1499 Courses in Bradford

Linux engineer certification training course description LPIC-2 is the second certification in LPI's multi level professional certification program. This course teaches the skills necessary to pass the LPI 201 exam; the first of two LPIC-2 exams. Specifically, the course covers the administration of Linux systems in small to medium sized mixed networks. What will you learn Perform advanced administration tasks. Perform advanced file system administration. Linux engineer certification training course details Who will benefit: Linux administrators. Prerequisites: Linux system administration (LPIC-1) Duration 5 days Linux engineer certification fundamentals training course contents Part I The LPI 201 Exam Starting a System The Linux Boot Process, Firmware Startup, BIOS Startup, UEFI Startup, Linux Bootloaders, GRUB Legacy, GRUB 2, Alternative Bootloaders, Secure Bootloaders, Process Initialization, SysV Method, systemd Method, Upstart Method, System Recovery, Kernel Failures, Root Drive Failure. Maintaining the System Fluid Messaging, Static Messaging, System backups, Backup Strategies, Performing Backups, Installing Programs from Source, Obtaining and unpacking Installation Files, Compiling Programs, Resource Usage: Managing, measuring, predicting and troubleshooting. Mastering the Kernel What Is the Kernel? Kernel Features, Parts of the Kernel, Kernel Versions, Obtaining Source Code, Creating the Configuration File, Compiling and Installing the Kernel, Compiling and Installing Modules, Creating an Initial RAM Disk, Booting the New Kernel, Creating a Kernel Package, Maintaining the Kernel, Working with Module Files, Module Commands, Working with Hardware, Automatically Detecting Hardware, Troubleshooting the Kernel. Managing the Filesystem The Linux Filesystem, Filesystem Structures, Filesystem Types, Making Filesystems, Attaching Filesystems, Memory-Based Linux Filesystems, the Btrfs Filesystem, Btrfs Subvolumes, Btrfs Snapshots, Optical Filesystems, Swap Filesystems, Network-Based Filesystems, Auto-Mounting, Encrypted Filesystems, Maintaining Linux Filesystems, Adjusting a Filesystem, Checking and Repairing a Filesystem, SMART. Administering Advanced Storage Devices Configuring RAID, Implementing RAID on Linux, Managing a RAID Array, Adjusting Storage Devices, Looking at Drive Interface Concepts, Testing and Tuning Drives, Implementing iSCSI, Managing Logical Volumes, LVM, Creating Logical Volumes, Supporting Logical Volumes, Understanding the Device Mapper. Navigating Network Services Networking Basics, The Physical Layer, The Network Layer, The Transport Layer, The Application Layer, Configuring Network Features, Network Configuration Files, Graphical Tools, Command-Line Tools, Basic Network Troubleshooting, Checking the Log Files, the ARP Cache, Sending Test Packets, Testing Network Routes, Testing Client/Server Connectivity, Finding Host Information, Network Security, Advanced Network Troubleshooting, Viewing Open Network Connections, Viewing Network Statistics, Scanning the Network, Capturing Network Traffic.

Database design training course description Although this course mentions Microsoft Access the same course can be run with a variety of different databases. The duration of the course is dependent on the experience of the delegates. What will you learn Name and give 3 types of database structure. Explain the difference between standard SQL and different flavours. Use SQL statements to query databases. Use SQL statements to query and define databases. Describe the principles of relational database design and 3 types of relational joins. Normalise a given flat file table into relational tables. Database design training course details Who will benefit: Anyone who needs to be able to design an efficient, watertight database following the best practice of the principles of Relational Database design. Prerequisites: None. Duration 3 days Database design training course contents Database structure and terminology. Principles of Relational Database Design. Types of relationship. Normal Forms. Practical examples of relational database design. Hands-on creation of a database. On paper design a relational database applicable to the delegates work.

