“Advanced Informatica Training”

Trainer : Manickam Srinivasan Sathiya Narayan
Duration: 2 Hours/Day

Sathiya’s training in Advanced Informatica Concepts has given a broader vision to explore the concepts behind each and every informatica function. The major aspect of this training is to enlighten the trainees with enough knowledge which will helpthem run in their career and projects. There were suggestions to develop knowledge and the real time project experiences were also shared .
The explanation on Debugger, Transformation and Session properties and the educative exercises helped in analyzing each concept in depth. Performance tuning session with a brief explanation on each and every transformation function was excellent.
He has also focussed on various roadblocks that an ETL Developer would encounter in a project environment ,and the questions trigged on different Scenarios .

“Business Objects 6.5 – Training”

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   Start Date: October 30, 2007
   Duration: 2 hours/day
   Trainer : Venkat Raghavan
   
   Business Objects aims to build reports using corporate and personal data and then to analyze the data in those reports that would help Business Users to take decisions.
   
   The session imparts knowledge on Business Objects 6.5 and its various components,

• Supervisor
• Designer
• Business Objects
  
  The programme objective is to understanding the business logic required for report generation and also the various concepts needed for building the reports based on client’s requirement. The training also focuses on the different ways and methods to handle the tool.

Retail Chain Business Operations

Friday October 19,2007 & Thursday October 25,2007

Duration: 2 hours/day

An essential trait of a BI consultant is to understand client’s business. It not only comforts the client to interact with consultants who understand and speak in their terminology but also helps in delivering quality information by a data warehouse consultant.

Maruthu Pandian provided knowledge on Retail Chain Business Operations which mainly focused on explaining about the

Ø Major Retail business entities
Ø Basic functions involved in each business entities
Ø Process flow that binds different business entities
Ø Overview of the Enterprise System Architecture

This session has given food for thought and the ability to analyze and see the business in various dimensions and perspectives.

“Project Management: Team’s Perspective”

Trainer: Maruthu Pandian
Date: 5th Oct onwards
Venue: Conference Hall
Timing: 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Duration: 6 Hours total (1 hour and 30 minutes per day/session)

A Training session conducted by Maruthu to discuss all Project Management activities. Topics covered during session were Project, Project management, Project Life Cycle, Process Group, Project Management Knowledge Areas, Systech PM Framework, Effective Project Team.
In addition to the topics covered, trainees learned many project related processes, Planning & tracking project activities, iteratively addressing risks during project execution and their appropriate solutions.
The session has boosted up the morale of all the trainees who are interested in Project Management activities.

Business Proficiency Skills Training

Trainer - Sudha Gopal
Duration - 10 days

This is a basic training which deals with communication, ettiquettes and the Do's and Dont's of A Business environment.This training is most handy for those who will be visiting onsite first time as it helps us to learn a little about the culture and practices there.

DI Certification Test - Sep 2007

Date of Test : 25-Aug-07
No of participants : 17
Duration : 6 hours

The trainees of the July 2007 batch had taken their second iteration of the DI Certification Test. The overall pass percentage has been 50%.

We welcome your suggestions and comments.

Oracle BI Training

Trainer : Anu Umadevi
No of Participants : 12
Duration : 2 days(14-Sep and 17-Sep)

MSTR Internal Certification Training

Trainer : Saravanan Selvaraj
No of Attendees : 15
Duration : 12 days
This is an ON-going Training Program wherein the basics in MSTR namely Reporting Essentials, I Server Administration etc are covered.

DI Certification Test August 2007

Date : 25-Aug-07
No of Candidates : 25

The DI Certification test was conducted on the 25th of August, 2007 between 9:00am to 6:00pm. This was the first attempt for the 16 trainees of the July 2007 batch. In addition to this, a total of 9 resources from the previous batches also took it up.
The total pass percentage was 30%.
The DI Certification tests have undergone a complete change in terms of preparation and implementation.

Communication Skills - Basic Grammar for Communication

Trainers : Geitah Chamate and Sunitha Suresh
Attendees : 15
Duration : 3 hours

The session covered the basics in grammar which will enhance the business communication. Emphasis was laid on sentence structure and tenses.

