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Contents

A Message to Our Readers

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Steve Ballmer on People-Friendly Technology

A New Vista Creates a New Era

Encouraging Women in IT

Object-Oriented PHP: Using Singleton

Phishing - Don’t be a Victim

Articulate the Business Value of .NET

Find Business Value in SOA

The SharePoint Web Paltform

The Windows Vista Development Conundrum

The Threat Within

Small Business Connect With WiFi

Are You Using Certifications to Your Advantage?

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Ruby On Rails

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New Generation Software System

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NetCom Information Technology

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Microsoft

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Computer Training Magazine™ Volume 1 Issue 2 Eileen Mullin, Editor Nicholas Ntovas, Marketing Manager Contributing Writers Steve Ballmer Claudia Morrell Kris Hadlock Jaswinder S. Hayre Tim Landgrave Brian McCarthy Mary Shacklett Naushad Hasan Advertising Sales Paulson Ambookan Publishing & Distribution Manager

In this issue, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, talks about people-friendly technology and discusses Microsoft’s new strategy aimed at helping individuals and businesses alike realize their full potential. In addition, supporting technical articles give you an insight of the business value these technologies bring to a company. You will find useful information about Microsoft’s newest products such as Vista, Exchange 2007, SharePoint Server 2007, .NET and the increasing importance of Service Oriented Architecture. We are also further integrating Computer Training Magazine™ and the Web site www.computertrainingmag.com. Readers of our magazine and industry experts will have the opportunity to post their comments, articles and views on our Web site, accessed by over 500,000 IT professionals. Information Technology changes at a very rapid pace. Every issue is a new beginning, not an end. We continue to evolve to bring a wealth of relevant information to you. Feel free to let us know your comments and thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you, Russell Sarder President & CEO

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Fiscal 2006 was a year of immense growth and we are now pushing ahead with an ambitious business plan for the next five years. As COO, my priority is to keep a close watch on the company’s performance to ensure that we deliver our commitments both profit-driven and customerfocused. Our industry is very competitive, our customers more demanding than ever and we have no time to rest and congratulate ourselves. There is no doubt that we have the strong leadership and management teams capable of sustaining the high level of performance required to reach these goals.

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What we learned during the peak of the “dot-com era” and the stabilization that followed in the early 2000s, now guides us how we will manage the company in the future. We call it the NetCom management way. It is both a philosophy and set of disciplines that guide us at all levels of the organization putting emphasis on a free exchange of ideas from all levels in the organization and a swift execution of the ones that fit our business and growth plans. These cross-departmental flows of ideas have helped create an organization of singular focus and culture. In this organization, employees are actively encouraged to work together to maximize profits and to avoid a ‘silo’ mentality that is only focused on their immediate group. It was this environment that produced the idea for a computer training magazine where our readers can get the latest industry news and ways to bring their skills up-to-date through training. Our combined readership is over 500,000 every two months. That includes 120,000 print copies with a pass-along ratio 1-3 per reader and 150,000 opt-in digital circulation to our client base in the form of an email campaign. Our readers embrace technology as part of their lives and are constantly looking for products that will enhance both the corporate and personal environment. Computer Training Magazine™ helps readers understand current trends and make their own predictions of how the IT departments of the 21st Century will operate. Thank you for picking our magazine, enjoy its content and visit our Web site www.computertrainingmag.com for the latest technology news and training. Titu Sarder Chief Operating Officer

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Talks Up People-Friendly Technology New Strategy Aims to Help Individuals, Businesses Realize Their Full Potential

uring the last decade, technology has been the catalyst for incredible change. Ten years ago, the PC was just beginning to achieve broad acceptance. Today, the PC, the Internet, and mobile phones and mobile devices have all reached critical mass, creating fantastic opportunities for hundreds of millions of people and hundreds of thousands of companies around the globe. In many ways, it was the launch of Windows 95 and Office 95 eleven years ago that signaled the start of this transformation. Together, these two products helped revolutionize the way people create and use information, opening the door to new forms of communication and collaboration that transcend the old limits of time and distance. The free flow of information, goods, and services that resulted has given rise to an era of unprecedented productivity and innovation that has had a profound impact on the global economy. As The Economist magazine recently noted, “the first decade of the 21st century could see the fastest growth in average world income in the whole of history.” But while we like to think that the digital revolution has already happened, we’ve barely scratched the surface. We still rely too much on paper documents to share ideas and paper forms to conduct business. That’s about to change. During the next decade, the world’s information will be digitized. So will the world’s commerce, communications, and entertainment. New versions of Windows and Office will play a central role in this ongoing transformation. Today, for the first time in 11 years, we are releasing our flagship products simultaneously. With the PC an everyday tool at work and at home for nearly a billion people around the globe, the joint launch of Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 will open the door to an era of even greater productivity and innovation.

Transforming IT from an Expense into a Strategic Asset Windows 95 and Office 95 were big, bold bets for Microsoft. The fruit of 20 years of innovation at Microsoft, they embodied our belief in the power of software to change the world. That’s a belief I hold more strongly than ever. In fact, I think the innovation we’ll see during the next decade-both on the desktop and as a result of the emergence of Internet-based software services-will transform the world of business more profoundly than the changes we’ve witnessed so far. Ten years from now, the barriers between organizations, systems, processes, and forms of communication will have given way to a seamless flow of information and ideas that will unlock personal creativity and productivity, and drive even greater opportunity and growth.

Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Exchange Server 2007 include sweeping changes designed to eliminate these barriers. It starts with far-reaching changes to the user experience. From the new Windows Vista Aero interface to the new Ribbon in the 2007 Office system, these products offer dramatic improvements that enable users to focus on content and tasks rather than the interface itself, making it easier to find information and access useful features with fewer clicks. Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Exchange Server 2007 also deliver new capabilities that enhance security and performance; streamline the flow of information between people, systems, and processes; and transform the way people use information to drive informed, creative decision making. The changes are dramatic. And with significant change comes more than a little risk. After all, these are some of the best-known and mostused products on the planet. Windows powers 845 million computers. Office is used by more than 450 million people. Any thoughtful businessperson would think twice before tinkering with the products that people use every day to manage their work and run their businesses. So why are we making these changes? And why should you risk disrupting your business to take advantage of these new features and capabilities? Because business has changed and new tools are required. No one questions the competitive advantages that come when we can communicate and collaborate instantly with colleagues and customers around the world. No one doubts that businesses have benefited from access to nearly limitless information about customers, competitors, and markets. At the same time, no one labors under the illusion that business is any easier as a result. In today’s global economy, where customers can find the best price without leaving their desks, competitive advantage can come and go in the blink of an eye. Meanwhile, dealing with the endless deluge of data, email, and information often threatens to overwhelm our ability to be productive and to make smart decisions. According to one leading industry analyst firm, we spend an average of 14.5 hours per week reading and answering email, while the time we spend looking for and analyzing information costs companies $28,000 per employee per year. And ongoing studies by the research firm Outsell show that the amount of time corporate information workers spend gathering information has almost doubled in the last five years. Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Exchange Server 2007 were designed specifically to address these issues. Our goal is twofold. First, we want to continue to advance the revolution in workplace

productivity and efficiency that we started 11 years ago by delivering tools and capabilities that complete the transformation of IT from an expense into a strategic asset. More importantly, we want to provide a platform that is a catalyst for continued expansion of growth and opportunity because it enables companies to get the greatest possible value from the knowledge and expertise that their employees possess.

Increasing security and reducing IT costs: Secure by design and by default, the new versions of Windows, Office, and Exchange Server deliver breakthrough security features and they streamline deployment and management, helping reduce costs and enabling IT departments to focus on providing new capabilities that deliver strategic advantage.

A Foundation for the People-Ready Business

Pioneering Innovation and an Unprecedented Partnership

Behind all of the changes in these new releases is a single, powerful idea: that people are the driving force behind business success. Ultimately, a company thrives or fails based on the thousands of small and large decisions that employees make every day, on how well they can answer customers’ questions, on the insight they can gain, and the product breakthroughs they can deliver based on the information they have at hand. Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Exchange Server 2007 were designed to create a people-ready business where employees are empowered to turn data into insight, ideas into action, and change into opportunity. They deliver a platform that enables employees to build profitable relationships with customers, spearhead new innovations, improve products and services, and drive the business forward. To provide the capabilities that people need in today’s fast-changing world of work, we’ve focused on four specific areas: Simplifying how people work together: The nature of how we work has changed dramatically since 1995. Today, people work in teams that cross divisional boundaries and span companies. Collaboration with colleagues and customers in different cities, even different continents, is the norm. The workforce is also increasingly mobile. From unified messaging enabled by Exchange Server 2007 to workflow and collaboration in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, the new products revolutionize the way people work in teams. Finding information and improving business insight: Companies of all sizes struggle with the fundamental paradox of the 21st century: while we generate more and more information every minute of every day our ability to extract useable knowledge from that information grows more and more difficult. Deep integration of new search technologies and powerful, easy-to-use business intelligence tools will enable employees to find and use information more easily, streamlining the path from idea to execution. Helping to protect and manage content: Governmental compliance mandates and the growing recognition that simplified business processes and improved information management enable employees to respond to changing business conditions with greater speed and accuracy make organizational transparency one of today’s critical business imperatives. Advanced content management and document retention tools combined with features to enhance data confidentiality make content authoring the starting point for automated business processes and regulatory compliance.

In many ways, we have been working toward this moment since the day Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft three decades ago. From Microsoft BASIC to Microsoft DOS, through the first versions of Office and Windows, and beyond, Microsoft has pioneered many of the technologies that made the digital information era and the knowledge economy a reality. Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Exchange Server 2007 continue this tradition and I believe they include the best work we have ever done. The result is groundbreaking innovations in interface design, security, networking, communica tions, and much more. These new products are also the result of an unprecedented partnership between Microsoft and our customers. We worked hand-in-hand with tens of thousands of customers who allowed us to watch them use Windows, Office, and Exchange in more than 1 billion work sessions to help us understand how they use these products and how new technologies can help them work more effectively. As we moved toward launch, our customers and partners downloaded more than 5 million beta versions of the three products. Their valuable suggestions and feedback helped us assess the quality of our work and the value of the new features and capabilities we’ve built in. No software products have ever been through a more thorough software design and testing process. No software products have ever created such broad-ranging business opportunities for the computer industry, either. Across the globe, more than 500,000 partner companies, including consulting firms, independent software developers, and systems integrators are poised to help businesses deploy and run Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Exchange Server 2007. Industry analysts expect that in 2007 alone, these products will generate more than $250 billion in revenue for our partners. The launch of Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Exchange Server 2007 kicks off the most important 12 months in Microsoft history. During the coming year, we’ll introduce new innovations such as unified communications including voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and performance management utilizing cutting edge analytics and business intelligence that will enable businesses to achieve new levels of value from their information technology investments. -CTm

A New Vista Creates a New Era Five years after the birth of Windows XP, Microsoft has gestated Windows Vista, and it’s being delivered in the U.S. as a set of quintuplets. Three of these — Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate —are aimed at businesses, succeeding Windows XP Professional and incorporating the hardware support of Tablet Edition. Microsoft is enticing customers with a number of improvements, but many have their price. Vista can be thought of as a house; there’s the cosmetic landscaping, the helpful amenities, and the critical foundation: A new look. What would a major new operating system release be without a cosmetic makeover? With the right hardware support, windows have a glassy appearance, subtlety fading onto and off of the desktop. Borders on these windows are also translucent, so you can make out what lies beneath them. Vista’s fanciest user interface trick is called Flip3D — holding down the Windows key by tapping Tab provides an isometric perspective of all open windows, as shown in Figure 1.

By Ross Rubin

you won’t get to leverage the sleek new appearance and Vista won’t look much different than Windows XP. Better tools. Windows Explorer has a host of new capabilities that go beyond skin depth. Those who have endured system sluggishness to reap the benefits of third-party desktop search will embrace the lightning-fast indexed search. Vista also includes a sidebar, a set of small utilities similar to Apple’s widgets that are always available and can be dragged on to the desktop. Then there are the revamped media management tools, noTably Media Player 11 and the photo gallery. Some of Vista’s more interesting productivity aids extend beyond the PC itself. Local screen sharing addresses an age-old problem of showing a PowerPoint file to those in the room while SideShow can display snippets of data on a second screen on your notebook PC or even on a Wi-Fi connected digital photo frame. Of course, you’ll need upgraded hardware to make that happen. Improved security. Finally, deep in its architecture, Vista’s security model includes a better-protected kernel and a new account system that allows restricted users to run applications more reliably. Vista also plugs holes in what’s been a notorious insecure door for malware through Internet Explorer. While Internet Explorer 7 still supports ActiveX, IE can now run in protected mode, which isolates spyware, and includes anti-phishing technology. However, to maintain this protection, Vista prompts you to approve practically any change in its configuration or network access. Such nagging will be familiar to anyone who’s installed third party anti-virus software. And if Vista crashes, it now has a quick-restart mode to get you back to business quickly, as well as improved disk imaging to help with backup and restore.

Figure 1. Windows Vista Flip3D displays all open windows from an isometric perspective. While Flip3D is visually impressive, though, the functionality equates to the Alt-Tab keyboard combination that’s been with us for years. The price? Heavy 3D capability. Without recent integrated or discrete graphics capability (which are relatively rare on notebook computers),

Unless your organization has jumped over to the Mac, thin clients, or some flavor of desktop Linux, migrating to Windows Vista is more of a question of when than if. Vista’s improvements may have their rough edges and come at a price, but overall they contribute to an impressive and holistic upgrade to the world’s most popular desktop operating system. Ross Rubin is director of industry analysis for The NPD Group, a leading provider of technology market intelligence. Views expressed in Computer Training Magazine are his own. -CTm

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Encouraging Women in IT

by Claudia Morrell

omen have played a critical role in the development of Information Technology (IT) since the first all-electronic computer, the ENIAC, was released in 1945. At that time, six women were given the task of developing software for complex ballistics equations. These “Computers” as the women were referred to, were the first software engineers. By all accounts they thoroughly enjoyed their work, as did thousands of other women who through the mid 1980s entered the field of computer science in impressive numbers totaling 35.8% of the IT workforce by 1984. With this trend looking so promising, few people paid attention to women’s participation in the IT workforce until recently. Unfortunately, by 2004 the numbers of women graduating with computer science degrees had dropped to 17%. This in turn has led to a steady decline in women’s participation in the labor market, so that today only 29% are women – a percentage comparable with the 27.5% participation last seen in 1979. And yet it is not just percentages that are declining. Too many students across the U.S. still have the false impression that there are no jobs in IT, leading to a national drop of 46 % in new enrollments in computer science departments since 2001. According to data released by the National Center for Women and IT, a national alliance of organizations working to address the shortage of women in IT, the number of computer and related information jobs expected to be added by 2014 is one million. But if current trends continue, colleges and universities will graduate only 50% of the qualified applicants needed for those jobs. The U.S. National Academies of Science and Engineering and the Institute of Medicine recently released a report entitled “Rising above the Gathering Storm” with a strong and clear message — take action now to address the challenges of a growing global competitiveness or be prepared for the consequences to which a shrinking science and technology talent pool will lead. In Maryland, the concern is even greater with its large federal employment sector, the massive job growth due to base relocation, and the already tight labor market. In a recently released report of the legislatively created Maryland Taskforce on Women and IT, entitled “In the Center of the Storm: Addressing the Challenges of Maryland’s Tightening IT Labor Market,” the Taskforce stated, “Maryland cannot wait for recommendations and federal actions, but instead must today investigate strategies and develop a plan for implementation of the strategies to address the challenges that will better meet the state’s workforce demands in all career areas where technology is used. Current research indicates that increasing women’s participation in IT and related technologies is the fastest and potentially most effective method for addressing the looming workforce shortages as women increase their participation in the labor market and their enrollment and graduation in colleges and universities around the US and in Maryland.” In addition, the Task Force concluded its two years of work by noting that focusing on the needs of women would also address the issues affecting the lack of participation of all groups from secondary education through workforce participation to leadership levels. The Center for Women and Information Technology, established in

1998 at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) as a research center focusing on identifying and disseminating effective practices, began by developing an understanding the causes of the decline in women’s participation. In fact, there is not one cause, but many, beginning from the subtle but powerful messages sent to daughters by their teachers, parents and media that technology is the domain of boys and men. From male-oriented computer games to messages from parents to their daughters that it is “okay to be technologically incompetent,” girls learn early on that technology fields are for geeky boys, a role they (and many boys) shy away from early on. These stereotyped roles play out again and again. For example, research shows young women in computer science classes often get relegated to the note-taking role while the young men are tasked with the more challenging programming. Interestingly, this role assignment is not an international phenomenon, with countries like Korea and Turkey enrolling and graduating women in numbers equal to their male colleagues. But the Center is not just focused on the why, it is also deeply concerned with the question of how do we reverse these trends? To that end it has taken on a series of projects focused on different parts of the pipeline. Computer Mania Day is an annual day of free, handson, high-tech, fun activities to get girls interested in technology and computing careers while helping parents and teachers learn about their own roles in their child’s career decisions. While boys are welcome and represent 20% of the participants, the focus is on girls because of their continuing under-representation in IT and engineering. At the event, participants can enroll in a summer program called Camp ESTEEM (Enhancing Science and Technology Education and Exploration Mentoring) or participate in an after-school program in one of six middle schools in the area. ESTEEM focuses on building up girls’ (and boys’) interest in math, science, and technology with a special focus on information technology. This motivates the students to take technology-related classes in the future, and encourages them to consider careers in IT or engineering fields. To begin challenging old stereotypes, one must begin by reaching out to middle school students or even earlier, but it cannot end there. CWIT provides programming to high school students, scholarships and program support to university students, and networking and programmatic support to women in the workforce. At each step, evaluation of effectiveness is critical. We know these programs work to engage the interest of girls, reverse behaviors that would create barriers to entry in the future IT workforce, and revise the behavior of parents and teachers to ensure they are encouraging every student to consider careers in high-tech fields. The challenge now is to broaden the reach of these and other effective programs. But this can be very cost prohibitive. Is all this effort really worthwhile? The answer is clearly yes, and is first illustrated by an example from another CWIT program.

Nationally, women make up 50.6% of management professionals, but only 15.7% of the next level of corporate officers. By comparison, in technology companies, women make up only 11% of corporate officers. Is this a lack of interest on women’s part or is there an even thicker glass ceiling for women in IT and related technologies? With this question in mind, in 2004, CWIT, in partnership with three other offices at UMBC, launched a program called ACTiVATE (Achieving the Commercialization of Technology in Ventures through Applied Training for Entrepreneurs) that brings together new technologies developed out of Maryland’s many federal labs and universities together with mid career women interested in becoming technology entrepreneurs. In two years, the program has increased the number of new high-tech start ups in Maryland by 50% and exceeded every goal set by National Science Foundation grant that provided the seed funding for starting this innovative effort. These new start-ups are new engines for economic development and prosperity in the state and will lead to increased employment and tax revenue for Maryland. A second example of the economic benefit of investing in women is best illustrated by an international comparison. Since 2004, the Center has worked at the international level and has recently become the secretariat of a newly formed International Taskforce on Women and ICTs (Information and Communication Technology) and recognized by a United Nations agency as the Community for Expertise for this area. Internationally, IT and related technology businesses are recognizing the value of both women as consumers and as workers for building their capacity to grow and operate. Businesses like HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Dell, and AT&T work closely with CWIT to develop education pathways that ensure girls and women are prepared for their growing employment needs around the world, as well as at home. Shirley Collier, CEO of Optemax, a high-tech company, says it best. “For any country to be competitive, they must utilize technol-

ogy to continue making advances in medicine, politics, education, business, agriculture, national defense etc. They need their smartest minds to be focused on technology – including women. Having a limited labor pool hurts the economy and national security and limits our shared ability to advance our society.” Today many US and multinational companies report they are challenged to grow because they cannot find the qualified high-tech employees they need, including IT workers. The Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007, recently released by the World Economic Forum identified the United States as having the most pronounced drop in global competitiveness, falling from first to sixth. The top counties attribute their success to several factors including a world class education system and a focus on high technology. In addition, several nations are now focusing on women to increase their participation in IT and related fields. For instance, in the United Kingdom, millions of pounds have been invested to create the UK Resource Centre, a national effort to encourage women to participate in science, engineering, and technology fields entering from many different education pathways. Is it okay to be sixth? Or fall even further behind? Are we comfortable allowing women, who make up 56% of the professional workforce to not participate in IT in the US? And what about developing countries where the digital divide is best explained by the gender divide? Is it okay that in developing countries women have limited access to IT, and consequently the information society, compared to their male colleagues? For our part, CWIT is doing everything it can to ensure girls and women understand the opportunities an IT career offers, that barriers to participation are removed, and that government, educators, businesses, and nonprofits understand what is at stake if we fail to address this issue for women and their families, for our respective countries, and for worldwide development. -CTm

Claudia Morrell is the executive director of the Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Under her leadership, the Center’s programs and resources have expanded dramatically, including the development of a CWIT Scholars program which retains 94% of its students; increased funding of $8 million in scholarships, research, and program funding to support girls’ and women’s participation and advancement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers in education and industry.

