302 Systems courses in Leicester

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Kubernetes for engineers training course description This course covers how Kubernetes addresses the challenges of distributed systems. Hands on sessions follow all the major theory chapters. What will you learn Explain what Kubernetes is and how it works. Create and run containers on Kubernetes using the Docker image format and container runtime. Kubernetes for engineers training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with Docker or Kubernetes. Prerequisites: Definitive Docker for engineers. Duration 2 days Kubernetes for engineers training course contents Introduction Velocity, Scaling your service and your teams, Abstracting your infrastructure. Creating and running containers Container images, Building application images with Docker, Storing images in a remote registry, The Docker container runtime. Deploying a Kubernetes cluster Installing Kubernetes on a public cloud provider, Installing Kubernetes locally using minikube, Running Kubernetes on Raspberry Pi, The Kubernetes client, Cluster components. Common kubectl Commands Namespaces, Contexts, Viewing Kubernetes API objects, Creating, Updating, and Destroying Kubernetes objects, Labelling and annotating objects, Debugging commands. Pods Pods in Kubernetes, Thinking with pods, The pod manifest, Running pods, Accessing your pod, Health checks, Resource management, Persisting data with volumes, Putting It all together. Labels and Annotations Labels, Annotations. Service Discovery What Is Service discovery? The service object, Looking beyond the cluster, Cloud integration, Advanced details. ReplicaSets Reconciliation loops, Relating pods and ReplicaSets, Designing with ReplicaSets, ReplicaSet Spec, Creating a ReplicaSet, Inspecting a ReplicaSet, Scaling ReplicaSets, Deleting ReplicaSets. DaemonSets DaemonSet scheduler, Creating DaemonSets, Limiting DaemonSets to specific nodes, Updating a DaemonSet, Deleting a DaemonSet. Jobs The job object, Job patterns. ConfigMaps and secrets ConfigMaps, Secrets, Naming constraints, Managing ConfigMaps and secrets. Deployments Your first deployment, Creating deployments, Managing deployments, Updating deployments, Deployment strategies, Deleting a deployment. Integrating storage solutions and Kubernetes Importing external services, Running reliable singletons, Kubernetes-native storage with StatefulSets. Deploying real-world applications Parse, Ghost, Redis.

UNIX fundamentals training course description An introduction to using the UNIX operating system focussing on the command line. Appropriate for all versions of UNIX. The starting point for all UNIX work, we concentrate on the technical aspects rather than issues such as using browsers. The course is heavily practical in nature. What will you learn Describe UNIX. Log in and use UNIX commands to perform a variety of tasks from manipulating and printing files to looking at and killing processes. Create and edit files with vi. Recognise the role of the administrator. Write simple shell scripts. Customise the user environment. UNIX fundamentals training course details Who will benefit: Anybody who needs to use a UNIX system. Prerequisites: None. Duration 3 days UNIX fundamentals training course contents What is UNIX? Operating systems, UNIX flavours, UNIX features. Getting started Logging in, changing passwords, logging out. UNIX basics Command structure. The UNIX manuals, basic commands (who, date, tty, uname, echo, banner...) Filesystem commands Home directories, manipulating files and directories, Filesystem layout, Pathnames, hard and symbolic links. The UNIX Editors ed, vi, shell escapes, .exrc Extracting data from files grep, find, cut, sort and paste Permissions Theory, chmod, chown, newgrp.. Processes ps, kill, background processes, at, exec, priorities. The Shell Metacharacters, piping and redirection. Basic shell scripting What are shell scripts? Simple scripts, control structures. Variables. Arguments. Customising your environment Environmental variables, stty, .profile and other startup files More shell features Bash and other shells, the history facility, command line editing, aliases, job control, miscellaneous features. Introduction to administration The root user, su and tar Archiving files Backups, tar, cpio, dd, gzip. Unix and hardware Main hardware components, Unix device drivers. Connecting to a network IP configuration, ifconfig, ping, netstat, traceroute, dig.

Internet of Things training course description A concise overview course covering The Internet of Things and the technologies involved. Particular emphasis is placed on the high level architecture of IoT and the benefits achievable. What will you learn Describe the structure of the IoT List the technologies involved in IoT. Explain how IoT works. Internet of Things training course details Who will benefit: Non-technical staff working with IoT. Prerequisites: None. Duration 1 day Internet of Things training course contents What is IoT The Internet, what is IoT? IoT and M2M, IoT technologies, IoT architecture. Wired and wireless communication. IoT applications; Smart houses, smart cities, smart cars, wearable, environment, other domain specific IoTs. IoT architecture Physical objects, virtual objects, cloud computing, data capture, communications. Big data. Components Hardware, sensors, actuators, chips, firmware, embedded systems. Open source platforms. Power options: Battery, solar, PoE. IoT communication RF, ZigBee, Bluetooth, Bluetooth LE, RFID, WiFi, 802.11ah, mobile technologies. Wired. Arduino (as an example) Microcontrollers, the platform, development, Arduino software, reading from sensors, I2C, SPI. Arduino and the Internet, HTTP, WiFi, GSM. The cloud and IoT: Pachube, nimbits, ThingSpeak Security in IoT Authentication, Encryption, secure booting, firewalls.