Business Objects for Production Support

Trainer : Gomathi Nayagam
No of Attendees : 15
Duration : 6 days

Webinar : Why People Quit and Leave...or Worse Quit and Stay

Date : 02-Aug-07

Attendees: HR Team

This was specially organized for the HR team. It was an interesting topic that dealt with the chronological problem faced by most companies today viz preventing employees from quitting.
It was followed by a brain storming session.
Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Business Operations - Retail Chain(Understanding the Framework)

Date : 30-july-07

Trainer : Maruthu

No of Participants : 12

It was a two hour session wherein major retail business entities, basic functions involved in each entities,process flow that binds different business entities,overview of the Enterprise System Architecture were some of the areas covered.

Microstrategy Internal Certification Training

Course : TMS114P

Duration : 10 days

Start Date : 20-July-2007

Trainer : Mythili Chandran

No Of Attendees : 10

The knowledge and the exposure that a resource acquires from this course qualifies them to work directly in Projects.
The resources are being trained by one of the best names in MSTR, Mythili Chandran. I request the attendees to post their feed back on the training.

Communication Skills for Trainers

Trainer : Sudha Gopal

Date : 06/07/07

No of Attendees : 5

The purpose of this training is that the Trainers must be able to use a variety of communication techniques in order to create an environment that enables participants to engage actively in the learning process.
The attendees for this session were those chosen as trainers for the DI Boot camp training July 2007.

PHONETICS TRAINING

Date : 10-07-07
Attendees : 10
Trainer : Anand Sridhar

Another ebullient session by Anand which proved to be a very effective and informative one with an equally enthusiastic participation from the attendees.
We welcome comments and suggestions from one and all.

WEBINAR : MAKING THE MOST OF EXTRACT, TRANSFORM AND LOAD(ETL) PROCESS

Date: 13-07-07
No of Attendees : 10

Here, we learn about the processes that enable companies to move data from multiple sources, reformat and cleanse it, and load it into another database, a data mart or a data warehouse for analysis, or on another operational system to support a business process.

PRESENTER : KATHLEEN COLLINS

Kathleen Collins has been in the information technology field for over 20 years, specializing in data warehousing for the last several years.

Presentation on Customer Satisfaction and Correlation

Date : 28-06-2007
Presenter : Maruthu Pandian
Attendees : Support Staff of Systech India

Maruthu very clearly outlined the roles played by the support team in the overall process and stressed on the need for having a transparent work environment.The highlight was on the need for coordination amongst the support teams and its impact on the DMG.

Webinar : Beyond ETL - Universal Data Integration

Date : 29-jun-2007
Attendees : 12

In this web seminar replay Dr. Ralph Kimball defines Universal Data Integration (UDI) and its importance as it relates to data integration projects such as data conversion/migration and data warehousing.
Ralph Kimball, founder of the Kimball Group, is known worldwide for his practical and innovative work in dimensional data warehousing as developed in his Data Warehouse Toolkit series of books, the all time best sellers in the field. He teaches dimensional data warehouse design for Kimball University, critiques data warehouse designs.

Train The Trainer - Training

Date : 25-06-2007
Attendees : 6
Trainer : Y.V.Anand
It was a replay of CD recording of a training conducted by Mr. Keshav Kuthiala to a selective group of resources having prior experience as trainers.The focus is on the intricacies of the role of a trainer and its impact on the overall training scenario.
YV Anand who was part of the initial training by Keshav was the trainer in this case.

DI Bootcamp Graduation Ceremony

Date : 26-jun-07

Total No Certified : 11 Resources

It was a great moment of satisfaction for all the 11 resources who received their DI Certificates from Sudha Gopal after their successful completion of the DI Bootcamp Training.Sudha gave a small talk on the role played by these resources so far and what should be their aim as a DW developer going forward. She also stressed on their broader role as BI consultants and how to pursue it.
We wish all of them the very best in all their future endeavours.
There were some inputs given by Abhishek Kumar and Madhanprasad about the Training they received.To put it in their own words:

PHONETICS TRAINING

Date : 22nd June, 2007
No of Attendees: 10
Trainers : Anandh Sridhar and Geitah Chamate

A one hour interactive session where the participants were taught about the importance of words pronunciation and the impact it has in our day to day communication. Also, the methods and techniques that can be applied to this were very aptly dealt with.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Webinar : The Ins and Outs of Datawarehouse Appliances

Date: 18-06-2007
No. of Attendees: 11
Summary : The strengths and weaknesses of datawarehouse appliances and how they are affecting the economics of terabyte-scale datawarehousing were dealt with.

