Kubeflow. Custom Model building with SQL in BigQuery ML BigQuery ML for Quick Model Building. Demo: Train a model with BigQuery ML to predict NYC taxi fares. Supported Models. Lab Option 1: Predict Bike Trip Duration with a Regression Model in BQML. Lab Option 2: Movie Recommendations in BigQuery ML. Custom Model building with Cloud AutoML Why Auto ML? Auto ML Vision. Auto ML NLP. Auto ML Tables.

What do engineers and project managers need to know of finance? 'Nothing - leave it to the accountants!' No, no, no! Engineers must be conversant with the terminology and statements that accountants use. Technical expertise in projects, service delivery, production or other areas can only really be harnessed if the managers understand the accounting and reporting that drives businesses. This course gives the necessary understanding to project, production and technical managers. It develops their skills in understanding financial and management accounting. Accountants may not always like it but a major part of their work is to be the 'servants of business' and to gather, compile and present your figures. So you must understand the figures - they belong to you, your processes or projects. There are many reasons for maintaining accurate accounts. This course focuses on the strategic issues (those over-used words) - what figures reveal about the drivers of business and what they reveal about the day-to-day issues that accountants bother you with. The course will enhance your understanding of finance and of the accounting issues which affect your projects, production and technical areas of business. This course will help you: Understand the business world in figures - make sense of what the accountants are telling you Appreciate what drives business - and how this affects your role in your part of the business Relate your activities to the success of the business - through figures Gain the skills to advance in management - financial awareness is a 'must have' if you are to progress in your career 1 What do accountants do? The finance function, types of accountant, financial v management accounting and the treasury function Understanding the role of the finance function and how the information you provide may be used 2 The basic financial statements Balance sheets and income statements (P&L accounts) What they are, what they contain and above all what they can reveal - how to read them The accounting process - from transactions to financial statements What underpins the statements - accounting systems and internal controls 3 Why be in business - from a financial perspective The driving forces behind financial information Performance measures - profitability, asset utilisation, sales and throughput, managing capital expenditure 4 Accounting rules - accounting standards Accounting concepts and the accounting rules: accruals, 'going concern' - substance over form and other 'desirable qualities' Accruals - why the timing of a transaction is so important to the finance function Depreciation and amortisation - the concepts and practice Accounting standards - the role of International Financial Reporting Standards 5 Cash The importance of cash flow - working capital management Cash flow statements - monitoring overall cash flows Raising cash - levels of borrowing, gearing Spending cash - an outline of capital expenditure appraisal 6 Budgeting Why budget? - good and bad practice Determining why budgets play a key role and should not be simply an annual ritual Justifying your budgets - the link between the strategic plan and day-to-day budgeting - alignment of company culture Budgets as motivators - the importance of the right culture Techniques to improve budgeting - whether day-to-day or capital budgeting 7 Costing The type and detail of costing very much depends on your business - eg, manufacturing piston rings is quite different from the construction of a power plant Issues with overhead allocation Accounting for R&D 8 Reading financial statements Annual financial statements - why they are produced, what's in them and what you should look for Learning what a set of accounts reveals about a company's current situation, profitability and future prospects 9 Performance measurement - analytical reviews and ratio analysis ROI/ROCE Profitability, margins and cost control Sales - asset turnover Efficiency (asset / stock turnover, debtor / creditor days) 'City' measures Investment (interest / dividend cover, earnings per share, dividend yield)

Wouldn't sales be a 'walk in the park' without challenging customers? Why is it that some customers are so difficult to please, so quick to call 'foul' at the slightest blip and so mean with their gratitude after we've bent over backwards to accommodate them? Whether we are looking at prospective or existing customers, there is a toolkit for dealing with the most challenging of them. This course will help participants: Use broad open questions to give the customer a platform for their opinions or issues Improve listening skills to really understand what's behind the customer's challenging style Probe specific phrases to show listening and earn deeper disclosure Use silence to let challenging customers 'blow off steam' Understand the negative impact of certain phrases on a challenging customer Summarise effectively and reassure the customer of our understanding of their needs Recognise the 'behaviour cycle' and avoid emotional escalation Understand 'transactional analysis' and how to bring people from 'child' to 'adult' state Create loyalty in customers who are slow to give trust 1 What makes a customer 'challenging'? Why customers challenge us - understanding their drivers 'Wearing their shoes' - seeing things from their perspective Understanding our own personality style How to flex with a style that is different from our own Ways to quickly recognise a customer's style The benefits of flexing with a challenging customer's style 2 Practical exercise - forum theatre Participants take it in turns to deal with the trainer (who plays the role of the challenging customer) Observers stop the action when they hear or see something they deem wrong The participant in the seat gets a chance to use a suggested alternative line The participant who makes the suggestion has the chance to occupy the seat and deliver it themselves Frequent feedback from the trainer as to how the participant's words are making him feel Opportunities to rewind the action if an ill-advised line is suggested and delivered Flipchart for capturing what worked, what didn't work and why Mehrabian principle - the importance of body language and tone over words used 3 Questioning and listening skills How to use open questions to get the customer talking What questions to avoid and why The use of pauses and silence to reduce tension and build trust What listening is and what it isn't Question funnelling - how to earn deeper disclosure through probing The power of summary 4 Transactional analysis explained What is transactional analysis (TA)? Exploring the TA states and why people behave in that way under pressure How to bring challenging customers to 'adult' state to reduce tension How 'parent' or 'child' behaviours can be inadvertently triggered Understanding the 'behavioural cycle' and how to break it Mini-role play 'vignettes' to demonstrate real time impact of ill-chosen words 5 How to build trust with challenging customers Techniques for placating current challenging customers Methods that the participants have already used effectively - understanding why those methods worked and how other participants can model them Participants' experiences of trust having been lost - understanding why those experiences had that negative outcome How to 'go the extra mile' with challenging customers 6 Bringing a 'real' challenging customer to life Participants give the trainer a brief profile of a specific challenging customer of theirs 5-10 minute roleplay in which the trainer brings that individual to life Observing participants - without interrupting - make notes on what is and isn't working Trainer stops the action half-way through to give feedback on how he is feeling Participant goes back into the roleplay having recalibrated their approach based on feedback Observers give feedback on what did and didn't work Trainer comes out of character to explain the impact of the participant's words and behaviours 7 Wrap-up Key learnings from each participant Individual action planning - steps that can and will be implemented in the workplace