Requirements for all Alkacon OpenCms training courses

"In House" training courses

If the training is "In house", the customer has to provide the required facilities (rooms & computer equipment) for the training. The following equipment has to be provided:

• A projector (beamer) with at last 1024 x 768 pixel resolution.
• Whiteboard, Flipchart, Markers and Pencils.
• A Printer where workshop material (slides etc.) can be printed out if required.
• Each participant in the training requires his own computer to work on.
• The recommended system is a PC running Windows (2000, XP or Vista) OS. However, other system such as Apple / Mac or Linux can be used at the customers’ risk.
• Computer hardware with at last 2 GHz at last 512 MB Ram is highly recommended. Less powerful hardware is also possible but not recommended because performance will be sluggish.
• Write access to hard disk with full Administrator permissions for the installation of OpenCms components is required.

The number of training course participants from the customer should not be larger then 10.

Travel expenses and hotel costs for the Alkacon trainer are always added to the price for the training course.

Public training courses

For our public training courses, the following requirements apply:

• Each participant has to bring his own notebook computer to work with.
• The recommended system is a PC running Windows (2000, XP or Vista) OS. However, other systems such as Apple / Mac or Linux can be used at the customers’ risk.
• Computer hardware with at last 2 GHz at last 512 MB Ram is highly recommended. Less powerful hardware is also possible but not recommended because performance will be sluggish.
• Write access to hard disk with full Administrator permissions for the installation of OpenCms components is required.

The maximum number of training course participants for a public training is 10.

The minimum number of training course participants for a public training is 4.

Further information

The material provided for all Alkacon training courses is ready-made and has been used by Alkacon multiple times. It contains proven lessons and exercises. The material is not adjusted to the customers’ specific project or requirements.

All Alkacon OpenCms training courses are held in English (or optional in German) language. Our trainers are fluent but not native in speaking English. All course material and documentation is written in English. The material of the selected course will be handed to the customer after the course as PDF file for later studying.