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IT awareness

Intended for

Non-technical people in the IT world: human resource managers, consultants, account managers, journalists,... You can test yourself to see if this course contains enough new information for you by printing and filling in the self-test (PDF file - 41 KB).

Background

No specific background is required.

Course leader

Koen De Backer, Ludo Van den dries, Paul Veugelen.

Duration

1 day.

Schedule

datelanguageplacepriceremarks
06/09/2010FLux. - Kehlen450 EUR
15/10/2010FLeuven450 EUR
25/10/2010NWoerden450 EUR
06/12/2010FLux. - Kehlen450 EUR
17/12/2010NLeuven450 EUR
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  • You can enrol by clicking on the dates in the calendar.
  • N: Dutch; F: French; E: English; No code: language depends on the participants.
  • All prices are VAT excluded.
  • Countries:
    Belgium 
    Netherlands 
    Elsewhere 

Objectives

Not everybody is an IT professional.

But few in the modern business world can ignore IT technology and almost everyone should be able to discuss it.

This seminar is intended for those who would like to get a general overview of the IT world without needing a thorough technical background.

At the end of this seminar the participant will:

  • know the most important concepts of hard- and software, application development and data transmission;
  • be familiar with the most recent trends in the IT world;
  • be able to describe in general many technical terms and abbreviations;
  • be more confident in technical discussions with the 'experts';
  • be able to understand clients' questions and suppliers' offers;
  • be able to read popular technical magazines and web sites.

Main topics

  • Basic principles of the computer: processors • memories • disks • display • printer
  • Computer types: PC • mobile • midrange • mainframe • servers • etc...
  • The brands: IBM • Hewlett-Packard • Sun • ....
  • Operating systems: DOS • Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 • UNIX • Linux • OS/400 • OS/390-Z/OS • ...
  • Networks: LAN & WAN • Ethernet • WiFi • ADSL • TCP/IP • Router • ...
  • Internet and intranet
  • Databases (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, ...) and Data Warehouses
  • Application development: client/server • OO • web applications • programming languages (Cobol, C++, Java, Visual Basic, C#)
  • Packages: ERP (SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle ...)
  • Management aspects: SLA • ITIL • PRINCE2...