Object-Oriented PHP:

Using the Singleton Design Pattern

he true power of PHP is the speed in which you can rapidly build preserve the single instance of the object and the data that it contains. object-oriented Web applications. While some traditional developThe second solution is an actual class named Singleton. This object ers equate scripting languages with instability, this article will explain will have one function, which is to create and return a single object the power behind PHP as a scripting language and the possibilities for instance based on the object name that is passed to it. For instance, increating large-scale Web applications by utilizing common design pat- stead of writing the Instance method for each Singleton object in our terns. The design pattern covered here is the Singleton pattern, useful application, we will create an object called Singleton and one method in situations where only a single instance of a class is needed. Most called GetInstance. This method will take a classname as the paramtechnologies provide only one way to create eter; when called, it will create a Singleton <?php a Singleton pattern, but PHP has multiple object of that class, assuming that the ways of implementing this design pattern. path and the name of the class are corclass ObjectA { I will explain two that I use quite often and rect. When an object is instantiated, it is private function ObjectA () think are the most valuable. stored in an array of instances. This array is { } checked to see if an object already exists public static function Instance() { The basic definition of an object that uses each time the method is called. This will static $instance; the Singleton pattern is that it cannot be inguarantee that there is only one object if (!is_object($instance)) { stantiated more than once. It is useful for any instance created for each class name that $instance = new ObjectA(); situation where a single, global instance of is passed to the Singleton object. } return $instance; a class is needed, so that you can access the } same information from that object anywhere The second solution is an actual class } in an application. For instance, you may named Singleton. This object will have ?> want to create an object that tracks history. one function, which is to create and return We all know that history is something that a single object instance based on the obListing 1. cannot be changed and in the case of a Web Object A is defined as a Singleton object. ject name that is passed to it. For instance, application, something that we would not instead of writing the Instance method want to change. If the history object were a for each Singleton object in our applicaSingleton, we could store items in the history and trust that the data is tion, we will create an object called Singleton and one method called current regardless of the object that is accessing it. GetInstance. This method will take a classname as the parameter; when called, it will create a Singleton object of that class, assuming Those of you who are familiar with writing classes will recognize from that the path and the name of the class are correct. When an object is Listing 1 that the Singleton object is different from the start because it instantiated, it is stored in an array of instances. This array is checked to has a private constructor function. The private constructor function is to see if an object already exists each time the method is called. This will ensure that the Singleton object cannot be instantiated by an outside guarantee that there is only one object instance created for each class object, only by itself. This creates a pattern of control that allows us to name that is passed to the Singleton object. -CTm

<?php class Singleton { public static function GetInstance($classname) { static $instances = array(); if(!array_key_exists($classname, $instances)) { require_once(“path to/”. $classname .”.class php”); $instances[$classname] = new $classname; } return $instances[$classname]; } } ?>

Listing 2. Creating a class named Singleton.

Kris Hadlock is a contract programmer, designer, and writer specializing in Flash ActionScript programming. He has a degree in graphic design from Columbia College Chicago and has done work for companies such as United Airlines, Ted Airlines, IKEA, Pfizer, Fire Mountain Gems, and Thomson Corporation. Kris is a firm believer in integrating design and logic and creating them side by side to make the ultimate user experience. He is the author of Ajax for Web Application Developers (Sams Publishing, 2006).

Phishing - Don’t be a Victim

by Jaswinder S. Hayre

magine getting an email from accounts@banka.com asking you to click on a link to verify some of your account details. These details include your credit card number and PIN. The email goes on to explain that they have detected some fraudulent activity on the account and will freeze the account if you don’t react. You take a second look at the sender’s address, and visit the linked website and it looks exactly like Bank A’s site. What would you do? Chances are high you have gotten an email similar to this recently. To be exact, according to a recently published report 61.5% (1 in every 1.62 emails) of all malicious emails intercepted by MessageLabs was an email similar to the one described earlier. These emails are all examples of phishing, an attempt to get users to reveal personal/sensitive information with hopes of committing financial fraud. The term comes from online vandals “fishing” for financial information on the Internet. According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) nine out of ten phishing emails target financial services organizations even though other industries are not immune to such attacks. Phishing attacks are increasing month after month with no silver bullet technology fix. Since phishers are relying on tricking the user the real solution is a matter of user education. In this article we will cover helpful hints to spot such attempts and protect yourself from being a victim. No single hint is foolproof, but when you put it all together you will feel more confident going about your Internet business. In the beginning phishing emails were mostly riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes and easy for my grandmother to spot (or decipher because of the bad grammar). Since then, online phishing scams are becoming more complex and harder to identify. Let’s start with a very simple guideline - never (yes, I used never) give out personal information over email. No legitimate organization (interpret as “worth doing business with”) will ask you to disclose personal information in an unsolicited email. Personalized emails The first hint to determining legitimacy is to look for personalization in the email. Personalization includes such things as “Dear Mr. Hayre”, “Dear [username]”, “Your Account Number Ending in: 12345”, “Customer Number: XXXXXXX123”. These are all hints that the sender already has some personal information on you. This tip alone will disqualify a large chunk of the phishing emails most of us get even though a motivated thief might actually embrace this practice in his own phishing email as some of this information isn’t impossible to obtain (think of your username at your online banking site and your various email addresses). Ignore urgency of action The more urgent the email, the less urgent you should be. It’s that simple. Most phishers will try to excite or scare the user into taking some action in order to prevent something horrible like a deactivated credit card. Common tactics include cancelling your account, charging you a fee, negatively impacting your credit history. If you are really feel like something might be wrong with your account pick up the phone

and call the organization (don’t get the customer support phone number from the email!) Don't follow links from questionable emails Many phishing emails provide you links back to phony Internet sites which look exactly like the organization in question. Just because the link text in the email says “citibank.com” doesn’t mean the link actually goes to citibank.com. It’s not good enough to just verify that the newly opened window is directed at the same domain as the link text because scammers have also taken the path of registering domain names which are very similar to the company they are trying to impersonate. Newer browsers like Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 have made progress in helping users identify phishing sites. Internet Explorer 7 has included a phishing toolbar which checks the website address against a list of phishing sites on Microsoft servers. To complicate things further, scammers frequently use security vulnerabilities in browsers to put one address in the address bar but show a separate malicious website in the browser. Generally speaking, always open a brand new browser window and manually type the Internet address you know to be legitimate to navigate to the site. Don't judge a book by it's cover Don’t trust a website just because it looks like it’s supposed to. All major companies invest large amounts of money in building brand recognition but this can land you in trouble on the web. You should know and understand that anyone can create a website which looks exactly like Citibank, Chase or PayPal. Online sites are not like US currency, it’s a fact that websites can be duplicated very easily. So, don’t trust just the logos and the pretty text. Always opt for the “secure” website You should never enter sensitive information on a non- SSL site. SSL is a technology which was designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering and forging of traffic as it moves across the Internet. You can verify if the site is using SSL by looking at the address bar for “https://” before the website address and you should also see a closed lock at the bottom of the browser window. You can double-click on the lock to check that the company name matches the site. If you only see “http://” the site isn’t utilizing SSL and you should steer clear. Every online bank I’ve ever used forces you to login through the SSL aware site and if your band doesn’t you should consider switching. Phishy attachments No legitimate organization will send you emails asking you to download and run mail attachments. This is a dead give away you are dealing with a malicious party and that you should delete the email immediately. You might have gotten a sense that all the tips are asking you to be very skeptical online and that is the general idea. The Internet is full of scammers looking to make a quick buck and the problem of phishing isn’t going to go away very soon. If you follow the above rules you will be doing your part in protecting your online identity.

by Tim Landgrave

Articulate the Business Value of the .NET Framework The Microsoft .NET Framework can help your customers reduce the cost of developing new systems, extend existing investments, and lower operations costs I’m constantly amazed at the lethargic pace with which large companies move toward new technologies. In fact, I’ve had discussions with a couple of big companies in the last month who want to begin their investigation and architectural planning for implementing their new development platform based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. When asked why they’ve waited so long, the answer invariably boils down to one key issue: They haven’t been convinced that they need it yet. They’re not looking for technical evidence. They want to know the business value of moving away from an existing, functioning, and, most important, already purchased systems investment to a new technology. Until chief executives and key business leaders believe that the .NET Framework offers benefits and advantages over their current infrastructure, they’re not likely to adopt it. A complete business value analysis would require many hours and a lot more space than I have in this column. But I can offer some general guidance about where you should focus your efforts when trying to help customers recognize potential business reasons for moving to the .NET Framework. • Reducing the cost of developing new systems • Extending investments in existing systems • Lowering total operations cost

Dramatic Reductions in the Cost of Developing New Systems With Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Services 6.0, and the .NET Framework, Microsoft provides a complete, integrated application server platform. The .NET Framework makes it possible for companies to quickly develop not only new applications, but also whole new types of applications. These include a set of technologies for developing Web applications quickly (ASP.NET); a Windows Forms deployment model that reduces both development and deployment costs for smart client applications; and a version of the common language runtime for Windows CE for mobile device development. These features allow businesses to deliver real business value to their customers and partners at a fraction of the cost of competing technologies.

Extending Existing Investments Business leaders aren’t just interested in developing new systems. They want to make use of the investments they’ve already made. With built-in support for enterprise database systems such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server and available managed third-party drivers from IBM and other database vendors, companies can seamlessly integrate with their existing data stores. And with .NET Framework support for COM+ investments through .NET Enterprise Services interfaces, companies can preserve their investments in COM+ infrastructure. Perhaps more important is the support in the .NET Framework for

newer standards like XML, XSLT, and XSD and for emerging standards such as Web services. For example, with the recent Web Services Enhancements for Microsoft .NET (WSE) 2.0 release, companies can wrap their existing legacy applications and services with transactable, routable, secure Web services that open them up to other companies or systems without adding or extending proprietary infrastructure. By combining tools such as Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 and Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 with the .NET Framework, companies can rapidly develop and deploy Web services that extend and enhance their existing infrastructure.

Lowering Total Operations Cost The .NET Framework helps companies develop and deploy applications with higher reliability and security and lower overall management and operations costs. The .NET Framework was designed to protect developers from common reliability problems such as buffer overruns and type mismatches. With code access security, developers can help to prevent hackers or unscrupulous developers from using the code in ways which it wasn’t intended. Secure, reliable, and manageable applications translate into applications with lower overall operations costs. This equals real business value.

Prove It Before starting a discussion about business value, make sure you’ve armed yourself with data from one of three sources. First, use your own evidence. This may be from projects that you’ve done internally or for other customers. If you don’t have a mechanism to collect evidence for your engagements, put it in place now and try to reproduce whatever statistics you can for prior engagements. There is no more powerful voice than the voice of your company’s personal experience.

There is no more powerful voice than the voice of your company’s personal experience. Benchmarks or studies that use publicly scrutinized architectures are the next best reference for your customers. The .NET PetShop 3.0 project is a great resource to reference. The Java Pet Store was Sun’s blueprint application for J2EE, illustrating the best coding practices for J2EE. The Java Pet Store ships as a sample application in IBM WebSphere, Oracle Application Server 9i, Sun iPlanet, and BEA WebLogic. The .NET PetShop 3.0 is a port of the Java Pet Store application to the .NET Framework that implements the same functionality as the Java Pet Store and illustrates best coding practices for the .NET Framework. The .NET PetShop 3.0 demonstrates that the .NET Framework outperforms J2EE on less expensive hardware. It also shows that the best practices and pattern-based development methodology taught and used by enterprise J2EE developers have the same relevance for those developing on the .NET Framework and produce superior results.

Find Business Value in Service-Oriented Architecture With service-oriented architecture, organizations can reuse and enhance existing technologies instead of simply upgrading existing systems or building new ones from scratch

he computing industry is on the verge of the biggest fundamental change in computing since the original mainframe. Some would argue that both client/server systems and Web applications represented fundamental computing changes. But they were really just the evolution of a tightly coupled system from a single machine to a tightly coupled system on multiple physical machines. Although they used new technology, client/server systems and Web applications based on application servers still use the same fundamental approach to system building. In this article we’ll look at how “Service Orientation” fundamentally changes the way companies will look at systems and the business value gained by adopting service orientation. We’ll also point you to some resources that will help you begin learning about Microsoft products and services that enable Service Orientation.

Three Fundamental Layers The process-oriented systems developed on mainframes and software systems are composed of three fundamental layers: user interfaces, business processes, data services. The difference between these systems has been the physical distribution of the work between the layers. For example, the mainframe basically housed all three functions in a single machine, while Internet applications divide this functionality between browsers, application servers, and database servers. The monolithic design of the systems hasn’t changed. You still cannot cost-effectively integrate any two systems beyond what can be accomplished at the data, wire, or interface level. Although you may gain some efficiency by moving applications to a different platform, real integration between the applications and the ability to reuse corporate assets — as promised by object-oriented programming and component-based development proponents — is still nowhere to be found. Interoperability between systems based on different technologies is just plain hard to do.

Service Orientation Means Real Interoperability Organizations can reap the benefits of reusing and enhancing their existing technologies instead of simply upgrading existing systems or building new ones from scratch. One way to accomplish this is to adopt modern development architectures centered on the notion of Service Orientation.

Those partners who bet early and heavy on SOA will be the key resources for enterprises as they move to this new paradigm. SOA implemented across systems, as opposed to distributed object systems or process-oriented systems that are bound to an individual technology platform, provides real business value by:

• Lowering implementation costs Since the services within an SOA can reside on any machine and on any technology platform, the competition will drive down the overall computing costs. In other words, if an enterprise can do the same job on a less expensive, standard platform, they will take advantage of it.

Once adopted, Service Orientation means that new systems will be built by combining existing systems rather than developed by writing more code. This will make it possible for businesses to react to customer demands by reconfiguring their systems rather than having to move at the glacial pace normally required of enterprise development.

Microsoft software, technologies, and resources that I’ve found to be the most practical technologies for current SOA implementations: • •

Getting Started with SOA

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 orchestration services SOA resources from the MSDN .NET Architecture Center for SOA

As with any platform shift, changes will take years and the results will be around for decades. But partners can start investing in SOA now.-CTm

Enterprises are looking for help in adopting SOA practices. Partners need to begin figuring out what SOA-based products and services they will provide by doing some research now. You should begin your research of SOA by spending time on MSDN. Searching on simple phrases such as “Service Orientation” or “SOA” will point you to several useful articles on SOA technologies and practices for the

Custom Built SOA Architecture

Which SOA Architecture will be implemented?

Using Microsoft Applications to Implement SOA

• Leveraging training investments Since using services is similar to how programmers use components today, developers can use terms and concepts that they have been using in their development activities for years to compose new systems. Service orientation is a new way of developing systems, but it leverages many of the same programming techniques that have been around for years.

• Accelerating development of new systems Having composite applications composed of autonomous services allows several teams to develop their services independently at the same time. Of course, this means there has to be more emphasis on a complete architecture and design phase. But the ability to code independently and interoperate in a standard way solves many of the current delivery problems with enterprise-scale application development by eliminating dependencies between systems.

Which language will be used? VB.Net

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• Increasing user productivity Users are more productive because the client application can be matched to the needs, capabilities, and resources of the user. Applications can be composed and customized from available services. Office users can benefit from a robust Windows forms interface while a company’s customers and remote employees can use the same services but with user interfaces based on Web protocols. The heterogeneous nature of the services will make it simpler and more cost effective to create any client application on any platform.

• Providing tighter security A service-oriented architecture (SOA) exposes business or technical functions through a services interface. These services interact with each other to enable business processes. By interacting with Web services, SOAP, and XML, services spanning multiple platforms and implemented using development technologies from multiple vendors can be integrated into comprehensive, connected applications.

• Enabling business agility

Microsoft platform.

The addition of a service interface layer provides another level (the message level) at which security can be applied. In addition, standard security mechanisms that flow across technology platforms means that the industry will be committed to fixing security holes quickly instead of relying on a single vendor’s patches.

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Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) allows you to model your current applications as services and improve your business integration activities. Here is how SOA can be implemented in a Microsoft environment and the related training offered by NetCom that gives you the skills you’ll need.

The SharePoint 2007 Web Platform

Make sure you’re ready for new Internet technologies as they’re introduced. Together, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 deliver the ultimate Web server platform.

he evolution of the Internet can be depicted as a series of peaks and plateaus, each peak corresponding to the introduction of a new product or technology. Some of these peaks? The introduction of HTML, Java, Microsoft Internet Information Server and Microsoft FrontPage , Web services and XML integration, and the recent Web 2.0 standard being driven by AJAX technologies . As each new technology is introduced, you’re faced with the daunting task of understanding, integrating, and profiting from these new capabilities. With the first two major versions of the Microsoft .NET Framework , Microsoft made it easier for you to create solutions that take advantage of these new technologies by integrating them into the Framework. Future versions of the .NET Framework and the Microsoft Visual Studio toolset will enable Web 2.0 standards. In fact, there are already Technology Previews of Microsoft’s Atlas Web extensions that enable you to more easily implement AJAX functionality in your websites. The current wave of Microsoft technologies focus on your ability to create sites using the latest tools. For the platform to truly blossom, administrators and power users must be able to implement rich sites without extensive programming skills. And the sites created by these power users should be easy for development teams to extend and for network administrators to deploy, manage, and administer. Simply put, what’s needed is a business-oriented Web platform that allows collaborative sites to be built, extended, and supported by the various groups in your organization.

The New Collaborative Web Platform With the introduction of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 , Microsoft has combined the flexibility of the .NET Framework 2.0; the ease of site creation and sharing in SharePoint Services; and the ability to support new security scenarios by leveraging Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft Windows Server, and Microsoft Active Directory. To give you a sense of the new capabilities, let’s look at the advantages of developing a customer extranet site using the new Windows SharePoint Services. Consider an extranet scenario where your customer wants to collaborate with specific customers, or one where partners provide more advanced line-of-business functions between their organization and another organization. If you build a solution from scratch, you’ll have to accommodate the maintenance of external accounts, deal with browser issues and other client software requirements, and manage issues of data protection and privacy. But Windows SharePoint Services has built in capabilities that provide these services as part of the platform, instead of requiring you to build and maintain them yourself. These capabilities include:

1. More flexible authentication options. Windows SharePoint

Services 3.0 supports both Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) and the .NET Framework’s Provider model for authentication. With ADFS, each company manages its own accounts using a secure trust between the two companies. Using the Provider model, your sites can authenticate against SQL Server, LDAP, Oracle, or any other store for which you can build (or buy) a standard .NET membership provider. Theming and skinning. Because Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is based on the ASP.NET 2.0 Master Pages model, it’s easier for you to develop standard Master Page templates for your customers to use as the basis for creating extranet sites with their clients. Prior versions of SharePoint required intimate knowledge of its specialized page development framework. ASP. NET has native theming and skinning capabilities, but it takes a developer to harness them. The marriage of these two technologies provides a platform on which you can give your customers the best of both worlds. Wide browser support. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 provides out-of-the-box rendering support not only for Microsoft Internet Explorer, but for other non-Microsoft browsers, such as Firefox, Safari, and Opera. Developing an extranet site on the SharePoint platform allows any of your customers’ clients to use the site. Support for Internet technologies. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 was designed as the Windows platform hub for shared information. As such, it natively supports both existing and emerging Internet standards, including RSS, blogs, Wikis, Web services, and XML. For example, every list on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site is natively exposed as an RSS feed. This approach makes it simple to publish calendars, contact lists, shared content, or any other structured list in a way that modern browsers (such as Internet Explorer 7) or dedicated RSS readers can consume.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server: Your Key to a Super-Powered Platform You can take advantage of all these core capabilities just by installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a server running Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later. But adding Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 gives you the ultimate Web server platform. The new SharePoint Web platform enables these scenarios and more. Together, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server represent the next major peak in the Web application platform. Now it’s up to you to create innovative solutions for your clients that take advantage of the new capabilities.-CTm

The Windows Vista Development Conundrum The Microsoft Windows Vista transition will present partners with opportunities and challenges. Learn how developers can ensure that the applications they write today will run well into the future.

n a recent blog posting, S. Somasegar, a vice president in the Microsoft Developer Division, announced the availability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta on Microsoft Connect. But the part of the announcement that attracted the most attention was not about Visual Studio 2005 at all; it was Somasegar’s revelation that Microsoft won’t support the Visual Studio .NET 2002 or Visual Studio .NET 2003 development environments in the final release of Windows Vista. Before you address the ramifications of this announcement with your customers, I thought it might be helpful to look at the overall state of Windows Vista development. It will also help to discuss these issues in the proper context — that is, what development environments are supported versus Vista support for applications developed on the .NET Framework.