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SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master: In-House Training Prepare to step into a SAFe® leadership role and learn how to facilitate Agile team, program, and enterprise success by becoming a SAFe® 5 Advanced Scrum Master (SASM). This course prepares current Scrum Masters for their leadership role in facilitating Agile team, program, and enterprise success in a SAFe® implementation. Explore facilitation of cross-team interactions in support of program execution and relentless improvement. Expand the Scrum paradigm with an introduction to scalable engineering and DevOps practices, the application of Kanban to facilitate the flow of value, and supporting interactions with architects, product management, and other critical stakeholders. Learn actionable tools for building high-performing teams and explore practical ways of addressing Agile and Scrum anti-patterns in the enterprise. What you will Learn To perform the role of a SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master, you should be able to: Apply SAFe® principles to facilitation, enablement, and coaching in a multi-team environment Build a high-performing team and foster relentless improvement at scale Address Agile and Scrum anti-patterns Support the adoption of engineering practices, DevOps, and Agile architecture Learn to apply Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP) frameworks to optimize flow and improve the team's work Facilitate program planning, execution, and delivery of end-to-end systems value Support learning through participation in communities of practice and innovation cycles Exploring the Scrum Master role in the SAFe® enterprise Applying SAFe® Principles: A Scrum Master's perspective Exploring Agile and Scrum anti-patterns Facilitating program execution Improving flow with Kanban and XP Building high-performing teams Improving program performance with Inspect and Adapt

Project Contract Management Skills: In-House Training Contracts are a critical part of most large or strategic projects/programs. As such, it is imperative that Project and Program Managers be well versed on basic implications of a contract as well as best practices in contract management. While not as critical a need, anyone involved in projects that involve external relationships should have a healthy appreciation for the power of good contract management. The overall goal of the course is to provide knowledge to manage complex contracts in a global environment. What You Will Learn After this program, you will be able to: Explain overall project procurement process from a buyer and seller perspective Recognize the importance of key contractual terms and how they affect projects Evaluate and contribute to the pre-contract documents and processes Identify and mitigate common pitfalls throughout the procurement process Utilize techniques to administer contracts Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Foundation Concepts The Importance of Contract Management Terms and Definitions Contract Management Process Legal Systems Codes of Conduct Planning Business Analysis Procurement Management Plan Procurement Statement of Work (SOW) Common Pitfalls Solicit Contract Market Analysis Bid documents Sellers' Proposals Pitfalls Execute Contract Evaluate and Award Contract Negotiate Contract Execute Contract Common Pitfalls Deliver the Contract Preparing to Deliver Project Plan Risk Management Common Pitfalls Administer Contract Enabling Contract Management Contract Performance Monitoring and Control Change Management Financial Management / Payment Dispute Management & Resolution Contract Completion and Closure

VoIP training course description Convergence of voice and data is now a common place mainstream technology. Our Voice Over IP course investigates the characteristics of voice transmission and then studies the impact on IP networks. Practical sessions with soft phones, hard phones and gateways allow the students to see all aspects of VoIP. Network analysers are used to study packets on the wire. What will you learn Describe the issues of voice and data convergence. Describe techniques, which can be used in IP to provide low uniform delay. Evaluate VoIP technologies. Design data networks, which will support voice. VoIP training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working in the field of networking or telecommunications. Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineers Intro to data communications & networking Duration 3 days VoIP training course contents What is VoIP Voice over IP, brief review of IP, brief review of telephones and voice. Configuring IP softphones What are softphones? Downloading, installing. Hands on Building the base IP network, a simple VoIP call with softphones, Internet telephony. Addressing E164, FQDN, IP addresses, URIs, DNS, SIP addressing, H.323 addressing. VoIP issues Bandwidth, Delay, Jitter, digitising voice, digitisation steps, coding, quality issues, MOS, voice compression, silence suppression, packetising voice, prioritising voice, jitter buffers. Hands on Simple packet analysis. Architectures Desktop, backbone, gateway, hard phones, PoE, integrating phones and PCs, carriers, Softswitches. Hands on Integrating Softphones, hard phones and analog phones. IP performance and QoS ITU delay recommendations, IP DSCP field, DiffServ, IP precedence, queuing strategies; FIFO, WFQ, custom, priority, RED, LLQ. VoIP protocol stack RTP, RTCP, mixers and translators, RSVP. Bandwidth, Erlang models, link layer overhead. Hands on Calculating VoIP bandwidth, analysing RTP packets. ITU Recommendation H.323 Architecture, protocols, terminals, Call setup, Gatekeepers, gateway discovery, H.323 registration with a gatekeeper. Hands on PC to PC using H.323. IETF - Session Initiation Protocol What is SIP? SIP protocol stack, SDP, Sip architecture, SIP messages, Initial SIP phone startup, SIP servers, proxy server, redirect server. Hands on PC to PC using SIP. Carrier networks Signalling systems, SS7, media gateways, Media gateway controllers, signalling gateways, MGCP, Megaco, SIGTRAN. Hands on PSTN interworking. Video over IP Video components, digital video, pictures and audio, video codecs, issues and solutions, video conferencing, multipoint video conferencing, video protocol stack. Appendix 1: Multicasting. Appendix 2: Voice/data integration without IP.

