This course introduces the primary internal components constituent to a personal computer; such as system boards, RAM, ROM, BIOS, floppy drives, hard drives, CD drives, DVD drives, and interface cards. This course also introduces the concepts of software control over hardware and fault analysis (troubleshooting). Students will cover hardware installation and support, customizing PC systems and peripheral equipment, fundamental troubleshooting, supporting software, disaster recovery, maintenance plans, and virus protection. Students will analyze and configure hardware and software requirements.

In this course, students learn the basic concepts of computer operating systems by using Microsoft Windows XP as the main example. Key topics include using the command line, processor management, multiprocessor operating systems, memory management, I/O (Input/Output) systems, device drivers, file systems, access security, and troubleshooting. To facilitate hands-on activities, students will use virtual PC to run both Linux and MS Operating Systems.

Introduces object-oriented programming concepts and teaches fundamentals of programming language syntax. Prepares students to begin development of device drivers and network applications, provides basic knowledge of objects and provides hands-on experience. Learn key terms in an object-oriented environment and examine examples of objects, and their associated properties. Course intended for Technicians.

This course covers the basic concepts involved in the electronic transmission of data from one computer system to another utilizing local and wide area networks. The major types of network topologies, protocols, and infrastructures are also discussed. The course also presents various networking models and standards, including the International Standards Organization's OSI (Open System Interconnection) model and IEEE 802 Standard. Topics covered will include; the OSI model and industry standards, network topologies, ip addressing (including subnet masks), networking components and basic network design. Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to implement, administer, and troubleshoot basic networking systems and hardware.

This course introduces the concepts of interfacing to computers. Topics include: EIA/TIA 232 ports (serial communication ports), Universal Serial Bus (USB), Biometrics, Ethernet (802.3 and its revisions), Wireless (802.11 and its revisions), Structured Cabling, and data transfer technology used to move data to and from computer storage devices including Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA)

Students will familiarize themselves Linux systems, acquiring skills and understanding of command line functions, file systems, users and groups, bash shell, process management, text editors, network applications, searching and organizing data, and graphical applications.

In this course students learn how to implement, administer and troubleshoot the Windows 2000 Server network operating system. Students will also become familiar with user account and group management, local and network security, installing and configuring protocols, DNS, Active Directory Services, resource sharing, network connectivity from various desktop platforms, application management, performance tuning, and troubleshooting techniques. In this hands-on lab based course, students are provided with the knowledge necessary to prepare for the MCSE Windows 2000 exam - Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. Prerequisites: CIST 1171 and 70% in CIST 1175 and CIST 1180 and CIST 1185

This course is an introduction to router configuration, and builds on knowledge of routed and routing protocols presented in the first course. The course is designed to prepare a student to understand and apply the basics of networking hardware. Topics covered include router concepts and theory, Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP), TCP/IP transport protocols, access control lists (ACLs) and router configuration and management. Students will have hands-on experience with Cisco routers in a networked lab environment. Prerequisites: CIST 1171 and CIST 1175 and CIST 1180 and CIST 1185

This course introduces students to basic electronics and architecture necessary in working with computer platforms, peripherals and networks. Focused primarily on hardware design and organization, students cover the basic organization, design, and programming of a simple digital computer. Students are presented with an incremental look at networked computer systems starting with digital logic and hardware, moving through the layers of software, and leading to an introduction to networking and operating systems. Students will use assembly language programming as a means to describe machine behaviour. Prerequisite: Levels 1 and 2.

Participants will learn hands-on database design, implementation, and administration of single-user and shared multi-user database applications using a contemporary relational database management system. Basic database modelling is introduced along with database query techniques.

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure, and administer Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory services. The course also focuses on implementing Group Policy and understanding the Group Policy tasks required to centrally manage users and computers. Key topics include, planning, designing and implementing the active directory domain structure, active directory sites, active directory replication, groups, policies and certificates. Prerequisites: 70% in CIST 2175

This course introduces and extends the student's knowledge and practical experience with switches, Local Area Network (LAN) and Virtual LAN (VLAN) design, and router configuration and maintenance. Topics covered will include Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), network troubleshooting, Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSM), Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR), route summarization, Spanning Tree (STP), Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) and VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP). Students will have hands-on experience with Cisco routers and switches in a networked lab environment. In addition the students may participate in a group project.

