Architecture school training courses in Colorado Springs, CO (public, in-house or online)

Investigates the technologies and strategies related to sustainable (green) materials and systems for buildings. Topics include: energy and environmental consciousness/regulations; the high performance building envelope; alternative construction techniques (adobe, cob, rammed earth, straw bale); microclimate/site factors; sustainable/green materials; and passive solar; active thermal solar, photovoltaic energy, wind energy conversion, on site water use/reuse and waste disposal systems.

This course provides a detailed examination of the internal structure and operation of modern computer systems. Each of the major system components is investigated including the following topics: the design and operation of the ALU, FPU, and CPU; microprogrammed vs. hardwired control, pipelining, and RISC vs. CISC machines; the memory system including caches and virtual memory; parallel and vector processing, multiprocessor systems and interconnection networks; superscalar and super-pipelined de...

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List the features of IBM X-Architecture
Recognize the System x and BladeCenter portfolio
Recognize the IBM eX5 enterprise systems
Summarize the history of X3 and eX4 technology
Summarize the highlights of the IBM System x3690 X5
Detail the features of the IBM BladeCenter HX5
Detail the features of the IBM BladeCenter HX5 two-node
Detail the features of the IBM System x3850 X5
Detail the features of the IBM System x3950 X5
Detail eX5 systems innovations includi...

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Describe Cloud Computing
Discuss why there is a growing interest in Cloud Computing (historic review)
Show how Cloud Computing is a major evolution of technology in the past decade
Identify the added value of this new infrastructure model compared to previous ones
Discuss the pros and cons for each Service Portal point of view; user, administrator, provider, manager
Describe the components of a Cloud Computing solution (agnostic description)
Describe the "as a servic...

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Explain the business impact of SOA

Understand the history of services-oriented architecture and what design processes led up to SOA

Discuss the challenges to adopting SOA in the enterprise

Apply the concepts and principles of SOA to on-going and future projects

Understand the various web service standards available to support SOA

Explain how Enterprise Application Integration affects the reuse of existing applications

Relate what SOA means from...

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