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Davor bekleidete er die Position des Geschäftsführers der Venali Europe GmbH, einem Start Up Unternehmen im Bereich Secure Messaging. In dieser Rolle trug er ebenfalls maßgeblich zum Erfolg des Unternehmens bei und eröffnete im Zeitraum von 1996 bis 2007 die Niederlassungen in London, Singapur und Deutschland. Zudem zeichnete er für die Konzipierung und Umsetzung des gesamten Vertriebskonzeptes verantwortlich und war an der Sicherung der Finanzierung durch die Gewinnung von Venture Capital-Gebern sowie Business Angels wesentlich beteiligt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas Wawra ist diplomierter Maschinenbauingenieur der Technischen Universität München.\u003C\u002Fp>","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fthomas-wawra-a780425\u002F","+49 163 6010442","thomas.wawra@dce-academy.com","Thomas","Wawra","0afd33cf-4d17-49f6-9dfa-f71b65dc15db",{"kind":109,"slug":99},"team",{"id":111,"status":7,"sort":21,"slug":112,"position":113,"cv":114,"linkedin":115,"phone":116,"signature_email":117,"first_name":118,"last_name":119,"avatar":120,"profile":121},"adc4834c-325d-45ca-bb3e-d3eeb380b962","sebastian-galleitner","CMO & CTO","\u003Cp>Sebastian Galleitner verfügt über mehr als 25 Jahre Expertise im strategischen Marketing und in der Entwicklung digitaler Lösungen. Als Chief Marketing Officer der DCE academy verantwortet er die gesamte Kommunikationsstrategie und Markenführung der Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Sein fachlicher Hintergrund umfasst umfangreiche Erfahrung in der Konzeption und Umsetzung komplexer Marketingstrategien für technologieorientierte Unternehmen. Diese Fachkompetenz ergänzt ideal die herstellerunabhängige, technische Expertise der DCE academy im Rechenzentrumsbereich.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In seiner Funktion sorgt er dafür, dass die präzisen Schulungsangebote ihre Zielgruppen erreichen und die DCE academy als führende Autorität für Rechenzentrumsexpertise wahrgenommen wird. Dabei setzt er auf eine systematische, faktenbasierte Kommunikation, die den hohen Qualitätsanspruch der Ausbildungen widerspiegelt.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Vor seiner Tätigkeit für die DCE academy hat Sebastian Galleitner erfolgreich Marketingstrategien für namhafte Unternehmen in der Finanz- und Automobilbranche entwickelt und ist mit den besonderen Anforderungen technisch anspruchsvoller B2B-Kommunikation bestens vertraut.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Die Verbindung aus methodischem Marketing-Know-how und Verständnis für technische Zusammenhänge ermöglicht es ihm, die komplexen Inhalte der Schulungen zielgruppengerecht aufzubereiten und den besonderen Wert der praxisorientierten Wissensvermittlung zu kommunizieren.\u003C\u002Fp>","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fsebastian-galleitner\u002F","+491749793327","sebastian.galleitner@dce-academy.com","Sebastian","Galleitner","d168850c-990d-467a-8150-97954ef803ef",{"kind":109,"slug":112},{"id":123,"status":7,"sort":14,"slug":124,"position":125,"cv":126,"linkedin":127,"phone":11,"signature_email":128,"first_name":129,"last_name":130,"avatar":131,"profile":132},"dd1bebf0-6d1f-4262-9ec4-524ed59d3901","juergen-strate","Chief Education & Alliance Officer","\u003Cp>Jürgen Strate, Dipl.-Ing. der Versorgungstechnik, war als Direktor für Sales & Strategic Business Development für den Geschäftsbereich Site and Facilities Services D\u002FA\u002FCH der IBM Deutschland GmbH verantwortlich. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Er war seit 1990 Mitarbeiter der IBM Deutschland.  Herr Strate begann seine Karriere bei IBM als Spezialist für Anlagentechnik im Bereich Chemische Verfahrenstechnik im IBM Halbleiterwerk Böblingen\u002FSindelfingen. Anschließend wechselte er in den IBM Bereich Industry Solution verbunden mit der Qualifizierung zum IT-Systemingenieur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seit 1998 gehörte er dem Geschäftsbereich Site and Facilities Services der IBM an.  In verschiedenen Rollen verfügt er seit mehr als 25 Jahren über umfangreiche Erfahrung in der Beratung, Planung und Realisierung von Rechenzentren unter Sicherheits- und Verfügbarkeitsaspekten. Hierzu gehörte auch eine umfassende und professionelle Begleitung von der Rechenzentrumsstrategie über Planung und Realisierung bis zur Indienstsetzung von Rechenzentren. Er hat den Geschäftsbereich Site and Facilities Services für IBM mitgestaltet und aufgebaut sowie die Entwicklung standardisierter Rechenzentrumslösungen für den Mittelstand sowie von Enterprise Datacentern vorangetrieben. Ein besonderer Fokus lag in der Ausgestaltung von energieeffizienten Lösungen sowie der Einhaltung von aktuellen Standards, insbesondere der DIN EN 50600.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Herr Strate war als Keynote-Speaker und Referent auf Fachveranstaltungen präsent. 