April 2007 Newsletter
Oracle Event in Cork - Tuning Oracle for maximum effect!
Dan Hotka is an internationally recognized Oracle expert making his first visit to Cork.  In association with Professional Training and it@cork,  he will deliver this award-winning presentation on Wednesday May 2 at 6pm in the National Software Centre.   More...  

Project Management Breakthroughs - PMI approved Training
In today's business environment, Project Managers need to be highly skilled in the management of communications, human resources, procurement, quality, time, costs, documentation, systems integration, etc.   More...
Mastering AJAX - Public dates in Cork and Dublin
AJAX is the technology used by Gmail and Hotmail to give the rich user experience of a desktop application in a service delivered over the web. It is also used in so-called "Web 2.0" sites like Flickr.com and business sites like Salesforce.com. More...

Leading and Managing - The Bottom Line
The need for high quality managers is intensifying as 'flatter' organisation structures and self-directed teams mean that the actual number of managers needed is decreasing. However, the need for quality managers, people who can manage themselves and others in a high stress environment, is increasing. More ...  

Public schedule for Business and IT Training Courses
In addition to customised courses for our clients, we offer an extensive range of Public courses. More...  


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Oracle Event in Cork - Tuning Oracle for maximum effect!
Dan Hotka is an internationally recognized Oracle expert making his first visit to Cork.  In association with Professional Training and it@cork,  he will deliver this award-winning presentation on Wednesday May 2 at 6pm in the National Software Centre.  

Tuning SQL when you can't change the code takes skill and insight.  Drawing on over 23 years of experience with Oracle products, Dan reviews various statistics that greatly assist Oracle users with decisions and illustrates index monitoring and collecting stale stats on table objects.  The presentation is packed full of scripts that show histogram usage, help find problems and identify poorly-performing SQL.  Dan concludes with a review of useful init.ora parameter settings.

In addition to his Oracle expertise, Dan Hotka is a published author on TOAD and other topics. 
A Q&A session after the presentation will be an invaluable opportunity for participants to benefit from his experience

Professional Training offer a range of Oracle training programmes which can be customised to the specific requirements of our clients and offered nationwide.  Click here or contact us for more details.














Project Management Breakthroughs - PMI Approved Training
In today's business environment, Project Managers need to be highly skilled in the management of communications, human resources, procurement, quality, time, costs, documentation, systems integration, etc.  Good Project Management is vital if you want to:

- Exceed customer expectations
- Maximise the use of your resources
- Bring your project to a successful conclusion - on time   and within budget
- Document the process for future reference
- Build confidence in your team for future projects

Our Project Management Breakthroughs course is a practical solution for project leaders and their teams, who find themselves working through a myriad of projects, but have not yet made the paradigm shift where they see their evolving business structure as a series of project-centric teams.

This three-day course is approved by the Project Management Institute (21 PDUs - Professional Development Units).  For public dates click here or contact us for in-house courses.





















Mastering AJAX - Public dates in Cork and Dublin

AJAX is the technology used by Gmail and Hotmail to give the rich user experience of a desktop application in a service delivered over the web.

It is also used in so-called 'Web 2.0' sites like Flickr.com and business sites like Salesforce.com.

Professional Training offers the only course on this vital, cutting-edge technology available in Ireland today.  Our course teaches AJAX and all of its foundational technologies, including:

- XHTML and CSS2

- HTML Document Object Model (DOM)

- Manipulating pages dynamically on the client side using   JavaScript

- The AJAX API 

Participants will also learn how to build their own AJAX-based framework, which will help them to write complex applications more quickly.

While this course is primarily aimed towards Web-based application developers, the class is equally suited for .NET and J2EE developers and Website designers with good knowledge of Java Scripting. 

For further details, click here























Leading and Managing - The Bottom Line
The need for high quality managers is intensifying as 'flatter' organisation structures and self-directed teams mean that the actual number of managers needed is decreasing. However, the need for quality managers, people who can manage themselves and others in a high stress environment, is increasing.

Successful management requires specific skills, in addition to knowledge of key business practices.   However you define your role - manager, leader, communicator, motivator - no matter what managerial 'hat' you are wearing, the focus must always be on improving the bottom line while achieving the best results.  Front-line managers in any corporate or government organisation in Ireland today face a difficult, ever-changing environment.  Standard textbook approaches simply will not achieve what's required and multi-disciplinary skills are vital.  

This new course acknowledges the difficulties facing managers in Ireland and assists participants in improving their skills for the realities faced daily. We not offer abstract academic concepts and lecture experienced managers on how to apply them. The content is based on real-world experience and is guaranteed to engage participan
ts and provide them with the tools to bring them to the next level in management.

On average, we use less than 4% of the capacity of our minds. What can we do about that missing 96%?  If we use only 1% more of our brainpower, we'll be 25% more effective.

Click here for further details











Public schedule for Business and IT training courses

In addition to customised courses for our clients, we offer an extensive range of Public Courses.

IT training includes: SQL 2005, Oracle, Unix, Linux, VB.NET, Crystal Reports, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, Photoshop, MS Office, etc.

Business Skills training includes: Sales, Finance, HR, Customer Service, Leadership & Management, etc.

For details on all of our public scheduled courses, click here

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