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 IT awareness training 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 fun and interactive 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 give a general description of many technical terms and abbreviations;
• be more confident in technical discussions with the 'experts';
• have a better understanding of clients' questions and suppliers' offers;
• be able to read popular technical magazines and web sites.

Schedule

Intended for

This training is aimed at 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 for this course.

Main topics

• Basic principles of the computer: processors • memories • disks • display • printer
• Computer types: PC • mobile • tablet • mid-range • mainframe • servers • etc.
• The brands: IBM • Hewlett-Packard • Oracle • ....
• Operating systems: Windows • UNIX • Linux • OSX • iOS • Android • z/OS ...
• Virtualization: VMWare • Hyper-V
• Networks: LAN & WAN • Ethernet • WiFi • ADSL • TCP/IP • Router • ...
• Intranet & internet, web, cloud
• Databases (Db2, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL ...) 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 • Agile • Scrum...
• IT professionals and their profiles: developers, analysts, architects, system administrators ...

Duration

1 day.

Course leader

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

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