IT knowledge compact: Understanding technical terms and grasping connections

Day 1

• IT basics
  • Digital vs. analogue
  • Bits and bytes
• Structure of a computer
  • Hardware basics
  • How it works
• Structure of an IT infrastructure
  • Server: Structure and differences to a "normal computer"
  • Clients: Differences with regard to licensing and SAM (rich, thin or zero clients, mobile and other electronic devices)
  • Networks: basics of data and voice communication (including components, LAN topologies, VPN, VoIP)
  • Storage technology: RAID, DAS, NAS, SAN (iSCSI and Fibre Channel), multi-tier storage (online, near-online, near-line, offline storage), backup technologies
  • Software types and their special features: Modular structure and components to be licensed separately
• The Internet:
  • How does the network of networks work and what happens when "surfing"?

Day 2

• Interactive recap from day 1
  • Technological basics
  • Conventional IT infrastructures
• Modern IT system landscapes
  • virtualisation
  • Technologies, terms and functionality: Virtual machines, hypervisors, clusters, VDI, terminal servers, containers
  • Major providers and standard products: VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, KVM
  • Answers to the questions of "what?" and "how?" as well as the intended use. Advantages, opportunities and risks vividly illustrated.
• Cloud
  • Technologies, terms and how they work: SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
  • Major providers and standard products: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud
  • Answers to the questions of "What?" and "How?" as well as the intended use. Learn to understand the benefits, opportunities and risks.
• Security and data protection
  • Data security
  • Authentication procedures
  • Security in mobile networks and infrastructures through VPN and co
• Trends and current developments in IT
  • Internet of Things (IoT)/ Industry 4.0
  • Big data
  • Artificial intelligence (AI/AI)
  • blockchain
• Summary and outlook
  • Hype cycle

This course is aimed at career changers as well as specialists from the areas of purchasing and IT.

As basic training, the course is an ideal preparation for other training courses, such as the manufacturer training courses (Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, VMware) or the cross-manufacturer courses Licence Manager I and II (DTL07 and DTL08).

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If your training course takes place in the virtual classroom, you will receive digital training documents via the Mimeo platform (included in the course price), which can be used online and offline in the Mimeo environment (search/notes, etc.). If you would like printed training documents in addition to the digital documents, you can order these for € 74 net via the registration form.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to send printed training materials to Switzerland and other non-EU countries for customs reasons.

All classroom training courses are generally equipped with printed training materials (paper - included in the course price). If you would also like a digital training document via Mimeo, you can order this for € 24 net via the registration form.

For face-to-face courses, refreshments during breaks (drinks, pastries and lunch) are included in the course price.