Data Center Infrastructure Management
June 6-8, 2011
Merit
Network is pleased to present Data Center
Infrastructure Management, a three-day course on
critical features of managing a data center or server room
of any size. The course will be held on Monday through
Wednesday, June 6-8, 2011. Instruction will be entirely
online--you can attend from anywhere there is an Internet
connection. Read below for information about scholarships
available to Merit Members.
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more and register
In this
course you will learn about the most pertinent topics in
the data center/server room industry: power, cooling,
energy efficiency and the "green" data center, management
tools, and integrating IT Service Management. Using case
studies and real-world examples to illustrate key points,
this course provides the knowledge you need to more
effectively operate your data center. You'll gain the
skills to better assess data center efficiency,
availability, and power and cooling issues, and
substantive knowledge that you can take back to your data
center to reduce costs and improve service.
What You'll
Learn
- Power and
cooling infrastructure in the data center and how
hardware and configuration impact energy efficiency
and availability
- Methods to
improve data center energy efficiency
- Management
tools available to help you optimize data center
performance and availability
- Practical
steps to implement ITIL
- How to
measure the IT Service Management metrics that really
matter
- How to
monitor your data center to optimize performance and
availability
- What impacts
data center availability and how you can improve it
View the complete
course
outline.
Scholarships
available
Scholarships are
available for this event through the Merit Professional
Learning scholarship program. Anyone from a Merit Member
organization may apply for a scholarship if funding to
attend is not otherwise available through the
organization. Scholarship applications must be received by
May 16, 2011.
Read
more and apply for a scholarship
About the
Instructor
The class is
instructed by its creator, David Cole. David is the
founder, president and chief technical officer of No
Limits Software, a technology company focused on data
center management solutions. He was the founder and
software architect of The Advantage Group, a software
development company focused on data center management
software, which was acquired by Aperture. He is a
Certified Data Centre Professional through ICOR, a
Microsoft Certified Professional Systems Engineer, and is
certified for ITIL version 3. He has presented at
Datacenter Dynamics, Data Center World, AFCOM and other
data center forums in the United States and Europe, and
has had articles published in multiple data center
publications.
Location,
times and registration
Data Center
Infrastructure Management will be held on Monday
through Wednesday, June 6-8, 2011. The course will be
instructed online via a desktop interface, so you may
attend from any location. Class each day is from 9:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT.
The registration fee for attendees from Merit Members and
educational organizations is $1195. Attendees from other
organizations may attend for $1395. Registration includes
all training materials, which will be shipped to you.
Read
more and register
For more information, please contact us at learning@xxxxxxxxx
Merit
Network Professional Learning
http://www.merit.edu/learning
learning@xxxxxxxxx
Other upcoming events from Merit Professional Learning:
 Hands-on Network Security: Practical Tools and Methods
April 26-28, Ann Arbor or at your location via video
http://www.merit.edu/learning/securitytools2011
Courses on software asset management
-- Certified Software Manager and Advanced Software Manager
May 9-10, Ann Arbor
http://www.merit.edu/learning/csm2
Merit Member Conference
May 18-19, Ann Arbor
http://www.merit.edu/mmc
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