.NET Applications on Vista One important point to keep in mind from a customer perspective is that Windows Vista will support running .NET applications built on any version of the Microsoft .NET Framework. In fact, Microsoft announced last year that it would even continue to support Visual Basic 6 applications on Windows Vista. A key customer message is that applications we write today will continue to run on Windows Vista well into the future. But for partners who are slow to move to the current version of the development environment, creating applications on Windows Vista will present challenges. In an ideal world, developers would have a “Convert” button that would move all of their current applications to the new development environment.

.NET Development on Vista In an ideal world, developers would have a “Convert” button that would move all of their current applications to the new development environment. The problem with conversion, however, is that although the application might run, it won’t take advantage of the new features that the platform offers. With all the new platform capabilities afforded by the Visual Studio 2005 development environment — .NET Framework 3.0, Windows Vista, and the 2007 Office system — it makes perfect sense to look at starting new development projects on the platform. At this point, however, many partners and customers have active 2003 projects and thousands of lines of code written using 1.x versions of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio 2003. Let’s keep this challenge in perspective. There are Visual Studio add-ons that allow .NET Framework 3.0 development for Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, or Windows Presentation Foundation. But these are available only for Visual Studio 2005-so it’s unlikely that developers

will want to use Visual Studio 2003 for future development anyway. And even if they do, the Visual Studio 2003 environment will continue to be supported on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 for many years to come. Furthermore, companies that want to have a single Windows Vista desktop for their developers can run the Visual Studio 2003 development environment on a virtual machine either locally using Virtual PC 2007 or remotely using Virtual Server 2005. In fact, most of my clients (and all of my internal development team) do all of their development and testing work using virtual machines. We’re much more productive using a predictable, reproducible, customized environment for each of our development projects than we were when we fought with multiple projects installed on a single developer machine.

The Double-edged Sword If you look at the bulk of Vista criticism, you’ll find that it’s a direct result of steps Microsoft has taken to address its (and our) customers’ most critical issues — reliability and security. To make an operating system more reliable and secure, Microsoft developers must change the way it works. Ultimately, that means that applications running on Vista — and the development environments that build those applications — will be affected. In his announcement, Somasegar also revealed that an additional set of fixes for Visual Studio 2005 will ship following the release of Vista. These fixes are designed to synchronize the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 release with the final Windows Vista shipping code. I’ve been using the currently shipping Visual Studio 2005 release to develop both .NET Framework 2.0 and .NET Framework 3.0 pre-release applications. I’ve experienced some minor inconveniences — many of which will be fixed by the Service Pack 1 Beta — so I welcome Somasegar’s announcement. I’d prefer that Microsoft invest its resources in getting the most out of the current development platform (2005) and optimizing the next-generation platform (Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas”) rather than spend a lot of time porting prior versions of the development environment. This is an especially important point to consider when relatively simple mechanisms — such as Virtual Machine technology — will allow developers to continue using the 2003 environment even if their desktops are running Windows Vista.

The Message Is Clear This announcement sends a resounding message that all developers need to understand: If you had any doubts about whether you should plan to move your existing applications from earlier versions of the Framework to version 2.0 (or higher), this should clear them up. Visual Studio 2005 will be the strategic development platform and will have support and enhancements to keep it synchronized with Vista and the .NET Framework.-CTm

The Threat Within

by Brian McCarthy, Chief Operating Officer CompTIA

omputer hardware containing the personal information of 26.5 million U.S. military veterans and their spouses is stolen from a Veterans Administration analyst’s home in Virginia. The analyst is accused by his supervisors of “gross negligence.” A computer hard drive containing unencrypted names, addresses and Social Security numbers of nearly all of the 330,000 members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is lost after it is sent to an outside service company for repair, in violation of the organization’s policies. An employee of an insurance company wrongfully accesses confidential information on foreclosure properties she was interested in buying, including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates and property addresses. The consistent theme in each of these scenarios? In each instance, human error was a critical contributing factor to the security breakdown. Most organizations have done a good job with securing their data and network perimeter from external threats. A sophisticated security infrastructure has emerged over the past several years to deal with the ever-changing landscape of information security. Many seem to believe that fully automated solutions alone are able to turn back all – or nearly all – attacks. This has lulled some organizations into a sense of complacency about information security; complacency that, unless countered, leaves them open to significant vulnerabilities. In fact, this complacency appears to be keeping many organizations from addressing the single biggest threat to their information security and technology infrastructure; a threat that resides within the four walls of the organization. The person behind the PC is at the root of most information security breaches. The fact remains that no software solution or automated response can match the security offered by training and mass awareness of security issues in the workplace. For the past four years the CompTIA has undertaken a major study on information security threats and responses. In this year’s study we found that human error was responsible for nearly 60 percent of information security breaches experienced by organizations over the last year, according to the fourth annual CompTIA study on information security and the workforce. That figure is significantly higher than one year ago, when 47 percent of security breaches were blamed on human error alone. Yet despite the prominent role that human behavior plays in information security breaches, just 29 percent of the 574 organizations that participated in the survey said that security training is a requirement at their company. Only 36 percent of organizations offer end-user security awareness training. The fact remains that for technology solutions to be truly effective, they must be accompanied by training and mass awareness of information security issues in the workplace. Furthermore, this education must be pervasive throughout the organization – from the top-floor boardroom to the ground-floor mailroom – to be truly effective.

To get to the next level where information security becomes everyone’s responsibility, it has to be taken out of the IT arena. It’s time for us to look at information security not as an IT issue but as a business issue. Information security is no longer just the CIO’s job; it must become the CEO’s job, too. Information security awareness and action needs to be institutionalized at the highest level of the organization. If it’s seen as a corporate issue we would see it as a higher priority. But today, there is a clear disconnect between talking the security talk and walking the security walk. Ironically, the lack of strategic vision on the importance of education and training is most acutely felt at the highest levels of the corporate hierarchy. Executives often have the least training into the security related issues and problems that their companies encounter. As a result, they often underestimate the impact that security breaches have on their organizations. The security administrators and director-level managers who do have a greater degree of insight into the day-to-day impact of these issues often lack the analytical tools needed to monetize the security issues they face; and to fully explain the benefits of cross-platform training and certification to their superiors. Increasing awareness at the executive level is most easily achieved by quantifying problems and creating business cases for solving them. One approach is to demonstrate in real dollars that the financial impact of security breaches can be very significant. This is vividly illustrated by the dollar values offered by respondents to the CompTIA survey when they were asked to monetize the impact of the last security breach, as well as the impact of breaches over the last 12 months. The most common response for both of these issues was that there was no monetary impact at all. But the mean values were over $11,000 for the last security breach and just under $35,000 for breaches over the last year. Some reported financial impact above $50,000 for security breaches. So while a “garden variety” breach may be little more than an inconvenience, the potential for serious harm is always present. With the abundance of technological solutions available in today’s market to address security concerns, there is a temptation to rely solely on them to ensure security. Antivirus software and firewalls may seem sufficient until a security failure that equates to a massive financial loss occurs. For larger revenue generating companies, the financial links are clearer, but need to be better exposed among the non-investor minority. There are still a significant amount of companies and organizations that have not recognized the massive potential for loss due to a security failure.

The Nature of Attacks, Their Targets and Response Strategies Two distinct groups emerged in the CompTIA study as reporting

the most severe security breaches: organizations with 7,000 or more employees, and educational institutions. The former group seems to be cognizant of the kind of impact that these attacks can have. Among other measures, they are more likely to have a written information security policy than smaller organizations. Additionally, this group is more likely than others to have some degree of penetration for security training generally. Educational institutions, however, seems to be at least collectively more lax about the problem. They are less likely than other groups to have a written information security policy; and much less likely than others to have some security training penetration. More than half of respondents from the education sector indicated that none of their employees have been trained regarding security issues. Among all respondents, just 29% of the 574 organizations surveyed indicated that security training is a requirement at their company. Organizations are more likely to have a dedicated security administrator (57 percent) than to require this training. End-user security awareness training, as distinct from specialized security training and certification, is obviously an important part of the security continuum, but it still has not been implemented by a majority of organizations. Currently, just 36% of those surveyed indicated that their organization has this kind of training in place; and while 29 % indicated that their organization will implement it at some point in the future, fully 35 % of organizations said they have no plans to do so. When organizations that do not have plans to implement this kind of training were asked why, the most frequent responses were that it is not a departmental or business priority for them at this time; or that there is no top management support for this kind of initiative. Yet among those organizations that rely on staff security training, fully 84% said that end-user security awareness training has resulted in a reduced number of major security breaches since implementation. Consistent with the results found last year, more than eight in ten respondents (81%) indicate that that security training has improved their security – usually through increased awareness, giving staff the tools to better identify security risks, improved security measures generally, and improving the response time of staff to problems. End-user security awareness training is typically mandatory for all employees and end users; and covers email use and security, along with password protection and internet security/browser use areas. It is also usually just a cursory training – 11 percent of organizations said that it runs for less than half an hour, while 36 percent indicated it runs between 30 and 60 minutes. The median cost for this kind of training, where it exists, is $5,000, which is also the median stated return-on-investment for it as well. Still, there are limitations. The small amounts of time and money invested in this kind of training may suggest to end users that it is not an organizational priority. Greater awareness levels of the real benefits of

this training, and risks associated with not having it, are needed at the highest end of the corporate hierarchy to overcome this. Organizational spending on information security solutions, whether products or training, has remained fairly consistent over the four years of the CompTIA study. Though there is still a substantial portion of those who indicate that their organization spends nothing on computer security (10 percent), spending levels are at 5 percent of the total technology budget at just under 40 percent of organizations. It continues to be the case that companies generating smaller revenue will have a greater challenge rationalizing the security investment needed over other priorities they currently face.

Convergence of Information and Physical Security Another growing trend over the last few years is the convergence of physical security and information security. This convergence is essential today because, with the rise in the number and virulence of threats, neither one is effective without the other. Organizations used to be able to secure its data by securing its building. Two forms of dissimilar identification were typically sufficient to meet security requirements; for example: “Are you allowed in the building?” and “Do you have access to a keyboard?” But as remote computing grew, “Where are you?” became less important from a security perspective; and “Who are you?” and “What do you know?” became more important. Today, information security and physical security are reliant on each other for backup. A good security program employs a series of checks and balances. There is never just one person or one department who holds all the power. New viruses, worms, phishing, vishing, and spear phishing threats emerge almost daily. The threats extend to emerging technologies as well, as voice-over-IP networks, radio frequency identification deployments and municipal Wi-Fi systems create the potential for increased vulnerabilities and new avenues of attack. To be truly effective in preventing and combating these threats, organizations need to take further steps by spreading security awareness and knowledge from a select group of IT staff to larger portions of their employee base. Decision-makers and executive level staff must become better informed about the real costs of security breaches; and the real return on investment (ROI) available with both security training and certification. The best security technology in the world won’t work without appropriate human intervention, the skills of implementers and the vision of managers to properly deploy and apply it. -CTm Brian McCarthy is the COO for CompTIA, the leading trade association representing the business interests of the global information technology (IT) industry. He is responsible for shaping strategy, development and growth efforts for the association. During his tenure as COO, CompTIA has expanded its membership into more than 100 countries around the world. Today, virtually all sectors of the technology industry are represented, including hardware and software product manufacturers, service providers, solution providers, system integrators, consultants, and end users of technology, from all major industry markets.

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ireless communications offer cost savings and flexibility benefits that small businesses cannot afford to ignore. For businesses that send workers on the road, wireless connectivity lets employees obtain valuable in-field support, or handle answer calls from customers even while they’re out of the office. Businesses with mobile workers also benefit from unified messaging, where telephone calls and e-mails are all routed to a single, wireless device – even if they were originally received at the office. The types of small businesses that benefit most from wireless include: •

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Service businesses that can realize savings in terms of repair and technician time. With wireless technology, service personnel can access real-time information on mobile devices—and pull up the schematics of a machine they are repairing at a customer site. Home-based businesses whose owners have installed wireless networks. This allows greater flexibility for working in multiple parts of the house, and avoid rewiring their homes to boot. Public service organizations, such as police departments, that can use wireless and mobile technology to input and receive freedback on license plate data, driver’s license numbers, and other personal identification.

Of course, using wireless technology also has its drawbacks. Most of us have experienced “dead spots” and fragmented communications when we have communicated from our cell phones. Such poor telephone sound quality is unprofessional at best in a business environment. Small businesses also have lean budgets or limited staff that can place them at a disadvantage when it comes to providing internal technical support for their wireless communications. For many small businesses, training can offer a fast track to empowering office personnel are who called upon to provide support for the firm’s Wi-Fi communications.

by Mary Shacklett If you are considering expanding the use of wireless communications for your small business, here are several recommendations: Think about your core business needs and about your security before you implement wireless technology. You will likely realize lower costs with wireless technology over time, but the key is being able to take advantage of mobile applications that will help your business— such as a salesperson in the field being able to pull up a price list and a product presentation in the field when he is at a customer site. Security also goes hand in hand with access, especially with wireless. How will you ensure the security of wireless communications with your office servers? What if a wireless device is lost that has valuable data on it? Going wireless is not an overnight proposition. Most likely, you will need a consultant or your IT staff to define a technical communications strategy for you that uses both wireless and wired communications in your business. This “hybrid” communications strategy assures excellent voice quality while it takes advantage of the individual strengths of both wireless and wired technologies. In many cases, the strategy also allows you to continue using telephony assets you have already paid for. Implement sound policies and operating procedures for your wireless networks and equipment. These policies and procedures should address deployment, security, administration, monitoring of technology, employee use and quite possibly regulatory requirements. Your IT and office staffs should be thoroughly familiar with these policies and procedures. In many cases, they will be responsible for defining and implementing them. No one starts out knowing what all of the “best practice” policies and procedures are for wireless—but network administration and security courses and certifications are an easy way for your employees get up to speed quickly.-CTm

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T departments reap multiple benefits from valuing certifications, whether they’re conducting hiring or promoting additional training for employees. IT managers are assured that staff members’ skills are at a high level at a time when more is being asked of them. Human resources managers are relieved of responsibilities for internal training when classes that lead to certification can be attended. Technicians themselves benefit from enhanced skills and knowledge that become part of the the daily skill set they use on the job. However, determining which certifications add value involves careful needs assessment and training analysis. Corporate trainers and IT managers should initially meet to identify the key technologies that comprise the IT architecture, the levels of skills needed to support those technologies, and the specific areas of IT infrastructure—and IT staff—where certifications can help. The critical certification areas that most organizations identify today include: • • • • •

Network technologies (hardware and software); Client and server technologies; Web-based technologies; Specific database, application software and/or application development methodologies that the business uses; Critical skill sets like corporate security and project management.

Establishing skill levels Through their formal certification programs, many industry vendors can help IT departments determine what skills their junior technicians will require to be effective and productive in their particular fast-paced enterprise environments—and what more senior staffers need to continue in their knowledge growth. Companies like Novell, Microsoft, Cisco, Citrix, Oracle and others all have beginning, intermediate and advanced levels of certifications for network, client, server, database and application technologies. Their A+ entry-level certifications for junior technicians and for more experienced personnel who do not have formal certification and want to earn one—are still actively used in company training programs since they were first introduced over 15 years ago. Certification for Web technologies Like networks, clients and servers, Web-based skills grew up in a very informal environment. The CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) certification is vendor-neutral, which means it does not promote any particular vendor’s products over another. Today, CIW certifications help employers ensure that their IT staffs have the requisite skills to support the Web-based strategies that are so critical to corporate IT success. CIW certifications cover job roles in network administration, security, application development, programming, Website design and e-commerce. The knowledge range of these certifications begins with the CIW Associate, which is a basic knowledge base for Internet technolo-

gies. There are also more advanced certifications in Web site design, security, server administration, applications and data base management. Finally, a Master CIW Designer certification covers the artistic aspects of Web site design. Application development and project management Contemporary application development languages like Java/J2EE are supported by certification programs from vendlors like Sun, IBM, and Oracle, while Microsoft certifies .NET developers. At the same time, corporate IT and non-IT managers have recognized the importance of strong project management skills so that technology projects are delivered in time and within budget. The Project Management Institute offers a Project Management Professional certification that focuses on project management skills and tools. It’s a great certification for IT staff members who have shown promise in leading group projects and who have strong communications and people skills. Security Security is a highly visible, mission-critical initiative for corporate IT departments, so it is unsurprising that some of the greatest growth in certifications is in the security area. Certifications that are especially in demand from companies seeking staff training are CISSP, CISA and the SANS Institute’s GIAC certifications. There is also demand for security certification in wireless networking, and in vendor-specific technologies like Cisco, CheckPoint and Microsoft. In broad strokes, certifications are a great way for companies to build IT skill levels, and a strong motivator for IT staff—but there are several steps companies should proactively take to ensure that certifications are optimally effective: •

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Assess the needs of the IT infrastructure and the skills, strengths, and weaknesses of the IT staff. Any gaps between the two should help IT management determine what certifications will best solve the deficiencies of both the staff and the infrastructure. Sit down with staff who will be taking certifications to develop a set of results you expect to see from the training investments made. Some companies have tuition programs where the employee initially funds all or part of the certification, and is then reimbursed by the company pending successful completion of the program. Always continue to scout for talent among your staff. For example, not every IT staffer will be a good project manager—but those with solid technology knowledge and strong motivational, people and communications skills most likely will be. -CTm

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About NetCom Information Technology™

NetCom is a training and consulting company with 1,000 plus technical, application and project management courses making it the Technical Training Leader™ in the USA. NetCom was founded in 1998 and has been the preferred vendor for large and medium size companies in verticals ranging from finance and banking to healthcare and government. Our clients include organizations such as JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Ernst & Young, Procter & Gamble, Harvard University, United Way, NY HRA, MetLife and more.

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Adobe Illustrator CS2 software gives you new creative freedom that lets you realize your ideas quickly and powerfully. Instantly convert bitmaps to vector artwork and paint more intuitively. Save time with intelligent palettes and optimized workspaces. Plus, tight integration with other software allows you to produce extraordinary graphics for print, video, the web, and mobile devices. New York NY

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BUSINESS DESKTOP DEPLOYMENT PLANNING (BDDP) - NEW Depending on your Software Assurance expenditure on Office software, customers receive a one- to ten-day desktop deployment planning service. The service helps you maximize the return on investment from your desktop software by giving you a detailed deployment plan. This provides a comprehensive assessment of your infrastructure, outlining how your organization can deploy the software, including business plan, timelines, activities, resource recommendations and costs.

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Illustrator CS2, 10

List Price: $1,199.00 Prepaid Price: $999.00 Hours: 24

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freedom and productivity using Adobe InDesign CS2 software. Tightly integrated with the Adobe applications you use most, InDesign CS2 delivers faster production workflows and a more fluid creative environment for designing professional layouts with sophisticated graphics and typography.

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HOW DO I GET FREE TRAINING ANND OTHER BENEFITS FOR MY ORGANIZATION / MYSELF? You can ask the Benefits Administrator at your organization for your training Vouchers or contact NetCom for assistance. Many companies find it easier to utilize NetCom’s in-house Benefits Activation Experts, that work directly with you and Microsoft. Our experts can help you activate your benefits, including redemption of your SA training vouchers, and the New Desktop Deployment Planning Services.

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Courses  Flash 8: Level 1 (8 hours)  Flash 8: Level 2 (ActionScript) (8 hours)  Flash 8: Level 3 (8 hours)

Flash 8

Flash Professional 8 is the industry’s most advanced authoring environment for creating interactive websites, digital experiences and mobile content. With Flash Professional 8, creative professionals design and author interactive content rich with video, graphics, and animation for truly unique, engaging websites, presentations or mobile content.

DOES MY ORGANIZATION QUALIFY FOR SOFTWARE ASSURANCE BENEFITS? Software Assurance is selected at the time of software purchase. When your organization signed a Microsoft Volume Licensing Agreement, it purchased Software Assurance as a stand-alone offer or with the software licenses. The Notices Contact listed on the agreement, is your organization’s Agreement Administrator. Your organization can begin using qualifying benefits immediately and over the term of the license agreement. The benefits your organization receives are dependent upon how much your organization has invested in those products that include the Software Assurance coverage under your agreement.

350 Fifth Avenue, Empire State Building, Suite 717, New York, NY 10118 (212) 629-7265 / (866) 629-7265 Fax: 212-947-5462 info@netcominfo.com www.netcominfo.com

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06/11/07 – 06/12/07

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WHAT IS SOFTWARE ASSURANCE? Many companies rely on Microsoft software to help achieve business objectives. As software continues to evolve, IT professionals need tools to facilitate deployment and maximize operational efficiency. Microsoft Software Assurance provides an easy way for Microsoft’s Volume Licensing customers to stay current with the latest and most innovative Microsoft products.

