Database Training in Cascais

Building upon its enterprise-ready foundation, Oracle Linux 9 provides robust tools for system performance, networking, automation, and storage management. This course expands the administrator’s skillset by introducing advanced administration techniques, system optimization, and service management within enterprise environments.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level Linux administrators seeking to advance their knowledge in administering Oracle Linux 9 systems in production environments.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Automate administrative tasks using Bash scripting.
• Configure logical volumes, RAID, and advanced storage systems.
• Manage SELinux policies and file security contexts.
• Monitor system performance and resource usage.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Extensive exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level system administrators and IT professionals who wish to deepen their expertise in Oracle Linux 9 for system administration, performance tuning, security hardening, and automation.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Manage and optimize Oracle Linux 9 for enterprise environments.
• Implement advanced networking and security configurations.
• Automate system administration tasks using scripting.
• Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues effectively.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at advanced-level DevOps and SRE professionals who wish to enhance their alerting and automation skills with Grafana and Prometheus.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create and manage advanced alerting rules in Prometheus.
• Integrate Prometheus Alertmanager with external tools using webhooks.
• Automate responses to alerts for faster issue resolution.
• Use Grafana to visualize and manage alerts effectively.

SQL serves as a standardized language designed to query, manipulate, and manage data within relational database systems.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is tailored for users ranging from beginner to advanced levels who aim to construct efficient SQL queries and work confidently with relational databases.

Upon completion of this training, participants will acquire the skills to:

• Construct SQL queries to retrieve, filter, and sort data.
• Manipulate data through insert, update, and delete operations.
• Create joins, subqueries, and aggregated reports.
• Apply advanced SQL techniques for real-world data analysis.

Format of the Course

• Instructor-led lectures combined with guided discussions.
• Hands-on query building and practical exercises.
• Live-lab demonstrations using real datasets.

Course Customization Options

• If you require a tailored SQL program for your organization, please contact us to arrange.

Greenplum is an open-source massively parallel data platform built on PostgreSQL, designed for advanced analytics and large-scale data warehousing.

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level administrators who want to effectively install, configure, and manage Greenplum environments, including handling system updates and libraries.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure a production-ready Greenplum cluster.
• Manage system updates and safely apply patches.
• Handle Greenplum library management for analytics and extensions.
• Troubleshoot and monitor Greenplum systems.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Hands-on use of Greenplum in a controlled lab environment.
• Guided exercises focused on cluster setup, upgrade workflows, and system extensions.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course based on your environment or data platform, please contact us to arrange.

A database constitutes a structured system designed for the efficient storage, management, and retrieval of data. This course introduces participants to the foundational principles of database systems, placing particular emphasis on relational database models, data normalization techniques, and SQL-based querying methods.

This instructor-led live training, available either online or onsite, is tailored for intermediate-level IT professionals seeking to grasp database management concepts, with a specific focus on relational database models, while acquiring practical skills in database operations.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be capable of:

• Comprehending database concepts and relational database models.
• Designing simple data models and understanding normalization principles.
• Utilizing fundamental SQL queries to retrieve, insert, and update data.
• Grasping key concepts related to database administration and security.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Extensive exercises and practice sessions.
• Hands-on implementation within a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request customized training for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level database administrators, network engineers, and IT professionals who wish to optimize database performance, scalability, and reliability using Spine-Leaf architecture with VXLAN.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the Spine-Leaf network topology and its advantages.
• Deploy VXLAN for scalable and efficient database networking.
• Optimize database workloads across distributed data centre environments.
• Implement Spine-Leaf architecture in both cloud and on-premises data centres.
• Strengthen network security, redundancy, and fault tolerance for database environments.
• Automate network configurations for database management using Python and Ansible.

Oracle APEX (Application Express) is a low-code development platform designed for rapidly creating scalable and secure enterprise applications with minimal coding effort.

This instructor-led live training, available both online and onsite, is tailored for intermediate-level developers and IT professionals looking to build secure, scalable enterprise applications using Oracle APEX while minimising hand-coding.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Design and construct data-driven applications using APEX.
• Leverage built-in components to speed up the development process.
• Deploy, evaluate, and certify applications efficiently.
• Manage user authentication and application security.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Numerous exercises and practice sessions.
• Hands-on implementation within a live-lab environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To arrange a customised training session for this course, please contact us.

