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qSkills™ offers practical training in the storage environment

Nuremberg, September 28, 2007. The Nuremberg IT training provider qSkills™ presents itself again this year at Storage Networking World (SNW) Europe in Frankfurt. The company provides information on specialized, practice-oriented bridge workshops and participates as a partner of SNW in free training sessions for trade fair visitors.

European storage and data management experts will meet from October 29 to 31 at the Congress Center of Messe Frankfurt for the largest manufacturer-independent conference and exhibition in the industry. This event is also an important forum for us as a training provider, explains Kurt-Jürgen Jacobs, Managing Director of qSkills™ GmbH & Co. KG, who is the only training provider present at the fair. The storage area is one of our core competencies. We meet many important partners here. And we talk to professionals who are always looking for good IT solutions.


Cross-system training for more competence in the company

As a provider of practice-oriented, cross-system training, qSkills™ uses SNW as a presentation platform and information exchange. Since efficient storage management is becoming increasingly important and the requirements in this area are becoming more complex, many companies are faced with the challenge of acquiring comprehensive skills. Only with their help can interfaces and parameters be adjusted correctly - an important prerequisite for the optimal operation of systems. To proactively counteract error rates and inefficiency, i.e., time and money loss, many companies today train their employees across systems, thereby increasing their in-house IT know-how. And this is where the workshops come in. For example, we provide system planners and storage managers with a comprehensive overview of technologies and solution concepts and guide them on integrating storage into the overall IT landscape. Our goal is to provide solid knowledge for the implementation and continuation of tailored storage solutions that specifically help in everyday work, explains Jacobs the philosophy of his company, which has been successfully offering training since 2002 and whose quality is appreciated by numerous private sector companies and public entities.

qSkills™ presents its training concepts on the core topics of storage management, storage virtualization, and backup & recovery at booth 16. Here, the principle of bridge workshops is introduced, which are tailored to individual customer requirements based on the modular principle. The focus is on dealing with multiple products from different manufacturers, including Netapp, Brocade™, Legato-Networker, and IBM-Tivoli, and their cross-system mediation.


Learning by Doing with qSkills™
Practice sessions prepare visitors for the technical tutorials.

In addition, qSkills™, a Silver Sponsor of SNW, also participates in the practice sessions organized by the Storage Industry Association SNIA Europe, which were held for the first time last year with great success. qSkills™ hosts free training sessions on the first day of the fair, primarily aimed at preparing less technically experienced participants for the industry-specific tutorials on the following two days.

qSkills™ remains true to its principles, focusing on building know-how step by step and conveying it in a clear and understandable manner using its proven training concept with proprietary information materials, practical and in German.


Short profile qSkills™
The qSkills™ GmbH & Co. KG is an independent training center specializing in the provision of high-quality training in the IT and IT management sectors. The main training focuses are on storage, operating systems, databases, and tools. In addition, the company focuses its service portfolio on IT service management (according to ITIL), security according to ISO 27001, business continuity (BS 25999), and business intelligence. As the only company in Germany, qSkills™ offers its ISO 27001 and BS 25999 training courses according to the internationally recognized certification guidelines of BSI™ Management Systems.

The special features of qSkills™: The company not only offers the usual and classic IT basic training but also special workshops, known as integrative bridge or combination workshops. The main focus here is on knowledge of networking and integration of multiple systems into an existing heterogeneous IT environment. When designing IT training courses, qSkills™ relies on its own training materials, supplemented by proven manufacturer information, to ensure maximum benefit for training participants. The headquarters and the state-of-the-art training center with 200 modern PC workstations and an in-house data center (hard disk capacity of over 80 terabytes) are located in Nuremberg. Nationally, the training specialist collaborates with around 170 experienced trainers. In the past business year 2006, qSkills™ had a turnover of around 3.7 million euros. qSkills™' customer base includes medium-sized and large companies from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the energy supply, financial services, trade, information and telecommunications technology sectors.


For further information:
Birgit Jacobs
qSkills™ GmbH & Co. KG