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Professional Training Seminar for Data Centre Operation & Maintenance Engineers (6 August 2010)

The training seminar was successfully completed on 6 August 2010. We sincerely thank you for all participants and OGCIO (Office of the Government Chief Information Officer) who spend all-day effort and time on the training seminar. We hope the content and knowledge are beneficial.

Date: 6 August 2010
Time: 9:00 - 17:30

Venue:
Private Function Room 8/F
Royal Plaza Hotel
193 Prince Edward Road West
Kowloon Hong Kong (MTR Mongkok East Station)

Certified Data Centre Design Professional

Certified Data Centre Design Professional - Data Centre Design, Operation and Maintenance Training Programme in Hong Kong

Seminar for Data Centre Operation and Maintenance Engineers

A professional training program for IT / Data Centre Engineers and Managers
Exclusively design for CDCDPTM courses.

Date: 12 June 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00 – 17:30
Venue: Diamond Room 8, B1/F
Eaton Hotel Hong Kong (380 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

This event was successfully completed. Thanks for all support from our participants!

Topics:

1. Emergency response
2. M&E plant in general
3. Critical systems
4. Maintenance management
5. Comms. Room Equipment
6. Maintenance strategy
7. Individual plant in detail
8. Common breakdowns and resolutions
9. Office areas maintenance
10. Preventive maintenance

Speaker: Ir. Dr. Peter Kwan
BSc (Hons), DBA, EurIng, CEng, PCEng, FIChiefE, FCIBSE, FPMICHKM

Schedule:

9:30 – 10:00 - Kick-off Coffee/Tea, Welcome and Registration
10:00 – 11:15 - Seminar
11:15 – 11:30 - Coffee/Tea Break with Snacks
11:30 – 13:00 - Seminar
13:00 – 14:15 - Western Buffet Lunch at Metro Buffet & Grill located at 4/F
14:15 – 16:00 - Seminar
16:00 – 16:15 - Coffee/Tea Break with Snacks
16:15 – 17:00 - Seminar

17:00 – 17:30 - Q & A (Experience Sharing)

Relocation of Hong Kong College of Engineering

Effective from 11 June 2010, our administration office was relocated from 7/F to 4/F.

Address:

4/F, Fee Tat Commercial Centre,
613 Nathan Road, Mongkok,
Kowloon, Hong Kong

Institution of Data Centre Engineers

Grand Opening:
The website of Institution of Data Centre Engineers (IDCE)

http://www.idce.co.cc

The general aims of the Institution include

• to promote Data Center trainings in Hong Kong;


• to help to foster greater exchange and interaction between IT, Data Center Professionals and Facilities Managers in and outside China;


• to encourage and facilitate the exchange of ideas and dissemination of information among local Data Centre / IT Engineers on professional knowledge developments;


• to secure and develop contacts with other IT / Technology organizations and engineer’s institutes with similar aims and interests in Data Centre / Facilities Management / Building Services Engineering;


• to sponsor conferences and other Data Centre events consonant with the above aims;


• to provide consultancy services and professional advice with regard to training, planning and evaluation on Data Centre Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance for private organizations, commercial institutions, government and other non-profit making companies;


• to familiar with IT / Data Centre professionals expanding business network and sharing real experience among the industries; and


• to promote publications which are in line with the above aims.

Setting New Standard of Data Centre Design, Operation and Maintenance for Engineers and Facilities Managers

A Data Centre is a facility designed for providing uninterrupted services to data processing operations. It consolidates information technology resources to enable computerized services, applications and transactions. Whilst saving the maintenance and operation cost, many IT Professionals and Facilities Managers are always challenged with pushing up a Data Centre performance.

Certified Data Centre Design Professional (CDCDP) Qualification

This qualification is jointly organized with Hong Kong College of Engineering (HKCE) and CNet Training, UK. CNet Training has been offering programmes spanning the entire communications industries since 1996. It has built an enviable reputation for providing communications professionals with the right technical training complemented with the right internationally recognized qualifications over the world.

CDCDP (Certificate Data Centre Design Professional) is the accumulation of required courses and has an overall BTEC qualification upon completion. This BTEC qualification from Edexcel combines

Section A - Design Series
Certified Data Centre Design (CDCD)

Section B - Green Data Centre Series
Data Centre Power
Data Centre Cooling
Data Centre Efficiency; AND
Data Centre Management

as the only complete Data Centre qualification available worldwide. The program is intended to furnish Data Centre Professionals with depth and breadth of learning and to provide independently verified proof of competency.

Worldwide Qualification

By completing section A - Certified Data Centre Design, you are eligible to acquire CDCD qualification which is an intermediate level of whole CDCDP and BTEC qualified. You are required to further study 4 courses in Section B and acquire CDCDP qualification in 1 year (or in maximum 3 years). Those courses act as refresher courses and any latest technology information will be added. You may refer to the following diagram:



All the Data Centre Courses have been fully updated to take into account the requirements of the 2009 EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency.

Target Audience

The course is suitable for: IT, Project and Facilities Managers, Designers, Consultants, etc.

Investment banks or securities organizations like Gorman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citibank, etc. who need good and qualified Data Centre engineers and managers or Contractors who are responsible for highly critical systems, like the UPS and CRAC systems, etc., in Data Centre.

Professional Recognition

The qualification is wholly recognized by BTEC / Edexcel, UK and is flexible for you to study according to your schedule. Graduates from CDCDP will be awarded BTEC Advanced Professional Qualification (NQF level 5) a Higher National Diploma (HND) qualification in UK.

The course aims at teaching three aspects (1) Design; (2) Construction and (3) Operation of computer room and data centres. Each unit is principally assessed by an ongoing design exercise that lead you through all the steps needed to arrive at a baseline design of a modern data centre.


For more information of the whole qualification's syllabus and schedule, please visit
http://www.hkceedu.org/hkce/Press.asp?smallclassid=120

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