Video coding training course description This course investigates the characteristics of video coding with an emphasis on compression and the standards used in IP networks. What will you learn Explain how video coding works. Describe the main video coding standards. Evaluate and compare the major video coding standards. Video coding training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with MPEG. Prerequisites: None. Duration 2 days Video coding training course contents Introduction Video coding systems, encoding, transmission, decoding. Digital video formats: Old formats (CIF…), PC formats (VGA…), SD, HD, UHD. Video codecs What is a CODEC, pictures and audio, digitisation, sampling, quantisation, encoding, compressing. Codec types Lossy, lossless, uncompressed. Quality, bandwidth. Video Fps, bitstreams, pictures, frames, fields. Aspect ratios. Colour Colour perception, RGB, YUV, YCbCr sampling, 4:00, 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4. Hybrid video coding scheme Picture partitioning, intra prediction, inter prediction, motion estimation, residual coding, in loop filtering, entropy coding. Containers Relationship with codecs, audio, video. Audio Video Interleave (.avi), .asf, QuickTime, AVCHD, Flash, .mp4, 3gp. MPEG-TS. MPEG Analysing MPEG frames. Video coding standards H.264/AVC: Profiles MPEG, bit rates, resolution. I, B, P frames, GOP. MPEG 2, MPEG 4, H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1. Hands onand levels, how it works. H.265/HEVC: Profiles and levels, Quadtrees, slices, how it works. Open video coding: VP8, VP9, AV1.

MPEG training course description This course studies the MPEG standards for video and audio compression. A major focus is on MPEG-4 and MPEG-TS. Hands on includes decoding and analysing MPEG streams. What will you learn Recognise the main MPEG standards. Describe the techniques used in MPEG video and audio compression. Compare MPEG2m MPEG4 and MPEG-H. Describe the MPEG-TS. Analyse MPEG streams. MPEG training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with MPEG. Prerequisites: None. Duration 2 days MPEG training course contents Introduction What is MPEG? MPEG and VCEG, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG-3, MPEG-4, MPEG-H, others, codecs and containers, licensing and patents, parts and layers (System, Video, Audio, others). MPEG2 DVD, DVB, characteristics, MPEG2 Part2, audio MPEG2 Part 7 (AAC). MPEG tools Wireshark, vlc, analysers, decoders, ffmpeg, wowzer. MPEG2 Video compression Sampling, bit rates, resolution. Inter and Intra frame coding, I, B, P frames, GOP, slices, blocks, macroblocks. Motion estimation. Hands on Analysing MPEG frames. MPEG4 Profiles and levels, Enhancements, Parts 1,2,3, Part 10 and AVC, Part 14 and mp4. Performance versus MPEG2. MPEG audio Coding, frequencies, bit rates. MPEG-TS PES, Transport Streams, TS elements, packets, PID, Programs, PSI, PAT, PMT, synchronisation, PCR, PTS. MPEG-H Part 2 HEVC, benefits, improvements. Video codecs What is a CODEC, pictures and audio, digitisation, sampling, quantisation, encoding, compressing.

MRTG training course description A hands on course focusing on the installation, configuration and use of the MRTG network monitoring and graphing tools. What will you learn Install MRTG. Configure MRTG. Use MRTG to monitor networks. MRTG training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with MRTG. Prerequisites: Total SNMP for engineers Duration 2 days MRTG training course contents What is MRTG? Network monitoring, review of SNMP. What MRTG does do, what MRTG doesn't do, MRTG architecture, MRTG components. Hands on configuring SNMP support on network devices, configuring extended SNMP support on Windows. Installing MRTG Configuring MRTG tasks, .cfg files, index.html files, running MRTG tasks, instances. Hands on Configuring and running MRTG tasks. MRTG tasks Configuring MRTG tasks, .cfg files, index.html files, running MRTG tasks, instances. Hands on Configuring and running MRTG tasks. MRTG graphs Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, MRTG database support, RRDTOOL. Hands on MRTG graphs. Using MRTG MRTG examples, custom SNMP OIDs, using the MRTG configuration reference. Hands on MRTG examples. RRDTOOL Installing RRD database support, MRTG instances with the RRD database, RRD database structure, resizing and extending the database. Exporting database records into plain text and XML formats, on demand MRTG graphs using the database. Hands on Using MRTG with RRD database support. Alternatives to MRTG MRTG strengths and weaknesses, scalability, cricket, cacti, other SNMP tools.