This course provides an understanding of the planning, installation, configuration and maintenance of servers. The course covers advanced PC hardware issues, such as RAID, SCSI, multiple CPUs, storage subsystems, networking, data recovery and I/O subsystems. This course leads to Server + certification.

Students will learn to be effective administrators of Linux systems, mastering tasks such as hardware and device configuration, file system management, user administration, network configurations, kernel services, attaching new Linux systems to a corporate network, configuring the new systems for end-users, and troubleshooting.

This course is for students who will be responsible for installing, configuring, managing, and supporting a network infrastructure that uses Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. This course includes topics such as: installing and configuring DNS, DHCP, virtual private networks and remote access, TCP/IP, WINS, IP Routing, Gateway services, RIS security and network protocol security. Prerequisites: 70% in CIST 3175

This course introduces and extends the students' knowledge and practical experience with Wide Area Networks (WANS). Topics covered will include Network Address Translation (NAT), Port Address Translation (PAT), Integrated Services Data Networks (ISDN), Dial-On-Demand Routing (DDR), Point-to-Point Protocols (PPP), Frame Relay, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), router configuration and maintenance and network troubleshooting. The course also includes advanced network projects. Students will gain hands-on experience with Cisco routers in various WAN environments.

This course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 10 Operating System on the Sparc platform, including installing software, managing file systems, performing system boot procedures, performing user and security administration, managing network printers and system processes, and performing system backups and restores. Students with also gain the necessary knowledge and skills to perform network basics, manage virtual file systems and core dumps, manage storage volumes, control access and configure system messaging, set up naming services, and perform installation procedures.

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary for configuring common network services and security administration using Oracle Solaris. The course will focus on network and security administration concepts and topics such as Internet Protocol (IP) routing, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), IP version 6 (IPv6), Network Time Protocol (NTP) and the Solaris IP Filter firewall. The course also provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to configure the security features relevant to system and network administrators. In the lab, students will implement, administer, and maintain a secure Oracle Solaris operating system. Topics will include minimization and hardening, intrusion detection, trusted extensions, monitoring and logging, file system security and securing networks. Prerequisites: CIPT 1006

This course prepares students to implement and administer messaging and collaborative infrastructure solutions. Students will learn about installing, managing and troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server.

This course introduces Windows Server Virtualization technologies, why virtualization is important and the different forms of virtualization available using Microsoft products. The focus will be on the Microsoft virtualization solutions. Topics will include Server, Application, Desktop, Presentation, and User state virtualization as well as Microsoft's overall virtualization solution and how to build a virtualization infrastructure. This will provide a foundation for using virtualization technologies in industry as well as in other courses in this program.

In this course students will learn how to set up, configure, administer and manage the ZFS file system with classroom discussion followed by in-depth, detailed lab exercises. Topics include managing pools and file systems, configuring ZFS snapshots and clones, using ZFS with Solaris Zones, using ACLs to protect ZFS files, troubleshooting and recovering data. Students will also explore Solaris 10 Containers, describing the Solaris Zones and resource pools features found in the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris 10 OS). Topics include zone features and concepts, configuring zones, resource pools and using the zonecfg command. The course also provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform network administration tasks, such as configuration and troubleshooting of a local area network (LAN). This course also provides hands-on experience with topics, such as Internet Protocol (IP) routing, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), IP version 6 (IPv6) and the Solaris IP Filter firewall. Prerequisites: CIPT 1006

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design and implement security in an enterprise network. It offers a broad survey on the subject of security policies and provides the fundamental knowledge needed to understand how to analyze the risks associated with enterprise networks systems. Students will consider how computers and servers on an enterprise network are at risk, how they are typically compromised, and how to respond to a compromise through investigation and cleanup. Students will be exposed to concepts such as operating system hardening, secure network design, security incident response plans, firewall system design, intrusion detection and prevention techniques, as well as other security related issues. During the course, students will install software based firewalls, such as Internet & Security Accelerator (ISA) as a tool to explore these security issues. Implementation training includes the configuration of security features such as access policies, packet filters, server publishing, web proxy caching, public-key infrastructure, cryptography via Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions, and troubleshooting security problems.

