CLASS IS IN SESSION Learn about Transarc products from the experts. Increase your knowledge of Transarc products-at courses offered around the world. HOW TO REGISTER FOR COURSES To sign up for Transarc courses, you may register via the on-line form located at http://www.transarc.com/Services/Catalog/index.html, or by contacting your Transarc sales representative or sending e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] COURSE LOCATIONS The courses listed inside will be held in: * Pittsburgh * Sydney * San Francisco * New York * Paris * Tokyo * London You will receive information about class time and location once you register. COURSES AT YOUR PLACE Companies with large groups that require training may find it more cost effective to arrange for courses to be held at their site. TO LEARN MORE For additional information about Transarc training courses, future course listings, or details and pricing for customer on-site training, please contact your Transarc sales representative or send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For the latest information about Transarc Educational and Professional Services, visit our Web site at http://www.transarc.com/Services/Catalog/index.html. New London Training Facility and TXSeries, Too! Transarc is pleased to announce its new training facility in London. Located in 'Square Mile' in the heart of the business district, Transarc's training facility is close to three underground stations: Monument, Cannon Street and Bank. It is also within walking distance of coffee shops, specialty shops and restaurants. The training facility is fully equipped with 10 PCs, whiteboards, overhead projectors and air conditioning. It can accommodate 16 students. The London training facility will be featuring TXSeries(TM) Overview-Transarc's newest class in November and December. TXSeries Overview TXSeries is a complete distributed transaction management system that integrates the most powerful transaction middleware in the industry. This combination gives you a selection of capabilities, letting you enhance your e-business, develop new applications that utilize the latest technical advances and maximize existing business systems. TXSeries Overview is a one-day class that provides a foundation for designing transactional client/server applications using TXSeries components such as Encina(R), CICS(R), MQSeries(R), DE-Light and Lotus Domino Go Webserver. Students will learn basic architectural concepts, explore coding techniques and examine distributed application administration. For more information on TXSeries Overview, please contact Transarc Educational Services at 412-338-4363, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our Web site at www.transarc.com. GOOD FOR 50% OFF TXSeries Overview Register for the new TXSeries Overview course and receive 50% off an additional seat in the class. To take advantage of this offer, just mention coupon #1098. For more details, contact your Transarc account executive, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our Web site at www.transarc.com. Good for one discount seat per person. Offer expires December 31, 1998. Transarc Course Schedule-October, November and December 1998 DCE Programming I Course No.: DCE-P310-H0 (LECTURE/LAB) October 12 (Sydney) December 7 (New York) 3 days $1,500/seat This course teaches the concepts behind distributed computing and the essential components of the DCE Secure Core from a developer's perspective. Students learn to use DCE programming interfaces to write applications that take advantage of DCE facilities. The course covers the tasks necessary for writing a complete client/server application that uses all of the fundamental DCE services. Significant time is devoted to hands-on labs, which reinforce the concepts addressed during the lecture. Prerequisites: Students should be familiar with the C shell and able to write UNIX(R) applications in ANSI C.* DCE Programming II Course No.: DCE-P410-H0 (LECTURE/LAB) October 15 (Sydney) October 22 (Pittsburgh) December 10 (New York) 2 days $1,000/seat This course extends DCE Programming I and explores each of its major topics in greater detail. It is intended for programmers who will develop complex client/server applications using the DCE Secure Core or the Encina(R) Toolkit. Labs provide students with an opportunity to actively reinforce these concepts. Prerequisite: Completion of DCE Programming I before taking this course. Programming with Encina Monitor in C Course No.: ENC-P310-H0 (LECTURE/LAB) October 26 (Pittsburgh) 2.5 days $1,250/seat This course helps students learn how to write Encina Monitor-based client and server applications in C. The course introduces transactions, the notion of recoverable servers and discusses how to use XA-compliant databases in applications. This course covers the writing of a complete Monitor application with several variations. Both the Transactional-C and TX interfaces are covered for managing transactions and labs provide students with an opportunity to actively reinforce these concepts. Prerequisites: Experience writing UNIX applications in ANSI C is required. Experience in programming DCE applications