Smart - I Training

Trainer : Vani S/Shanmughapriya B/Santhosh K
Date : 18-Jun-2009 to 10-July-2009
Venue : Conference Room
Duration : 30 hours

The Smart i Appliance is a low-cost, data analytics solution for small and mid-size businesses seeking the benefits of Business Intelligence without the cost and complexity of current solutons. Smart i is based on easy-to-use, proven technologies of the IBM System i and Power Server,the first Open Source ETL sofware from Talend, and IBM's powerful Web Query analytcs engine.

The training program comprises the following:

Introduction to AS400

Introduction to Db2 and usage of Db2 in Smart-i

Introduction to Talend Integration Suite in the context of Smart-i

Introduction to web query architecture and report development

The training was followed by workshop and certification exam

Netezza Expert

Trainer : Karthikeyan Sethuraman /Shanmughapriya
Date : 09-Jun-2009 to 26-Jun-2009
Venue : Conference Room
Duration : 10 hours

It is essential for a Data Warehouse expert to know the advance concepts of Netezza as it helps you to work in the ETL projects independantly. The DW Professionals who cleared the Netezza Prefessional course can attend this course.

The concise course content is as follows:

Introduction to command line interface

Overview of NZSQL

Accessing other Database and Cross Database Access

Analyzing Query Performance

Workload Management and DBOS

Netezza Silver Certification questions was given to the trainees as special exercise before the certification exam.

Netezza Professional

Trainer : Karthikeyan Sethuraman /Yashpal Saini/Sundar Ravanan
Date : 18-May-2009 to 28-May-2009
Venue : Conference Room
Duration : 10 hours

Netezza is a booming data warehouse appliance in recent times. Hence it has become an essential trait for a BI consultant to understand the basics of Netezza as it helps a great deal to work in the ETL projects.

The concise course content is as follows:

Introduction to Unix

Introduction to Architecture and Administration

Database objects overview

Basic commands and its operations

Connectivity and Statistic Planning

Microstrategy Dashboards

Trainer : Vidya latha Karunakaran
Date : 18-May-2009 to 27-May-2009
Venue : Conference Room
Duration : 10 hours

Dashboard’s have become very popular with Business managers as they

Help gain quick insights into data and trends

Monitor performance indices and track leading as well as lagging indicators

Convert the business data into a ‘picture’ to easily communicate the story.

The strength of Report Services(Dashboards) and popularity had been the foundation for the training.
The following are the concepts covered in the training:

Document Basics

Document Design Concept

Useful Design Techniques

Microstrategy Expert

Trainer : Dinesh Rajendren
Date : 13-Apr-2009 to 15-May-2009
Venue : Conference Room
Duration : 24 hours

The expert training focuses on the advanced concepts of Microstrategy.
This training provides in depth technical knowledge on all the features of Microstrategy which helps the associates to be in a better position to build reports and dashboards.

The course content includes:

MicroStrategy Desktop: Advanced Reporting

MicroStrategy Intelligence Server Administration

Advanced features of MicroStrategy Office

MicroStrategy Narrowcasting Server

MicroStrategy Enterprise Manager

Microstrategy Web Report Designer

Webinar

Topic: Unify Data at the Speed of Business with Oracle Data Integration
Venue: Conference Room
Date: 08–May-2009

The webinar was about the ETL tool released by ORACLE wherein the initial half hour talk discussing about the tool. The latter half was about a migration project done in Raiffeisen International Bank from Data Stage to Oracle Data Integration.The presenters are from various continents and they are highly accented in their speech

Microstrategy Professional

Trainer : Keerthana Venkatesan
Date : 04-May-2009 to 08-May-2009
Venue : Conference Room
Duration : 10 hours

Microstrategy has been reigning as the most efficient reporting tool for delivering business intelligence solutions. The purpose of this training is to give an insight to BI consultants on the various components of Microstrategy.

The training session focused on the following:

MicroStrategy Desktop : Reporting Essentials

MicroStrategy Architect : Project Design

MicroStrategy Office Essentials

MicroStrategy Report Services

Microstrategy Web Report Analysis