BEA Education Services
BEA Education Services aims to provide flexible and timely education services that help you to successfully deploy BEA technologies. This blog, written by Yu-Ting Huang, will keep you up to date with the latest courses, certification programs, and promotions offered by BEA Education.
Training on new BEA AquaLogic Platform Available
Posted by ythuang on March 28, 2008 at 3:49 PM | Permalink
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The new BEA AquaLogic 3.0 platform brings business process management, enterprise social computing, SOA Governance, and other SOA infrastructure capabilities together to support dynamic business applications.
BEA Education Services is offering new courses to support the 3.0 platform. In addition to the Essential Concepts courses, we now have BEA AquaLogic courses that train you on a range of topics, including system administration, service design, and governance solutions. These courses help you run even more efficiently on BEA AquaLogic products.
- BEA AquaLogic Data Services Platform 3: Essential Concepts
- BEA AquaLogic Service Bus 3: Essential Concepts
- BEA AquaLogic Service Bus 3: Designing and Integrating services for an SOA
- BEA AquaLogic Service Bus 3: System Administration
- Governance with BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Respository 3: Essential Concepts
- BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Repository 3: Creating a Governance Solution
- BEA AquaLogic Service Registry 3: Establishing Runtime Governance
Register for the courses with your local education representative. Find your local office here. More at bea.com/liquidlearning. Comments, questions - send e-mail to yuhuang@bea.com.
Training for BEA Guardian Available Upon Install
Posted by ythuang on December 18, 2007 at 10:49 AM | Permalink
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By now you've probably heard the announcement made at BEAWorld Shanghai last week - BEA Guardian is being offered for free to customers for download and installation. BEA Guardian is a support tool that helps pre-empting possible system outages by finding potential problems before they have a chance to manifest.
To ensure our customers successfully run BEA Guardian, we are now offering complimentary training on BEA Guardian till March 13, 2008. This hour-long online self-study course, BEA Guardian: Essential Concepts, trains BEA WebLogic Server system administrators on the installation and usage of BEA Guardian. Students will learn how to evaluate BEA WebLogic Server domains against a list of known problems and pitfalls.
To receive access to the online course, you will need to demonstrate that you have installed and are using BEA Guardian. Send an email to customersupportguardian@bea.com with your BEA Support Site ID and a statement that you have successfully updated your BEA Guardian Signature repository since December 12, 2007. Once verified, you will be sent a link and registration instructions to your Guardian courseware.
Podcasts on SOA key concepts
Posted by ythuang on October 22, 2007 at 5:07 PM | Permalink
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Do you subscribe to podcast feeds and have been searching for podcasts on SOA key concepts? The following are available for subscription via Arch2Arch media center.
For more information, contact yuhuang@bea.com.
Pre-conference session for architects, IT personnel at BEAWorlds San Francisco, Barcelona
Posted by ythuang on August 14, 2007 at 2:50 PM | Permalink
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Are you an architect who is getting ready to expand your SOA project to enterprise-wide deployment, or an IT personnel who needs to understand the architectural concerns associated with SOA?
BEA Education Services is hosting an all-day pre-conference session at BEAWorlds San Francisco and Barcelona to tackle topics relevant to the roles identified above.
At SOA Forum for Architects, you get to hear from BEA's own experts on SOA to gain real-world insights for successful management, architecture and implementation of your SOA.Topics to be explored include:
- What type of engineering framework is required to design, architect, and govern SOA projects?
- How is a modeling framework used to capture and align business requirements with SOA?
- What technologies and standards can be leveraged to implement a centralized security infrastructure?
- What lessons have BEA customers learned during the process of adopting SOA in
their enterprises?
This full-day activity will be facilitated by BEA Services personnel who have many years of experience in implementing SOA. You will meet your peers and build your network during this interactive session. You will learn real-world experiences through case studies and sharing of best practices--valuable knowledge that will help you succeed.
Read the agenda on SOA Forum for Architects at San Francisco and Barcelona.
BEA recommends the following two online self-study courses, SOA: Strategic Concepts and Principles and SOA: Organization and Governance, as preparation materials before attending SOA Forum for Architects. Contact your local education services representative for more information.
Register today for BEAWorld and SOA Forum for Architects at San Francisco or Barcelona.
Taking SOA to enterprise - now what?
Posted by ythuang on July 18, 2007 at 2:51 PM | Permalink
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So on one balmy day, while you are enjoying a well-deserved slow day after many moons of crazy work hours to get your SOA pilot project off the ground, your boss comes into the office. You feel a slight apprehension. The first words from your boss are, "Dude, the SOA pilot project is off the charts! Totally awesome, man!"
Well, okay, maybe not in THOSE exact words. But you get my drfit. However, before you have the time to pat yourself on the back, your boss continues, "With the corporate realignment of business and IT goals, we are anxious to fully utilize Service-Oriented Architecture as an IT strategy going forward . As the SOA pilot project is achieving all the metrics we have identified, I have been asked by the executive management team about our next steps: when can we start enteprise-wide deployment?"
Your brain automatically sifts through the corporate-speak and hones in on the last thing that's been said - when can we start enterprise-wide deployment?
