Computer Training Courses in Cork, Dublin & Limerick

Professional Training, Cork:
Professional Training offers courses for all areas of Information Technology. Located to the southeast of Cork with a network of nation-wide training centres in locations including Limerick and Dublin, our public scheduled courses are a convenient and popular choice. We also work closely with clients to design bespoke training solutions for specific client requirements. Training can be provided in any of our centres or onsite if required. We train on MS Exchange 2003 and 2007 with a focus on practical application in a real-world environment as well as our Cisco BootCamp and other Cisco approved courses. We offer a range of Comptia courses covering A+, Network+, Security+ and Linux+ with superb instructor-led courses and materials. Our consultants are recognised experts in their field and are completely focused on delivering value-added advice and guidance on how to maximise the return on your investment in I.T.

Visual Basic.NET Introduction:
In this course, you learn the Visual Basic .NET language from the ground up and use Visual Studio .NET to assist you in your learning as well as in the creation of end-user applications. It provides you with the basic skills required to develop functionally sound Visual Basic .NET applications.

Prerequisites:
This course is not intended as an Introduction to Programming. It is for participants who have some knowledge of OOP from other languages or have taken a course in the .net framework, or have equivalent experience.

Creating a User Interface in Window Forms:
Applications
Determine Form Properties
Determine Form Controls
Determine Control Properties
Manipulate Grouped Controls
Write Event Procedures

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for Developers:
This course covers an overview tour of SQL Server 2008 including its editions, components, and tools. Participants will learn about the steps to install, and/or upgrade to SQL Server 2008 and configuring the server. The principles of database design are used in creating databases and then applying server tables to them. The course continues with SQL Server Management Studio and how to build effective views, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions using Transact-SQL. Learn how to make your databases more scalable through partitioning and how to use .NET languages like Visual C# and Visual Basic to build database objects. You will learn how to take advantage of the user-friendly management console that integrates both authoring and administrative tasks and how to take advantage of SQL Server's tools for analyzing and tuning your databases. You'll also learn about integration servers, implementing security, and Microsoft's new Business Intelligence (BI) suite

Prerequisites:
To get the most out of the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 course, you should have a solid understanding of relational databases and the concepts of SQL Server. No particular programming experience is required, but the course is taught from a developer's perspective

A Tour of SQL Server 2008:
• SQL Server 2008 Editions, Components, and Tools
• Using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
• Working with Tables, Queries, and Views
• Business Intelligence Services

Oracle Database 10g: Introduction To SQL - Part I:
This course is a common starting point for Oracle database administrators, developers and business users. The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the SQL database language within the context of an Oracle database.

Java Programming:
This course teaches programming in the Java language – the Java 2 Standard or J2SE platform. (NOTE Eclipse overlay available). It is intended for programmers with experience in languages other than Java, but who may or may not have any previous Java experience. It focuses on procedural and structured coding skills first, and then offers meticulous, in-depth coverage of object-oriented concepts and how to apply them to Java software design and development. The latter part of the course moves from these basic skills into key parts of the J2SE Core API, including collections, logging, streams, and object serialization. A final chapter introduces automated unit-testing practices using JUnit.

Operating Systems, Hardware and Networking:
Professional Training provide years of experience in training in administration, configuration and operations for operating systems including Windows 2003, Windows XP, Vista, Sharepoint Portal Server 2007, Linux, Unix and Citrix.

We train on MS Exchange 2003 and 2007 with a focus on practical application in a real-world environment as well as our Cisco BootCamp and other Cisco approved courses. We offer a range of Comptia courses covering A+, Network+, Security+ and Linux+ with superb instructor-led courses and materials.

End-user Desktop Applications:
Professional Training provide courses for individuals at all levels of ability. Since 1996, thousands of individuals have become technically proficient through our training programmes. The ability to properly use Excel or Word, for instance, can be business critical. Our proven approach is to use the best trainers and materials to meet the business needs of our clients through excellent, focused training.

We offer courses in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook or Project), Visio, Crystal Reports, Lotus Smartsuite, Hyperion/Brio, SharePoint, Open Office etc.

Security Training:
IT security is a key concern for all organisations and there is an increasing requirement for staff to have the right skills in this critical area.

Professional Training offer security training courses covering all aspects of IT security. We teach the principles of good security practice, from IT policies through to good practice for operating systems configuration. Our courses are aimed not only at IT staff but at all users of computer systems who have a role to play in implementing security in their workplace.