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Statement of Policy
SYS-ED's policy is to utilize the computer equipment and software which is available at the client location.

SYS-ED has the capability to provide computer equipment and mobile classrooms for client organizations as part of conducting courses:

The logic underlying our policy is as follows:

	Computer rental companies can not guarantee identical component hardware in the workstations provided for a class. This can lead to problems in teaching deployment scenarios; particularly with open source software.
	Standard contractual arrangements with computer rental companies, do not allow SYS-ED personnel to have ready access to the equipment outside of the classroom; nor typically with reasonable advance notice. And if there are problems with a workstation, the local computer rental companies typically will be able to replace on 24 hours notice; which is problematic when teaching courses 3 to 5 days in duration.
	SYS-ED pre loads a variety of server and client software configurations on the workstations that we provide in conjunction with our courses. The software loaded on the instructor’s laptop server provides fault tolerance and the ability to both anticipate and respond to a variety of questions and develop/provide tailored demonstrations and a variety of workshop scenarios in response to student requests.
	Increasingly, there have been issues relating to security and configuring workstations beyond the control of the instructor at high security IT installations which do not allow access through the Internet. When SYS-ED staff do not have the capability to come in prior to a course or have security clearance to remain in the classroom after standard course hours, then pre configured workstations, especially servers becomes important.

SYS-ED's quotations for instructor-led courses, assumes that the client will provide the following classroom configuration.

Training Room Resources
A standard training environment should be comprised of a:

	Workstation for each student.			Networked training room.
	Networked printer.			Internet access.
	Web browser.			Instructor workstation.

Any one of the three widely used browsers, Internet Explorer, Netscape or FireFox can be utilized.

The instructor will require administrative access to the workstations and need to be connected to a projection system.

Mobile Classroom
SYS-ED can provide mobile classrooms consisting of:

	Networked wireless workstations.			Wireless router.
	Networked printer.			Internet access.
	Web based access to a z/OS mainframe system.			Access to the SYS-ED Knowledge Base.

Classrooms can be configured for utilization in a distance-learning format.

The charges are based upon the number of workstations, software configuration requirements, and utilization with web-based training medium.

Training Scenarios

Computer Applications
In a course utilizing open source software or software as a service, between 10 to 20 workstations will be installed and configured. Web based access or client specific local hard drive installation of standard or trial versions of the software will be placed on the workstations.

MS Internetworking
In MS Windows internetworking and server courses, twenty workstations for a class size of 20 students would be provided. Sixteen workstations would be provided from a local computer rental company and four workstations would be provided by SYS-ED. The SYS-ED machines will be configured with proprietary software, inclusive of trial versions of new software and interrelated open source software specific to the client organization.

UNIX
In UNIX-variant based courses, sixteen workstations for a class size of 16 students would be provided. Twelve workstations would be provided from a local computer rental company and four workstations would be provided by SYS-ED. The SYS-ED machines will be configured with the UNIX variant server software and open source software specific to the client organization. SSH would be used to access the UNIX server from MS Windows clients.