HOW MANY CLASSES CAN I TAKE? HOW DO I REDEEM MY TRAINING VOUCHERS? The amount of training vouchers varies with the licensing program and your agreement benefits. SA Vouchers can be used for instructor-led, publicly scheduled Microsoft authorized courses held at NetCom. Each voucher can be redeemed for one 8-hour day of standard Microsoft classes. Vouchers must be assigned within 90 days of issue and they can not be combined with other discounts or offers. Other restrictions may apply. Redeeming your training benefits is easy. You select how many employees you need trained, which courses they need training for, and give us the voucher numbers. We take care of scheduling your employees as well as redeeming the vouchers for you. Your employees simply attend quality training at NetCom. To learn more about activating your SA Vouchers and redeeming them at NetCom, please contact us at (212) 629-7265 or email info@netcominfo.com

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Give yourself a promotion. Become Adobe Certified. It can be difficult to get ahead in today’s market. To stand out and be noticed. More than ever, you need a clear and focused way to tell the world about your expertise. The solution? Become Adobe® Certified. Adobe certification is an industry standard of excellence, and it’s the absolute best way to communicate your proficiency in leading products from Adobe.

As an individual, an Adobe Certified credential allows you to:

As a business, use the Adobe Certified credential as a benchmark so you can:

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Differentiate yourself from competitors Get your résumé noticed Attract and win new business Gain recognition from your employer Leverage the power of the Adobe brand

Find the right person for the job Quickly assess candidate skill level Invest in & promote your most promising employees

Call to register: 888-563-8266

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services. Autodesk’s main product consists of a software program called AutoCAD. This course is geared towards AutoCAD beginners as well as AutoCAD users looking for in-depth knowledge on how to better use the available functionality for AutoCAD 2007. The classes run 8 am to 6 pm daily. You will receive Autodesk official curriculum for the training. Class MA7 JN7 JL7

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

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05/14/07 – 05/19/07 06/25/07 – 06/30/07 07/30/07 – 08/04/07

Prerequisite Courses  AutoCAD 2007 Essentials - Boot Camp (20 hours)  AutoCAD 2007 Intermediate - Boot Camp (20 hours)  AutoCAD 2007 Advanced - Boot Camp (20 hours)

NetCom Information Technology is an Autodesk Authorized Training Center. Here are a few of the benefits of training at NetCom. • • • • •

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Experience quality monitored by Autodesk Receive courseware from Autodesk Learn from highly qualified and knowledgeable instructors Get your hands on sample projects and exercises Earn a valuable certificate of completion that’s recognized in your profession and validate your product knowledge as an Autodesk Certified User Through certification demonstrate your knowledge and skills to prospective employers and advance your career opportunities.

Autodesk Autodesk 3ds Max 8 List Price: $1,269.00 Prepaid Price: $1,050.00 Hours: 24 Autodesk 3ds Max 8 software builds on our promise to deliver state-of-the-art tools for creative and media professionals. Developed

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as a total animation package with a deep, productive feature set designed to accelerate workflow, 3ds Max is the leader in 3D animation for game development, design visualization, visual effects, and education.

We have earned tremendous reputation due to the quality of our instructors, the quality of our facilities, and the overall satisfaction of our clients.

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MY7 JU7

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New York NY New York NY

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05/30/07 – 06/01/07 09/05/07 – 09/07/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  Autodesk 3ds Max 8 Essentials (24 hours)

Autodesk AutoCAD 2007, 2006 AutoCAD 2007 List Price: $2,399.00 Prepaid Price: $1,999.00 Hours: 72 NetCom Information Technology is proud to be an Autodesk Authorized Training Center.

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New York NY New York NY

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05/21/07 – 07/25/07 07/08/07 – 09/09/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  AutoCAD 2007 Essentials (24 hours)  AutoCAD 2007 Intermediate (24 hours)  AutoCAD 2007 Advanced (24 hours)

AutoCAD 2007 - Boot Camp List Price: $2,879.00 Prepaid Price: $2,399.00 Hours: 60 NetCom Information Technology is proud to be an Autodesk Authorized Training Center (Autodesk ATC) and the first ATC to offer an accelerated course for AutoCAD 2007. Every course is taught using the Autodesk Official Curriculum and is taught by an Autodesk Certified Trainer for gaining relevant skills. Autodesk is one of the world’s leading digital design and content companies. It serves customers in industries where design is critical to success: building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media, and location

For more schedules visit www.netcominfo.com

Business Objects Crystal Reports XI, 10.0, 8.5 Crystal Reports XI List Price: $1,399.00 Prepaid Price: $1,169.00 Hours: 32 Throughout all industries, organizations gather and store an immense amount of vital data. With Crystal Reports, power users and developers can integrate their organization’s data into sophisticated reports and frontend applications for widespread distribution. This powerful advantage provides an important, competitive edge in business. A world-standard for high-productivity reporting, Crystal Reports lets you transform almost any data into interactive content, integrate it into .NET, Java and COM applications and efficiently share it via portals, Microsoft Office documents and wireless devices. Class H7 J7

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Invest in yourself and your career with a Check Point certification. • • • •

#1, Worldwide VPN/Firewall software, 94% revenue market share Check Point solutions are used by 100% of Fortune 100 companies CIOs rank Check Point as the #1 desired security skill set Security certified professionals averaged nearly a 15% salary increase (Source Certification Magazine)

Check Point VPN-1 NGX

Computing Fundamentals

Courses  Adobe Photoshop CS2: Level 1 (8 hours)  Adobe Photoshop CS2: Level 2 (8 hours)

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05/22/07 – 05/25/07 07/02/07 – 07/06/07

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CCSA and CCSE Combo Boot Camp (NGX) List Price: $4,179.00 Prepaid Price: $3,489.00 Hours: 50 There are more Check Point firewalls protecting networks than any other firewall on the market. Check Point’s patented stateful packet inspection sets the standard for other firewall products such as Cisco PIX. As with any piece of security infrastructure, high quality training is essential. With over $1.4 trillion lost in 2001 due to security breaches, it is imperative to understand how to properly deploy, configure, and support your firewall infrastructure. This boot camp gives real-world scenarios, exploits, and instruction. In this intense, 5-day class of lecture and extensive hands-on labs, you will gain indepth knowledge of the Check Point NGX Firewall/VPN and learn about less publicized tools and features that can save time for you and money for your business. Clustering, performance enhancement, troubleshooting, securing, and more will be covered in this class. You’ll also learn about shortcomings in the products, and how to implement effective protections and work-arounds. If certification is in your plans, this advanced class also fully prepares you for your CCSA NGX and CCSE NGX certification tests. Class MA7 AU7

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New York NY New York NY

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06/11/07 – 06/15/07 08/13/07 – 08/17/07

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Computing Fundamentals

Security+ Certification

Courses  Crystal Reports XI: Level 1 (16 hours)  Crystal Reports XI: Level 2 (16 hours)

Courses  CCSA NGX Boot Camp (20 hours)  CCSE NGX Boot Camp (30 hours)

Call to register: 888-563-8266

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CCSE+ NGX: Check Point Certified Security Expert Plus NGX List Price: $2,879.00 Prepaid Price: $2,395.00 Hours: 32 CCSE Plus NGX builds on CCSA and CCSE NGX certifications, and validates in-depth technical expertise with Check Point VPN1 NGX. Professionals with this certification possess all the skills of a CCSE NGX, and demonstrate extensive knowledge of VPN1 NGX, network planning, route-based VPN, and troubleshooting procedures. Class

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New York NY

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04/23/07 – 04/26/07

Prerequisite CCSE NGX: Check Point Certified Security Expert NGX

Courses  Check Point Security Administration NGX III (32 hours)

Cisco® Cisco Associate - Routing & Switching, Security, Voice CCNA® and CCDA® Combo Boot Camp List Price: $3,999.00 Prepaid Price: $3,329.00 Hours: 70 NetCom Information Technology provides authorized training for the CCNA® and CCDA® certifications from Cisco®. The seven day intensive boot camp prepares students for the: CCNA® exam 640-801 and the CCDA® exam 640-861. Get certified in less time, for less money, and gain real hands-on networking experience. Seven days of intense training from Cisco® certified industry experts, for an unbelievably low, all inclusive price. During this 7 day certification training program, you will learn to install, configure and operate LAN, WAN and dial access services. This program focuses on trouble shooting, network layer addressing, network sizing, filtering with

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access list, VLAN use and propagation and improved network security. The boot camp runs Monday – Sunday, 8 am – 6 pm daily. CCNA® is usually covered during the first five days with CCDA® on the final two days. Class

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

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05/14/07 – 05/20/07 07/09/07 – 07/15/07 08/20/07 – 08/26/07

Prerequisite Network+ Certification

Courses  CCNA Boot Camp (50 hours)  CCDA Boot Camp (20 hours)

CCNA®: Cisco Certified Network Associate [ICND] List Price: $2,399.00 Prepaid Price: $1,995.00 Hours: 40 NetCom Information Technology’s Training for Cisco CCNA Certification class provides hands-on instruction in internetworking concepts and will prepare students to support Cisco networks and devices. Class JU7 JU7 JY7

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NetCom Information Technology has made a major investment in Cisco equipment and has hired highly qualified instructors to deliver over 25 different Cisco classes. By attending one of our Cisco classes, you get hands on experience on equipment worth over half million dollars.

Our equipment includes: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

2811 Routers 2950 Catalyst Layer 2 switches 3560 Catalyst Multilayer switches 2000 series WLAN controller 1000 series 802.11 a/b/g AP Cisco Security Manager 5510 ASA (Security Plus Image) 4215 IDS Sensor ACS (Access Control Server 4.0) 3560 Multilayer Switches 2950 Layer 2 Switches SIP Servers Unity Servers IP Phones Analog Phones 3640 Routers for Frame Switching

Network+ Certification

Courses  CCNA / ICND: Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices v2.2 (40 hours)

Cisco Expert (CCIE) - Routing & Switching, Security CCIE Routing & Switching Boot Camp List Price: $9,449.00 Prepaid Price: $7,879.00 Hours: 100 CCIE® certification in Routing and Switching indicates expert level knowledge of networking across various LAN and WAN interfaces, and a variety of routers and switches. Experts in R&S solve complex connectivity problems and apply technology solutions to increase bandwidth, improve response times, maximize performance, improve security, and support global applications. Candidates should be able to install, config-

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ure, and maintain LAN, WAN, and dial access services. To obtain your CCIE, you must first pass a written qualification exam and then a corresponding hands-on lab exam. Class JC4 JC5

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New York NY New York NY

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05/14/07 – 05/18/07 05/21/07 – 05/25/07

Prerequisite CCNP Boot Camp

Courses  CCIE Routing & Switching - Written Boot Camp (50 hours)  CCIE Routing & Switching - Lab Boot Camp (50 hours)

CCIE Security Boot Camp List Price: $9,449.00 Prepaid Price: $7,879.00 Hours: 100 CCIE® certification in Security indicates expert level knowledge of IP and IP routing as well as specific security protocols and components. CCIE® is the highest level of certification in the field of networking and it sets a professional benchmark for Internetwork experts. To obtain your CCIE, you must first pass a written qualification

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fessional must perform using new or modified features in the Cisco Systems. NetCom unveils new CCNP program, after Cisco announces CCNP certification updates on August 15, 2006 The rationale behind the new CCNP program is that a CCNP certified individual should be able to support any kind of network – including wireless and voice. The new CCNP program maintains its focus on the advanced skills required to manage the routers and switches that form the network core, but also expands to include techniques to deploy and support wireless, voice, and security applications on the network edge. Network professionals who achieve the new CCNP certification will demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to fully utilize Cisco intermediate session routing (ISR) routers, which provide wire-speed delivery of concurrent data, voice, video, and wireless services applications. By passing the exam, you will also demonstrate the expertise necessary to integrate and manage converged networks, quality of service (QoS), and virtual private networks (VPNs). Due to the accelerated nature of the boot camp, students must have prior networking background. CCNA, CCNP, MCSA, MCSE is recommended. Take the skills assessment to see if you qualify.

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06/02/07 – 06/30/07 06/02/07 – 06/30/07 07/21/07 – 08/18/07

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exam and then a corresponding hands-on lab exam. Class JD4 JD5

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New York NY New York NY

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05/14/07 – 05/18/07 05/21/07 – 05/25/07

Prerequisite CCSP Boot Camp

Courses  CCIE Security - Written Boot Camp (50 hours)  CCIE Security - Lab Boot Camp (50 hours)

Cisco Professional Routing & Switching, Security, Voice CCNP Boot Camp List Price: $8,279.00 Prepaid Price: $6,899.00 Hours: 168 NetCom Information Technology’s CCNP Boot Camp provides Cisco IT professionals with the advanced knowledge and skills necessary to support Cisco based networks. This is a performance-based course designed upon the job-related tasks an advanced pro-

For more schedules visit www.netcominfo.com

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New York NY

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07/16/07 – 07/29/07

Prerequisite CCNA® Boot Camp

Courses  BSCI Boot Camp (36 hours)  BCMSN Boot Camp (36 hours)  ISCW Boot Camp (42 hours)  ONT Boot Camp (54 hours)

CCSP Boot Camp List Price: $8,399.00 Prepaid Price: $6,999.00 Hours: 156 The goal of this accelerated program for Cisco Certified Security Professional Certification is to consolidates the most essential aspects of the 5 Cisco security courses – SND , SNRS, SNPA, IPS, and HIPS – into a single 13-day hands-on experience. You will receive vouchers for all of the tests so that you can focus on understanding the material. The CCSP certification (Cisco Certified Security Professional) indicates advanced knowledge of securing Cisco networks. With a CCSP, a network professional can secure and manage network infrastructures to protect productivity and reduce costs. The content emphasizes topics such as perimeter

security, virtual private networks, intrusion protection as well as how to combine these technologies in a single, integrated network security solution. The Community for National Systems Security (CNSS) now awards the “Information Systems Security Professional” (INFOSEC) certification for the successful completion of the program’s first four Cisco certification exams.

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drive you toward your CCVP certification in an accelerated amount of time for less money! The standard 28 days of training are covered in only 14 days through the elimination of redundant material, extended learning days, and emphasis on the important aspects of this technology. Earning a CCVP certification validates a robust set of skills in implementing, operating, configuring, and troubleshooting a converged IP network. The classes run 8 am to 8 pm daily. You will receive Cisco official curriculum for the training.

CCNA® Boot Camp

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Class JU7 SE7

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New York NY New York NY

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06/04/07 – 06/16/07 09/10/07 – 09/22/07

Courses  Cisco Firewall Specialist (SND + SNPA) Boot Camp (60 hours)  SNRS Boot Camp (42 hours)  IPS Boot Camp (42 hours)  HIPS Boot Camp (12 hours)

CCVP® Boot Camp List Price: $8,989.00 Prepaid Price: $7,499.00 Hours: 168

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New York NY New York NY

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04/30/07 – 05/13/07 08/06/07 – 08/19/07

Prerequisite CCNA® Boot Camp

Courses  CVOICE +QoS Boot Camp (60 hours)  CIPT1 + CIPT2 Boot Camp (48 hours)  IPTT + GWGK Boot Camp (60 hours)

The CCVP Boot Camp combines classroom instruction and hands-on training from the following Authorized Cisco IP Telephony courses: CVOICE, QoS, CIPT1, CIPT2, GWGK, and IPTT. This Boot Camp will not only help you gain solid knowledge and skills, but will

Cisco Training @ NetCom Information Technology Cisco Certifications bring valuable, measurable rewards to network professionals, their managers, and the organizations that employ them.

Three Levels of Certification:

We offer three levels of general certification: Associate, Professional, and Expert (CCIE; representing the highest level of achievement) & six different paths / tracks such as Routing, Switching, Network Security and Voice. All designed so individuals can match their certification path to their job role or industry. Certification Paths

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CCNA CCNA & CCDA CCNA CCNA

CCNP CCDP CCSP CCVP

CCIE Routing & Switching None CCIE Security CCIE Voice

Cisco Learning Credits

Learning Credits are ordered along with a hardware purchase or as a standalone item. By integrating training from the start, you set the stage for the most productive use of your network. Each Learning Credit (sold in packs of 10, 100, 500 or 1500) pays for US$100 worth of training.

Call to register: 888-563-8266

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Cisco Specialist Certifications - Wireless LAN AWFSS / CWNA / Cisco Wireless - Boot Camp List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,495.00 Hours: 50 NetCom Information Technology’s AWFSS Boot Camp maps to Cisco’s Advanced Wireless LAN Design Specialist Certification, and also to CWNP’s CWNA certification which demonstrates your ability to successfully design solutions with Cisco wireless products. The main focus of this course is the training and preparation of the AWFSS certification, but due to the content similarity of CWNP’s CWNA exam to AWFSS, students may also be able to pass the CWNA exam. If a student chooses to take CWNA exam, the program will give them all the necessary skills to do so, but NetCom Information Technology will host Cisco’s Advanced Wireless LAN Design Specialist Certification exam during this class. NetCom Information Technology delivers authorized Cisco training, as a sponsored organization of Element K, a Cisco Learning Solutions Partner.

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NetCom Information Technology is committed to providing high quality education and learning experience to students. Class

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

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05/07/07 – 05/11/07 06/25/07 – 06/29/07 08/20/07 – 08/24/07

Prerequisite CCNA® and CCDA® Combo Boot Camp

Courses  AWFSS / CWNA /Cisco Wireless - Boot Camp (50 hours)

CISSP CISSP® CISSP® List Price: $2,399.00 Prepaid Price: $1,995.00 Hours: 40 The CISSP has clearly emerged as the key certification for security professionals. In fact, an informal survey of information security jobs on a major employment web site revealed that over 70% of the positions required CISSP certification. Corporations are demanding experienced information security professionals, with the certifications to prove it, to protect their information and assets. CISSP course will expand upon your security knowledge by addressing the essential ele-

Get Your Citrix Training at an Authorized Learning Center Become a CCA/CCEA in just 10 Days

ments of the 10 domains as designated by (ISC)2 for information systems security professionals. The course offers a job-related approach to the security process, while providing the basic skills required to prepare for CISSP certification. Class JU7 AU7

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New York NY New York NY

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05/21/07 – 05/25/07 07/30/07 – 08/03/07

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Citrix Authorized Learning Centers™ (CALCs) are the only authorized, qualified source for instructor-led training on Citrix products. NetCom offers training on the latest product advances and releases, delivered by Citrix Certified Instructors™ (CCIs) and Citrix authorized courseware. Other guarantees include access to the appropriate Citrix products/equipment and workshop-style classes designed to simulate real-world experience in installing and configuring Citrix products

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Which CompTIA certification is right for me? Call NetCom for a free career consultation 888.563.8266

Achieving a CompTIA certification is a great way to begin your career in IT. Choose from the list below, the job role that most resembles your career goals to find out which certification is right for you.

Courses  CISSP® (40 hours)

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Future Job Roles

Which certification applies?

Citrix Presentation Server

Database Development and Administration Design and form databases so users can create data queries and interpret results; manage growth of the database; keep data secure and create security procedures; implement backup and recovery processes; maintain system security and reliability.

CompTIA Project + CompTIA Security+ CompTIA Server+

Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 List Price: $3,159.00 Prepaid Price: $2,629.00 Hours: 32 Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server is a technology that can allow remote users to connect to applications that are actually installed on a remote computer. It uses a mix of technology that results in that remote application looking and behaving just as though it was installed on the local machine. Citrix Presentation Server has been recently upgraded to a new version. This release by Citrix is the first major upgrade in several years. Class DC43

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Digital Media Design, edit and develop audio, video, graphic and animations for web and non-web uses. Use specialized software applications to create digital media for kiosks, computer applications, websites, print media, broadcast media and entertainment. Network Devices Troubleshoot and maintain desktop and laptop computers, computer devices such as PDAs, computer peripherals, and other devices that connect to a network or computer including cellular telephones, palm computers, beepers, etc. Manage a LAN and administer the LAN server for a small group. Network Infrastructure Troubleshoot and maintain the wired, wireless or satellite network. Includes data, voice and video transmission, routing and switching on these networks. Requires working with integrated services and multi-vendor products. Includes monitoring, maintenance, upgrades and security.

Courses  CTX-1256BI Citrix Presentation Server 4.0: Administration (32 hours)

Programming Write, maintain, and update computer code. At the direction of a senior programmer, perform computer programming for applications or portions of applications. Requires knowledge of a computer program including C, C++, Java, etc.

CompTIA

Technical Writing Design and write documentation and user guides for technology equipment and systems such as computers, computer equipment, and software products.. Research technology documentation requirements. Design and write user manuals.