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The three migration paths, Lift & Shift, new IT purchase, and a parallel build with a new architecture, are compared with their advantages and disadvantages.",{"title":208,"text":209},"A completed new build","The basis is a concrete, completed example: the new build of a corporate data center that is now in operation; in addition, a simulation game on project planning and group work.",{"title":211,"text":212},"Trainers with real project experience","The trainers have real project experience: in consulting on and steering new-build and migration projects, in managing a consulting firm for data centers, and in IT infrastructure and IT security at an operator that has moved into a new build.",{"overline":214,"lead":215,"statement":216,"text":217,"items":218},"Why Data Center Migration?","Anyone who operates a data center will sooner or later face a migration: from an existing facility to a new build, into colocation or the cloud, or from the cloud back into their own facilities.","If you run the migration as a project with a scope, master list, reporting, and planned handover, \u003Cstrong>you know every dependency and every responsibility on moving day.\u003C\u002Fstrong>","This saves you improvised switchovers and protects you from regular operation that starts without handover documentation, trained staff, and operating parameters. The seminar follows a migration project step by step: from the internal and external drivers and the target picture through the procurement process with tendering, evaluation criteria, and contract types to the IT architecture with base services, platforms, and application migration, to project control with a layer model, master list, and reporting, and finally to testing, commissioning, handover to operations, and project closure.",[219,222,225,228],{"title":220,"text":221},"Moving while the business runs","By then, the new build itself is usually designed or built; the real task is moving the IT while the business keeps running.",{"title":223,"text":224},"Three paths, several decision-makers","There are three paths: take the existing hardware along (Lift & Shift), buy new IT, or build a new architecture in parallel and migrate the applications step by step. Each path affects time, budget, scope, and risk, and the decision is rarely made in IT alone: procurement, project control, operations, and management have a say. That is where the seminar comes in.",{"title":226,"text":227},"Strategy and training under EN 50600-1","The standard sets the framework: under EN 50600-1, every data center project starts with the IT strategy and an analysis of current utilization, and operations staff must be trained in the infrastructure and procedures during acceptance testing at the latest; processes, roles, and responsibilities are defined before the first day of operation.",{"title":229,"text":230},"Handover under EN 50600-3-1","Under EN 50600-3-1, designers and builders hand over the intended operating parameters for different loads at the handover to operations, and the IT load is low at the start of the life cycle.","1f4cec23-ce8a-44c9-a565-d5a7c77f6d33",{"items":233,"note":261},[234,237,240,243,246,249,252,255,258],{"title":235,"text":236},"IT project managers and project managers for data centers","who are responsible for planning, steering, and implementing a migration or new-build project.",{"title":238,"text":239},"IT architects and infrastructure planners","who are responsible for the concept, architecture, and technical implementation of IT and data center systems.",{"title":241,"text":242},"Network and IT security managers","who plan and operate network, security, and redundancy concepts for the new build.",{"title":244,"text":245},"Data center operations managers on the IT side","at organizations with their own data center and at colocation, cloud, and IT service providers.",{"title":247,"text":248},"Operations managers from facility management","who form the interface to IT.",{"title":250,"text":251},"IT procurement and purchasing","who select, tender, and procure hardware, software, and services, including those responsible for public tenders.",{"title":253,"text":254},"IT directors","who are responsible for infrastructure strategy, investment decisions, and the direction of the IT landscape.",{"title":256,"text":257},"Data center consultants","who need the overall picture from construction to IT migration.",{"title":259,"text":260},"Those responsible for operations, quality, and certification","from monitoring, documentation, and reporting to the certification of the new data center.","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>There are no prerequisites;\u003C\u002Fstrong> neither the Data Center Specialist training path nor any of its seminars is required. The seminar is aimed at the IT side of the project and at teams that have to work across disciplines (IT, procurement, project control), in organizations with an upcoming new build, modernization, or migration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",[263,264,265,266,267,268,269],"assess the three main migration paths, Lift & Shift, new IT purchase, and a parallel build with a new architecture, with their advantages and disadvantages, and derive the