or administration of either DCE or Encina is helpful. Programming with Encina Monitor in C++ Course No.: ENC-P315-H0 (LECTURE/LAB) November 16 (Tokyo) December 7 (Paris) November 17 (London) December 14 (New York) 2.5 days $1,250/seat This course gives students an opportunity to learn how to write Encina Monitor-based client and server applications in C++. The course introduces transactions, the notion of recoverable servers and discusses how to use XA-compliant databases in applications. The writing of a complete Monitor application with several variations is also covered. The course concentrates on the Transactional-C++ interface for managing transactions and labs provide students with an opportunity to actively reinforce these concepts. Prerequisites: Working knowledge of object-oriented programming is needed before taking this course. It is assumed that students are familiar with C++. Experience with DCE is also beneficial. Programming with Encina RQS Course No.: ENC-P320-H0 (LECTURE/LAB) October 28 (Pittsburgh) December 16 (New York) 1.5 days $750/seat This course helps students learn how to extend the applications written in Programming with Encina Monitor to include use of the Recoverable Queuing Service (RQS). The course introduces the data structures supported by RQS such as element types, queues and queue sets, and illustrates how applications can manipulate RQS data by placing data in queues, moving it between queues and removing data from RQS entirely. It also introduces RQS functions for searching queues sequentially and by key. Prerequisites: Programming with Encina Monitor (C or C++) as well as experience writing UNIX applications in ANSI C are prerequisites for this class. Experience in programming DCE applications or administration of either DCE or Encina is helpful.* Programming with Encina PPC Services Course No.: ENC-P330-L0 (LECTURE) November 19 (Tokyo) 1.5 days $750/seat This course addresses Encina peer applications that interact with SNA-based LU6.2 applications (usually running on mainframes) using the Advanced Program-to-Program Communications (APPC). The course explains the differences between peer-to-peer and client/server communications, how to write transactional Encina peers and how to combine the peer-to-peer with client/server systems. Prerequisites: Experience with the CPI-C and CPI-RR languages and with Encina Monitor programming (or the course Programming with Encina Monitor) is required. Combined Encina and DCE System Administration Course No.: ENC-I340-H0 (LECTURE/LAB) October 5 (San Francisco) November 9 (Tokyo) 5 days $2,500/seat This course introduces the concepts behind recoverable, transactional applications and describes how Encina implements these concepts. Students learn how to use Enconsole to construct an Encina Monitor cell, and to configure and run applications in the Monitor environment. Students also learn how to back up and restore Encina-based resource managers, handle essential management of storage and perform routine maintenance of a Monitor cell. The course is based on a Monitor application and makes extensive use of diagrams, output and other illustrations. Prerequisites: Students should have experience with computer operating system administration as well as knowledge of DCE and Encina. Students will also benefit from experience in programming DCE or Encina applications. Encina Monitor System Administration Course No.: ENC-A210-H0 (LECTURE/LAB) November 4 (Sydney) December 2 (New York) December 8 (London) 3 days $1,500/seat This course introduces the concepts behind recoverable, transactional applications and describes how Encina implements these concepts. Students learn how to use Enconsole to construct an Encina Monitor cell, and to configure and run applications in the Monitor environment. Students learn how to back up and restore Encina-based resource managers, handle essential management of storage and perform routine maintenance of a Monitor cell. The course is based on a Monitor application and makes extensive use of diagrams, output and other illustrations. Prerequisites: Experience with DCE Secure Core system administration and programming DCE or Encina applications is helpful. DE-Light Concepts and Techniques Course No.: ENC-P350-H0 (LECTURE/LAB) November 20 (Tokyo) 1 day $500/seat This one-day course teaches students how to design and build an Internet DE-Light Client application. Internet DE-Light Client allows Java clients to use DCE and Encina services without installing DCE and Encina on the client machine. During the course students will explore coding techniques and troubleshoot problems in the environment. This course also examines the role and administration of the DE-Light Gateway. Prerequisites: Students should have experience programming Encina Monitor applications and a working knowledge of object-oriented programming. Familiarity with C++ is assumed and basic knowledge of the Web is useful. Combined DFS and DCE System Administration Course No.: DFS-I215-H0 (LECTURE/LAB) October 12 (Pittsburgh) November 16 (Paris)-in French October 12 (Paris)-in French November 30 (New York) October 12 (Tokyo) November 30 (Paris) October 