Database Training in Évora

This instructor-led, live training in Évora (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level developers and database administrators who wish to learn PL/SQL to automate database tasks, implement business logic, and develop robust database applications.

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

• Develop efficient PL/SQL programs to automate database operations and integrate SQL commands effectively.
• Create reusable program units, including procedures, functions, packages, and triggers, for modular and scalable applications.
• Implement advanced data structures like associative arrays and manage query results using cursors.
• Handle errors robustly and secure code with encryption, obfuscation, and conditional compilation techniques.
• Apply PL/SQL in real-world scenarios, leveraging built-in packages for file handling, email automation, and other advanced functionalities.

This instructor-led, live training in Évora (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level database administrators who wish to learn the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively manage and administer SQL Server databases using SQL Server Management Studio.

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

• Understand system requirements and perform installations.
• Create, configure, and manage databases using SSMS.
• Manage logins, users, roles, and permissions.
• Perform various types of backups and restore databases.
• Create, schedule, and manage jobs using SQL Server Agent.
• Implement best practices for efficient and secure SQL Server administration.

This instructor-led, live training in Évora (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level cloud and DevOps engineers who wish to enhance cloud observability with Grafana and Prometheus.

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

• Understand the benefits of integrating Grafana and Prometheus with cloud platforms.
• Set up Prometheus for monitoring cloud-based resources.
• Configure Grafana for visualizing cloud service metrics.
• Leverage cloud-native tools and integrations for monitoring scalability.

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.

Oracle Database 19c serves as a powerful platform for constructing and managing enterprise data warehouses designed to handle analytical workloads.

This instructor-led live training, available either online or on-site, targets beginner-level data professionals and analysts eager to grasp the foundational concepts and architecture of Oracle-based data warehouse systems.

Upon completing this training, participants will be capable of:

• Grasping the core concepts and architecture of Oracle data warehousing.
• Describing standard data warehouse components, such as fact and dimension tables.
• Identifying use cases and advantages of Oracle data warehousing within business intelligence.
• Preparing for advanced training in Oracle ETL, performance tuning, and warehouse optimization techniques.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Practical application of Oracle SQL and exploration of warehouse schemas.
• Guided conceptual exercises and warehouse design analysis.

Customization Options

• To arrange customized training for this course based on your internal data models or analytics objectives, please contact us.

Postgres is a sophisticated open-source relational database that serves as a robust foundation for AI-driven systems and data intelligence applications.

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level database professionals and developers who aim to integrate, manage, and optimize AI capabilities directly within Postgres.

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

• Set up and configure Postgres extensions tailored for AI workloads.
• Implement embeddings and perform similarity searches using pgvector.
• Integrate both open-source and proprietary LLMs with Postgres to gain real-time insights.
• Optimize Postgres to efficiently handle AI-driven queries and workflows.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Extensive exercises and practical 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 Évora (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.

This instructor-led live training in Évora (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 Évora (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 course focuses on the administration and performance optimization of PostgreSQL databases. Participants will acquire skills in utilizing specialized PostgreSQL (also known as Postgres) modules, including replication, connection pooling, and full-text search capabilities.

Upon completing this training, you will gain the ability to extract and modify data within a MongoDB database. You will also explore the powerful Aggregation Pipeline, a flexible and high-performance tool for data analytics. Furthermore, you will learn how to connect your existing BI tools, such as Tableau or Excel, to data stored in MongoDB.

This SQL training course is designed for individuals seeking to acquire the essential skills required to extract, analyse, and report data from any database. Participants will master:

• writing SQL queries
• the concept of relational databases and their practical applications
• the nature of relations and methods for creating them
• data structure fundamentals
• distinctions between T-SQL and other SQL dialects
• hands-on techniques for constructing queries

This course focuses on the Microsoft T-SQL dialect. For those interested in generic SQL, we recommend our SQL Fundamentals course.

This instructor-led, live training in Évora (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 SQL training programme is designed for individuals seeking to acquire the essential skills to extract, analyse, and report on data from any database. Participants will learn:

• how to write SQL queries
• what relational databases are and how to utilise them
• the concept of relations and how to establish them
• the structure of data
• differences between SQL dialects (Oracle, T-SQL, ANSI)
• practical skills for writing queries

This SQL course focuses on generic ANSI SQL, making it applicable to any database, including Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, Informix, PostgreSQL, and other relational databases.

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 Évora (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 Évora (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 Évora (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 Évora (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 Évora (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 course provides an introduction to HBase, a NoSQL database built on top of Hadoop. It is designed for developers who intend to build applications using HBase, as well as administrators responsible for managing HBase clusters.

We will guide developers through HBase architecture, data modelling, and application development on the platform. The course also covers the integration of MapReduce with HBase and addresses key administration topics related to performance optimization. This is a highly practical course featuring numerous lab exercises.

Duration: 3 days

Audience: Developers & Administrators

This instructor-led live training in Évora (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 Évora (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.

This instructor-led, live training in Évora (online or onsite) is designed for IT administrators and developers who wish to set up, deploy, and manage cloud applications using the services and technologies provided by Oracle PaaS.

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

• Build, deploy, and manage cloud applications using Oracle PaaS.
• Configure and use data management tools for easy storage and backup.
• Visualize and evaluate application performance and logs.
• Generate business analytics reports.
• Understand and implement security standards.

This course explores the foundational aspects of PostgreSQL server extensions and libraries designed to incorporate AI capabilities into database environments. Key topics include similarity and semantic search leveraging embedding vectors, Text-to-SQL querying, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Participants will acquire the skills to install PgVector and PgAI, produce and load vector embeddings, establish vector indexes, and execute semantic search and RAG implementations. Additionally, the curriculum covers building Text-to-SQL applications using LangChain with Python or JavaScript. Through practical demonstrations and hands-on exercises, students will solidify their understanding of these core concepts and technical competencies.

In this instructor-led live training in Évora, participants will learn how to build React applications using Flux and GraphQL. The course covers installation, setup, integration, testing, deployment, and best practices, guiding participants through the creation of sample applications that demonstrate how to add complexity and sophistication to an application using advanced toolkits and techniques.

Developing applications with React requires a different mindset compared to what some developers are used to, especially those accustomed to other MVC frameworks such as AngularJS and Bootstrap.
This training covers the fundamentals of the technologies used at each step, ensuring that participants not only learn to build a functional application but also understand the reasoning behind specific approaches. This lays the groundwork for thinking independently and creatively about the design and desired outcomes for building their own applications in the future.

During this instructor-led live training conducted in Évora, 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.