London, United Kingdom – July 2005 - Acuma have expanded the training course portfolio to provide customers with a comprehensive program of courses aligned with our industry recognised philosophy of IVM.

Courses now address all aspects of Information Management including Databases, ETL, Data Quality and Improvement, Testing, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. In addition we can offer a portfolio of theory courses to support organisations when planning data warehousing, data quality and business intelligence applications.

These course offerings now include:

Databases

IBM: Introduction to IBM DB2 Universal Database, DB2 UDB System Administration and DB2 Universal Database for SQL Server Administrators.

Microsoft: Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database, Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database, Developing Data Warehouse OLAP (multidimensional) solutions and Implementing Business Logic with MDX in Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

Offerings in the near future: Oracle and Hyperion Essbase.

ETL Tools

Microsoft: Populating a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Data Transformation Services.

Offerings in the near future: Ascential, Business Objects Data Integrator and Informatica.

Data Quality & Improvement

Data Quality.

Offerings in the near future: Ascential and DataFlux.

Analytics

ProClarity: Analyst Training, Advanced MDX Training, Administrator Training and Best Practices Training for Analysts and Administrators.

Reporting

Business Objects.

Crystal.

Microsoft: Creating Reporting Solutions using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

Offerings in the near future: Cognos, Hyperion and Business Performance Metrics

Project Management

Offerings in the near future: Prince II

View a comprehensive list of Acuma's forthcoming new courses (pdf)