26 (Paris) December 14 (Paris)-in French November 2 (Sydney) 5 days $2,500/seat This course covers the material presented in DCE Secure Core System Administration and DFS(TM) System Administration in one sequence. The first part provides in-depth knowledge of the components of the DCE Secure Core, their role in DCE and the associated administrative tasks. In addition, this material describes routine maintenance of a DCE cell, problem solving and troubleshooting. The remainder of the course focuses on DFS concepts and components, how DFS and DCE interact, and DFS commands used by system administrators. Students learn to configure and administer DFS clients and servers, manage filesets and perform other common administrative tasks. Prerequisites: Students should be familiar with distributed computing and the OSF DCE, as well as system administration tasks. Managing DCE/DFS for High Availability Course No.: FAR-A310-H0 (LECTURE) October 19 (Pittsburgh) 3 days $1,200/seat This class is designed to provide experienced DCE system administrators with information and hands-on training for managing their DCE environment to higher availability levels. The primary techniques covered will be the replication capabilities provided with the DCE and DFS products. In addition, other techniques will be presented, including backup and restore of critical cell databases. Prerequisites: Administrators who have completed DCE or DFS administration courses and preferably have hands-on experience managing an actual DCE installation. Programming the CORBA Object Transaction Service with Orbix Course No.: ENC-P360-H0 (LECTURE) November 23 (Paris) 3 days $1,350/seat This course teaches students how to develop applications with the CORBA-compliant Object Transaction Service (OTS) interface. This interface is designed to permit the use of distributed transactions in a CORBA ORB environment. Transarc's implementation of OTS is available over both DCE and the Orbix ORB developed by IONA Technologies Ltd. This course is geared towards the Orbix implementation. The course explains how the OTS integrates X/Open DTP Resource Managers, how this integration is accomplished, and provides practical examples of using XA-compliant database and queuing products to illustrate this feature. Course lectures give students a comprehensive understanding of the techniques and issues involved in exploiting distributed transactions in the CORBA environment. A set of practical exercises designed for Orbix to take full advantage of CORBA allows students to gain experience in building a distributed transactional object application. Prerequisites: Students should have experience using an object-oriented programming language and understand how to program with a CORBA ORB such as Orbix. Familiarity with database systems is helpful. AFS System Administration Course No.: AFS-A210-L0 (LECTURE) December 9 (Pittsburgh) 2.5 days $1,800/seat The first part of this course presents an overview of AFS(R) components from a system administrator's perspective. It discusses the AFS global name space, covers the AFS suite of commands and provides an introduction to managing security issues, including how to protect data using access control lists (ACLs) and user-defined protection groups. The rest of this course covers the implementation, planning and troubleshooting involved in setting up and managing AFS. The course focuses on configuring and administering clients and servers, defining administrative tasks such as managing volumes, performing backups and restores, and setting up AFS accounts. This course does not cover AFS internals or programming. Prerequisites: Students should have formal UNIX system administration training or equivalent experience before taking this course. Familiarity with distributed file systems is also helpful. TXSeries Overview Course No.: TXS-G100-L0 (LECTURE) November 16 (London) December 7 (London) 1 day $400/seat TXSeries Overview is a one-day class that provides a foundation for designing transactional client/server applications using TXSeries components such as Encina, CICS(R), MQSeries(R), DE-Light and Lotus Domino Go Webserver. Students will learn basic architectural concepts, explore coding techniques and examine distributed application administration. Prerequisites: Prior to taking this class, students should have experience with using client/server applications and working knowledge of programming languages. Basic knowledge of the Web is also helpful. * The labs require students to write C code and be familiar with the vi editor. Transarc Corporation is an IBM company. Transarc, AFS and Encina are registered trademarks and DFS is a trademark of Transarc Corporation. MQSeries and CICS are registered trademarks, and TXSeries and Domino are trademarks of IBM Corporation. All other names appearing herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of third parties. Transarc(R) Making Technology Work Across Your Enterprise. Transarc Corporation The Gulf Tower 707 Grant Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 USA Phone: 412/338-4400 Fax: 412/338-4404 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: www.transarc.com