Linux fundamentals training course description An introduction to using the Linux operating system with a focus on the command line. Appropriate for all versions of Linux. The starting point for all Linux work, we concentrate on the technical aspects rather than issues such as using browsers. The course is heavily practical in nature. The course can be run on any Linux distribution you wish. What will you learn Describe Linux. Log in and use Linux commands to perform a variety of tasks from manipulating and printing files to looking at and killing processes. Create and edit files with vi. Recognise the role of the administrator. Write simple shell scripts. Customise the user environment. Linux fundamentals training course details Who will benefit: Anybody who needs to use a Linux system. Prerequisites: None. Duration 3 days Linux fundamentals training course contents What is Linux? Operating systems, Linux flavours, Linux distributions, open source software. Getting started Logging in, changing passwords, logging out. Linux basics Command structure. The Linux manuals, basic commands (who, date, tty, uname, echo, banner...) Filesystem commands Home directories, manipulating files and directories, Filesystem layout, Pathnames, hard and symbolic links. Viewing files. The Linux editors ed, vi, shell escapes, .exrc Extracting data from files grep, find, cut, sort and paste... Permissions Theory, chmod, chown, newgrp.. Processes ps, kill, background processes, at, exec, priorities. Managing Linux log files. The Shell Metacharacters, piping and redirection. Basic shell scripting What are shell scripts? Simple scripts, control structures. Variables. Arguments. Customising your environment Environmental variables, stty, .profile and other startup files More shell features Bash and other shells, the history facility, command line editing, aliases, job control, miscellaneous features. Introduction to administration The root user, su. Managing users and groups Archiving files Backups, tar, cpio, dd, gzip. Linux and hardware Main hardware components, Linux device drivers. Connecting to a network IP configuration, ifconfig, ping, netstat, traceroute, dig.

CWISA training course description This CWISA course covers wireless technologies with reference to IoT. It examines from an IoT perspective how wireless works, and is an excellent introduction to IoT for the wireless engineer. Topics range from wireless technologies, RF, to mobile networks, IoT, and security. What will you learn Describe wireless networking and IoT technologies. Explain basic RF communications. Plan wireless solutions. Describe how to implement wireless solutions. Use best practices in implementing wireless solutions. CWISA training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working with IoT technologies. Prerequisites: RF fundamentals. Duration 4 days CWISA training course contents Introduction to wireless technologies History of wireless, radio waves and frequencies, wireless technologies and related components, common components of wireless solutions, LAN networking requirements, Network security, Implementing wireless solutions, staging, documentation, security updates, Industry organizations, IEEE, compatibility and certification groups. Wireless network use cases Wireless BANs, Wireless PANs, Wireless LANs, Wireless MANs, Wireless WANs, Wireless sensor networks, New network driver-Internet of Things, IoT for industry (IIoT), IoT for connected vehicles, Residential environments, Retail, Education (K12), Higher education, Agriculture, Smart cities / Public access, Health care, Office buildings, Hospitality, Industry, Stadiums, arenas, and large public venues. Planning wireless solutions Identifying use cases and applications, common wireless requirements and constraints, performing a wireless system design, selecting and evaluating design parameters. RF communications RF wave characteristics, RF propagation behaviours, RF signal metrics, fundamentals of wireless modulation. other wireless carriers, common frequency bands. Radio frequency hardware Hardware levels, basic RF hardware components (circuit board level), RF link types (use category). RF device types. Mobile communications networks Mobile networks, LTE, 5G, Use cases. Short-range, low-rate, and low-power networks RF and speed, RF and range, RF and power, 802.11, 802.15.4, Bluetooth, LoRa (Long range) / LoRaWAN, ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, NB-IoT and LTE-M. Wireless sensor networks What is a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)? WSN applications, Sensors and actuators, WSN architectures, Planning a WSN. Internet of Things (IoT) Internet of Things (IoT) defined, IoT history and its definition revisited, one more comment on the definition of IoT, IoT verticals, Oil & Gas, IoT structure/ architecture basics, IoT connected objects. Securing wireless networks Confidentiality, integrity and availability, Privacy, non-repudiation, authenticity & safety, Importance of authentication in wireless networks, Key cryptographic technologies & concepts, Authentication methods, Authorisation, OAuth 2.0 authorisation framework, monitoring. Troubleshooting wireless solutions Proper solutions design, designing and implementing wireless solutions, basic installation procedures, general configuration considerations, troubleshooting and remediation, troubleshoot common problems in wireless solutions. Programming, scripting and automation What is an API? categories of APIs, common API communication methods, choosing a language, why are we integrating systems? Application & integration architectures. Data structures & types, XML, YAML, API types.