List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,499.00 Hours: 70 NetCom Information Technology provides the best training for A+ and Network+ Boot Camp: In seven days you will be trained for CompTIA A+ Essentials and a Technician exam as well as the Network+ exam.

For more schedules visit www.netcominfo.com

CompTIA i-Net+ CompTIA Project+

CompTIA Linux+ CompTIA Network+ CompTIA Security+

CompTIA A+ CompTIA Project+ CompTIA Network+ CompTIA Security+

05/21/07 – 05/24/07

A+ and Network+ Combo Boot Camp Citrix Training at NetCom: What being a CALC means to you...

Which CompTIA certification is right for me?

Security+ Certification

All CompTIA Certification

CCA certification is essential for pursuit of a CCIA or CCEA

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Web Development and Administration Writing and debugging code as directed by Senior Programmers, Software Engineers and/or Systems Analysts. Analyze, design, develop, adapt, test and maintain computer and Internet-based applications. Use development tools and programming languages in creating and testing the software. Technical Trainer Get the credentials you need to deliver a variety of training solutions

Call to register: 888-563-8266

CompTIA A+ CompTIA Linux+ CompTIA Project+

CompTIA A+ CompTIA Project+

CompTIA e-Biz+ CompTIA i-Net+ CompTIA Linux+

CompTIA CTT+

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CompTIA A+ certification validates the latest skills needed by today’s computer support professionals. CompTIA A+ ensures the right people have the right skills. While many of the essential skills are universal, there are additional skills required to support the needs of businesses. By offering alternative validation paths for specific job scenarios, CompTIA A+ gives individuals the ability to grow their careers in a certain area, and employers the flexibility to choose the validation that best fits their needs. A+ Certification = A+ Essentials + a Technician exam (The technician exam will be one of the electives: IT Technician, Remote Technician, and Depot Technician). The CompTIA Network+ certification is an international industry credential that validates the knowledge of networking professionals. Class MR7 JU7 AU7

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

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04/30/07 – 05/06/07 06/25/07 – 07/01/07 08/13/07 – 08/19/07

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

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04/22/07 – 05/20/07 05/07/07 – 06/11/07 06/04/07 – 06/08/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  A+ Certification: 2006 (40 hours)

Linux+ Certification List Price: $2,399.00 Prepaid Price: $1,995.00 Hours: 40 The Linux+ certification measures vendorneutral Linux knowledge and skills for an individual. This class covers basic installation, operating, and troubleshooting services for the Linux operating system and hardware on workstations and servers. Basic system administration tasks are also covered. Class MA7

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New York NY

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05/06/07 – 06/10/07

project managers can save companies significant time and money and insure quality implementation of key strategic initiatives. Project+ is an up and coming credential granted by CompTIA to those professionals who have achieved a level of experience in the area of project management. Its roots are in the IT world but it is applicable to any project manager who wishes to validate their knowledge through an industry accepted certification. It is a certification that easily sets the stage for project management excellence and even prepares people to move up the ladder toward other certifications like Project Management Professional (PMP) offered by PMI. NetCom Information Technology’s Project + Boot Camp has been developed to make you a better IT project manager, to bring success to your projects, and to reverse startling facts – studies show that without proper management, 75% of all projects fail. Class JU7 AU7

Sections

New York NY New York NY

Date

06/11/07 – 06/14/07 08/06/07 – 08/09/07

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Courses  A+ and Network+ Combo Boot Camp (70 hours)

Network+ Certification

Courses  Project+ Boot Camp (40 hours)

Courses  Linux+ Certification (40 hours)

Security+ Certification

Network+ Certification

List Price: $1,799.00 Prepaid Price: $1,499.00 Hours: 40

A+ Certification: 2006 List Price: $1,199.00 Prepaid Price: $999.00 Hours: 40 CompTIA A+ certification validates the latest skills needed by today’s computer support professionals. It is an international, vendorneutral certification recognized by major hardware and software vendors, distributors and resellers. CompTIA A+ ensures the right people have the right skills. While many of the essential skills are universal, there are additional skills required to support the needs of businesses. By offering alternative validation paths for specific job scenarios, CompTIA A+ gives individuals the ability to grow their careers in a certain area, and employers the flexibility to choose the validation that best fits their needs. NetCom Information technology has decided to present the required and important topics for A+ in this one comprehensive A+ Certification: 2006 course. A learner will have all the necessary material and experiences to study for and successfully achieve an A+ certification regardless of the Technician path they choose. A+ Certification = A+ Essentials + a Technician exam (The technician exam will be one of the electives: IT Technician, Remote Technician, and Depot Technician).

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List Price: $1,439.00 Prepaid Price: $1,195.00 Hours: 40 This class teaches the fundamentals of networking and prepares students for the Network+ certification exam. Through hands-on training and exercises students learn the vendor-independent skills and concepts necessary for all networking professionals. Class MR7 HM7 AP7

Sections

New York NY New York NY New York NY

Date

04/21/07 – 05/19/07 05/01/07 – 05/31/07 05/07/07 – 05/11/07

Prerequisite

Security+ Certification is the primary class you will need to take if your job responsibilities include securing network services, network devices, and network traffic. It is also what you will take to prepare for the CompTIA Security+ examination. In this class, you will build on your knowledge and professional experience with computer hardware, operating systems, and networks as you acquire the specific skills required to implement basic security services on any type of computer network. Class AR7 AP7 JU7

Sections

New York NY New York NY New York NY

A+ Certification

Prerequisite

Courses  Network+ Certification (40 hours)

Network+ Certification

Courses  Security+ (40 hours)

Project+ Boot Camp List Price: $2,879.00 Prepaid Price: $2,395.00 Hours: 40 Corporations are hiring and paying a premium for a trained Project Managers and are supporting their employees in obtaining the credential. Why? It is proven that trained

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Date

04/23/07 – 05/23/07 04/30/07 – 05/04/07 07/07/07 – 08/04/07

C a t a l o g

Train the Trainer (CTT+ / MCT)

termeasures you can take against their use. You will take the CEH exam on the fifth day of class and walk out certified.

List Price: $1,199.00 Prepaid Price: $999.00 Hours: 24

Class AP7 MA7 AU7

This class covers how to prepare for a class, how to deliver presentations (body language, eye contact, voice, presenting concepts, active listening, managing difficult behaviors, and answering questions), getting feedback and evaluations. Novice to experienced trainers, plus business presenters will benefit from this skills workshop. This course is ideal for trainers and presenters from all industries to improve their presentation skills. It offers the additional benefit of fulfilling the presentation skills component as mandated by Microsoft for MCT and CompTIA for CTT+ certification. Class MR7

Sections

New York NY

Sections

Date

New York NY New York NY New York NY

04/23/07 – 04/27/07 06/04/07 – 06/08/07 08/27/07 – 08/31/07

Prerequisite Courses  Certified Ethical Hacker Boot Camp (50 hours) Master the Hacking Technologies. Become a Certified Ethical Hacker.

CEH

Date

Courses  Train the Trainer (CTT+ / MCT) (24 hours)

CEH & CHFI CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) Boot Camp List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,499.00 Hours: 50 Securing information and preventing networks against viruses and attacks are increasingly important priorities in the corporate environment today. According to the 2003 CSI/FBI survey, theft of proprietary information was reported at $70,195,900 while denial of service, cost $65,643,300 in 2002. In our highly web savvy world, where transacting over the web is inevitable, businesses can no longer afford the luxury of not protecting their networks against attacks. A Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) is a skilled professional who understands and knows how to look for the weaknesses and vulnerabilities in your systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker to assess the security posture of a target system(s). NetCom’s 5 day intense CEH training prepares IT professionals in the specific security discipline of Ethical Hacking from a vendorneutral perspective. CEH provides the most exhaustive, in-depth knowledge across 21 domains that will definitely find a place in an organization. Each domain details several tools that a hacker can use and the coun-

Class JU7 AU7

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New York NY New York NY

C o u r s e s Date

06/18/07 – 06/22/07 09/10/07 – 09/14/07

Courses  CHFI (Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator) Boot Camp (50 hours)

A+ and Network+ Combo Boot Camp

05/09/07 – 05/11/07

EC-Council

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Computer Hacking Forensic InvestigatorWorkshop List Price: Free! Hours: 4 Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator enables the systematic and careful identification of evidence in computer related crime and abuse cases. This may range from tracing the tracks of a hacker through a client’s systems, to tracing the originator of defamatory emails, to recovering signs of fraud. Class SP2

C EH

Certified

Ethical Hacker

NetCom is an authorized EC-Council training provider

CHFI (Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator) Boot Camp List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,499.00 Hours: 50 The Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) credential proves that you have the skills to successfully identify the evidence of computer related crime and abuse cases. This may range from tracing the tracks of a hacker through a client’s systems, to tracing the originator of defamatory emails, to recovering signs of fraud. The goal of this 5 day intense CHFI Boot Camp is to educate cybercrime investigators in the techniques of computer forensics investigation. During the program, students will live, learn, and take certification examinations at one of our state-of-the-art education centers. NetCom Information Technology is proud to be an EC-Council Accredited Training Provider. The CHFI Boot Camp follows the EC-Council official curriculum and is taught by an industry expert EC-Council certified trainer.

Call to register: 888-563-8266

Sections

Date

New York NY

09/07/07

Courses  Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator- Workshop (4 hours)

Intuit QuickBooks 2006, 2005 QuickBooks 2006 List Price: $399.00 Prepaid Price: $339.00 Hours: 16 QuickBooks is one of the most popular bookkeeping programs in the job market. Learn how to setup a Company; enter data; reconcile Bank Statements; create Custom Invoices and more. Class J7 H7 JU7

Sections

New York NY New York NY New York NY

Date

04/26/07 – 04/27/07 07/02/07 – 07/03/07 07/14/07 – 07/15/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  QuickBooks 2006: Level 1 (8 hours)  QuickBooks 2006: Level 2 (8 hours)

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What is ITIL? ITIL is one of the most widely utilized sets of best practices for the IT community. It was originally developed in the late 1980s by Britain’s Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA), now known as the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). At that time, the CCTA worked with both government IT staff and outside consultants to develop a framework for IT best practices. Although it has its roots in the British government’s efforts to improve its own service levels and cut costs, ITIL has also found widespread adoption in the private sector. Rather than a rigid set of rules, ITIL provides a framework that companies can adapt to meet their own needs. Organizations may not implement every process, just those that make sense and fit into the way the organization wants to do business in the future. Some processes may be abandoned later when post-implementation reviews show limited value, while others may be implemented as gaps are uncovered or needs change. ITIL breaks down IT functions into discrete, full-function components that span the enterprise, called services. Best practices for the delivery of the service are identified and they are addressed at three different levels: • Strategic — Long term goals of the particular service and high level activities needed to accomplish them. • Tactical — Specific processes that guide the tasks and activities needed to perform and provision the service. • Operational — Actual execution of the processes to provide the service to the customer and end users. Successful completion of the Operational tasks means that Strategic goals are accomplished within the expected time frames.

ITIL (EXIN / ISEB) ITIL ITIL: Foundation Certification Boot Camp List Price: $1,509.00 Prepaid Price: $1,250.00 Hours: 20 IT organizations are faced with a rapidly evolving environment coupled with a more headcount-constrained staff, where standardization on optimal systems and procedures is a critical success factor. The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of best practices that may be used to deliver high quality IT services. ITIL’s body of knowledge represent the consensus derived from over a decade of work and experience by thousands of IT professionals world-wide, earning for it the status as de facto world standard for IT best practices. The ITIL Foundation Boot Camp is intense 2 day course designed to provide a straightforward, no non-sense introduction to ITIL, by professionals who have actual experience in implementing these best practices. This boot camp includes the exam leading to the ITIL Foundation Certificate

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(the Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management), a 40 question multiplechoice exam. Class

Sections

AP7 JY7

New York NY New York NY

Date

05/07/07 – 05/08/07 06/25/07 – 06/26/07

Courses  ITIL: Foundation Certification Boot Camp (20 hours)

Courses  FrontPage 2003: Level 1 (8 hours)  FrontPage 2003: Level 2 (8 hours)  4010: E-Commerce Profitability: Online Merchandising Using Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 (4 hours)

Microsoft Access 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000 Microsoft Office 2007 - What’s New List Price: $799.00 Prepaid Price: $669.00 Hours: 32 When planning the release of the 2007 Microsoft Office system Microsoft took on the challenge of making the core Microsoft Office applications easier to work with. Taking into account extensive usability data and recent advancements in hardware and software, the team has delivered the most significant update to the Microsoft Office user interface in more than a decade. The result of these efforts is a user interface that makes it easier for people to get more out of Microsoft Office applications so they can deliver better results faster. Class MA7

Sections

New York NY

Courses  Word 2007 New Features (1 days)  Excel 2007 New Features (1 days)  PowerPoint 2007 New Features (1 days)  Access 2007 New Features (1 days)

Microsoft-Application

Access 2007

FrontPage 2003, 2000

List Price: $599.00 Prepaid Price: $499.00 Hours: 24

FrontPage 2003 List Price: $949.00 Prepaid Price: $789.00 Hours: 20 FrontPage 2003 provides the features, flexibility, and functionality to help you build better Web sites. It includes the professional design, authoring, data, and publishing tools needed to create dynamic and sophisticated Web sites. Class

Sections

H7 J7

New York NY New York NY

Prerequisite Word 2003

Date

04/23/07 – 04/25/07 06/18/07 – 06/20/07

Date

05/29/07 – 06/01/07

BJ7 CJ7

Sections

New York NY New York NY

Date

05/14/07 – 05/16/07 06/18/07 – 06/20/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  Access 2007: Level 1 (8 hours)  Access 2007: Level 2 (8 hours)  Access 2007: Level 3 (8 hours)

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Access 2003

IC3: Internet & Computing Core Certification

List Price: $999.00 Prepaid Price: $829.00 Hours: 40 Access 2003 gives you a powerful set of tools that are sophisticated enough for professional developers, yet easy for new users to learn. Create powerful database solutions that make organizing, accessing, and sharing information easier than ever. Class F7 CA7 G7

Sections

New York NY New York NY New York NY

Date

04/23/07 – 04/27/07 05/05/07 – 05/19/07 06/04/07 – 06/08/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  Access 2003: Level 1 (8 hours)  Access 2003: Level 2 (8 hours)  Access 2003: Level 3 (8 hours)  Access 2003: Level 4 (8 hours)  4004: Managing Critical Business Information Using Microsoft Office Access 2003 (4 hours)  4005: Beyond the Spreadsheet: Managing Financial Information Using Microsoft Office Access 2003 (4 hours)

Get started with Excel 2007 Analyze, share, and manage information to make more informed decisions. Office Excel 2007 takes advantage of a new user interface to make professional-looking charts faster and easier.

List Price: $599.00 Prepaid Price: $499.00 Hours: 24 Microsoft Office Excel 2007 contains powerful tools to help you analyze, manage, and share critical business data. You can also work with industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) data to make it easier to connect to business processes. BJ7 CJ7

Sections

New York NY New York NY

Courses  Excel 2007: Level 1 (8 hours)  Excel 2007: Level 2 (8 hours)  Excel 2007: Level 3 (8 hours)

Excel 2003 List Price: $1,229.00 Prepaid Price: $1,019.00 Hours: 40 Microsoft Office Excel 2003 contains powerful tools to help you analyze, manage, and share critical business data. You can also work with industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) data to make it easier to connect to business processes. Class CA7 G7 H7

Sections

New York NY New York NY New York NY

Date

04/21/07 – 04/29/07 05/21/07 – 05/25/07 06/25/07 – 06/29/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  Excel 2003: Level 1 (8 hours)  Excel 2003: Level 2 (8 hours)  Excel 2003: Level 3 (8 hours)  4002: Forecasting and Trend Analysis Using Excel 2003 (4 hours)  4003: Summarizing Excel 2003 Data to Make Better Business Decisions (4 hours)  Excel 2003: Introduction to VBA (8 hours)

Microsoft Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000 Outlook 2007 List Price: $599.00 Prepaid Price: $499.00 Hours: 24

Excel 2007

Class

Prerequisite

Microsoft Excel 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000

Access 2007 gives you a powerful set of tools that are sophisticated enough for professional developers, yet easy for new users to learn. Create powerful database solutions that make organizing, accessing, and sharing information easier than ever Class

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05/02/07 – 05/04/07 06/06/07 – 06/08/07

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Sections

New York NY New York NY

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Courses  Outlook 2007: Level 1 (8 hours)  Outlook 2007: Level 2 (8 hours)  Outlook 2007: Level 3 (8 hours)

Outlook 2003 List Price: $699.00 Prepaid Price: $589.00 Hours: 28 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 provides an integrated solution for managing e-mail, schedules, tasks, notes, and more. Key enhancements include the new cached mode, automatic grouping of messages, junk e-mail handling, and improved reading views. Class F7 CA7 G7

Sections

New York NY New York NY New York NY

Date

04/30/07 – 05/03/07 05/20/07 – 06/09/07 05/29/07 – 06/01/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  Outlook 2003: Level 1 (8 hours)  Outlook 2003: Level 2 (8 hours)  Outlook 2003: Level 3 (8 hours)  4006: Time and Task Management Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 (4 hours)

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000 PowerPoint 2007 List Price: $399.00 Prepaid Price: $339.00 Hours: 16 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 lets you create, present, and collaborate on presentations. Improved features and increased support for multimedia, ink markup make it easier to create powerful, persuasive presentations. Class

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 provides an integrated solution for managing e-mail, schedules, tasks, notes, and more. Key enhancements include the new cached mode, automatic grouping of messages, junk e-mail handling, and improved reading views. Class

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Sections

New York NY New York NY

Date

04/30/07 – 05/01/07 06/04/07 – 06/05/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  PowerPoint 2007: Level 1 (8 hours)  PowerPoint 2007: Level 2 (8 hours)

05/07/07 – 05/09/07 06/11/07 – 06/13/07

Prerequisite Windows XP Professional

Call to register: 888-563-8266

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C o u r s e Courses  MOS (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Boot Camp (50 hours)

Outlook Tip Make your Contacts take precedence over the global address list When you type someone’s name in the “To” field of a message, Outlook tries to figure out who you mean. It can look in more than one address book, and its essential that it looks in your own Contacts first, else it’ll auto-complete to some random person in the global address list (which in my company is pretty big). It won’t even flag a “notsure”; it just auto-completes to the wrong person. It’s easy to make it look in your Contacts list first, once you know how, but it’s devilish hard to find out how. Here’s what to do.

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Select “Tools/Address Book...”.

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In the new window, select “Tools/Options...”.

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In the lower pane select “Contacts”, and use the up-arrow button beside the pane to move “Contacts” up to the top.

PowerPoint 2003 List Price: $499.00 Prepaid Price: $419.00 Hours: 20 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 lets you create, present, and collaborate on presentations. Improved features and increased support for multimedia, ink markup make it easier to create powerful, persuasive presentations. Class F7 CA7 G7

Sections

New York NY New York NY New York NY

Date

05/14/07 – 05/16/07 06/10/07 – 06/17/07 06/18/07 – 06/20/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  PowerPoint 2003: Level 1 (8 hours)  PowerPoint 2003: Level 2 (8 hours)  4007: Creating Effective Presentations Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (4 hours)

With greater collaboration and many new features, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Microsoft Office System 2003 is a must know office suite for the office professional of the 21st century. Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification, the premier Microsoft desktop certification, is a globally recognized standard for demonstrating desktop skills. The Office Specialist program is helping meet the demand for qualified and knowledgeable people in the modern workplace. NetCom Information Technology is proud to be a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS). Every Microsoft course follows the Microsoft official curriculum and is taught by an industry expert Microsoft certified trainer. We ensure our clients satisfaction be it for gaining skills in Microsoft technologies or the best possible preparation in passing certification exams. Word 2003: Either Microsoft Word 2003 Specialist OR Microsoft Word 2003 Core Excel 2003: Either Microsoft Excel 2003 Specialist OR Microsoft Excel 2003 Core PowerPoint 2003: Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

MOS 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Boot Camp

Class

List Price: $1,919.00 Prepaid Price: $1,599.00 Hours: 50

Computing Fundamentals

Take your end user skills to the next level. The goal of this five-day MOS (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Boot Camp course is to provide information technology professionals expertise with the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity programs. This is a performance-based course designed upon job-related tasks a professional must perform.

