Wednesday, September 30, 2009

C#.NET for Visual Studio 2008

Training Intelligence just completed a course in Stamford, CT on C#.NET for Visual Studio 2008. The trainer received exceptional marks (9.88 out of 10)!

This course was based on a Microsoft official course for earlier versions of Visual Studio, but was fully updated and customized for Visual Studio 2008. Students brought many of their real-world problems to the course, and the instructor was able to weave them into the course content and enhance the students' experience by making the information immediately relevant.

The lesson - even in a public training course, you should get what you paid for. The training you attend should help you solve the problem you came there to solve; don't be a silent participant - ask your questions, and make sure your issues are addressed!

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

SAP Training Resources

Most professionals in the SAP community rely heavily on SAP themselves to provide the training you need on the various modules, and/or customizations skills, such as ABAP. The price tag that comes with training directly from SAP America is pretty steep, but most training managers see no alternative. There is. The gray market is producing some top-quality SAP trainers, many of whom formerly worked directly for SAP. In it's infancy, SAP training was tightly controlled by the company, but as the market has matured, many of those trainers have developed the relationships and skills to go independent as contractors and consultants.

I've worked with a number of these trainers to deliver custom training on SAP topics such as ABAP, Procurement, Pricing, Sales & Distribution, Plant Maintenance, and many other modules. This training is done at a fraction of the cost of the same training done through SAP (i.e. 1/2 in some cases).

Go gray market - quality and cost are in your favor!