For companies
Systematic qualification for teams and sites
The Data Center Specialist training path or individual seminars, in person, as a live webinar, or as a video course, in German and English.
With certificates as proof and one contact person for your company.
What we offer
Three ways to qualify your team
A new team, individual specialists, ongoing onboarding: DCE academy offers three ways and advises you on which one fits your needs.
Data Center Specialist training path
The ready-made program for existing and new employees. Four seminars that build on each other cover fundamentals, planning, operations, and power supply and cooling in 18 seminar days.
Afterwards, everyone is thoroughly trained, shares the same level of knowledge, and speaks the same language, from facility management to IT.
After passing the fourth exam, your employees receive the Data Center Specialist certificate.
- 4 seminars
- 18 seminar days
- In person and live webinar, Data Center – General Principles also as a video course
- Data Center Specialist certificate
Individual seminars as needed
Ten seminars on planning; operations; power supply and cooling; sustainability and energy management; migration; and liquid cooling, DC power, and high-bandwidth cabling.
You put together what your team’s tasks require: the fundamentals for new colleagues, an in-depth seminar for specialists.
- 10 seminars
- 1 to 5 days
- Exam and certificate for each seminar
Framework agreement for recurring needs
If your company qualifies employees regularly, for example with every new hire or at several sites, we set up a framework agreement.
This settles the cooperation once instead of with every registration. We discuss what it covers with you.
- for companies of any size
- Scope agreed in a consultation
Flexibility
Flexible for your company
Qualification has to fit into operations, not the other way around. DCE academy adapts to your sites, languages, and dates.
Formats and languages. In person in Frankfurt am Main or Munich and as a live webinar, Data Center – General Principles also as a video course, in German and English. Employees at different sites learn the same content; those who cannot travel take part online.
Consultation on the selection. Which seminars for which role, in which order, on which dates: Thomas Wawra works this out with you.
In-house with a sufficient number of participants. For larger groups from one company, we also run seminars as in-house training, at your premises or as a closed live webinar, and agree the focus with you. For individual employees and small groups, the open dates are the direct route.
Target groups
Which teams is this offer for?
Operations
Facility management and IT teams are responsible for availability in day-to-day operations and learn the normative framework against which auditors and customers measure it.
This protects you from audit findings that stem from a lack of systematic practice.
Planning
Planners, project managers, and consultants work with tenders and contracts in which EN 50600 is the benchmark.
Seminars on planning and on the individual disciplines protect against interpretations that do not hold up when compliance has to be proven.
Sales
Anyone who sells space, components, or services talks to planners, operators, and technical decision-makers.
Those who can put Availability Classes, redundancy, and key performance indicators into context hold these conversations on an equal footing.
Employees without a technical background
HR, procurement, marketing, and on-site service providers work with the data center without it being their field.
Two seminars explain structure, disciplines, and rules without requiring technical knowledge.
Benefits
What companies gain from it
Three points make qualification verifiable for companies:
Qualification in line with the standard.
EN 50600-3-1 provides for a personnel qualification process for operation and management; it expects specific skills from people who work in the data center. Seminars based on this series of standards give your qualification process a traceable basis.
Verifiable proof.
Every seminar ends with an exam, and every certificate can be verified publicly. You can demonstrate your employees’ qualifications to clients and auditors without submitting copies.
The same qualification at every site.
In-person seminars, live webinars, and video courses teach the same content at the same price, with the same exam and the same certificate. This protects you from differing levels of knowledge between sites.
Visit
Would you like to see a seminar first?
Many companies want to know how a seminar runs before they register their team.
Managing directors and HR managers can therefore drop in on an in-person seminar in Frankfurt am Main or Munich and take their time to see everything: the seminar room, the trainers, the materials, the group work.
A visit to a live webinar is also possible. Thomas Wawra will arrange the date and scope with you.
References
Companies that qualify their staff with DCE academy
DCE academy’s clients include Volkswagen Financial Services, SAP, Schwarz Digits, BWI, and the Swiss Armed Forces.
Seminars have also taken place in Vienna, there as in-house training, and in Belgium in English. DCE academy has trained data center professionals since 2007, is a member of the German Datacenter Association, and more than 1,000 participants have earned a DCE academy certificate.
- Member of the German Datacenter Association
- Exclusive sponsor of the ISO/IEC 22237 working group
- Data Center Specialist certificate after passing the four exams of the training path
Voices from organizations
What participants from organizations say
“The seminar convinced me and exceeded my expectations. It was the best technical training I have attended so far.”
Sascha Lüddecke Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH · attended 2023
Data Center Design & Implementation
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“A very well-run, up-to-date and varied seminar with top-tier trainers.”
Roland Horaczek R+V Allgemeine Versicherung AG · attended 2023
Data Center Design & Implementation
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“The course was extremely engaging and instructive. The qualified trainers, practical case studies and the chance to work in groups helped me understand the theory better. I can recommend this course without reservation.”
Cédric Martinez Data Center Lead · Aveniq AG · attended 2023
Data Center Operations – Professional
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“A very well-balanced mix of theory and practice.”
Michael Ehrhardt Data Center Management · Rechenzentrum der Finanzverwaltung NRW · attended 2023
Data Center Migration
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From participant feedback forms, published with their consent; shortened, otherwise verbatim.
Frequently asked questions
Questions before you decide
Yes. The training path begins with Data Center – General Principles; the seminar requires no prior knowledge and teaches in-depth knowledge that experienced professionals also start with. After that, everyone continues on the same basis. For employees without a technical background, there is also the Data Center Passport.
Through the formats. In-person seminars in Frankfurt am Main or Munich, live webinars, and video courses teach the same content at the same price, with the same exam and the same certificate. Each person chooses the date and format that suit their site and schedule; with a sufficient number of participants, in-house training is also possible.
With in-house training, yes: with a sufficient number of participants, we run seminars for your company, at your premises or as a closed live webinar, and agree the focus with you. The open dates are intended for individual employees and smaller groups; there, your employees learn together with professionals from other companies.
Four seminars with a total of 18 seminar days, typically spread over one to two years. Each seminar is offered several times a year; if you schedule the dates close together, you can complete the path within one year.
Yes. Most seminars are held in German. English sessions are available as live webinars, and in person on request; the four seminars of the training path are in the program as English live webinars, and Data Center – General Principles is also available as an English video course. Your employees receive the certificate in German or English, as they choose.