This course will introduce the students to the following Microsoft applications used in the management of computer systems: (1) System Center Operations Manager - Allows IT staff to monitor and manage the hardware and software in a modern distributed environment. (2) System Center Essentials - Provides tools for less-specialized IT staff in smaller organizations to manage their environments more effectively with the three most important management functions: monitoring distributed systems, automating software updates and installing applications. (3) System Center Virtual Machine Manager - Helps management staff with the process of consolidating applications onto virtualized servers. (4) System Center Capacity Planner - Capacity Planner is a tool for determining what hardware resources will be required to run an application, such as Exchange Server 2003, to meet specific performance and availability goals.Please note that as the above applications age they will be replaced by newer versions. Also the above list is not exclusive and not every application may be used in the delivery of the course. The course will make use of the most appropriate applications so that the students will develop the skills to manage a computer system.

This course introduces students to Oracle VM virtualization technologies using Oracle Sun Ray technology and software administration. Along with installing the Sun Ray Server Software, the students will be introduced to the architectural features of the software. These features include session mobility (hotdesking), the use of Server Groups for failover and load balancing, and device management of USB devices and printers. Additional virtualization topics such as the Sun Ray Connector for Windows OS, which allow access to Windows desktops and applications and Oracle Secure Global Desktop Software, which allow access to applications and platforms on various systems through a web browser are also introduced. Students will also be provided with an introduction to Oracle xVM VirtualBox, describing how the software enables multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single desktop, allowing users to access other operating systems within a native OS environment. The course concludes by giving students an introduction to VMware?s suite of virtualization technologies. Students will learn how to partition a physical server into several virtual machines through the installation, configuration and management of VMware vSphere. Prerequisites: CIPT 1006

This course is an overview of various Microsoft server side technologies including Microsoft Terminal Services, Citrix Presentation server, SharePoint portal services, IIS, Automated Deployment services, VM-Ware server. Prerequisite: CIPT Level 2.

This course will provide a technical introduction to the core concepts of the Sun Java Enterprise System business application and service infrastructure. Topics covered include installation and administration tasks, basic architecture and key functions of the following server technologies; directory services, web services, application server, messaging server and remote services. Students will also be introduced to server-side application development and deployment. Students will show how an application can be developed, deployed and integrated into the UNIX hardware and software infrastructure. The course is implemented on the Sun Microsystems SPARC hardware platform. Prerequisites: CIPT 1006 and CIPT 1110 and CIPT 2006 and CIPT 2010

This course examines the technologies and architecture of UNIX systems used on the Internet. The course introduces the key concepts involved in data center planning including; site selection mission critical functionality, security, operations, and disaster recovery issues. Students will learn about the hardware infrastructure and server architectures of Workgroup and Enterprise systems. The course also provides students with the skills necessary to plan and design server architectures for optimal availability, scalability, and fault tolerance. The course will also introduce students to the principles of enterprise cluster technologies and storage management systems.

This course examines the technologies and architecture of MS Windows systems used on the Internet. The course introduces the key concepts involved in data center planning, including, site selection, mission critical functionality, security, operations, and disaster recovery issues. Students will learn about the hardware infrastructure and server architectures of Workgroup and Enterprise systems. The course provides students with the skills necessary to plan and design server architectures for optimal availability, scalability, and fault tolerance. The course will also introduce students to the principles of enterprise cluster technologies and storage management systems.

Students will use their collective skills and knowledge gained in all previous courses, to complete an industry level Internet project. Students will implement various systems, such as messaging, thin clients, web, clustering, directory, security, network, etc. together with internet application development, to produce a complete enterprise system environment. Students will then configure, deploy, administer, maintain and document this complete hardware and software solution.Prerequisite: All CIPT courses.