Welcome to the 6th issue of our Customer Newsletter 29-07-2009
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Welcome to the 6th issue of our Customer Newsletter 29-07-2009


In this issue

  • The all new HOST website
  • New howto…. courses
  • HP LeftHand
  • VMware Training
  • VSE and HP Insight Infrastructure Courses and Certification
  • Citrix Courses
  • HPCP ProCurve and Sales training


The HOST Website

November 2008 HOST launched a new website, providing a simple and quick method for finding and navigating to courses and descriptions, in addition to a 9 month rolling schedule. Since the launch of the new site we have significantly extended the range of courses on offer; such as our howto…. initiative, these have proven to be very popular. We are continuing to develop more of our howto…. courses, as time permits, so watch this space.
We are constantly reviewing the website, seeking ways to make improvements and enhancements. Please take a few moments to take a look around and send us an email if you have any comments. www.hostcomputers.co.uk


New howto…. Courses

Course Number: HT006
Course Name: howto…. Install and Configure HP IRS Advanced Software
Length: 1 day
This one-day instructor-led howto…. training course is a combination of presentation and hands-on exercises enabling delegates to understand the installation steps and perform basic setup of the HP Insight Remote Support Advance Software
 
Click here to view the full course description.
 
Course Number: HT007
Course Name: howto…. Install and Configure HP IRS Standard Software
Length: 1 day
This one-day instructor-led howto…. training course is a combination of presentation and hands-on exercises to enable delegates to understand the installation steps and perform basic setup of HP Insight Remote Support Standard Software.
 
Click here to view the full course description.
 

HP LeftHand Solutions
 
HP recently announced the acquisition of LeftHand Networks. As of the 1st of June, HP have released an AIS speciality training track as part of the HP certified Professional program. This consists of two prerequisite web based courses leading up to an instructor lead course. HOST will be announcing delivery dates for the ILT course “HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions – Install and Configure” in the near future.
 
AIS Speciality in HP LeftHand SAN Solutions (2009)
 
Pre-requisite(s)
AIS StorageWorks (2008) certification
Core Requirement(s)

Course Number: 00110153
Course Name: HP LeftHand SAN Presales Overview POD
Course type: Web-based training
 
Followed by

Course Number: 00109539
Course Name: HP LeftHand SAN Technology Sizing and Design
Duration: 5 days
Course type: Web-based training

Followed by

Course Number: 00110362
Course Name: HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions – Install and Configure
Duration: 2 days
Course type: Instructor-led

Exam: HP0-J36
 
Click here for further information.
 

VMware Training
 
Virtualization is becoming as pervasive as Microsoft Windows became in the 1990s, VMware standing out as market leaders in this technology. Increasingly products and solutions are being developed with expertise in virtualization as a core requirement. Even a basic understanding is going to be of enormous value to most IT professionals. Responding to requests from our students HOST are pleased to offer a cost effective 4 day course; “Virtualisation with VMware ESX 3.5”.

No prior virtualization experience is assumed or required. The course starts with the basics and progresses to more advanced topics, with more than 40% of class time devoted to labs. By the end of the course, attendees will have learned the benefits, mechanics and best practices of virtualization. Attendees will be able to design, implement, deploy, configure, monitor, manage, troubleshoot and secure virtual infrastructure.
 
Click here to view the full course description.

Please note that we expect to be offering Virtualization with VMware vSphere - ESX 4 and vCenter 4 in autumn 2009.
 

VSE and HP Insight Infrastructure Courses
 
Our portfolio is further enhanced by the addition of the following three courses which are part of the APC HP Insight Dynamics - VSE and AIS Specialty in Insight Dynamics - VSE certification tracks. HP Insight Dynamics - VSE is an integrated solution that allows for analysis and optimisation of physical and virtual resources. Whereas Server Automation is designed to monitor software configuration and compliance providing lifecycle management of business applications. Insight Dynamics - VSE is designed to visualise, plan and change the physical and virtual HP Server Infrastructure.


Course Number: 78160
Course Name:  Planning & Designing HP Infrastructure Software Solutions

Course Number: 78127
Course Name: HP Insight Dynamics – VSE Virtualisation Implementation & Integration

Course Number: 78159
Course Name: HP Insight Control Infrastructure Implementation and Integration
 

Citrix Courses
 
An exciting new development is the addition of Citrix training to our comprehensive curriculum.

Courses are designed for IT Professionals wishing to install, set-up, tune and maintain servers and clients using Citrix XenApp 5.0 or Citrix Presentation Server 4.5. The training covers server farm installation, administration, publishing applications, desktops and content, printer management and universal print drivers, the web interface and tuning and troubleshooting. Course no A1037 is for a Windows Server 2003 environment, whilst Course A1038 is for Windows Server 2008 environment.


Course Number: A1037
Course Name: Citrix XenApp 5.0 on Windows 2003 Server
Click here to view the full course description.

Course Number: A1038
Course Name: Citrix XenApp 5.0 on Windows 2008 Server
Click here to view the full course description.
 

HPCP ProCurve and Sales training

HOST are pleased to announce that we are now working in partnership with another UK ATC, HP Education Services. This agreement allows us to provide a schedule of HP ProCurve and HP Sales training to complement our existing offering of HP Certified Courses. The sales training offered covers courses from the Enterprise Solutions, Commercial Solutions and Storage Solutions areas. The ProCurve training offered covers sales and technical training at the AIS, ASE and MASE certification levels.
 
To view these courses please click
ProCurve Training Schedule
Sales Training Schedule
or alternatively, call us for more information. 

We thank you all for your business in 2008 and look forward to satisfying your training needs in 2009 and beyond.


Training News

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What we do
  • Our focus is to train Customer Service, Presales and Operations staff on hardware and software solutions.
  • We have alliances with the market leaders such as IBM and HP.
  • Our capability covers desktop to enterprise datacentre for servers, storage, networking, printers and other peripherals.
  • We provide training on current and legacy products spanning over two decades, In some product areas we are the only provider worldwide.
  • We deliver the vendor certification courses on behalf of IBM and HP.

Our commitment to quality
  • We do not believe in a virtualised training environment, all courses are instructor led using real systems, providing hands on training.
  • All our instructors are career instructors. They are permanent staff with many years experience in a support engineering background. This strategy enables us to deliver a quality training experience to all our customers.
  • Scheduled courses are never cancelled due to low numbers.
  • Our residential training centre is strategically placed in the middle of the UK for ease of access. We also have the capability to deliver this training worldwide.
  • We invite our past delegates to join and participate in our Forum where they can discuss technical matters both with our instructors and amongst themselves.
  • We are committed to ISO 9001:2000, and believe this is important in today's IT business.

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