Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This class is intended for network engineers and network admins that are either using Google Cloud Platform or are planning to do so. The class is also for individuals that want to be exposed to software-defined networking solutions in the cloud. Overview Configure Google VPC networks, subnets, and routers Control administrative access to VPC objects Control network access to endpoints in VPCsInterconnect networks among GCP projects Interconnect networks among GCP VPC networks and on-premises or other-cloud networks Choose among GCP load balancer and proxy options and configure them Use Cloud CDN to reduce latency and save money Optimize network spend using Network TiersConfigure Cloud NAT or Private Google Access to provide instances without public IP addresses access to other services Deploy networks declaratively using Cloud Deployment Manager or Terraform Design networks to meet common customer requirements Configure monitoring and logging to troubleshoot networks problems Learn about the broad variety of networking options on Google Cloud. This course uses lectures, demos, and hands-on labs to help you explore and deploy Google Cloud networking technologies, including Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks, subnets, and firewalls; interconnection among networks; load balancing; Cloud DNS; Cloud CDN; and Cloud NAT. You'll also learn about common network design patterns and automated deployment using Cloud Deployment Manager or Terraform. Google Cloud VPC Networking Fundamentals Recall that networks belong to projects. Explain the differences among default, auto, and custom networks. Create networks and subnets. Explain how IPv4 addresses are assigned to Compute Engine instances. Publish domain names using Google Cloud DNS. Create Compute Engine instances with IP aliases. Create Compute Engine instances with multiple virtual network. Controlling Access to VPC Networks Outline how IAM policies affect VPC networks. Control access to network resources using service accounts. Control access to Compute Engine instances with tag-based firewall rules. Sharing Networks across Projects Outline the overall workflow for configuring Shared VPC. Differentiate between the IAM roles that allow network resources to be managed. Configure peering between unrelated VPC Networks. Recall when to use Shared VPC and when to use VPC Network Peering. Load Balancing Recall the various load balancing services. Configure Layer 7 HTTP(S) load balancing. Whitelist and blacklist IP traffic with Cloud Armor. Cache content with Cloud CDN. Explain Layer 4 TCP or SSL proxy load balancing. Explain regional network load balancing. Configure internal load balancing. Recall the choices for enabling IPv6 Internet connectivity for Google Cloud load balancers. Determine which Google Cloud load balancer to use when. Hybrid Connectivity Recall the Google Cloud interconnect and peering services available to connect your infrastructure to Google Cloud. Explain Dedicated Interconnect and Partner Interconnect. Describe the workflow for configuring a Dedicated Interconnect. Build a connection over a VPN with Cloud Router. Determine which Google Cloud interconnect service to use when. Explain Direct Peering and Partner Peering. Determine which Google Cloud peering service to use when. Networking Pricing and Billing Recognize how networking features are charged for. Use Network Service Tiers to optimize spend. Determine which Network Service Tier to use when. Recall that labels can be used to understand networking spend. Network Design and Deployment Explain common network design patterns. Configure Private Google Access to allow access to certain Google Cloud services from VM instances with only internal IP addresses. Configure Cloud NAT to provide your instances without public IP addresses access to the internet. Automate the deployment of networks using Deployment Manager or Terraform. Launch networking solutions using Cloud Marketplace. Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting Configure uptime checks, alerting policies and charts for your network services. Use VPC Flow Logs to log and analyze network traffic behavior.
Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for individuals who desire to become more skilled at handling difficult customers. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to deal with difficult customers in a way that increases productivity and customer service, and decreases unhappy customers. In this course, students will gain a valuable skill set to deal with difficult customers in various situations. 1 - GETTING STARTED Housekeeping Items Pre-Assignment Review Workshop Objectives The Parking Lot Action Plan 2 - THE RIGHT ATTITUDE STARTS WITH YOU Be Grateful Keep Your Body Healthy Focus on Positive Thoughts Invoke Inner Peace Case Study 3 - INTERNAL STRESS MANAGEMENT Irritability Unhappiness with Your Job Feeling Underappreciated Not Well-Rested Case Study 4 - EXTERNAL STRESS MANAGEMENT Office Furniture Not Ergonomically Sound High Noise Volume in the Office Rift with Co-Workers Demanding Supervisor Case Study 5 - TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS What is Transactional Analysis? Parent Adult Child Case Study 6 - WHY ARE SOME CUSTOMERS DIFFICULT? They Have Truly Had a Bad Experience and Want to Vent They Have Truly Had a Bad Experience and Want Someone to be Held Accountable They Have Truly Had a Bad Experience and Want Resolution They Are Generally Unhappy Case Study 7 - DEALING WITH THE CUSTOMER OVER THE PHONE Listen to the Customer?s Complaint Build Rapport Do Not Respond with Negative Words or Emotion Offer a Verbal Solution to Customer Case Study 8 - DEALING WITH THE CUSTOMER IN PERSON Listen to the Customer?s Complaint Build Rapport Responding with Positive Words and Body Language Besides Words, What to Look For? Case Study 9 - SENSITIVITY IN DEALING WITH CUSTOMERS Who are Angry Who Are Rude With Different Cultural Values Who Cannot Be Satisfied Case Study 10 - SCENARIOS OF DEALING WITH A DIFFICULT CUSTOMER Angry Customer Rude Customer Culturally Diverse Customer Impossible to Please Customer Case Study 11 - CUSTOMER ONCE YOU HAVE ADDRESSED THEIR COMPLAINT Call the Customer Send the Customer an Email Mail the Customer a Small Token Handwritten or Typed Letter Case Study 12 - WRAPPING UP Words From The Wise Review Of The Parking Lot Lessons Learned Recommended Reading Completion Of Action Plans And Evaluations
Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for Leaders, Managers, Individuals who lead meetings This course is designed to help leaders run effective virtual meetings as well as managing their team virtually. We will explore communication styles and understanding their team as well as productivity. This course involves a lot of open discussion as well as teaching leaders how to manage the virtual workplace and run productive meetings. Defining the Virtual Workplace What does it look like? Tools available Communication strategies Understanding communication styles Leading different communication styles Building a Virtual Workplace Strategy Goals & agenda Check-ins Communication strategies Virtual Leadership Strategies Making connections & check ins Managing virtual meetings with team members Defining availability & creating schedules Open Discussion & Action Plan
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for: Database architects Database administrators Database developers Data analysts and scientists Overview This course is designed to teach you how to: Discuss the core concepts of data warehousing, and the intersection between data warehousing and big data solutions Launch an Amazon Redshift cluster and use the components, features, and functionality to implement a data warehouse in the cloud Use other AWS data and analytic services, such as Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon EMR, Amazon Kinesis, and Amazon S3, to contribute to the data warehousing solution Architect the data warehouse Identify performance issues, optimize queries, and tune the database for better performance Use Amazon Redshift Spectrum to analyze data directly from an Amazon S3 bucket Use Amazon QuickSight to perform data analysis and visualization tasks against the data warehouse Data Warehousing on AWS introduces you to concepts, strategies, and best practices for designing a cloud-based data warehousing solution using Amazon Redshift, the petabyte-scale data warehouse in AWS. This course demonstrates how to collect, store, and prepare data for the data warehouse by using other AWS services such as Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon EMR, Amazon Kinesis, and Amazon S3. Additionally, this course demonstrates how to use Amazon QuickSight to perform analysis on your data Module 1: Introduction to Data Warehousing Relational databases Data warehousing concepts The intersection of data warehousing and big data Overview of data management in AWS Hands-on lab 1: Introduction to Amazon Redshift Module 2: Introduction to Amazon Redshift Conceptual overview Real-world use cases Hands-on lab 2: Launching an Amazon Redshift cluster Module 3: Launching clusters Building the cluster Connecting to the cluster Controlling access Database security Load data Hands-on lab 3: Optimizing database schemas Module 4: Designing the database schema Schemas and data types Columnar compression Data distribution styles Data sorting methods Module 5: Identifying data sources Data sources overview Amazon S3 Amazon DynamoDB Amazon EMR Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose AWS Lambda Database Loader for Amazon Redshift Hands-on lab 4: Loading real-time data into an Amazon Redshift database Module 6: Loading data Preparing Data Loading data using COPY Data Warehousing on AWS AWS Classroom Training Concurrent write operations Troubleshooting load issues Hands-on lab 5: Loading data with the COPY command Module 7: Writing queries and tuning for performance Amazon Redshift SQL User-Defined Functions (UDFs) Factors that affect query performance The EXPLAIN command and query plans Workload Management (WLM) Hands-on lab 6: Configuring workload management Module 8: Amazon Redshift Spectrum Amazon Redshift Spectrum Configuring data for Amazon Redshift Spectrum Amazon Redshift Spectrum Queries Hands-on lab 7: Using Amazon Redshift Spectrum Module 9: Maintaining clusters Audit logging Performance monitoring Events and notifications Lab 8: Auditing and monitoring clusters Resizing clusters Backing up and restoring clusters Resource tagging and limits and constraints Hands-on lab 9: Backing up, restoring and resizing clusters Module 10: Analyzing and visualizing data Power of visualizations Building dashboards Amazon QuickSight editions and feature
Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for data warehouse engineers, data platform engineers, and architects and operators who build and manage data analytics pipelines. Completed either AWS Technical Essentials or Architecting on AWS Completed Building Data Lakes on AWS Overview In this course, you will learn to: Compare the features and benefits of data warehouses, data lakes, and modern data architectures Design and implement a data warehouse analytics solution Identify and apply appropriate techniques, including compression, to optimize data storage Select and deploy appropriate options to ingest, transform, and store data Choose the appropriate instance and node types, clusters, auto scaling, and network topology for a particular business use case Understand how data storage and processing affect the analysis and visualization mechanisms needed to gain actionable business insights Secure data at rest and in transit Monitor analytics workloads to identify and remediate problems Apply cost management best practices In this course, you will build a data analytics solution using Amazon Redshift, a cloud data warehouse service. The course focuses on the data collection, ingestion, cataloging, storage, and processing components of the analytics pipeline. You will learn to integrate Amazon Redshift with a data lake to support both analytics and machine learning workloads. You will also learn to apply security, performance, and cost management best practices to the operation of Amazon Redshift. Module A: Overview of Data Analytics and the Data Pipeline Data analytics use cases Using the data pipeline for analytics Module 1: Using Amazon Redshift in the Data Analytics Pipeline Why Amazon Redshift for data warehousing? Overview of Amazon Redshift Module 2: Introduction to Amazon Redshift Amazon Redshift architecture Interactive Demo 1: Touring the Amazon Redshift console Amazon Redshift features Practice Lab 1: Load and query data in an Amazon Redshift cluster Module 3: Ingestion and Storage Ingestion Interactive Demo 2: Connecting your Amazon Redshift cluster using a Jupyter notebook with Data API Data distribution and storage Interactive Demo 3: Analyzing semi-structured data using the SUPER data type Querying data in Amazon Redshift Practice Lab 2: Data analytics using Amazon Redshift Spectrum Module 4: Processing and Optimizing Data Data transformation Advanced querying Practice Lab 3: Data transformation and querying in Amazon Redshift Resource management Interactive Demo 4: Applying mixed workload management on Amazon Redshift Automation and optimization Interactive demo 5: Amazon Redshift cluster resizing from the dc2.large to ra3.xlplus cluster Module 5: Security and Monitoring of Amazon Redshift Clusters Securing the Amazon Redshift cluster Monitoring and troubleshooting Amazon Redshift clusters Module 6: Designing Data Warehouse Analytics Solutions Data warehouse use case review Activity: Designing a data warehouse analytics workflow Module B: Developing Modern Data Architectures on AWS Modern data architectures
Course Overview Naresh IT's DevOps Online Training is a comprehensive program that explores the multifaceted realm of DevOps. Covering essential components, from foundational concepts to advanced tools and methodologies, this course delves into industry-best practices. DevOps is an innovative approach that combines software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) to promote collaboration, enhance efficiency, and boost productivity throughout the software development lifecycle. Participants can learn through live classes, either with or without videos, tailored to their preferences. Description This course provides in-depth training on DevOps principles, practices, and tools used in modern software environments. Topics include version control, continuous integration, continuous delivery, automation, infrastructure as code, and monitoring. Hands-on experience with tools like Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, and Terraform ensures a practical understanding of DevOps concepts. Course Objectives Understand the fundamental concepts and principles of DevOps. Learn about various DevOps tools and their usage in development and deployment. Gain proficiency in implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines. Master automation techniques for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment. Acquire skills in containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes. Develop the ability to monitor, measure, and improve DevOps processes and systems. Prepare for industry-recognized DevOps certifications to enhance career prospects. Prerequisites Basic understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git). Knowledge of CI/CD concepts. Understanding of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker). Awareness of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure). Experience with the command line interface (CLI). Who can learn this course This course is suitable for: Software developers System administrators Operations engineers Quality assurance professionals IT managers Anyone interested in adopting DevOps practices for improved software delivery and IT operations efficiency. No prior experience with DevOps is required, although a basic understanding of software development and IT concepts is beneficial.
