163 Architecture courses in Belfast

WINDOWS CERTIFICATES TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands-on training course concentrating solely on PKI using Windows certificates. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Explain how PKI works. * Install windows certificates. * Configure windows certificates. * Troubleshoot windows certificates. WINDOWS CERTIFICATES TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical security staff. * Prerequisites: Windows server. * Duration 3 days WINDOWS CERTIFICATES TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * PKI Symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption, authentication, digital signing, hashing, certificates, Certification Authorities, Root CA, Intermediate CA, policy CA, Issuing CA, Certificate Revocation Lists. Hands on Inspecting a certificate. * Policies and PKI Security policy, certification policy. * CA hierarchy Impact of CAs on Active Directory, CA architecture, number of tiers, issuing CA organisation, CA configuration files. CA security. Hands on CA installation PKI health tool, monitoring. * Certificate revocation When to revoke, OCSP. Hands on Revoking certificates. * Certificate validation Discovery, validation, checks, revocation checking, certificate chains, certification publication. Hands on Event viewer. * Certificate templates Version 1, version 1, default, modifying templates. Hands on Template management. * Roles Criteria roles, CA administrator, Certificate manager, Backup operator, Auditor. Other PKI management roles. * Disaster recovery Backups, recovery. Hands on certutil. * Issuing certificates The certificate enrolment process, enrolment methods, manual enrolment, automatic enrolment. * Trust between organisations Creating Trust, CTLs, common root CA, cross certification, bridge CA. * Web servers and certificates SSL encryption, certificate authentication. Hands on Web servers. * VPN Hands on Certificate deployment for VPN. * WiFi Hands on 802.1X

VOIP AND IP TELEPHONY TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A concise overview course for management covering voice communications using IP networks. The course focuses on how VoIP works at a simplified level enabling delegates to recognise the key decisions to be made when implementing VoIP. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Describe the key buzzwords used in the VoIP arena. * Explain how VoIP and IPT work (at a simplified level). * Describe the issues of providing a converged architecture. * Recognise the key decisions to be made when implementing VoIP VOIP AND IP TELEPHONY TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone, although the course is particularly aimed at non-technical personnel needing some knowledge of VoIP. * Prerequisites: Network fundamentals * Duration 1 day VOIP AND IP TELEPHONY TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Introduction What is VoIP, brief review of IP, brief review of telephones, voice and signalling. * VoIP issues Bandwidth, Delay, Jitter. Voice coding and compression, packetising voice, comparison of techniques, MOS.IP performance and QoS. The need for QoS, prioritising voice. * Architectures Hard phones, soft phones, video phones, desktop, backbone, gateway, integrating analog phones and PCs, carriers, Softswitches. * VoIP protocol stack RTP, RTCP. H.323 vs SIP, other signalling protocols. * H.323 Architecture, Call setup, Gatekeepers. * SIP Comparison with H.323, SIP proxy, proxy servers, redirect servers, location servers. * MGCP and MegaCo Carrier networks, PSTN breakout, SS7 gateways, MGCP, Megaco. * IP PBXs Integrating IP into 'normal' PBXs, IP PBXs, Asterisk. UM, other telephony applications.

STP ALTERNATIVES TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) dates from 1985. This course explores the technologies that can be used as an alternative to STP, including FabricPath, SPB and TRILL. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Explain how STP and RSTP work. * Explain how TRILL works. * Explain how SPB works. * Explain how FabricPath works. STP ALTERNATIVES TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical network staff. * Prerequisites: Definitive Ethernet switching for engineers * Duration 1 day STP ALTERNATIVES TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Introduction Layer 2 versus Layer 3, STP problems: One path, convergence, MAC explosion, STP alternatives. * STP 802.1D, how STP works, root bridge, convergence times, single path. * RSTP 802.1w, Improvements, convergence times. * Link aggregation 802.3ad, Multi system Link aggregation. * IS-IS Concepts, Discovery, topology exchange, flooding. Changes for TRILL, FabricPath and SPB. * FabricPath Overview, architecture, control plane protocols, DRAP, STP interactions, packet forwarding, configuration. * TRILL Concepts, RBridge, TRILL frames, control plane, data plane, learning MAC addresses. * SPB 802.1aq, Node ID, Backbone Edge Bridges, Backbone MAC address, customer MACs, I-SID, forwarding database.

