Web Age - News and Updated Course Offerings February 2011

Happy New Year from Web Age Solutions
We are excited for the New Year with many new classes and the official launch of our Architecture University.

Architecture University
Building Skills and Competency in Information Systems Architecture
The Architecture Skills Challenge

Challenge #1 - There are many skilled practitioners of architecture that have never received formal training in the analysis and development of enterprise, business, data, or technology architecture.
Challenge #2 - Many organizations are faced with an aging population of subject matter experts and no cohesive strategy for mentoring the next generation and facilitating a transfer of knowledge.
Challenge #3 - Architecture skills are perceived as a mystical art that is rather akin to magic with little or no ability to consistently identify, hire, and/or develop architecture skills within the enterprise.

The Solution - Architecture University

In response to these challenges, Web Age has crafted an education and mentoring program designed to support organizations of all shapes and sizes in the development of custom architecture education tracks which we describe as 'Architecture University'.
Architecture University (AU) is a customizable program that enables organizations to build a unique path for the identification, development, and on-going improvement of their architecture practice.
For some of our clients, AU is more of a quick bootcamp to level-set everyone regarding terms, concepts, methodologies, frameworks, and tools. For others, it is a multi-year initiative in the form of a perpetual asset that identifies, qualifies, educates, mentors, and empowers individuals to serve as competent enterprise, solution, domain, software, and technical architects.

WA1921 Enterprise Android Application Development

We are proud to announce the release of our new course WA1921 Enterprise Android Application Development. This course teaches students the architecture, API and techniques to create robust, high performance and appealing applications for the Android devices. While most courses from other vendors focus only on the mobile device, this course also deals with the server side architecture. This makes the class ideal for enterprise class businesses.

WebSphere Portal 7.0 Courses Coming Soon!

Our popular WebSphere Portal classes are being updated for version 7.0. Our five day WebSphere Portal programming class shows how to create portlets using some of the latest standards and techniques. Our five day WebSphere Portal administration class shows how to install and deploy a portal environment including the complex task of creating a clustered portal environment and some of the new features in 7.0 that will help simplify this process. Check out these new classes in our WebSphere Portal section (link ‘WebSphere Portal section’ to http://www.webagesolutions.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category_10001_10051_10013_-1_10009_ )

Get Started With HTML5
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Noon to 1:00PM EST
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HTML5 is around the corner and browsers are getting ready for it. As an IT professional in charge of web application development, you need to be aware of the potentials made available by the standard. In this webinar, the speaker will discuss these new features:

- New semantic elements,
- New form input fields,
- Audio/video,
- The canvas object,
- Offline application development
Presenter Bibhas Bhattacharya. Chief Technology Officer. Web Age Solutions Inc.

IT Governance Empowerment - Finding Common Ground with COBIT
Thursday - March 3, 2011
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET
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We all try to do our best at work, whether it is in audit, assurance, security, project management, managing services, etc., but in focusing on our specialist areas, we often miss the interdependencies. Understanding those interdependencies is the door to finding opportunities for better integration and alignment of activities. This webinar goes beyond the mappings of IT frameworks and standards such as ITIL, COBIT, ISO/IEC 27000, and provides insight into why enterprise-wide IT Governance is necessary, and how to get there.
• The increasing importance of - and reliance on- technology and the effect on the organization when technology fails.
• How an IT Governance framework improves business outcomes, reduces risk and helps to spend money wisely.
• Examples of how IT Governance is used across the globe.
• The different roles within an organization, i.e., Audit, Risk Management, Project Management Office, Information Security, and how all play a role in IT Governance; especially to bridge the many gaps that exist between departments.
• Ways to Initiate and support the creation of the right culture to embrace IT Governance
Presenter Corjan

Communicate with Microsoft’s new Lync 2010 Communications platform
Thursday, March 10, 2011
2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
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Lync 2010 is Microsoft’s ‘new kid on the block’. Join Web Age Solutions for a 1 hour informational webinar on how the latest release of the Unified Communications platform will deliver a fresh, intuitive user experience that is directly accessible from Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Outlook.

Presenter Paul Twigg, Director of Microsoft Technologies, Web Age Solutions Inc.

Securing Windows 7
Friday, March 18, 2011
1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
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So you are switching to Windows 7? Are you prepared to fine tune Windows 7 to protect your machines from the many security risks that exist? Being proactive and prepared is the best defense against security threats. Come and join us for a webinar where we will discuss ways that will secure your Windows 7 based machines by implementing defense-in-depth. We will discuss features like EFS, Bitlocker, Wi fi security, AppLocker, firewall and InPrivate filtering - the whole enchilada.

Presenter Faheem Javed, Senior Technical Trainer, Web Age Solutions Inc.

HEADLINES AT A GLANCE