Supporting Microsoft IIS training course description This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to configure and manage Internet Information Services. This course is intended to help provide pre-requisite skills supporting a broad range of Internet web applications, security, and knowledge to help support other products that use IIS such as Exchange and SharePoint. What will you learn Install IIS. Configure IIS. Secure websites. Maintain IIS. Supporting Microsoft IIS training course details Who will benefit: Technical staff working with Microsoft IIS. Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineerss Supporting Windows ( XP or 2000 or 2003) Duration 5 days Supporting Microsoft IIS course contents Overview and Installing IIS Web Server infrastructure, installing IIS. Hands on Default install of IIS, verify and test.. Configuring the default website Default website, IIS Manager, default IIS file structure, configuring DNS records for a website, creating virtual directories and Applications. Hands on Configuring the Default website for public access. Creating Virtual Directories and Applications. Application Pools Application Pool Architecture, Application Pool recycling. Hands on Creating and managing Application Pools. Creating additional websites Multiple websites on a single server, website bindings. Hands on Creating new websites. Website and Web application support Configuring Common features, adding support for web applications. Hands on Adding support for web applications. Securing Websites and applications Access control, sites, applications, authentication and permissions. URL authorization rules. Hands on Configuring Authentication and permissions. Securing Data Transmissions with SSL Certificates and SSL, creating certificates for a web server, adding a certificate to a website. Hands on Certificates and HTTPS. Using the Central Certificate Store The Central Certificate Store. Hands on Install and configure the Central Certificate Store. Configuring Remote Administration Installing and Configuring the Management Service. Connecting to remote web servers and websites. Delegating Management Access. Hands on Remote administration. Implementing FTP Implementing FTP, configuring an FTP site. Hands on Install and configure a secured FTP site. Monitoring IIS IMonitoring IIS logs with Log Parser. Hands on Analyze a set of IIS log files for possible issues using Log Parser. Analyze performance data for performance related problems using PerfMon. Backing up and Restoring IIS The IIS environment. Hands on Performing a backup and restore of a website. Building Load-Balanced Web Farms Load-balancing mechanisms, building a Load-Balanced Web Farm using ARR, sharing content to a Web Farm using a network share, Sharing content to a Web Farm using DFS-R, Sharing IIS Configurations in a Web Farm. Hands on Installing and configuring ARR, sharing content to a Web Farm using network share and DFS-R, sharing IIS Configurations in a Web Farm.

Total PHP training course description PHP provides for the creation of dynamic web sites. This hands on training course looks at programming with PHP with an emphasis of building dynamic websites. Forms, state management and database integration are all covered with practicals used throughout the course to reinforce theory sessions. What will you learn Create dynamic web sites using PHP. Write PHP programs. Debug PHP programs. Examine existing code and determine its function. Total PHP training course details Who will benefit: Anyone creating dynamic web sites. Prerequisites: Software development fundamentals Duration 3 days Total PHP training course contents What is PHP? PHP history, dynamic web pages, how PHP works, alternatives to PHP. Downloading and installing PHP. Installing MySQL, installing Apache, platform issues. A first PHP web page A basic PHP script, PHP page structure. PHP comments. Integrating PHP and HTML. PHP forms HTML forms, taking values from forms. PHP and HTML Page inputs, environment inputs. phpinfo(), other form elements, sticky fields, generalised code, tables, forms, form elements, style sheets, JavaScript. Variables operators and expressions Expressions, data types, assignments, scope, constants, HTTP environment variables, getting data from forms using variables. Operators Arithmetic, logical, relational, Boolean, others. Control statements Conditional: if, else, elseif, switch. Loops: while, do while, for, break, continue, exit. Functions Built in functions, declaration, arguments, scope, loading functions from other files, defaulting parameters, call by value/ name. Arrays Indexes, array initialisation, array manipulation, multi dimensional arrays, array functions. String handling What is a string, string functions, matching, extraction, replacement. String operations, cleansing, sprintf, formatting web pages, strops and others, splitting strings, REs. PHP and databases Database structure, Database APIs, MySQL, Creating tables, Editing tables, simple SQL queries using PHP, building HTML tables using SQL queries, SQL injection, security issues, error handling. File I/O Opening, reading, writing files. Permissions, ownership, locking, directories. PHP, cookies and sessions State, Cookie properties, setting cookies, retrieving cookies, expiring/deleting cookies. Sessions, session variables, session IDs. PHP and email Emailing from servers, attachments. Objects OOP, PHP classes, constructors, instances.