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Sections

New York NY

Date

04/23/07 – 04/27/07

Prerequisite

Microsoft Word 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000 Word 2007 List Price: $599.00 Prepaid Price: $499.00 Hours: 24 Microsoft Office Word 2007, the latest version of the best-selling word processor, delivers innovations that can help you easily create professional-quality documents, control distribution of sensitive information, and collaborate with others. Class

Sections

BJ7 CJ7

New York NY New York NY

Date

05/21/07 – 05/23/07 06/25/07 – 06/27/07

Prerequisite Windows XP Professional

Courses  Word 2007: Level 1 (8 hours)  Word 2007: Level 2 (8 hours)  Word 2007: Level 3 (8 hours)

Word 2003 List Price: $699.00 Prepaid Price: $589.00 Hours: 28 Microsoft Office Word 2003, the latest version of the best-selling word processor, delivers innovations that can help you easily create professional-quality documents, control distribution of sensitive information, and collaborate with others. Class

Sections

F7 G7 CA7

New York NY New York NY New York NY

Date

05/07/07 – 05/10/07 06/11/07 – 06/14/07 06/23/07 – 07/01/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  Word 2003: Level 1 (8 hours)  Word 2003: Level 2 (8 hours)

Check how employers search and identify certified experts in deploying, supporting and maintaining MS technologies on careerbuilder.com.

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MCSE MCSA MCSD MCT

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Value in Microsoft Certifications by Naushad Hasan

As decision makers dwell on centralization or decentralization of IT infrastructures, hiring certified professionals has become industry norm. Financial to pharmaceutical, architecture to law firms added “certified professionals” clause as part of their hiring process. Pretty much all IT vendors have created, modified, and restructured their products as demands changed, which resulted change in certification specifications. Whether the program is vendor-driven to support exiting products or customer-driven to satisfy business requirements, the objective still remains to create synergy and solving gaps in the ability to provide services across a number of technologies, disciplines and vendors. Microsoft is one of the major players in IT certification industry assisting businesses in application development, server technologies, various business integration, and office technologies by adding value propositions to the IT professionals and the ones who are eager to get their foot in the door. The more certification an IT professional achieves, the more credentials he or she gains, which results rewards or incentives, overall marketability, professional recognition, and personal satisfaction. Microsoft vision: Stay competitive, get trained. Microsoft offers comprehensive training that helps build technical solutions and stay competitive today and in the future. What’s Hot!! Among various certifications offered by Microsoft, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certifications for IT Professionals (MCITP) offered in SQL 2005, .NET 2.0, Biztalk Server 2006 remain on the top of the list offered by all Microsoft Certified Partners for Learning Solutions (CPLS). Major MS Certifications objective at a glance: MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Application: The Technology Specialist certifications let professionals target specific technologies and distinguish themselves by demonstrating indepth knowledge and expertise in their subject area technologies. Developers holding the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications (MCTS: .NET

Framework 2.0 Web Applications) certification have demonstrated breadth and depth of skills and knowledge of Web application technology and data access in Web applications. MCTS: BizTalk Server 2006: A Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 (MCTS: BizTalk Server) possesses a deep and broad understanding of the design and development of distributed applications that use BizTalk Server 2006. The credential holder has also demonstrated expertise in deploying and managing a BizTalk Server 2006 solution and can create a BizTalk orchestration, integrate business rules and human workflow services, manage business processes, troubleshoot BizTalk solutions, and consume and publish Web services. MCTS: SQL Server 2005: Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists in SQL Server 2005 (MCTS: SQL Server 2005) implement and maintain databases using specific instructions and specifications. They have thorough knowledge of the product, understand how to use the tools and Transact-SQL language, and know how to navigate the user interface. Technology Specialists are typically pursuing careers as a database administrator, database developer, or business intelligence developer. MCSE / MCSA 2003: The Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) credential is the premier certification for professionals who analyze the business requirements and design and implement the infrastructure for business solutions based on the Windows operating system. Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) is a subset of MCSE for professionals who would manage and maintain an existing Microsoft network. MCITP: DB Admin (SQL Server 2005): Database administrators install or configure Microsoft SQL Server and manage or maintain databases or multidimensional databases, user accounts, database availability, recovery, and reporting. They also design or implement security or server automation and monitor and troubleshoot SQL Server activity. Database administrators are typically employed by midsize to large organizations.

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MCITP: DB Developer (SQL Server 2005): Database developers design and implement relational database models (logical and physical) and database storage objects. They also program servers by using user-defined functions, triggers, stored procedures, TransactSQL, or the CLR. They retrieve or modify data using SQL queries or tune and optimize queries. Database developers are typically employed by mid-size to large organizations. Ways to achieving Microsoft Certifications: Boot camps have become a popular way to getting certified. Many professionals, who already have hands-on product knowledge, prefer boot camps since work pressure is tremendous and time constrain doesn’t allow to be out of the office for a long period of time. What to look for Since time is the key for boot camp attendees, choosing the right vendor is extremely important. Just imagine after so much of effort in making time to get certified, what is the value attending training if training is poorly delivered and most importantly not being certified at the end of training? Microsoft Gold CPLS (Certified Partner for Learning Solutions) ensures quality, therefore chances of getting certified is lot higher!! Under the umbrella of having Gold CPLS certification, a school ensures quality of instructor, MOC (Microsoft Official Curriculum) books, and Microsoft authorized labs. There are more reasons to be certified than not being certified. Having certified professionals onboard creates productive, stable and secure IT infrastructure. As decisions makers in organizations evaluate and rectify internal processes get better competitive advantages, IT certified professionals bring skills that add value to the business. Getting certified is the way to keep moving forward. The question remains, are you ready?

Naushad Hasan is one of NetCom’s senior Training Consultants with years of experience in developing training curriculum for major organizations and corporations in New York. He also holds a Masters in Computer Science from Pace University with a concentration in system analysis and application development.

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 Word 2003: Level 3 (8 hours)  4008: Building Better Microsoft Office Word 2003 Documents in Less Time (4 hours)

MOS 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Boot Camp List Price: $1,919.00 Prepaid Price: $1,599.00 Hours: 50 Take your end user skills to the next level. The goal of this five-day MOS (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Boot Camp course is to provide information technology professionals expertise with the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity programs. This is a performance-based course designed upon job-related tasks a professional must perform. With greater collaboration and many new features, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Microsoft Office System 2003 is a must know office suite for the office professional of the 21st century. Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification, the premier Microsoft desktop certification, is a globally recognized standard for demonstrating desktop skills. The Office Specialist program is helping meet the demand for qualified and knowledgeable people in the modern workplace. NetCom Information Technology is proud to be a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS). Every Microsoft course follows the Microsoft official curriculum and is taught by an industry expert Microsoft certified trainer. We ensure our clients satisfaction be it for gaining skills in Microsoft technologies or the best possible preparation in passing certification exams. Word 2003: Either Microsoft Word 2003 Specialist OR Microsoft Word 2003 Core Excel 2003: Either Microsoft Excel 2003 Specialist OR Microsoft Excel 2003 Core PowerPoint 2003: Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Class AL7

Sections

New York NY

Date

04/23/07 – 04/27/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  MOS (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Boot Camp (50 hours)

C o u r s e

Project 2003, 2000

Microsoft - Technical

Project 2003 Application

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 1.0

List Price: $749.00 Prepaid Price: $629.00 Hours: 20

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Basic

Microsoft Project 2003 is appropriate for people who plan projects with multiple tasks, customize graphs and reports, and communicate project information and status. Class

Sections

H7 J7 PR1

New York NY New York NY New York NY

Date

05/02/07 – 05/04/07 06/27/07 – 06/29/07 08/22/07 – 08/24/07

Prerequisite Project+

Courses  Microsoft Project 2003: Level 1 (8 hours)  Microsoft Project 2003: Level 2 (8 hours)  4009: Setting Up Projects for Success Using Microsoft Office Project 2003 (4 hours)

Visio 2003, 2002, 2000 Visio 2003 List Price: $719.00 Prepaid Price: $599.00 Hours: 16 Visio 2003 is a diagramming program that can help you create business and technical diagrams that document and organize complex ideas, processes, and systems. Diagrams created in Visio 2003 enable you to visualize and communicate information clearly, concisely, and effectively in ways that text and numbers cannot. Visio 2003 also automates data visualization by synchronizing directly with data sources to provide up-to-date diagrams, and it can be customized to meet the needs of your organization. Class H7 J7

Sections

New York NY New York NY

Date

04/30/07 – 05/01/07 07/05/07 – 07/06/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  361: Microsoft Visio 2003 Professional: Level 1 (8 hours)  362: Microsoft Visio 2003 Professional: Level 2 (8 hours)

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List Price: $2,559.00 Prepaid Price: $2,139.00 Hours: 40 This package introduces students to computer programming. Students will learn the fundamental concepts and terminology of software application development and develop skills in designing and writing simple computer programs. This package provides an overview of the software development process in addition to introducing important programming constructs and methodologies. This package also enables introductorylevel developers who are not familiar with the Microsoft .NET Framework or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to gain familiarity with the Visual Studio 2005 development environment. Students will also learn basic skills using either Microsoft Visual Basic or Microsoft Visual C# as a programming language. Class MA7 MA AU7

Sections

New York NY New York NY New York NY

Date

04/23/07 – 04/27/07 05/07/07 – 05/11/07 07/16/07 – 07/20/07

Courses  2667: Introduction to Programming - Accelerated Version (12 hours)  4994: Introduction to Programming Microsoft .NET Framework Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Accelerated Version (28 hours)

MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Application Boot Camp List Price: $4,319.00 Prepaid Price: $3,599.00 Hours: 60 Get your MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications training and certification from NetCom – the leader in customer oriented training delivery. NetCom’s accelerated training for MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications boot camp makes sure that students have the correct background to get the maximum benefit from the boot camp, focuses on learning in addition to test preparation and guarantees that students

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Check out NetCom’s newest Boot Camps leading to MCTS & MCITP certifications. Available for Vista (deployment, configuration & support), Exchange 2007, SharePoint 2007, SQL 2005, BizTalk 2006 and .NET Framework 2.0 will walk out MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications certified. The Technology Specialist certifications let professionals target specific technologies and distinguish themselves by demonstrating in-depth knowledge and expertise in their subject area technologies. Developers holding the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications (MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications) certification have demonstrated breadth and depth of skills and knowledge of Web application technology and data access in Web applications. The boot camp runs Monday – Sat, 8 am – 6 pm daily. Class MA7 AU7

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New York NY New York NY

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05/14/07 – 05/19/07 08/06/07 – 08/11/07

Courses  2541: Core Data Access with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Accelerated Version (15 hours)  2543: Core Web Application Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 - Accelerated Version (15 hours)  2542: Advanced Data Access with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Accelerated Version (10 hours)  2544: Advanced Web Application Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 - Accelerated Version (10 hours)  2956: Developing Applications with the .NET Framework 2.0 Foundation - Accelerated Version (10 hours)

MCSD: Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (C#.Net Track)

MCSD: Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (VB.Net Track)

List Price: $10,379.00 Prepaid Price: $8,649.00 Hours: 168

List Price: $10,379.00 Prepaid Price: $8,649.00 Hours: 128

The Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) credential is the premium certification for professionals who design and develop custom business solutions with Microsoft development tools, technologies, and platforms. The credential covers job tasks ranging from analyzing business requirements to maintaining solutions. Learn C# .NET from the industry experts who have real world .NET experience while earning your Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer Certification.

The Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) credential is the premium certification for professionals who design and develop custom business solutions with Microsoft development tools, technologies, and platforms. The credential covers job tasks ranging from analyzing business requirements to maintaining solutions. Learn VB .NET from the industry experts who have real world .NET experience while earning your Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer Certification.

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Prerequisite

Object-Oriented Programming Intro

Microsoft Technical - Other

Courses  2124: Programming with C# (40 hours)  2389: Programming ADO.NET (24 hours)  2524: Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP.NET (24 hours)  2555: Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (Visual C# .NET) (40 hours)  2710: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures (40 hours)

Courses  2373: Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (40 hours)  2389: Programming ADO.NET (24 hours)  2524: Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP.NET (24 hours)  2710: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures (40 hours)

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Microsoft .Net - Other List Price: $40,999.00 Prepaid Price: $34,169.00 Hours: 104 Microsoft .Net

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Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 - Accelerated Version (40 hours)  2934: Deploying and Managing Business Process and Integration Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 (10 hours)

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Prerequisite MCAD: Microsoft Certified Application Developer

Courses  2311: Advanced Web Application Development using Microsoft ASP. NET (24 hours)  2349: Programming with the Microsoft .NET Framework (Microsoft Visual C# .NET) (40 hours)  2609: Introduction to C# Programming with Microsoft .NET (40 hours)

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000 MCTS: BizTalk Server 2006 - Boot Camp

Microsoft Commerce Server 2002, 2000 Microsoft Commerce Server List Price: $4,679.00 Prepaid Price: $3,899.00 Hours: 32 Commerce Server 2002 is the Windows Server System platform for rapidly building next-generation online businesses. Built on agile .NET technology, Commerce Server 2002 can extend your site’s functionality and enhance the user experience globally. Class MY7

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New York NY

Date

05/29/07 – 06/01/07

Courses  2729: Building Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 Solutions (32 hours)

List Price: $3,599.00 Prepaid Price: $2,999.00 Hours: 50

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, 2003, 2000, 5.5

The Technology Specialist certifications enable professionals to target specific technologies and distinguish themselves by demonstrating in-depth knowledge of and expertise in the technologies with which they work. A Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 (MCTS: BizTalk Server) possesses a deep and broad understanding of the design and development of distributed applications that use BizTalk Server 2006. The credential holder has also demonstrated expertise in deploying and managing a BizTalk Server 2006 solution and can create a BizTalk orchestration, integrate business rules and human workflow services, manage business processes, troubleshoot BizTalk solutions, and consume and publish Web services The boot camp runs Monday – Friday, 8 am – 6 pm daily.

MCTS: Exchange Server 2007 Configuration Boot camp

Class JU7

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New York NY

Date

06/18/07 – 06/22/07

Courses  2933: Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions Using

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List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,499.00 Hours: 50

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New York NY New York NY

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 List Price: $2,129.00 Prepaid Price: $1,779.00 Hours: 40

Microsoft Exchange 2003 List Price: $5,529.00 Prepaid Price: $4,609.00 Hours: 64

YA7 YB7 YC7

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

Date

05/21/07 – 05/23/07 05/21/07 – 05/23/07 05/24/07 – 05/25/07

Prerequisite Courses  2008: Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Organization (16 hours)  2009: Upgrading Your Skills from Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (24 hours)  2011: Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (24 hours)

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05/21/07 – 05/25/07 07/23/07 – 07/27/07

Prerequisite Microsoft Windows 2003 - Other

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Web cache solution that enables enterprise customers to easily maximize existing information technology (IT) investments by improving network security and performance. ISA Server 2004 is available in two versions: standard edition and enterprise edition. Information included in this product overview includes features and capabilities in both versions, unless otherwise specified. Class MA7 JY7

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New York NY New York NY

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Courses  2824: Implementing Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 (40 hours)

04/23/07 – 04/27/07

Prerequisite

Courses  2576 Implementing and Administering Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 (24 hours)  2694: Updating Web Server Skills to Internet Information Services 6.0 (16 hours)

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004, 2000 Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server List Price: $3,859.00 Prepaid Price: $3,209.00 Hours: 40 Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 is the advanced stateful packet and application-layer inspection firewall, virtual private network (VPN), and

Microsoft Operation Manager (MOM) 2005, 2000 Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) List Price: $2,559.00 Prepaid Price: $2,129.00 Hours: 24

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Courses  2287: Managing Your Infrastructure Using Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 (24 hours)

Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint 2000, 2001, 2003 List Price: $7,379.00 Prepaid Price: $6,149.00 Hours: 40 Using the combined collaboration features of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, users in your organization can easily create, manage, and build their own collaborative Web sites and make them available throughout the organization. Class AP7 JU7

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New York NY New York NY

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04/30/07 – 05/04/07 06/18/07 – 06/22/07

Prerequisite MCSE / MCSA: Microsoft Certified System Engineer (2003) - Accelerated Version

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) helps provide you with the knowledge to avoid the avoidable – reducing the complexity associated with managing today’s IT infrastructure environment and lowering the cost of operations. MOM – a key component of the Dynamic Systems Initiative – provides manageability as part of the design and implementation of Windows Server System technologies. By delivering operational knowledge and subject expertise directly from the application developers, MOM helps simplify identification of issues, streamlines the process for determining the root cause of the problem, and facilitates quick resolution to restore services and to prevent potential IT problems. Class

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05/14/07 – 05/18/07 07/23/07 – 07/27/07

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MCSE / MCSA: Microsoft Certified System Engineer (2003) - Accelerated Version

To compete successfully in today’s challenging business climate, organizations must enable more efficient ways for knowledge workers to communicate and collaborate. E-mail is currently the most widely used collaborative technology. More businesses use Exchange Server for e-mail-based collaboration than any other product. Exchange Server 2003 enables knowledge workers to gain access to critical business communications almost whenever and wherever they need to and is designed to deliver greater security, availability, and reliability. Class

AP7

Prerequisite

Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 is a powerful Web server that provides a highly reliable, manageable, and scalable Web application infrastructure for all versions of Windows Server 2003. Class

Microsoft Exchange 2003

Courses  5047: Introduction to Installing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Boot Camp (20 hours)  5049: Managing Messaging Security using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Boot Camp (10 hours)  5050: Recovering Messaging Servers and Databases using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Boot Camp (10 hours)  5051: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Boot Camp (10 hours)

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05/21/07 – 05/23/07

Microsoft Training The field of information technology (IT) covers all aspects of managing and processing information. Microsoft training at NetCom develops the skills necessary to succeed in the IT industry. As a certified IT professional, you’ll learn to design, develop, support, and manage computer software, hardware, and networks. NetCom is authorized by Microsoft to accept your Software Assurance Vouchers to fund On-Site, Off-Site, and/or E-Learning training. Vouchers can be used for training on any Microsoft technology area.

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Courses  2554: Course Bundle: Administrating Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (40 hours)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2000 MCTS: SQL Server 2005 - Boot Camp List Price: $3,599.00 Prepaid Price: $2,999.00 Hours: 50 The Technology Specialist certifications enable professionals to target specific technologies and distinguish themselves by demonstrating in-depth knowledge of and expertise in the technologies with which they work. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists in SQL Server 2005 (MCTS: SQL Server 2005) implement and maintain databases using specific instructions and specifications. They have thorough knowledge of the product, understand how to use the tools

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and Transact-SQL language, and know how to navigate the user interface. Technology Specialists are typically pursuing careers as a database administrator, database developer, or business intelligence developer. They may also be individuals such as developers and systems administrators who do not work with SQL Server on a daily basis but wish to show their breadth of technology experience. The boot camp runs Monday – Friday, 8 am – 6 pm daily. Class MY7 JY7

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New York NY New York NY

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05/14/07 – 05/18/07 07/09/07 – 07/13/07

Prerequisite MCTS: SQL Server 2005 - Boot Camp

Courses  2780: Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database Accelerated Version (25 hours)  2779: Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database Accelerated Version (25 hours)

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MCITP: Database Administrator (SQL Server 2005) - Boot Camp

MCITP: Database Developer (SQL Server 2005) - Boot Camp

List Price: $5,399.00 Prepaid Price: $4,499.00 Hours: 70

Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator (MCITP: Database Administrator) is the premier certification for database server administrators. This certification demonstrates that you can keep up with your enterprise business solutions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Database administrators install or configure Microsoft SQL Server and manage or maintain databases or multidimensional databases, user accounts, database availability, recovery, and reporting. The boot camp runs Monday – Sunday, 8 am – 6 pm daily.

Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Developer (MCITP: Database Developer) is the premier certification for database designers and developers. This credential demonstrates that you can design a secure, stable, enterprise database solution by using Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Database developers design and implement relational database models (logical and physical) and database storage objects. They also program servers by using userdefined functions, triggers, stored procedures, Transact-SQL, or the CLR. They retrieve or modify data using SQL queries or tune and optimize queries. Database developers are typically employed by mid-size to large organizations. The boot camp runs Monday – Sunday, 8 am – 6 pm daily.