This instructor-led live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level data scientists who wish to learn how to utilize the COST IT module of Presto for cost analysis.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of Presto and its role in big data analytics.
• Gain proficiency in using Presto's COST IT module for cost analysis.
• Optimize Presto queries for improved performance and resource utilization.
• Identify and implement cost-based optimizations in Presto.
• Troubleshoot and resolve common performance and cost-related issues in Presto.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is targeted at intermediate-level IT professionals seeking to learn how to design, implement, and manage relational databases, as well as how to query and manipulate data using SQL.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of database design.
• Learn to create and manage relational databases.
• Gain proficiency in writing SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate data.
• Understand advanced SQL concepts and techniques.
• Develop skills to optimise and maintain databases.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators who wish to have a comprehensive understanding of the security features of Oracle Database 19c.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the concepts of database security.
• Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms to control access to the database.
• Configure and manage user accounts, roles, and privileges effectively.
• Implement robust security measures against various threats and vulnerabilities.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) targets intermediate-level developers and administrators who aim to establish a solid PL/SQL programming foundation for developing efficient and robust database applications using Oracle 19c.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of PL/SQL and its advantages over standard SQL.
• Learn how to declare and use variables and different data types within PL/SQL blocks.
• Apply control structures like IF-THEN-ELSE, CASE statements, and loops to create robust PL/SQL programs.
• Understand and implement explicit and implicit cursors for data retrieval.
• Handle exceptions effectively using predefined and user-defined exceptions.
• Develop and manage triggers to automate and enforce business rules.
• Create and use PL/SQL packages to encapsulate and modularize code for reuse and maintainability.

This instructor-led live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level data professionals who wish to learn how to design, implement, and manage SSIS packages to perform data integration and transformation tasks.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the architecture and components of SSIS.
• Design and implement ETL processes using SSIS.
• Use SSIS tools to develop, deploy, and manage data integration solutions.
• Troubleshoot and optimize SSIS packages for performance and reliability.

This course focuses on programmatic interaction with PostgreSQL databases. It teaches the techniques, syntax, and structures required to build high-quality applications using a PostgreSQL backend. Additionally, the training covers SQL Tuning, highlighting best practices for writing efficient SQL code.

The target audience includes developers looking to use or extend PostgreSQL, as well as database architects.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level database administrators, developers, and analysts who wish to master advanced SQL functionalities for complex data operations and database management.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Execute advanced querying techniques using unions, subqueries, and complex joins.
• Add, update, and delete data, tables, views, and indexes with precision.
• Ensure data integrity through transactions and manipulate database structures.
• Create and manage databases efficiently for robust data storage and retrieval.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at sysadmins and developers who wish to use PostgreSQL 13 to set up, build, and manage databases for high-performance applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure PostgreSQL 13.
• Understand the features, architecture, and fundamentals of operating, managing, and maintaining databases with PostgreSQL 13.
• Learn how to configure Postgres database tables and schemas.
• Learn how to perform data manipulations and queries.
• Explore the different programming interfaces (client and server) to fully utilize and extend functionalities in PostgreSQL 13.

This training explores the challenges associated with programming in Visual Basic for Applications and demonstrates methods for accessing data via VBA. Participants will also acquire the necessary mechanisms to develop professional-grade database applications.

CockroachDB is an open-source distributed SQL database built for resilience and data locality. It offers a viable alternative to proprietary global databases like Google Spanner, enabling full infrastructure autonomy. This instructor-led, live training (online or on-site) is designed for advanced database engineers and architects looking to leverage CockroachDB to replace vendor-locked global SQL solutions.

Target Audience

• Programmers
• IT professionals at the beginner level

Course Format

   A blend of lectures, discussions, and extensive hands-on practice

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at database administrators and developers who wish to migrate from proprietary databases to open source PostgreSQL.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to assess database migration readiness, plan and execute schema migration strategies, migrate data using appropriate tools, and handle application code conversion.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be capable of:

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is designed for engineers who wish to configure applications to continuously monitor and stream all database commits.

• Install and configure ZooKeeper, Kafka, and the Debezium connector service.
• Configure applications to automatically consume and react to database inserts, updates, and deletions.
• Transform database row-level changes into event streams that applications can process in real-time.
• Ensure that each row-level change is streamed in the exact order it was committed to the database.