JAVA TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A comprehensive introduction of the Java language and environment. It is important to note that the course will assume that the delegates are already familiar with the C language as this enables more advanced features of the Java language to be covered in the course. The course will also give an overview of areas related to programming in Java. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Describe the Java architecture. * Write Java applets and applications. * Debug Java programs. * Examine existing code and determine its function. * Use multimedia extensions, the awt, multithreading, exceptions within Java JAVA TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Those wishing to program in Java. * Prerequisites: Complete C programming * Duration 5 days JAVA TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Review of UNIX fundamentals * What is Java? What Java is, history of Java, reasons for success. The Java Virtual Machine, Bytecodes, getting up and running with Java, Java resources. Simple Java applications. * C features in Java Java data structures, Java flow control, differences from C, arrays, strings and packages. * OO features in Java Java classes and objects, inheritance, overloading, packages. Differences from C++. * Java applets Applications vs. applets, HTML, the applet tag, applet methods, life cycle, testing and debugging. * Multimedia applets Images, sounds, fonts, colours and animation. * Java products The JDK in detail, other development environments. Javabeans and JDBC overviews. * Abstract Window Toolkit JFC and Swing versus AWT. Event handling (JDK 1.1), GUIs, panels, buttons, lists, scrollbars, text areas, frames… * Exception handling and multithreading Handling exceptions. Starting, pausing, stopping threads, producers, consumers, monitoring. * More standard classes Java file I/O, Streams, The system class. The networking model, java.net classes. * Security and Java Types of attack, the security manager, craplets, securing the network. * Integrating legacy code with Java

DEFINITIVE 802.1X TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands-on training course concentrating solely on 802.1X. Hands on sessions follow major chapters to reinforce the theory. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Describe 802.1X. * Explain how 802.1X works * Configure 802.1X * Troubleshoot 802.1X. DEFINITIVE 802.1X TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical network staff. Technical security staff. * Prerequisites: SIP for engineers * Duration 2 days DEFINITIVE 802.1X TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Introduction What is 802.1X? Authentication access, 802.3, 802.11. IEEE, 802, 802.1X-2001, 802.1X-2010. * Architecture Supplicant, Authenticator, Authentication server, EAP, EAPOL, RADIUS, Diameter. * Port configuration 802.1X in a switch environment. Hands on Configuring 802.1X. * How it works Controlled ports, uncontrolled ports. Authentication flow chart, Initialisation, initiation, negotiation, authentication. Hands on 802.1X packet analysis. * 802.1X and 802.11 WiFi, WiFi security. Hands on 802.1X WiFi port access. * EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol, RFC 3748, RFC 5247. EAP methods: Weak, MD5, LEAP, Strong: TTLS, TLS, FAST. Encapsulation: 802.1X, PEAP, RADIUS, Diameter, PPP. * 802.1X accounting RADIUS, accounting messages, 802.1X accounting AV pairs. * 8021.X and VLANS VLANs, Guest VLAN, restricted VLAN, voice VLAN. Hands on VLAN assignments with 802.1X.

WANS TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A concise overview course covering Wide Area Networks with particular emphasis on the WAN options available including the use of the Internet. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Choose and evaluate WAN technologies. * Recognise the role of service providers. * Describe the benefits of VPNs. * Describe how the Internet can be used as a WAN. * Describe the equipment needed to connect LANS to WANS. * List the speeds of various WAN technologies. WANS TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone, although the course is particularly aimed at non-technical personnel needing some knowledge of WANS. * Prerequisites: Network fundamentals * Duration 1 day WANS TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * WANS WAN architecture, Common WAN terms, Core vs access, service providers, relationship with 7 layer model, WAN equipment, how to choose a WAN. * Layer 1 Copper, phone lines, fibre, coaxial, satellite, wireless. Cabling to the building, CPE cabling, interfaces. * Layer 2 Dial up vs. Dedicated vs. packet switched networks and when to use them. Packet switching vs. circuit switching. Point to point and point to multipoint. * Dialup access technologies Modems, ISDN, BRI, PRI. * Access with dedicated lines XDSL, leased lines. * WAN services X.25, SMDS, Frame Relay, CIR, ATM, Internet, MANS, dark fibre and other services. * Case study: Selecting WAN technologies. * Service provider technologies MPLS, SDH, WDM, DWDM. * Routers Network addressing, default gateways, routing tables, routing protocols. * Internet architecture Service providers, ISPs, private peering, public peering, core WANs in the Internet. * VPNs Private networks, public networks, What are VPNs?, benefits of VPNs, tunnelling, encryption, IPSec. * Case study: Specifying WAN connectivity.