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New York NY

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06/25/07 – 07/01/07

Prerequisite MCTS: SQL Server 2005

MCTS: SQL Server 2005 - MODL List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,495.00 Hours: 20 The Technology Specialist certifications enable professionals to target specific technologies and distinguish themselves by demonstrating in-depth knowledge of and expertise in the technologies with which they work. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists in SQL Server 2005 (MCTS: SQL Server 2005) implement and maintain databases using specific instructions and specifications. They have thorough knowledge of the product, understand how to use the tools and Transact-SQL language, and know how to navigate the user interface. Technology Specialists are typically pursuing careers as a database administrator, database developer, or business intelligence developer. They may also be individuals such as developers and systems administrators who do not work with SQL Server on a daily basis but wish to show their breadth of technology experience. Class

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Courses  2786: Designing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Infrastructure - Boot Camp (15 hours)  2787: Designing Security for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Boot Camp (15 hours)  2788: Designing High Availability Database Solutions Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Boot Camp (20 hours)  2789: Administering and Automating Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Databases and Servers - Boot Camp (5 hours)  2790: Troubleshooting and Optimizing Database Servers Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Boot Camp (15 hours)

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06/18/07 – 06/24/07

Prerequisite MCTS: SQL Server 2005

Courses  2781: Designing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Server-Side Solutions - Boot Camp (25 hours)  2782: Designing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Databases - Boot Camp (15 hours)  2783: Designing the Data Tier for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Boot Camp (10 hours)  2784: Tuning and Optimizing Queries using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Boot Camp (20 hours)

Courses 2794: Designing a Business Intelligence Solution for the Enterprise Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Boot Camp Hours: 15

List Price: $10,499.00 Prepaid Price: $8,759.00 Hours: 32

Courses  2785: Managing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (20 hours)

2796: Designing an Analysis Solution Architecture Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services - Boot Camp Hours: 25

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Business Intelligence Developer Boot Camp

2795: Designing an ETL Solution Architecture Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services - Boot Camp Hours: 15

New York NY New York NY New York NY

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MCTS and MCITP: SQL Server 2005

04/23/07 – 05/23/07 06/04/07 – 07/09/07 07/16/07 – 08/15/07

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2797: Designing a Reporting Solution Architecture Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services - Boot Camp Hours: 15

Microsoft SQL Server Class JM2 AP7

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New York NY New York NY

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04/30/07 – 05/01/07 05/02/07 – 05/03/07

Prerequisite MCDBA: Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (Core)

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Rise to the Top Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Courses  [2596+2597] Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 - Accelerated Version (50 hours)

Be among the first to get your Microsoft SQL Server 2005 certification—quickly and effectively. Enroll in one of NetCom’s SQL boot Camps now.

Microsoft Windows 2003 & 2000

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MCSE / MCSA 2003: Security+ Boot Camp

MCTS: SQL Server 2005 - Boot Camp [5 Days] MCTS and MCITP: SQL Server 2005 - Business Intelligence Developer - Boot Camp [7 Days]

Courses  2030: Creating Reporting Solutions Using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services (16 hours)  2071: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Transact-SQL (16 hours)

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 / 7.0 to 2005 Upgrade - Accelerated Version List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,495.00 Hours: 40 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a next-generation data management and analysis solution that delivers increased security, scalability, and availability to enterprise data and analytical applications, while making them easier to build, deploy, and manage. This 5-day accelerated course combines topics from various related courses and presents them in a coherent fashion. Specifically, content from following courses is covered: 2733: UpdatingYour Database Administration Skills to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 2734: Updating Your Database Development Skills to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 The first part of this five day Microsoft SQL Server 2000 / 7.0 to 2005 UpgradeAccelerated Version course will enable database administrators experienced in SQL Server 2000/7.0 and Analysis Services to upgrade their skills to SQL Server 2005 so that they can support, configure, and maintain enterprise SQL Server 2005 databases and servers. The 2nd part of the courses provides students with the knowledge and skills to upgrade their skills to SQL Server 2005 so that they can design, build, query and devel-

op enterprise SQL Server 2005 databases and servers. Class JU7

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New York NY

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06/11/07 – 06/15/07

Prerequisite MCDBA: Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (Core)

Courses  [2733+2734] Microsoft SQL Server 2000 / 7.0 to 2005 Upgrade Accelerated Version (40 hours)

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 - Accelerated Version List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,495.00 Hours: 50 This five day Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 – Accelerated Version course enables you to perform all tasks required in the planning, deployment and management phases of SMS. Learn how to successfully plan and deploy and manage a Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) installation that allows you to provide relevant software and updates to designated users quickly and at reduced costs. The course combines topics from various related courses and presents them in a coherent fashion. Specifically, content from following courses is covered: 2596: Managing Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 2597: Planning and Deploying Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Class AP7

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List Price: $7,679.00 Prepaid Price: $6,399.00 Hours: 168 Get your MCSE 2003 training and certification from NetCom – the leader in customer oriented training delivery. NetCom’s accelerated training for MCSE boot camp makes sure that students have the correct background to get the maximum benefit from the boot camp, focuses on learning in addition to test preparation and guarantees that students will walk out MCSE certified. Security is critical in today’s corporate environments and we have designed the boot camp such that you will not just be MCSE 2003 certified, you will also be: * CompTIA Security+ certified, * MCP certified, * MCSA 2003 certified. * If you have already passed Microsoft exam 70-299, you will also have the specialization for “MCSE: Security on Windows Server 2003” Class AP7 JY7

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New York NY New York NY

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04/23/07 – 05/06/07 07/23/07 – 08/05/07

Prerequisite A+ Certification

Courses  2272: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional - Boot Camp (24 hours)  2273: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment - Boot Camp (48 hours)  2277: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Win 2003 Server Network Infrastructure: Network Services - Boot Camp (36 hours)  2279: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Win2003 Server Active Directory Infrastructure - Boot Camp (36 hours)  Security+ Boot Camp (24 hours)

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04/30/07 – 05/04/07

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MCSE / MCSA: Microsoft Certified System Engineer (2003) Accelerated Version List Price: $6,299.00 Prepaid Price: $5,249.00 Hours: 152 The Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) credential is the premier certification for professionals who analyze the business requirements and design and implement the infrastructure for business solutions based on the Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Servers software. Class MY7 YM7 UJ7

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

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05/14/07 – 05/15/07 05/16/07 – 05/18/07 06/04/07 – 08/28/07

Prerequisite Microsoft Windows 2003 - Other

Courses  2285: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional (16 hours)  2273: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment - Accelerated Version (32 hours)  2277: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Win 2003 Server Network Infrastructure: Network Services - Accelerated Version (32 hours)  2278: Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Accelerated Version (24 hours)  2279: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Win2003 Server Active Directory Infrastructure - Accelerated Version (24 hours)  2830: Designing Security for Microsoft Networks (24 hours)

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the Small Business Specialist logo, increase your visibility in Microsoft partner directories, and gain access to specialized training and readiness opportunities that can help you grow your business. NetCom Information Technology is proud to be a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS). Every Microsoft course follows the Microsoft official curriculum and is taught by an industry expert Microsoft certified trainer. We ensure our clients satisfaction be it for gaining skills in Microsoft technologies or the best possible preparation in passing certification exams. Class JU7

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New York NY

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06/18/07 – 06/20/07

Prerequisite Courses  2395: Designing, Deploying, and Managing a Network Solution for the Small and Medium-sized Business (24 hours)

Microsoft Windows 2003 - Other List Price: $24,659.00 Prepaid Price: $20,549.00 Hours: 120 Microsoft Windows 2003 – Other AR7 PR7 MY7

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

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04/23/07 – 04/27/07 04/30/07 – 05/04/07 05/07/07 – 05/11/07

Prerequisite Network+ Certification

Courses  2273: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment (40 hours)  2277: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Win 2003 Server Network Infrastructure: Network Services (40 hours)

Microsoft Small Business Specialist (2395) List Price: $1,539.00 Prepaid Price: $1,275.00 Hours: 24 The goal of this three-day course is to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary to select, deploy, and manage a Microsoft networking solution for small and medium-sized businesses. If you specialize in small business solutions using Microsoft technology, become a Small Business Specialist. You will be able to use

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New York NY

07/11/07 – 07/13/07

Prerequisite Microsoft Windows 2000 - Other

Network+ Certification

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 2278: Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure (40 hours)

Courses  2087: Implementing Microsoft Windows 2000 Clustering (24 hours)

Microsoft Windows Scripting Host (WSH) Microsoft Windows Scripting Host (WSH) List Price: $2,129.00 Prepaid Price: $1,779.00 Hours: 40 Microsoft Windows Script Host (WSH) is a language-independent scripting host for Windows Script compatible scripting engines. It brings simple, powerful, and flexible scripting to the Windows 32-bit platform, allowing you to run scripts from both the Windows desktop and the command prompt. The goal of this 5-day Microsoft Windows Scripting Host (WSH) course is to teach Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system administrators how to take advantage of Windows Script Host (WSH) by using the Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) language, and to develop Microsoft Visual Basic Script-based scripts that use the resources of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). They will be able to develop real world scripts that they can use to manage Windows 2000 networks and to perform a number of common tasks in the Microsoft Windows operating system environment. Class MY7 JY7

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New York NY New York NY

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05/21/07 – 05/25/07 07/23/07 – 07/27/07

Courses  2433: Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition and Microsoft

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proves that you have the skills to successfully install and configure Windows Vista Operating system, Windows Vista Applications and tools.

Microsoft Windows Vista, XP

Prerequisite

MCTS: Deploying and Maintaining Vista Client and Office 2007 Desktops - Boot Camp

Courses  5115: Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System - Boot Camp (24 hours)  5116: Configuring Windows Vista Application and Tools - Boot Camp (8 hours)  5117: Configuring Microsoft Windows Vista Mobile Computing - Boot Camp (8 hours)

List Price: $2,399.00 Prepaid Price: $1,999.00 Hours: 32 The Technology Specialist certifications enable professionals to target specific technologies and distinguish themselves by demonstrating in-depth knowledge of and expertise in the technologies with which they work. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists – Deploying and Maintaining Vista Client and Office System 2007 Desktops (MCTS: Deploying and Maintaining Vista Client and Office System 2007 Desktops) credential proves that you have the skills to successfully deploy and maintain Windows Vista desktops. Class TS02 TS03

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New York NY New York NY

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06/11/07 – 06/14/07 08/06/07 – 08/09/07

Courses  5105: Deploying Microsoft Windows Vista Business Desktops - Boot Camp (16 hours)  5058: Deploying Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus - Boot Camp (16 hours)

MCTS: Windows Vista Configuration - Boot Camp List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,499.00 Hours: 40 The Technology Specialist certifications enable professionals to target specific technologies and distinguish themselves by demonstrating in-depth knowledge of and expertise in the technologies with which they work. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists – Windows Vista Configuration (MCTS: Windows Vista Configuration) credential

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

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05/07/07 – 05/11/07 06/18/07 – 06/22/07 07/30/07 – 08/03/07

Windows Vista - First Look for IT Professionals & Developers

MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician - Boot Camp List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,499.00 Hours: 40 The Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) certifications demonstrate comprehensive skills in planning, deploying, supporting, maintaining, and optimizing IT infrastructures. Microsoft Certified IT Professional – Enterprise Support Technician (MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician) troubleshoot desktop environments running on the Microsoft Vista operating system. The MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician credential proves that you have the skills to successfully support end users and to successfully troubleshoot desktop environments running on the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician on Windows Vista = MCDST: Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician on Windows XP Class TP11 TP12 TP13

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

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05/14/07 – 05/18/07 07/16/07 – 07/20/07 09/17/07 – 09/21/07

Prerequisite MCTS: Windows Vista Configuration - Boot Camp

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Courses  5118: Maintaining and Troubleshooting Windows Vista Computers - Boot Camp (24 hours)  5119: Supporting Windows Vista Computers with Desktop Images and Application Packages - Boot Camp (16 hours)

MCDST Boot Camp List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,499.00 Hours: 40 Get your MCDST training and certification from NetCom – the leader in customer oriented training delivery. NetCom’s accelerated training for MCDST boot camp makes sure that students have the correct background to get the maximum benefit from the boot camp, focuses on learning in addition to test preparation and guarantees that students will walk out MCDST certified. The MCDST certification is a de facto credential for IT support skills declared by the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies Skill Standards for Information Technology. The certification is focused on validating the knowledge and skill sets of help desk technicians, customer support representatives, PC support specialists, technical support representatives, and technical support specialists. Class MY7 JY7

Sections

New York NY New York NY

Date

05/07/07 – 05/11/07 07/09/07 – 07/13/07

Prerequisite A+ Certification: 2006

Courses  2261 Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Desktop Operating Systems Boot Camp (24 hours)  2262 Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Applications on a Microsoft Windows Desktop Operating System Platform Boot Camp (16 hours)

Other Microsoft Technical Other List Price: $45,099.00 Prepaid Price: $37,589.00 Hours: 72 Microsoft Technical

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the hardware and software requirements needed to successfully deploy Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0, and the installation instructions for the four primary Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 components: the database, the Application File Server, the Application Object Server, and the Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Client. This course also prepare student for Microsoft Business Solutions Certified Professional – Axapta Installation & Configuration certification.

Courses  8623 Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Development I: MorphX (24 hours)  8633: Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Development II: Introduction to X++ (16 hours)

administrative tasks within Microsoft® CRM 3.0.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, 1.2

Courses  8529: Microsoft CRM 3.0 Administration (16 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics

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Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0

Courses  8626 Installation and Configuration of Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 (24 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Readiness Boot camp

Class JU7 JN7

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New York NY New York NY

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06/04/07 – 06/07/07 06/11/07 – 06/15/07

Courses  2730: Building Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 Solutions (32 hours)  2732: Planning, Deploying, and Managing an Enterprise Management Solution (40 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Financial Series Accelerated Version List Price: $5,989.00 Prepaid Price: $4,999.00 Hours: 32 Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Financial Series (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions – Axapta) is geared towards Microsoft Dynamics AX beginners as well as AX users looking for in-depth knowledge on how to better use the available basic financial functionality for Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0. This course also prepare student for Microsoft Business Solutions Certified Professional – Axapta Financial Series Certification. Class JU7

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New York NY

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07/09/07 – 07/12/07

Courses  8629: Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Financials I - Accelerated Version (16 hours)  8637: Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Financials II - Accelerated Version (8 hours)  8638: Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Fixed Assets - Accelerated Version (8 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Installation & Configuration List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,495.00 Hours: 24 This three-day instructor-led course shows students how to install and configure Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0. The course explores the components used within a Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 deployment,

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New York NY

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06/25/07 – 06/27/07

List Price: $4,799.00 Prepaid Price: $3,999.00 Hours: 60

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions – CRM) helps your small-to medium-sized business and divisions of larger organizations increase sales success, deliver superior customer service, and make informed business decisions. Dynamics CRM Readiness Boot camp is uniquely designed to provide students with an overview of the applications and then drills down into customization options. Each installation in unique to your environment and we provide the knowledge and skills to install, configure and customize Microsoft CRM 3.0 for your business needs. The boot camp runs Monday – Saturday, 8 am – 6 pm daily.

Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Financial Series

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Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Trade, Logistics List Price: $5,989.00 Prepaid Price: $4,999.00 Hours: 56 Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Trade & Logistics (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions – Axapta) prepare student for Microsoft Business Solutions Certified Professional – Axapta Trade & Logistics Certification. Class AP7 JY7

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New York NY New York NY

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04/30/07 – 05/06/07 07/30/07 – 08/05/07

Courses  8625 Trade & Logistics I in Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 (24 hours)  8631 Trade & Logistics II in Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 (16 hours)  8635 Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Bill of Materials (16 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Development (I & II) List Price: $4,799.00 Prepaid Price: $3,999.00 Hours: 40 This 5 day Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Development (I & II) package (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions – Axapta) course teaches students first two levels of Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 development. Class AP7 JY7

Sections

New York NY New York NY

Date

05/07/07 – 05/11/07 08/06/07 – 08/10/07

MY7 JU7

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New York NY New York NY

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05/07/07 – 05/12/07 06/18/07 – 06/23/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 - Application Professional Boot Camp (20 hours)  Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 - Customization Boot Camp (20 hours)  Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 - Installation and Configuration Boot Camp (20 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 - Administration List Price: $1,199.00 Prepaid Price: $999.00 Hours: 16 This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to plan, develop, and apply, and examine

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Sections

New York NY

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06/25/07 – 06/26/07

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 - Installation & Configuration and Customization

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 - Data Migration & Extending CRM with .Net List Price: $1,999.00 Prepaid Price: $1,669.00 Hours: 32 Microsoft CRM 3.0 Data Migration course provides students with the knowledge and skills to install and implement the Microsoft® CRM 3.0 Data Migration Pack. Extending Microsoft CRM 3.0 course provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop extensions for Microsoft CRM 3.0. NetCom is an industry leader in the IT training industry and is working closely with Microsoft to offer training to end users and IT professionals using CRM. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, NetCom works in conjunction with the Microsoft Business Solutions group to offer Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 training to enterprises, corporations and individuals. Class JU7

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New York NY

ing for in-depth knowledge on how to better use the available functionality for Great Plains financials. Class JU7

Prerequisite

Date

06/27/07 – 06/30/07

Courses  8530: Microsoft CRM 3.0 Data Migration (8 hours)  8531: Extending Microsoft CRM 3.0 (24 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0, 8.0, 7.5 Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 Financials Accelerated Version List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,499.00 Hours: 40

Sections

New York NY

Date

06/04/07 – 06/08/07

Courses  [8506 + 8507] - Foundation I & General Ledger I in Microsoft Dynamic GP 9.0 - Accelerated Version (8 hours)  8508: Receivables Management I in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (8 hours)  8509: Payables Management I in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (8 hours)  8510: Bank Reconciliation I in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (8 hours)  8511: Fixed Assets I in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (8 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 Installation and Configuration List Price: $2,159.00 Prepaid Price: $1,799.00 Hours: 24 The three-day Microsoft Dynamics GP Installation and Configuration course develops your understanding of technologies and techniques necessary to successfully install Microsoft Dynamics GP. By covering the basics of installation and setup, as well as advanced topics such as optimization and troubleshooting, this course builds your confidence and minimizes the installation time for your customers. Microsoft SQL Server is discussed as it applies specifically to the optimization of Microsoft Dynamics GP. The course covers the installation of Microsoft Dynamics GP as well as the installation of the related products listed in the agenda. This course does not go into the setup and use of the application as these topics are covered by other classes offered by Microsoft Training. Class AP7 JU7

Sections

New York NY New York NY

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04/23/07 – 04/25/07 06/11/07 – 06/13/07

Courses  8505: Installation & Configuration in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (24 hours)

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 Inventory & Order Processing List Price: $2,099.00 Prepaid Price: $1,749.00 Hours: 24 This package delves into aspects of Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions – Great Plains) Inventory module from the initial setup of inventory items and the multiple methods of valuation supported, to the types of inventory transactions available. The course covers Sales Order and Purchase Order processing modules and how they tightly integrate with the Inventory Control module. Class AP7 JU7

Sections

New York NY New York NY

Date

04/26/07 – 04/28/07 06/14/07 – 06/16/07

Courses  8512: Inventory in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (8 hours)  8513: Purchase Order Processing in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (8 hours)  8514: Sales Order Processing in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (8 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 - Project Series List Price: $2,519.00 Prepaid Price: $2,099.00 Hours: 24 The 3-day Microsoft Dynamics GP Project Accounting course explores project management from an accounting perspective. This course teaches you how to create Contracts, Projects, and Cost Categories, and you receive information about how to budget. You also learn how to enter costs for projects and perform both Time & Materials and Progress Billing. During this class, we discuss nearly every feature in the Project Accounting module. This course will also teach you how to define default values that automatically populate data fields and gather the information you need to make better business decisions by exploring powerful inquiry and lookup functions. Class AP7 JU7

Sections

New York NY New York NY

Date

04/23/07 – 04/25/07 06/11/07 – 06/13/07

Courses  8516: Project Series in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (24 hours)

This package is geared towards Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions – Great Plains) beginners as well as Microsoft Dynamics GP users look-

Call to register: 888-563-8266

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0, 3.7 Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Financial Series Accelerated Version List Price: $5,999.00 Prepaid Price: $4,999.00 Hours: 50 Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Financial Series – Accelerated Version is geared towards Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions – Navision) beginners as well as NAV users looking for in-depth knowledge on how to better use the available basic financial functionality for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0. This course also prepare student for Microsoft Business Solutions Certified Professional – Navision Financial Series Certification. NetCom is an industry leader in the IT training industry and is working closely with Microsoft to offer training to end users and IT professionals using Microsoft Dynamics products. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, NetCom works in conjunction with the Microsoft Dynamics group to offer Microsoft Dynamics NAV training to enterprises, corporations and individuals. Class JU7

Sections

New York NY

Date

06/11/07 – 06/15/07

Courses  8324: Microsoft Navision Introduction - Accelerated Version (10 hours)  8384: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Financial Series I Accelerated Version (15 hours)  8405: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Financial Series II Accelerated Version (15 hours)  8357: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Fixed Assets - Accelerated Version (5 hours)  8358: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Resources and Jobs - Accelerated Version (5 hours)

designed for students who are preparing to complete the installation and configuration of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions – Navision) . The course primarily provides explanation of the databases and servers associated with Microsoft Dynamics NAV, client hardware and software requirements, and various database administrative tasks. NetCom is an industry leader in the IT training industry and is working closely with Microsoft to offer training to end users and IT professionals using Microsoft Dynamics products. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, NetCom works in conjunction with the Microsoft Dynamics group to offer NAV training to enterprises, corporations and individuals. Class JU7

List Price: $2,399.00 Prepaid Price: $1,995.00 Hours: 16 This two-day Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Installation & Configuration course is

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New York NY

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06/16/07 – 06/17/07

Courses  8404: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Installation and Configuration (16 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Development - Accelerated Version List Price: $7,799.00 Prepaid Price: $6,499.00 Hours: 70 This 7 day Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Development – Accelerated Version course prepare student for Microsoft Business Solutions Certified Professional – Navision C/ SIDE Solution Development (Formerly known as Navision Development) and Microsoft Business Solutions Certified Professional – Navision C/SIDE Introduction (Formerly known as Navision Programming). NetCom is an industry leader in the IT training industry and is working closely with Microsoft to offer training to end users and IT professionals using Microsoft Dynamics products. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, NetCom works in conjunction with the Microsoft Dynamics group to offer NAV training to enterprises, corporations and individuals. Class

Sections

New York NY

Date

06/18/07 – 06/24/07

Courses  8359: Microsoft Navision Development I - C/SIDE Introduction - Accelerated Version (35 hours)  8401: Microsoft Navision Development II - C/SIDE Solution Development - Accelerated Version (35 hours)

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Trade & Inventory, Warehouse - Accelerated Version List Price: $4,399.00 Prepaid Price: $3,669.00 Hours: 32

What is Microsoft Dynamics?