• Aimed at Linux/Unix system administrators and developers eager to engage with Linux/Unix server environments.
• Even beginners with fundamental Linux knowledge and skills can successfully follow this course, provided they diligently engage with the instructor's lab exercises and explanations.
• This course is designed to provide ample hands-on practice in managing Linux servers, demonstrating that understanding Linux/Unix servers is straightforward.
• The course structure includes 40% lectures, 50% lab sessions, and 10% Q&A. This five-day programme places a strong emphasis on practical, lab-based activities.
• You will gain the skills to deploy and manage the Top 4 Linux Servers, delivering essential network services for mission-critical enterprise environments.
• The content can be delivered on any distribution, with Fedora and CentOS being commonly used.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at database administrators and developers who wish to install, configure, and manage Flyway to track and apply changes in their continuous database delivery efforts.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to implement, track, reverse, and manage database workflows and changes to improve their continuous database delivery.

This live, instructor-led training in Cascais (online or on-site) will teach you how to configure and run Flyway to build a SQL migration pipeline. It supports database-specific syntax like PL/SQL and T-SQL, as well as Java (for advanced data transformations or handling LOBs). Practical scenarios will be used to demonstrate real-world usage.

This instructor-led live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is targeted at administrators who aim to set up Greenplum Database for business intelligence and data warehousing solutions.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Address processing needs with Greenplum.
• Perform ETL operations for data processing.
• Leverage existing query processing infrastructures.

This instructor-led live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at engineers who wish to use JanusGraph to process very large graphs that require abnormal storage and computational capacity.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure JanusGraph.
• Integrate JanusGraph with multiple backend storage systems (Cassandra, HBase, etc.) and multiple indexing software (Elasticsearch, Solr, etc.). 
• Configure multiples machines into a cluster for use by JanusGraph.
• Query the database using the Gremlin query language.
• Process graph data at scale, beyond what a single machine can provide.
• Support thousands of concurrent users traversing graph data in real time.
• Query graph data for analysis.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators, database administrators, data architects, and developers who wish to install, configure, and manage MarkLogic Server to optimise their database systems.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to implement, develop, manage, and secure their enterprise data and database systems using MarkLogic Server.

Relational databases have long been the preferred technology for storing, retrieving, and querying data. They enable users to organize information using a structured, well-defined model. While this approach is effective for standardized data with pre-defined requirements (such as a hospital check-in system maintaining patient records with consistent fields like ID, name, and visit date), it presents limitations for organizations dealing with less structured data. For instance, a startup experimenting with various fields in an online inquiry form must frequently redefine its schema to accommodate evolving business needs. This constant need to recreate data structures and allowed data types before saving new information can be cumbersome.

NoSQL (Not Only SQL) databases address these challenges by freeing users from the need to predefine data structures, allowing for immediate insertion and updates. NoSQL systems are typically faster than relational databases and handle vast volumes of data effortlessly. They also scale more effectively by efficiently partitioning data across server clusters and load balancing access. NoSQL databases integrate seamlessly with applications requiring real-time analytics, site personalization, IoT support, and mobile development.

In this instructor-led live training, participants will explore the architecture, design principles, and functionality of leading NoSQL databases. Through a live lab environment, attendees will set up, operate, and assess various NoSQL solutions. The objective is to equip participants with the skills to intelligently evaluate, propose, and implement suitable NoSQL database solutions within their organizations.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure diverse NoSQL databases, including MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, and Neo4j.
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of NoSQL databases compared to relational databases.
• Grasp the underlying data formats used by NoSQL databases and how to leverage them for modern application development (desktop, mobile, cloud, IoT).
• Perform CRUD operations (create, read, update, delete) within a NoSQL environment.
• Set up a hybrid environment where relational and NoSQL databases work in tandem.
• Configure a NoSQL database cluster to distribute the processing of large datasets.
• Understand the security implications associated with using NoSQL databases.
• Deploy and scale a NoSQL database in a production environment.

Audience

• Database professionals
• Data architects
• Data strategists
• Project managers
• Application developers seeking to integrate flexible database solutions

Format of the Course

• A blend of lectures, discussions, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice.

Note

• To request customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Cascais (onsite or remote) is aimed at developers who wish to use GraphQL and Relay to manage data on React applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary development environment to start data control for React applications.
• Deliver instant UI-response interactions.
• Aggregate data from multiple libraries into one convenient API.
• Pre-fetch using GraphQL and Relay.

During this instructor-led live training conducted in Cascais, participants will learn the fundamentals of SAP ASE (SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise) Database Administration as they step through the creation and deployment of a sample SAP ASE Database System.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure SAP ASE for data storage as well as transactional operations.
• Understand and use SAP ASE components, tools, and utilities.
• Integrate SAP ASE with non-SAP ASE applications.