According to Madhan Prasad, This webinar titled “Ins and outs of Data wareHouse Appliance” throwed light on the following things

> Awareness level of people regarding Data warehousing appliances
> what is Data Warehouse appliances , data warehouse bundles
> Pros and Cons of Data warehouse appliances
> sweet spots for data ware house appliance
> Trend of Data warehouse appliances
> Future of data warehouse appliances
> Challenges faced in first generation Data warehousing and how it could be reduced in new generation Data warehousing.

Thank you Madhan.

Web Seminar : The Convergence of SOA and BI

Going forward Systech Academy is planning to host series of web seminars on various technologies. Subsequently, we had the first successful screening on the subject ` The Convergence of SOA and BI` to a selective audience on 07-Jun-2007.
Suggestions and demands from resources on topics covering different technologies will be welcomed.

Learning Tracks

Our strategic approach is to impart indepth domain expertise to the associates, focusing on technology, business and interpersonal skills. We concentrate to provide a platform for every individual to explore and evolve as a successful BI consultant.

The 'learning tracks' has tremendous benefits to offer to the individuals and the organization together providing:

Individual career path: We team up with the individuals in identifying their interests and helping them to succeed in their career goals.

Project delivery: We impart the project team with best practices and methodologies to produce quality deliverables on time with optimum resources.

Skills inventory: We support the Resource Management Group to maintain a balance in skilled resource inventory level.


Systech Academy – Learning Tracks

1.1 Project Support

On demand training is offered to build necessary skills and competencies for the ongoing and upcoming project team.

1.2 Technology

Here, we train the consultants on various tools and technology to develop BI solutions. Based on individuals interest, different levels of certification programs are conducted across BI verticals.

Data Integration: This offers hands-on training in ETL tools such as Informatica, Data Integrator and Data Stage.

Data Analysis: This offers hands-on training in reporting tools like MicroStrategy, Business Objects and Cognos.

Data Design: This discusses the data modeling and database development techniques specific to Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Teradata and Netezza.

Best Practices: This is a cognitive process that can be obtained through thorough knowledge and experience of project execution. We persist associates to understand, learn and incorporate best practices in their project tasks.

1.3 Management

BI projects are multidimensional with high level of interaction between various teams and high visibility to senior management. By focusing on all these requirements we help associates evolve as a strong contender in business environment. For which, the individuals would be exposed to communication and interpersonal training workshops, time and project management programs and team building activities.

1.4 Business Track

We understand that functional knowledge helps our associates to better understand the client requirement and deliver personalized solutions. So we have designed this course with interactive workshops, field experience and case studies.

Datamart Meeting

The Datamart meeting was held on 27th of April between 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm for the three Datamart Teams (Network Support System, Operations, and Training) with Maruthu. The scope of this meeting was to have a review of the Datamart projects by Maruthu.

We welcome your comments

Phone Etiquettes Training

The Phone Etiquettes Training was conducted under the expert guidance of Sudha Gopal mainly focussing on the comfort level of the resources while handling the phone calls from clients.Those resources associated with Nationwide Finance Project were the participants.
More training sessions on the different modes of communication skills are in the pipeline.

Total no of Participants:20

Comments and suggestions awaited

Data Analysis Training - Business Objects

Further to the Internal Trainings conducted by Systech Academy, a Data Analysis Certification Training on Business Objects was held from 2nd April to 5th April. It was followed by a Certification test.

Course : Business Objects Reporting Essentials
Trainer : Pawan Kumar
Duration : 4 days
Total no of Trainees : 16
Trainees` Certified : 8

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Netezza Training - April 2007 1

A week long training on Netezza was held in our premises starting from 09/04/2007 to 13/04/2007.

Trainer : Vinayak Thatte
No of Trainees: 16

We like to thank Vinayak for his dedication and commitment shown in this program.

We kindly request all the trainees to leave your opinion in the comments section, this would help us to improve our courses and add more value to the organization.

Certification Training - March 2007

The Certification Training on Microstrategy Desktop Reporting Tool and Business Objects Reporting Essentials was conducted in our premises last month. It is one of the many internal training programmes that Systech Academy is proud to associate itself with and many more to come.

Course : Microstrategy Desktop Reporting Professional
Duration : 3 days
Trainer :Aravind Narasimhan
Total no of trainees: 9
No of certified professionals came out of this programme: 4

Course: Business Objects Reporting Professional
Duration : 3 days
Trainer : Rathnam K.C and Manivannan J
Total no of trainees : 8
No of certified professionals came out of this programme: 4

Thank you all trainers.

Your comments will be appreciated.