Duration 1.75 Days 10.5 CPD hours This course is intended for The course is aimed at experienced project managers, business management and specialists in both private and public companies. A good understanding of the basic mechanisms in organisations and markets is required. Overview Knowledge of the 4 dimensions needed for efficient business transformation and digital transformation: Platform, Planning, People and Processes Be able to look at your own organisation in an outside-in perspective Insight into the journey from a precise project scope to the project's components of work packages and to the following organisational implementation Ability to define precise digital service processes Understanding of business and organisational dynamics Tools to break down a defined business algorithm to specific specifications for an IT project Transformation Framework integrates well known management theory with common project management methods. Provides access to a unique and coherent toolbox and IT workbench, which includes the ability to transform digital strategies. The Structure Of 4Dimensions Framework The Digital Ecosystem Organisational setup Structure of the Business Platform Understanding of the course goal The 4D Framework Platform Dimension Plan Dimension People Dimension Working with the framework Views Approaches Wrap up of the day How To Work With 4Dimensions Framework Wrap up of day 1 Toolbox Change sheets Agile Transformation Plan Case work How to use the transformation tool 4dimensions.info How to succeed with the transformation Transformation roles How to get started
Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is for IT network or security professionals who have practical experience with the ProxySG in the field and wish to master the advanced network security of the ProxySG. Overview Solve common authentication and SSL issuesUnderstand the underlying architecture of SGOSMonitor and analyze ProxySG performanceUse policy tracing as a troubleshooting tool The ProxySG 6.6 Advanced Administration course is intended for IT professionals who wish to learn to master the advanced features of the ProxySG. Using Authentication Realms Describe the benefits of enabling authentication on the ProxySG Describe, at a high level, the ProxySG authentication architecture Understand the use of IWA realms, with both IWA Direct and IWA BCAAA connection methods Understanding Authentication Credentials Describe how NTLM and Kerberos authentication work in both IWA direct and IWA BCAAA deployments Configure the ProxySG to use Kerberos authentication Understanding Authentication Modes Describe authentication surrogates and authentication modes Describe ProxySG authentication in both explicit and transparent deployment mode Understanding HTTPS Describe key components of SSL encryption Describe how the SSL handshake works Describe some of the legal and security considerations related to use of the SSL proxy Managing SSL Traffic on the ProxySG Describe how the SSL proxy service handles SSL traffic Describe the standard keyrings that are installed by default on the ProxySG Identify the types of security certificates that the ProxySG uses Optimizing SSL Interception Performance Configure the ProxySG to process SSL traffic according to best practices for performance SGOS Architecture Identify key components of SGOS Explain the interaction among client workers and software workers in processing client requests Explain the significance of policy checkpoints Describe key characteristics of the SGOS storage subsystem Explain the caching behavior of the ProxySG Caching Architecture Describe the benefits of object caching on the ProxySG Explain the caching-related steps in a ProxySG transaction Identify and describe the HTTP request and response headers related to caching Describe, in general terms, how the ProxySG validates cached objects to ensure freshness Explain how the ProxySG uses cost-based deletion, popularity contests, and pipelining to improve object caching System Diagnostics Describe the use of the health monitor and health checks Explain the use of the event and access logs Describe the information available in advanced URLs and sysinfo files Describe the function of policy tracing and packet captures Introduction to Content Policy Language (CPL) Describe the fundamental concepts and purposes of ProxySG policy transactions Understand the relationship of layers, rules, conditions, properties, and triggers Describe the two types of actions in CPL Describe how to write, edit, and upload CPL code Using Policy Tracing for Troubleshooting Identify the two main types of ProxySG policy traces Describe the various sections of a policy trace result Configure a global and policy-driven trace Access and interpret policy trace results ProxySG Integration Identify other Symantec products that can be used as part of a complete security solution
The aim of this course is to expose the commercial context within which technical work is carried out. It is to allow technical staff to understand how they fit into a larger picture, why they may be asked to undertake tasks that may not appear to be technical and the impact their interactions have within the commercial context. The scope of the programme includes: The course emphasises the collaborative nature of delivery and the need to offer value to customers. The principal training objectives for this programme are to help participants: Understand why technical roles are broader than we might assume Appreciate the importance of, and the need to support, sales Value the idea of 'Good Enough' Recognise what can affect profitability Realise the future needs protecting 1 Introduction (Course sponsor) Why this programme has been developed Review of participants' needs and objectives 2 That's not my job! How we see our own role in work How other people see our role Stakeholders: who are they and why do they matter? The organisational backdrop What is my role really? 3 Sales and marketing Where does the money come from? Where do we find customers? The sales process One-off sales versus repeat business Customer/supplier relationships What something costs versus what the customer will pay The value chain 4 Estimating Purpose of estimates The problem with precision Five estimating techniques 5 Change control Can you just do this for me? When being helpful leads to bankruptcy How to deal with change requests 6 Risk management Risk in projects Risk in operations Categories of risk 7 The value of intellectual property Issues with sharing information Commercial in confidence Non-disclosure agreements 8 Course review and action planning (Course sponsor present) Identify actions to be implemented individually What actions should be implemented to improve working with non-technical people? Conclusion
This very practical session is designed to enable participants to improve the impact, clarity and accuracy of their reports. It focuses equally on the two key areas - structure and writing technique. This course will help participants: Scope reports based on objective and intended readership Write a structured report Use the Fog Index to ensure readability Write grammatically correct and well-punctuated text Review and edit their work. 1 Introduction Objectives and overview Introductions and personal aims 2 What makes a good report? Practical activity and feedback 3 Before you start The planning process and scoping a report Organising information Key report headings What goes where? Writing practice and review 4 Writing tips and techniques Clear English and use of language Grammar and sentence structure Refresher in punctuation Writing in the third person The Fog Index - and how to measure readability 5 Pulling it all together Reviewing and proofing 6 Review Summary of key learning points Action planning