Asterisk training course description This 3 day hands on Asterisk training course covers all the ground for you to get an Asterisk PBX installed and configured. After installation the course progresses from a simple first configuration onto VoIP and PSTN integration along with the provision of PBX features such as ACD and IVR. Practical sessions follow each major section to reinforce the theory. What will you learn Install and configure Asterisk. Connect Asterisk to the Internet and PSTN. Integrate VoIP and the PSTN. Configure Asterisk for PBX features such as voicemail, ACD and IVR. Asterisk training course details Who will benefit: Technical staff working with or evaluating Asterisk. Prerequisites: None although hands on experience of UNIX systems would be beneficial, as would knowledge of VoIP. Duration 3 days Asterisk training course contents What is Asterisk? PBXs, what Asterisk does, Asterisk features, Asterisk VoIP support, Asterisk and the Internet, Asterisk and the PSTN, hosted VoIP systems. Asterisk installation Linux installation, Asterisk package compilation and installation. Timing sources. Hands on Installing Asterisk Managing Asterisk Starting/stopping Asterisk, command arguments, Asterisk commands, log files, logger.conf, remote management. Hands on Controlling Asterisk. First Asterisk configuration The role of SIP, IP phones, DHCP, IP addressing, sip.conf, extensions.conf. Hands on Simple SIP configuration Asterisk architecture Server hardware, interfaces, channels, Zaptel, Digium, Asterisk filesystem, connections. The configuration files, syntax, asterisk.conf. Hands on Adding hardware for Asterisk, exploring the configuration files. DAHDI configuration Digium hardware, DAHDI architecture, DAHDI installation, DAHDI configuration, system.conf, FXS, FXO, E1, chan_dahdi.conf, dahdi_cfg, DAHDI tools. Hands on Connecting Asterisk to the PSTN. Dial plans extensions.conf detail, contexts, priorities. Hands on Configuring dial plans. SIP configuration sip.conf in detail, defining SIP channels, incoming SIP channels, outgoing SIP channels, SIP variables, Asterisk as a SIP client and SIP server. Hands on SIP configuration. IAX configuration What is IAX, IAX server, IAX client, IAX channels, iax.conf, IAX syntax in extensions.conf, IAX trunking. Hands on Linking Asterisk systems. Implementing PBX functions Voicemail, voicemail trees, voicemail passwords, Music on hold, meetme conferencing, call parking. ACD, IVR, fax. Hands on Configuring PBX features.

About this Training Course In the oil & gas industry, it is common knowledge that operators and main contractors, contract or sub-contract a wide range of their activities. The service contract is the tool used to share the risk of a service between the operator and contractor. It is also an approach adopted by the operator to control the efficiency of his contractor. This course allows all parties involved, company, contractors and subcontractors, to better understand the contractual relationship, their rights and obligations. It gives a detailed review of the contract and its main features. This course will particularly focus on the services contracts that are put in place to support a drilling campaign, covering all specificities of the various contracts. Training Objectives At the end of this course, participants will: Get a thorough understanding of the service contract clauses Be able to administer the contract and optimise the relationship with the company or contractor Target Audience This course will be useful and applicable for the following professionals: contract engineers, contracts administrators, any party involved in the relationship between the company and the contractors of a service contract Drillers and logisticians may also have interest in this course as it covers the contractual aspects of their operational activity: They are the 'Owners' of these services contracts Trainer Your expert course leader has 25 years of experience in management positions in Contracting, Procurement and Logistics, mainly in the Oil & Gas Industry. During his Oil & Gas industry experience, he has worked on major Oil and Gas development projects like the Yadana project in Myanmar, Akpo project in Nigeria and YLNG in Yemen. His international experience allows him to adapt very easily and integrate the multicultural specificities of the Oil & Gas industry in his teaching. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations

Sockets programming training course description A hands on course for programmers using Sockets. It is important to recognise that the course assumes that delegates are already familiar with TCP/IP and Python. Practical exercises follow all the major theory sessions. What will you learn Read Python programs which use Sockets. Write Python programs which use Sockets. Debug Python programs which use Sockets. Sockets programming training course details Who will benefit: Programmers working with network applications. Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineers Python for network engineers Duration 2 days Sockets programming training course contents What is a socket? Review of IP, ICMP, UDP vs TCP, IP addresses, protocol numbers, ports. API's, UNIX I/O, sockets. SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM. Hands on Compile and run code. The systems calls Clients and servers, structs, socket(), bind(), connect(), listen(), accept(), send(), recv(), sendto (), recvfrom(), close(), shutdown(), getpeername(), gethostname(). Hands on Walk through of example client and server code. First code TCP connections, passive opens, active opens. Hands on Write a simple 'hello world' server and client. Application protocols User character stream, ASCII turn taking, binary protocols. Hands on Raw SMTP, Writing a mail client. Clients Concurrency, polling, threads, event driven programming. Hands on Conferencing application. Servers Concurrency, stateful, stateless. Forks and execs. inetd. Hands on Running servers with and without inetd, chroot jails, conferencing server modifications. Advanced techniques Blocking, select(), partial send(s). Raw sockets, example sockets using Java, Perl and PHP. Hands on A broadcast application.