Before you jump out of your chair and promise to deliver that the next day, it would be helpful to understand what are the key components required for an organization to take SOA to enterprise-wide deployment. As part of SOA for Architects, BEA Consulting is hosting a series of webinars to address these key components through August and September of 2007.
On August 1, Wayne Boland will discuss the elements necessary to adopt a consistent service engineering approach within your enterprise. Titled "Consistent Service Engineering and Management," this webinar highlights the importance of adopting a consistent approach to service engineering and management within an SOA. As an organization starts to scale SOA to span across functional and geographical boundaries, it is critical to ensure consistency in service engineering and management in order to executing against SOA goals and objectives. Register here.
On September 5, Dave Chappelle discusses SOA infrastructure, how it promotes SOA maturity, and how to plan for it. Titled "Building your Next Generation IT Infrastructure for SOA," the webinar touches on the importance of consistency of service architecture and the requirement of an infrastructure framework that links all the pieces together, ensuring interoperability as well as security.
Then on September 17, Steve Bennett and Ken Pechous will host a webinar to explore corporate development and SOA Governance. This webinar, "Commitment to corporate development required for SOA Governance to succeed," will highlight the need and scope of an SOA governance model as well as the commitment required to deploy such as solution - - including the commitment to corporate reskilling, why and when you need to reskill your internal staff versus outsourcing, and best practices and specific steps required for reskilling for an SOA environment.
Watch out for more details on the last two webinars on the calendar.
For questions about the webinars or SOA for Architects, drop a note to yuhuang@bea.com.
Learn more about Virtualization
Posted by ythuang on July 17, 2007 at 1:14 PM | Permalink
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Are you looking to understand Virtualization, or learn how BEA WebLogic Server Virtual Edition can turbo-charge your Virtualization strategy?
BEA is offering the following two courses for you to learn more about virtualization and how to successfully configure and manage Virtualization using BEA technology:
- BEA WebLogic Server Virtual Edition: Essential Concepts (WLS-A23S-92): This hour-long online self-study course teaches the benefits of server virtualization and trains BEA WebLogic Server system administrators on the use of VMware and BEA WebLogic Server Virtual Edition to build cost-effective and highly agile J2EE deployment environments. Read more about the course. Register now to start learning any time!
- BEA WebLogic Server 10: System Administration with Virtualization Module (WLS-A11-100): This course teaches the benefits of server virtualization and trains BEA WebLogic Server system administrators on the use of VMware and BEA WebLogic Server Virtual Edition to build cost-effective and highly agile J2EE deployment environments. Read more about the course. Contact your local education office to register.
More about BEA WebLogic Server here. For questions or comments about the courses, drop a note to yuhuang@bea.com.
New certification programs for Developers, Support Engineers
Posted by ythuang on June 21, 2007 at 12:56 PM | Permalink
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BEA Certification Program is launching two new certifications: Certified Developer for BEA WebLogic Portal 9/10, designed to assess the critical areas of knowledge needed to successfully develop solutions using BEA WebLogic Portal 9/10; and BEA Certified Support for Partners and Developer Relations Engineers (DREs) who are responsible for supporting BEA products.
1. BEA Certified Developer: WebLogic Portal 9/10 Program
This certification requires the candidate to build interactive Web sites using BEA technologies and a variety of portlets, look-and-feel templates and GroupSpace communities. The Weblogic Portal 9/10 Developer designation proves the expertise of one's ability to interact with content management systems, create information portals, process portals and federated portals using Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP), work with Web design theories including Model-View-Controller (MVC) and implement complex Web interfaces.
2. BEA Certified Support Program
The BEA Certified Support Certification is applicable to engineers and technicians who are responsible for supporting BEA products. Their support tasks include case management, customer issues monitoring, troubleshooting work including log file collection and debug parameters, isolation of technical issues to enable thorough root cause analysis leading to product code enhancement or changes and ability to handle all types of customer and business situations: assessing severity and impact, escalate to management when appropriate. The BEA Certified Support Certification currently offers one specific designation - Support Associate: WebLogic Server 9/10.
This certification program ensures BEA customers receive high-quality support by technicians who have been validated by BEA. Both certification programs are available for registration now. For more information regarding exam details, relevant training and exam registration please visit the newly revamped certification website at http://www.bea.com/certification.
For questions or comments, contact the BEA Certification office.
Education On-the-go: SOA Key Concepts in 15 Minutes
Posted by ythuang on June 20, 2007 at 5:59 PM | Permalink
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Have you ever looked for short, to-the-point SOA education materials that provide a refresher on the key concepts of SOA? Are you too busy to take SOA education courses? BEA Education Services is proud to make the following two SOA discussions available to you.
From the BEA Executive Podcast Series on SOA, the two discussions talk through the key points of the BEA Domain Model for SOA and SOA Organization and Governance. Distilled from the education content available to you via online self-study courses, these discussions provide a quick summary of the key SOA concepts you need to know before you embark on your enterprise SOA journey.
Learn more about the podcasts here. Start listening now. Click on the links BEA Domain Model for SOA and SOA Organization and Governance to download the media files onto your PC or any mp3 player.
