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IT Demystified – The Seminar

The IT seminar for business professionals

Overview

A one-day intensive seminar designed for people who want to handle IT related matters with confidence.

Avoid that ‘sinking feeling’ when the subject of IT crops up in business meetings!

Each delegate receives a copy of IT Demystified – The IT handbook for business professionals!!

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The seminar runs in Piccadilly, London.

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Is the course for you?

The following questions will help you to decide whether you need to attend this course:

  1. How does Unix differ from Linux?
  2. Who is Microsoft’s biggest threat?
  3. What is hybrid software?
  4. What exactly are .NET and JEE?
  5. How does a 4GL differ from a 3GL?
  6. What is Windows CE?
  7. What is ‘thin client?
  8. What is the SDLC?
  9. How do corporations approach the use of open source software?
  10. What do ERP, CRM and SCM have in common?

 

If you are certain you know the correct answers to these questions and can articulate your answers clearly to others then you do not need to attend. However if your understanding is somewhat vague or non-existent then you will benefit greatly from attending this course.

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Benefits of attending

By attending this seminar, you will:

  • Feel less vulnerable and more proactive when discussing IT matters
  • Have only committed a day of your time in ‘getting up to speed’
  • Receive a copy of the acclaimed book IT Demystified, 274 pages, £29.99
  • Get plenty of opportunities to confirm your understanding
  • Benefit from the relaxed ‘learning conducive’ atmosphere
  • Attend a seminar that is tuned to the commercial marketplace
  • Benefit from an empathetic trainer that can communicate technology buzzwords in simple terms.

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Who will benefit

  • Business developers – Sales and marketing professionals
  • HR professionals
  • Recruitment consultants
  • Administrative staff
  • Analysts
  • Lawyers
  • Managers
  • Directors
  • In fact anyone whose role overlaps with IT.

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What’s covered

  • How the main components of an IT system fit together
  • Internet fundamentals - Key terms
  • A ‘whistle stop’ tour of the IT department plus how software is developed
  • Key players - Who are the big names in the industry
  • IT Architectures - From mainframe to thin client and beyond
  • How programming languages and databases are used to build applications.

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Delegate feedback

“Excellent way of converting IT language into English to give a better understanding of the meanings”

Michelle Southwood Technology Trainer Citigroup

 “Extremely clear, used good analogies, amusing.”

Siobhan McCormick Account Manager Lastminute.com

 “Fluent, knowledgeable, very helpful”

Brinda Patel Account Executive TMP Hudson

“Everything on the course was useful. I have an all round clearer understanding of IT as a result”

Julie Anderson Licensing Co-ordinator Student Loans Company

“Very enthusiastic and well informed. Audience oriented. Good speed”

Simone Spiegel Campus Recruiter Barclays Capital

“Covered key topics – explanations clear”

Derek Emerson Service Delivery Manager Manpower

“Welcoming, helpful, patient”

James Cowley Senior Consultant PSD Group

“Very entertaining, seemed very knowledgeable”

Louisa Smith Research / Consultant Project Partners

“Very interesting. Have learnt a lot of the jargon and how it relates to my own role”

Senior Tech Administrator RSPB

“Clearly knowledgeable about this field. Good at providing the background in technology and the overall picture”

Donna Burns HR Director Goldman Sachs

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Sample buzzwords

By attending this seminar you will understand what the following terms mean:

Data, hardware, software, PC, PDA, mainframe, server, platform, operating system, Unix, Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, Microsoft, Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, VMS, OS/400, AS/400, IBM, Windows CE, ERP, CRM, dumb terminal, centralised architecture, decentralised architecture, mid range, GUI, Network, thin client, mobile client, TCP/IP, Intranet, Cern, WWW, HTML, Java, intranet, extranet, browser, firewall, e-commerce, e-business, feasibility, analysis, design, construction, delivery, maintenance, programmer, project manager, DBA, 1GL, 2GL, 3GL, 4GL, 5GL, compiler, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Cobol, Fortran, SQL, SQL Server, RDBMS, MS Access, Foxpro, Oracle, DB2, Sybase, Grid, web services, .NET

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Attend this seminar

Click here for dates and fees.

This seminar runs at our London venue just off Piccadilly in the heart of the West End. Ideally located for post seminar sightseeing, ‘retail therapy’ and entertainment.

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Run this seminar at your premises

If you have 5 or more people who would benefit from this seminar you might prefer to run it at your premises. It can be tuned to the needs of your business and delivered at a time and location to suit you.

Call us on +44 (0) 1494 866 799 or Click here to make contact by email.

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