{"id":3182,"date":"2019-10-09T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T11:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sqablogs.lndo.site\/computing\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2019-10-09T12:31:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T11:31:29","slug":"digital-skills-partnerships-cpd-events-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/digital-skills-partnerships-cpd-events-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Skills Partnership&#8217;s CPD events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Skills Partnership (DSP) will be running the following events in November and December 2019:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Industry Current Practice on<\/strong> <strong>Cloud Architecture and Cloud Services<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>take place at 1-5pm on 6\/11 at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.<\/li>\n<li>will be repeated with a different speaker at 1-5pm on 13\/11 at Inoapps, 2 Fountainhall Road, Aberdeen, AB15 4DT.<\/li>\n<li>include\u00a0presentations from Pulsant (in Glasgow) and Inoapps (in Aberdeen) on current practice they are implementing in this area;<\/li>\n<li>include presentations illustrating how our universities are teaching Cloud;<\/li>\n<li>provide opportunities to network with industry and lecturers from other colleges and universities and<\/li>\n<li>provide opportunities to work with others and industry on developing areas of your curriculum provision in this area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Areas to be covered within cloud architecture:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the different architectures available and their pros and cons;<\/li>\n<li>how to build a HA system and what this means;<\/li>\n<li>what the main differences are between a local vs a distributed system;<\/li>\n<li>how to test a distributed system;<\/li>\n<li>how to benchmark a cloud system;<\/li>\n<li>how to secure a cloud \/ distributed system and<\/li>\n<li>how to articulate cloud concerns around safety, locality and accessibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Areas to be covered within cloud services:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>writing software for a cloud environment;<\/li>\n<li>what it means practically to operate the software in production, using cloud services, understanding rapid provisioning, the impact of containers,\u00a0load balancing and<\/li>\n<li>the method and model for support of cloud-based solutions and where responsibility lies \/ deviates \/ blurs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. \u00a0An Introduction to Data Science:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>take place on 27\/11 in Glasgow. (Timings and venue to be confirmed);<\/li>\n<li>outline what Data Science is, share delivery methods from our universities and introduce resources that could be used by lecturers;<\/li>\n<li>include input from industry illustrating their practice in this area and outlining the skills they are looking for in data analysts;<\/li>\n<li>include demonstrations of some of the tools that can be used by lecturers;<\/li>\n<li>provide opportunities to network with industry, lecturers from other colleges and universities and discuss your approaches in this area of curriculum provision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3<\/strong>. <strong>Ethical Hacking 1 &#8211; reconnaissance and scanning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A webinar taking place at 2-4pm on 17\/12. Further details will be issued shortly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Places are limited so if you are interested in attending or would like further information please contact Lesley at <a href=\"mailto:Lesley.Broadwood@scotlandis.com\">Lesley.Broadwood@scotlandis.com<\/a> or on 01506 472200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Skills Partnership (DSP) will be running the following events in November and December 2019: 1. 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