For questions or comments, send e-mail to yuhuang@bea.com.
Essential Concepts Training for BEA Guardian
Posted by ythuang on May 22, 2007 at 3:17 PM | Permalink
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BEA Education Services is offering training on BEA Guardian, a non-invasive server diagnostics tool that pre-empts possible system outages by finding potential problems or incompatibilities before they have a chance to manifest.
This hour-long online self-study course, BEA Guardian: Essential Concepts, trains BEA WebLogic Server system administrators on the installation and usage of BEA Guardian. Students will learn how to evaluate BEA WebLogic Server domains against a list of known problems and pitfalls.
Take the course here.
Questions? Comments? Contact education@bea.com.
New mock exams available now
Posted by ythuang on May 22, 2007 at 2:56 PM | Permalink
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This week we are rolling out two more mock exams for you to use, in support of your certification needs. They are for Certified Architect 8.1 Enterprise Architect and Certified Developer 8.1: Portal Solutions.
Download now.
Send questions to certification@bea.com.
More Mock Exams to Prepare for BEA Certification Available Now
Posted by ythuang on April 15, 2007 at 4:42 PM | Permalink
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As mentioned in my last blog, we are rolling out two more mock exams this week - BEA Certified Developer: WebLogic Server 9 and BEA 9 Certified Administrator: System Administration.
Check out the mock exams now.
For more on BEA Certification Program, check out the certification website. Any questions, comments? Contact the certification program office via e-mail.
Test Yourself Before Taking the Exam
Posted by ythuang on March 27, 2007 at 11:07 AM | Permalink
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Don't you hate it when the only way to find out whether you are ready for something is to just dive in and see if you sink or swim? No opportunity for toe-dipping, no equipment like current meters or tide gauges, no lifesaving floats.
Which is what you've told us about our certification preparation materials - in short, the only way to know whether you are ready for certification is to take the exam, and it's an expensive assessment (US$150) especially if you don't pass it.
We've received feedback from you about the certification preparations you need, and we are pleased to announce the availability of mock exams. These mock exams include practice questions mimic actual questions on the BEA Certification exam. Answers are provided at the end.
Check out the mock exams now.
This week's mock exams feature the certification programs of BEA Certified Developer: 8.1 Build Solutions and BEA Certified Administrator: 8.1 Administration. More will be rolled out over the next couple of months, so stay tuned.
For more on BEA Certification Program, check out the certification website. Any questions, comments? Contact the certification program office via e-mail.
Latest update in BEA training
Posted by ythuang on March 21, 2007 at 6:26 PM | Permalink
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BEA Education Services is releasing the new education catalog for Americas. It has been expanded to include the all the courses for SOA and Service Infrastructure Curriculum. It is available as a pdf via the web or on a CD.
For a copy of the CD, please send an e-mail to education@bea.com.
In addition, the following courses are now available.
- BEA WebLogic Portal 9: System Administration
- BEA Workshop for WebLogic Platform 9: Developing Web Applications
More information at www.bea.com/education or contact education@bea.com.
Streamlined Process for Puchasing Training and Certification
Posted by ythuang on February 12, 2007 at 3:30 PM | Permalink
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BEA Education Services is announcing the availability of BEA Certification Examination Vouchers.
With the voucher system, it is now easier for customers to register for BEA certification examinations. Customers can now purchase certification examination vouchers together with training courses directly from BEA Education Services instead of from Prometric, the authorized testing vendor who proctors the exams for BEA. The one-stop shopping process will enhance the customer experience. Customers will also enjoy extra flexibility in choosing and scheduling exams since they have the entire year to use the voucher.
Certification exams are offered worldwide. To purchase an examination voucher, customers simply contact their local BEA Education Services office or representative for payment of the examination fee and receipt of an examination voucher. The 10-digit code, available on the examination voucher, should be used while scheduling an examination date with Prometric. Each certification exam costs $150 USD or equivalent in local currency.
Read more details on the exam registration process. To contact the Certification Program Office, please e-mail certification@bea.com.
Learn at your pace in your own space and time
Posted by ythuang on February 11, 2007 at 4:30 PM | Permalink
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Online self-study is now an option for learning at BEA. Access Web-playable recordings created from the same great course materials from instructor-led classes. In accommodating individual learning styles, the course recordings are broken out into modules that focus on specific tasks and last approximately 30 minutes each. Students can also choose to purchase only the modules that are relevant to them.
BEA online self-study also includes access to question-and-answer support via e-mail. This kind of learning is ideal for students who require maximum flexibility in their learning environments.
In addition to the SOA and Service Infrastructure Curriculum strategic and architectural concepts series, the following online self-study courses are newly available in the Americas:
- BEA AquaLogic Service Bus 2.5: Essential Concepts
- BEA Workshop for WebLogic Platform 9: Essential Concepts
- BEA WebLogic Portal 9: Essential Concepts
More are becoming available over the next few quarters. These coursese will be rolled out in other regions soon. Stay tuned.
Choose your online-self-study courses here.
Need more info? Send e-mail to education@bea.com.
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