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Better than IBM!

Value Added Mainframe Training

Technology Driven IT Training

• The exchange and usage of data in standardized formats, including XML and unicode.

• Services toleration of threads and asynchronous signals.

• How to support z/OS UNIX.

• Coprocessor integration and usability.

• Enhanced support for IBM Debug Tool software.

• The reuse of existing applications in WebSphere and traditional z/OS environments.

• WebSphere Application Server interoperability within batch and IBM z/OS environments.

• How to utilize the support of Java-based object-oriented syntax to facilitate the interoperation of COBOL and Java programs.

• The new SQL data types and SQL syntax provided by DB2 version 9.

• DB2 options in the compiler listing - DB2 Version 9.

• The expanded SQLCA: SQL communications area and SQLDA: SQL descriptor area control blocks in the compiler listing.

• The CICS compiler option, which utilized in conjunction with the integrated CICS translator and COBOL compiler, can handle both native COBOL and embedded CICS statements in the source program.

Longstanding Consultancy Experience
in Information Technology

Value added service is provided through our software specific websites: knowledge base, technology updates, and assessment validation.  Equally as important, SYS-ED recognizes and differentiates between industry standard content and educational consultancy. Our staff will review documented coding standards and work with the client to select the examples, sample programs, and exercises from the CETi courseware library. If the client has determines that they require examples and exercises specific to their environment, then we will develop new ones. For example, the COBOL CALL statement’s role has been significantly expanded in order to utilize to best advantage the Language Environment services such as storage management and condition handling.

Private Courses: Client Location
SYS-ED conducts private COBOL training in North America, Europe, and Asia. With private courses, topics can be mixed and matched from multiple course outlines and the workshops tailored. Case in point; several of our fast-track clients have had us conduct accelerated 5-day COBOL courses consisting of what is regularly 8 days of subject matter. We also offer an integrated COBOL training program.

COBOL training services are available in a web-based learning format. The standard distance-learning course is an extension of the New York schedule, inclusive of courseware and training aids. A distance-learning course is 65% lecture with the remaining 35% of the service provided in the form of scheduled interactive question and answer sessions with a subject matter expert, hands-on exercises, optional validation assessment, and submission of questions through our technology exchange websites. 

Alternative web-based and e-learning training is available: self-paced, presentation through the client's authoring system, or podcast. Client organizations are presented with a palette of medium to select from in order to address selection of content, time compression, scheduling, and operational requirements. These tailored services are offered selectively.

Prior to scheduling a web-based course, SYS-ED requires an examination of the prospective client's telecommunication's and software infrastructure to be utilized in the transmission of the service: bandwidth, firewall, web browser, base operating system, and system software security.

Professional COBOL Training Services

Computer Education Techniques courseware used in SYS-ED courses consists of student hand-outs, training aids, documented walkthroughs, and industry-specific exercises. The CETi knowledge base is a service for answering questions, inclusive of the research and validation of the accuracy of information in the public domain. Citation of source documentation and examples are used to provide answers to the questions. Content is selectively added to courseware.