ETHERNET LANS TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION THIS COURSE HAS BEEN REPLACED AS PART OF OUR CONTINUOUS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. PLEASE SEE OUR * Definitive Ethernet switching course WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Describe what Ethernet is and how it works. * Install Ethernet networks * Troubleshoot Ethernet networks * Analyse Ethernet packets * Design Ethernet networks * Recognise the uses of Hubs, Bridges, switches and routers. ETHERNET LANS TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Those wishing to find out more about how their LAN works. * Prerequisites: Intro to Data comms & networking. * Duration 3 days ETHERNET LANS TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * What is Ethernet? LANS, What is Ethernet?, history, standards, the OSI reference model, how Ethernet works, CSMA/CD. Ethernet Cabling UTP, cat 3,4,5, Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 7, fibre optic cable, MMF, SMF. Hands on Making a cable. * 802.3 physical specifications Distance limitations, hubs and repeaters, 5-4-3-2-1 rule, 10BaseT, 10BaseF, 100BaseTX, 100BaseFX, 1000BaseSX, 1000BaseT, 10gbe. Hands on Working with hubs. * Ethernet layer 2 Overview, NICS, device drivers, MAC addresses, broadcasts, multicasts, frame formats, Ether II, 802.3, 802.2, SNAP, compatibility, Ethernet type numbers, Ethernet multicast addresses, Ethernet vendor codes. Hands on Installing Ethernet components, analysing MAC headers. * IP and Ethernet ARP Hands on Analysing ARP packets. * Ethernet extensions Full/half duplex, auto negotiation, flow control methods, 802.3ad, 802.3af, 802.3ah. Hands on Configuration of full/half duplex. * Ethernet speed enhancements Encoding, Carrier extension, packet bursting, jumbo frames. * Prioritisation 802.1P, 802.1Q, TOS, WRR, QOS, VLANs. Hands on 802.1p testing * Interconnecting LANS Broadcast domains, Collision domains, What are bridges, transparent bridging, What are switches? STP, VLANS, What are routers? Layer 3 switches, Connecting Ethernet to the WAN. Hands on STP, Analysing Ethernet frames in a routed architecture. * Troubleshooting and maintaining Ethernet Utilisation, performance, TDR and other testers, bottlenecks, statistics, RMON. Hands on Monitoring performance, troubleshooting tools.

ZEROCONF AND BONJOUR TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on training course focusing on Microsoft and Apple implementations of Zeroconf. The course covers all three main areas: Interface configuration, name resolution and service discovery. Hands on with Apple Bonjour and Microsoft UPnP compliment all the major theory sessions. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Explain how mDNS and LLMNR work. * Explain how DNS-SD and SSDP work. * Recognise the role of service discovery gateways. ZEROCONF AND BONJOUR TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff working with Zeroconf. Developers using Zeroconf. * Prerequisites: TCP/IP Foundation for engineers * Duration 2 day ZEROCONF AND BONJOUR TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * What is Zeroconf? Zeroconf, architecture, Microsoft UPnP, Apple, Bonjour, devices, components. Home networks, enterprise networks, BYOD. * Plug and play without Zeroconf DHCP, DNS, A, PTR, SRV records, DDNS. Hands on DHCP configuration. * Address selection IPv4 link local addresses, IPv6 link local addresses. Hands: Addresses without DHCP. * Name resolution mDNS, finding names, announcing names, .local DNS namespace, LLMNR. Hands on Names without DNS. * Role of multicasting Multicast addresses, multicasts and switches, multicasts and routers. Hands on Multicasts, TTL. * Service discovery DNS-SD, SRV and TXT lookups, SSDP, HTTP. Hands on Browsing for services * Zeroconf in a routed environment Service Discovery gateways, configuration, service filters, DNS-LLQ, NAT-PMP. * Miscellaneous Security, automatic multicast addresses, wireless auto configuration.