This 4-day Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Trade & Inventory, Warehouse – Accelerated Version course prepare student for Navision Trade & Inventory Management Certification Exam and Navision Warehouse Management Certification Exam. NetCom is an industry leader in the IT training industry and is working closely with Microsoft to offer training to end users and IT professionals using Microsoft Dynamics products. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, NetCom works in conjunction with the Microsoft Dynamics group to offer NAV training to enterprises, corporations and individuals. Class

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Installation & Configuration

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MA7 JU7

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New York NY New York NY

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05/07/07 – 05/10/07 07/23/07 – 07/26/07

Courses  8362: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision 4.0 Trade (Accelerated Version) (16 hours)  8390: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Inventory Management (8 hours)  8387: Microsoft Navision Warehouse Management (8 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Costing List Price: $4,399.00 Prepaid Price: $3,669.00 Hours: 32 Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 Costing course prepare student for Microsoft Business Solutions Certified Professional – Navision Costing Certification. NetCom is an industry leader in the IT training industry and is working closely with Microsoft to offer training to end users and IT professionals using Microsoft Dynamics products. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions, NetCom works in conjunction with the Microsoft Dynamics group to offer Microsoft Dynamics NAV training to enterprises, corporations and individuals. Class AP7 JU7

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Sections

New York NY New York NY

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04/30/07 – 05/03/07 07/16/07 – 07/19/07

Microsoft Dynamics is a line of easy-to-use business management solutions that enable your people to make important business decisions with greater confidence. These solutions automate and streamline financial, customer relationship, and supply chain processes in a way that helps you drive business success in the areas of: Customer Relationship Management

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Financial Management Supply Chain Management Microsoft Dynamics Product Line Microsoft Dynamics AX Microsoft Dynamics AX works like familiar Microsoft software, such as Microsoft Office programs and Microsoft SQL Server. • • • • • • •

Dynamics AX 4.0 Financial Series Dynamics AX 4.0 Financial Series - Acc. Version Dynamics AX 4.0 Installation & Configuration Dynamics AX 4.0 Trade, Logistics Dynamics AX 4.0 Development (I & II) Dynamics AX 4.0 - Project Series Dynamics CRM 3.0

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Dynamics CRM 3.0 Readiness Boot camp Dynamics CRM 3.0 – Application Professional Dynamics CRM 3.0 - Installation & Configuration and Customization Dynamics CRM 3.0 - Administration Dynamics CRM 3.0 - Data Migration & Extending CRM with .Net

Microsoft Dynamics GP Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Microsoft Great Plains) is a comprehensive business-management solution built on the highly scalable and affordable platform of Microsoft technologies. It offers a cost-effective solution for managing and integrating finances, e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing, project accounting, field service, customer relationships, and human resources. • • • • • •

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Dynamics NAV 4.0 Financial Series - Acc.Vers. Dynamics NAV 4.0 Financial Series Dynamics NAV 4.0 Installation & Configuration Dynamics NAV 4.0 Development Dynamics NAV 4.0 Development - Accelerated Version Dynamics NAV 4.0 Trade & Inventory, Warehouse Accelerated Version Dynamics NAV 4.0 Costing Dynamics NAV 4.0 - Manufacturing

Microsoft Dynamics SL Microsoft Dynamics SL (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions—Solomon) is designed to meet the specific business management needs of project, service, and distribution-driven organizations. Ideal for small and midsize companies that need to integrate with other systems and serve customers better.

Dynamics CRM is a customer relationship management (CRM) solution that provides the tools and capabilities needed to create and easily maintain a clear picture of customers, from first contact through to purchase and post-sales. • • •

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Microsoft Dynamics NAV offers growing small and midsize business a powerful yet cost-effective solution that can be tailored for your company. It can support customization and add-in software to meet industry or other specific needs.

Dynamics GP 9.0 Financials - Acc Version Dynamics GP 9.0 Installation and Configuration Dynamics GP 9.0 Inventory & Order Processing Dynamics GP 9.0 - Project Series Dynamics GP 9.0 - Field Service Application Dynamics GP 9.0 - Field Service mplementation

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Dynamics SL 6.5 Financial Series Dynamics SL 6.5 Installation & Configuration and Customization Dynamics SL 6.5 Inventory & Order Processing Dynamics SL 6.5 Payroll, Bill of Materials & Work Order Dynamics SL 6.5 - Project Series

Microsoft FRx Microsoft FRx provides deep insight into all aspects of your business by helping you gain control of your financial reporting and analysis process. Many midsize businesses face the challenges of keeping pace with changing needs, while still using legacy systems that require redundant entry and manual tasks. Rapid growth and evolving markets, often coupled with antiquated systems, makes it difficult to meet monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reporting deadlines. • •

8399: Microsoft FRx Report Design Essentials I 8400: Microsoft FRx Report Design Essentials II

Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) offers small and mid-market retailers a complete point-of-sale (POS) solution that can be adapted to meet unique retail requirements. • •

8335: Microsoft Retail Management System Headquarters 8336: Retail Management System Store Operations

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Courses  8388: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Inventory Costing (16 hours)  8389: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Manufacturing Costing (8 hours)  8424: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Job Costing (8 hours)

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4.0 - Manufacturing List Price: $4,799.00 Prepaid Price: $3,999.00 Hours: 40 First course explores the Microsoft Business Solutions Navision Manufacturing area from an implementer point of view. Chapters in this hands-on classroom experience includes set up and processing of orders. The 2nd course explores the Microsoft Business Solutions Navision Manufacturing area from an implementer point of view. Chapters in this hands-on classroom experience include topics such as production planning, subcontracting, and capacities. Class AP7 JU7

Sections

New York NY New York NY

Date

04/23/07 – 04/27/07 07/09/07 – 07/13/07

Courses  8360: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Manufacturing I (16 hours)  8361: Microsoft Business Solutions - Navision Manufacturing II (24 hours)

Microsoft FRx Microsoft FRx List Price: $2,399.00 Prepaid Price: $1,999.00 Hours: 32 FRx Software, a Microsoft company and a part of Microsoft Business Solutions, is a leading provider of advanced financial analytic applications that work with virtually any general ledger to give companies the control they need to be more effective. Its product suite, Microsoft Business Solutions for Analytics-FRx and Microsoft Business Solutions for Analytics-Forecaster, can improve productivity by helping customers efficiently manage their organization’s financial reporting and budgeting processes. FRx is used by more than 120,000 sites worldwide to gain immediate control of the financial reporting process. Forecaster is a browser-based budgeting and planning

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application that makes it easy for organizations to quickly realize the benefits of budgeting. Used together or separately, FRx and Forecaster provide the financial visibility customers need to actively manage their business and take decisive action. The applications are widely available through a worldwide channel of Integration Partners and Analytics Solution Providers, who can help companies quickly implement these solutions and start saving time and money throughout the year. Class MA7

Sections

New York NY

Date

05/21/07 – 05/24/07

Courses  8399: Microsoft FRx Report Design Essentials I (16 hours)  8400: Microsoft FRx Report Design Essentials II (16 hours)

Microsoft Retail Management System Microsoft Retail Management System List Price: $2,599.00 Prepaid Price: $2,159.00 Hours: 32 Microsoft FRx provides deep insight into all aspects of your business by helping you gain control of your financial reporting and analysis process. Many midsize businesses face the challenges of keeping pace with changing needs, while still using legacy systems that require redundant entry and manual tasks. Rapid growth and evolving markets, often coupled with antiquated systems, makes it difficult to meet monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reporting deadlines. The struggle to close the books faster can result in inaccurate entries and lack of time to spend analyzing financial data. Ever-changing report requirements, dependence upon your over-burdened Microsoft Office Excel specialist or information technology (IT) department, and the extra stress that is associated with accommodating all of those last-minute requests for new, customized financial reports can impact your ability to deliver the best and most accurate information on time. Class MY7 JY7

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New York NY New York NY

Date

05/14/07 – 05/17/07 07/16/07 – 07/19/07

Courses  8335: Microsoft Retail Management System Headquarters (16 hours)  8336: Retail Management System Store Operations (16 hours)

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Certified Linux Engineer 10 (CLE10) Certified Linux Engineer 9 (CLE9) Certified Linux Professional 10 (CLP10) Certified Novell Administrator (CNA) Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) Master Certified Novell Engineer (MCNE) Novell Certified Linux Professional (CLP)

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, 9, 8 Linux Boot Camp (Novell CLP 10, Linux+, LPIC-1) List Price: $4,789.00 Prepaid Price: $3,999.00 Hours: 70 NetCom Information Technology’s Linux Boot Camp map to the two leading vendorneutral certifications for Linux: Linux+ and Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Certification, and also to Novell’s Linux Certification, Novell Certified Linux Professional. Today, organizations are looking for trained Linux professionals to help take advantage of the Linux operating system in their business. NetCom Information Technology is the only IT training company in the United States (of any size) that has achieved the highly desirable (but never before achieved) triple status Novell Authorized Education Center, CompTIA Learning Alliance Member and LPI Approved Training Partner. Novell Certified Linux Professional (CLP): With the Novell Certified Linux Professional (CLP), attendees gain the essential skills required to log in to a multi-user Linux environment, navigate the SUSE Linux Server, and more. CompTIA Linux+ : Linux+ certification is an international industry credential that validates the knowledge of individuals with at least six months of practical Linux experience. Professionals who want to certify their technical knowledge in basic installation, operation and troubleshooting for Linux operating systems should consider this certification.

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LPI’s Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1): The LPIC program is designed to certify the competency of system administration using the Linux operating system and its associated tools. It is designed to be distribution neutral, following the Linux Standard Base and other relevant standards and conventions. The bootcamp is focused on Novell SUSE Linux and helps you understand its quirks and differences with other Linux versions. Linux+ and LPI are both vendor independent certifications and with the knowledge gained in the bootcamp, you can be ready for these exams as well. Please note that only two exam vouchers are provided with the bootcamp – one for CompTIA Linux+ and the other for Novell CLP 10. If you wish to purchase extra vouchers, please let your Educational Consultant know. Due to the amount of material covered and the accelerated nature of this bootcamp, most students attempt Linux+ exam at NetCom and choose to attempt the Novell exam after additional review at a later time.

mance-based course designed upon the job-related tasks an advanced professional must perform using new or modified features in the Oracle systems. The objective of this training is two-fold – impart hands-on training to students, as well as provide them certification and exam preparation tools. By its nature, this accelerated training is best suited for students who already have experience using Oracle technology. Students take the necessary exams to achieve OCA or OCP certification status.

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Oracle DBA Track (10g)

MA7 AU7

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New York NY New York NY

Date

05/14/07 – 05/20/07 08/13/07 – 08/19/07

Prerequisite A+ Certification: 2006

Courses  3071: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Fundamentals / Linux+ - Boot Camp (20 hours)  3072: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Administration - Boot Camp (25 hours)  3073: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Advanced Administration - Boot Camp (25 hours)

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Oracle Database 10g Oracle OCA and OCP Combo Boot Camp (DBA Track) List Price: $8,399.00 Prepaid Price: $6,999.00 Hours: 100 NetCom is proud to be the only technical training company in the world that is authorized by Oracle to provide Oracle official courses in an accelerated format. NetCom Information Technology’s Oracle OCA and OCP Combo Boot Camp (DBA Track) provides IT professionals with the advanced knowledge and skills necessary to administer the world’s leading database systems and applications. This is a perfor-

New York NY New York NY

Date

06/06/07 – 06/15/07 09/12/07 – 09/21/07

Courses  Oracle Database 10g: Administration Workshop I (OCA) - Boot Camp Version (50 hours)  Oracle Database 10g: Administration Workshop II - Boot Camp Version (50 hours)

List Price: $5,699.00 Prepaid Price: $4,759.00 Hours: 100

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Oracle9i: SQL, PL/SQL, and SQL*Plus OCA Boot Camp (Developer Track) List Price: $4,799.00 Prepaid Price: $3,995.00 Hours: 50 This 5-Day boot camp teaches student all the skills necessary to become an Oracle9i PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate. Class MY7 AU7

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New York NY New York NY

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05/07/07 – 05/11/07 08/13/07 – 08/17/07

Prerequisite Access 2003

Courses  OCA Boot Camp (Developer Track) (50 hours)

PMI PMP

The Oracle Database 10g OCP is a credential for true database professionals who have the skills to set up and manage critical Oracle Database 10g functions and the know-how to keep it running at maximum efficiency. Acquiring an OCP credential is a real professional accomplishment. The OCP credential is proof to employers, peers and the technical community that you are a skilled professional and have taken a critical step in building your career. Class

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06/02/07 – 08/18/07 09/16/07 – 12/02/07

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Courses  Oracle Database 10g: Introduction to SQL - Accelerated Version (20 hours)  Oracle Database 10g: Administration Workshop I (40 hours)  Oracle Database 10g: Administration Workshop II (40 hours)

Call to register: 888-563-8266

PMP / Certificate in Advanced Project Management List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,495.00 Hours: 40 Students will learn and apply the PMI® global project management best practices. This course is a highly interactive combination of lecture, lab (class project) and PMP® Exam practice tests. To measure student learning, a proprietary Personalized Assessment is provided which includes Baseline and Verification Tests and a custom study plan for the exam based on the results of the tests. To become a PMP, a student must have a) Educational Background – High school diploma or equivalent b) Project Management Experience – 7,500 hours in a position of responsibility leading and directing specific tasks** and 60 months of project management experience c) Project Management Education – 35 hours of classroom training. NetCom’s PMP classes meet this requirement. Don’t have enough Project Management hours that you can document? PMI offers another certification track – CAPM or Certified Associate in Project Management. To qualify for CAPM, a candidate needs: a) Educational Background – High school diploma or equivalent b) Project Management

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ect team c) Project Management Education – 23 hours of classroom training. The CAPM certification and exam is based on the same course that NetCom teaches in its PMP class. If you do not have enough hours for PMP but do for CAPM, you can still attend the class and apply for CAPM certification instead. The class hours will count It is important to findfor towards meeting thefor 23 employers hours requirement trained and experienced professionCAPM. als to fill critical functions within their Class Sections Date organizations. roles– 07/13/07 listed JY7 New York The NY job 07/09/07 below require the ability to successPrerequisite fully configure, administer or develop Project+ Camp usingBoot Oracle technologies, tools, and solutions. Each certification path is Courses based upon a specific job role related  to PMP / Certificate in Advanced Oracle technology.

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Job Role Required or Recommended Training Database Administrator • • • • • • • • •

Oracle DBA Track (10g) Oracle DB 10g: Introduction to SQL - Accelerated Version Oracle DB 10g: Administration Workshop I Oracle DB 10g: Administration Workshop II Oracle DBA Track (9i) Introduction to Oracle9i: SQL, PL/SQL, and SQL*Plus Oracle9i DB: Fundamentals I Oracle9i DB: Fundamentals II Oracle9i DB: Performance Tuning

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Oracle Developer Track (9i) Introduction to Oracle9i: SQL, PL/SQL, and SQL*Plus Oracle9i: Program with PL/SQL Oracle9i DB: Spatial Oracle9i DB: Spatial Oracle OCA and OCP Combo Boot Camp (DBA Track) Oracle DB 10g: Administration Workshop I (OCA) Boot Camp Version Oracle DB 10g: Administration Workshop II - Boot Camp Version

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Quark

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Quark

List Price: $4,249.00 Prepaid Price: $3,549.00 Hours: 40

QuarkXPress 6.0

Java Technology (J2SE)

List Price: $799.00 Prepaid Price: $669.00 Hours: 16

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New York NY

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06/04/07 – 06/05/07

Prerequisite Computing Fundamentals

Courses  QuarkXPress 6.0: Level 1 (8 hours)  QuarkXPress 6.0: Level 2 (8 hours)

Sun Java Java Boot Camp List Price: $2,999.00 Prepaid Price: $2,499.00 Hours: 50 NetCom’s Java boot camp prepares students for the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0, number CX-310-055. This five-day accelerated training package is designed to refresh the fundamentals of the Java programming language and builds on these concepts to teach the advanced material. Students are also prepared to take the CX-310-055 exam on the fifth day. Upon passing, they are certified as the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0. Class KH12 JU7 SE7

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New York NY New York NY New York NY

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07/14/07 – 08/11/07

Prerequisite

QuarkXPress is powerful layout software with an intuitive, versatile interface that lets you combine writing, editing, and typography with color and pictures to produce dynamic final output. QuarkXPress is widely used by magazines, newspapers, advertising agencies, typesetters, printers, corporate publishers, design firms, catalog houses, book publishers, and form designers. It is also used by businesses with publishing requirements. Class

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New York NY

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04/23/07 – 04/27/07 06/11/07 – 06/15/07 09/17/07 – 09/21/07

Prerequisite Object-Oriented Programming Intro

Courses  Java Boot Camp (50 hours)

Object-Oriented Programming Intro

Courses  SCJP: Sun Certified Java Programmer (J2SE) (40 hours)

SUN Solaris 10 SCSA / Solaris 10 Boot Camp List Price: $4,319.00 Prepaid Price: $3,595.00 Hours: 70 The goal of this Sun Certified Systems Administrator (SCSA) Boot Camp is to provide information technology professionals with the training and knowledge required to design and administer Sun Solaris networks. The SCSA certification is for system administrators tasked with performing essential system administration procedures on the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and technical application support staff responsible for administering a networked server running on the Solaris OS. NetCom Information Technology is one of the few training centers in the world that offers Sun Solaris training boot camps. Class AP7 JY7

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Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 OS List Price: $5,409.00 Prepaid Price: $4,509.00 Hours: 96 You have probably heard much about the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS), a true milestone among operating systems.

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List Price: $2,399.00 Prepaid Price: $1,995.00 Hours: 40 Object-oriented (OO) programming offers greater reliability, maintainability and reusability than older, structured programming methods. C++, a language derived from C, supports OO with a high degree of efficiency and portability. C++ is a well-established, mainstream language used across a broad range of applications. This class provides a practical hands-on introduction to the C++ programming language. Participants will learn the central concepts of the C++ language, with emphasis on the use of object-oriented techniques in writing robust code. Class AP7 JU7 JN7

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RM52

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Computing Fundamentals List Price: $239.00 Prepaid Price: $195.00 Hours: 8 This course provides a broad foundation for students so that they will have a greater awareness and confidence using personal computers. Students will gain practical information and skills, such as what a computer is, how to manage personal files and folders that they create, and how to use many of the programs that come with Windows XP. MY7 JU7 JY7

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This is the most comprehensive SOX training and certification Outstanding value for your investment of time and money Gain practical Sarbanes-Oxley skills you can use on the job Actionable learning, case studies, classroom discussions and Q&A Complete turnkey comprehensive Sarbanes-Oxley training program

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Network+ Certification

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PHP 5 Certification Boot Camp List Price: $2,759.00 Prepaid Price: $2,295.00 Hours: 40 Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP company, is the leading provider of products and services for developing, deploying and managing PHP applications. Deployed at more than 8,000 companies worldwide, the Zend family of products is a comprehensive The Zend PHP Certification Exam is the industry standard in PHP certification. This 5-day Zend PHP Certification Boot Camp combines topics from the following two courses and presents them in a coherent fashion. NetCom Information Technology is proud to be a Zend Approved Training Partner. We ensure our clients satisfaction be it for gaining skills in PHP technologies or the best possible preparation in passing certification exams. Class JU7 JY7

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tech support

security

business

specialist

analyst

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salary $79,098

salary $46,016

salary $76,087

salary $68,579

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$2,466

$5,881

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salary $52,699

salary $65,030

salary $78,100

salary $73,412

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$3,783

$5,332

$2,371

$3,525

$4,950

$4,807

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$48,482

$81,968

$72,362

$74,319

$55,070

$68,555

$83,050

$78,218

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