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.

ABOUT THIS TRAINING COURSE The smart meter or smart grid represents the next-generation electrical power system. This system uses information, data & communication technology within generation, delivery and consumption of electric energy. This 4-day course will equip you with the innovations that are shaping the power generation and distribution systems and will cover topics ranging from Smart Metering Architecture, Cybersecurity, Smart Grid Systems and Power Line Communications. Training Objectives By participating in this course, you will be able to: * Comprehend the Smart Grid and Smart Meters architecture * Review latest trends and challenges within the Smart Grid Technology * Perform analysis on smart electronic meters * Comply with regulatory and metering standards * Recognize the importance of cybersecurity in smart grids * Maximize efficiency, reliability, and longevity of your smart meters and equipment * Gain valuable insights into power quality and harmonics Target Audience This course will greatly benefit the following groups but not limited to: * Smart Grid managers and engineers * Smart Meters managers and engineers * Power plant managers * Outage managers * Maintenance and operations engineers * Power regulatory personnel * Transmission managers and engineers * Distribution managers and engineers * IT managers * Renewable energy managers and engineers Course Level * Basic or Foundation * Intermediate Training Methods The training instructor relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. This method ensures that all participants gain a complete understanding of all the topics covered. The training environment is highly stimulating, challenging, and effective because the participants will learn by case studies which will allow them to apply the material taught in their own organization. Course Duration: 4 days in total (28 hours). Training Schedule 0830 - Registration 0900 - Start of training 1030 - Morning Break 1045 - Training recommences 1230 - Lunch Break 1330 - Training recommences 1515 - Evening break 1530 - Training recommences 1700 - End of Training The maximum number of participants allowed for this training course is 25. This course is also available through our Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) format. Trainer Your expert course leader is a professional engineer with extensive experience in power system studies, substation design field-testing, and EHS programs settings for Mining and Electrical Utilities sectors. He was formally the Engineering Manager at GE Canada in Ontario. He received his M.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of New Brunswick and his MBA from Laurier School of Business in Waterloo. He has managed and executed more than 150 engineering projects on substation design EMF audits and power system studies and analyses, EMF audits and grounding audits, for major electrical utilities, mines, oil and gas, data centers, industrial and commercial facilities in Canada and the U.S. He is a certified professional engineer in the provinces of Ontario and Alberta. He has various IEEE publications, has served as a technical reviewer for many IEEE journals in power systems and control systems, and is the chair of the Industry Application Chapter (IAS) for IEEE Toronto Section. He remains a very active member for the IEEE substation committee of IEEE Std. 81 ground testing (WGE6) and IEEE Std. 80 ground design (WGD7). A certified electrical safety trainer by GE Corporate and a Canadian Standard Association (CSA) committee member at the mining advisory panel for electrical safety, he also taught many technical courses all over Canada to industrial customers, electrical consultants as well as to electrical utilities customers. Highlighted Projects: * Various Power System Studies for 345/230 kV Stations - Nova Scotia Power (EMERA) * RF audits for Telecom tower and antennas - Cogeco/Rogers Mobile * Power System analysis - Powell Canada * Structural/Geotechnical Design and upgrades - Oakville Hydro * Underground Cables testing and sizing - Plan Group * Relay programming and design optimization - Cenovus Canada * Different Arc Flash Analysis and BESS Design - SNC Lavalin * Environmental site assessment (ESA) Phase I/II for multiple stations - Ontario * Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) assessment for Toronto LRT expansion - MOSAIC * Battery energy storage system (BESS) installation at City of London - Siemens Canada * EMF audits for 500 kV Transmission Lines - Hydro One * EMF audits for 500 kV Transmission Lines - Hydro Quebec * AC interference for 138 kV line modeling and mitigations - HBMS Mine 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