migration path for your organization;","name the internal and external drivers of a new build, define the project’s expectations and goals, define the assignment as “in scope” and “out of scope,” and draw up a roadmap for the initial fit-out with time and scope planning;","apply the layer model “Initial Fit-Out of a New Data Center,” based on the OSI model, as a thinking tool for system architecture, responsibilities, and reporting;","plan a procurement process like a project: phases and steps, roles and interests of those involved, specification of services and evaluation criteria, supplier selection, contract types, and the formal requirements of public tenders;","classify base services, platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and application migration, and understand the phases of a cloud migration with their technical, organizational, and strategic consequences;","steer a migration project with classic, agile, or hybrid methods, with a master list as the central data source, automated reporting, and stakeholder communication, and plan ordering, delivery, installation, and the handling of decommissioned hardware;","assess internal and external test procedures, distinguish monitoring from alerting, lead project closure with acceptance documentation, lessons learned, handover to operations, and discharge of the project team, and classify certifications as a planning criterion for the new build.",{"lead":271,"items":272},"The five modules follow a migration project step by step: from the target picture and layer model through procurement and architecture to project control and the transition into operation.",[273,283,293,303,313],{"title":274,"intro":275,"points":276},"Target picture, drivers, and the layer model of the initial fit-out","A new build has drivers from inside and outside, and the project only succeeds with clear expectations and goals. The module structures the initial fit-out of a new data center with a layer model based on the OSI model and shows, using a completed new build, how the roadmap, schedule, and overall scope come about.",[277,278,279,280,281,282],"Internal and external drivers, motivation, and expectations of a new-build or migration project","Creating structure: working out the schedule and overall scope in exercise phases","Layer model “Initial Fit-Out of a New Data Center,” based on the OSI model: separating responsibilities, structuring systems","Roadmap of an initial fit-out: phases and components, graphical representation of the approach","The IT lab as a test and innovation environment that reduces risks before the migration","Field report: a concrete, completed example, the new build of a corporate data center that is now in operation, from the existing facility to the new build",{"title":284,"intro":285,"points":286},"Procurement and tendering","Procurement processes rarely fail because of technology; they usually fail because of roles, the specification of services, and communication. 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The module introduces project management for IT infrastructure projects, compares classic, agile, and hybrid methods, and shows how a master list, reporting, and stakeholder management keep track of everything.",[307,308,309,310,311,312],"Project management for IT infrastructure projects: classic, agile, hybrid; tools from the Gantt chart to the Kanban board","Project assignment with “in scope” and “out of scope”; typical influencing factors and challenges in migration projects","Data for planning, coordination, and implementation: sources, the master list as the single source of truth, automated reporting, work breakdown structure","Simulation game: planning a data center migration in a group","Ordering, delivery, and installation: tenders, delivery times, compatibility, market situation; new procurement and handling of decommissioned hardware (sale or scrapping)","Stakeholder management with site visits and tours; using experience from earlier projects and from service providers",{"title":314,"intro":315,"points":316},"Testing, commissioning, handover, and operation","The move does not end with the last rack but with an operation that has been taken over and documented. The module covers test procedures, monitoring and alerting, project closure and handover to operations, and certifications and efficiency as criteria for new builds and existing facilities.",[317,318,319,320,321],"Test procedures for a data center migration; internal and external tests with advantages and disadvantages","Monitoring and alerting: the difference and their contribution to operational reliability","Project closure: acceptance documentation, lessons learned, discharge of the project team; handover to operations and takeover by operations","Sustainability and efficiency improvements in an existing data center with practical, often low-effort measures","Certifications as a planning criterion for new builds and certification of existing data centers: EN 50600, Blauer Engel, ISO 50001, and other certifications and criteria catalogs common in the market",[323,326,329,332,335,338,341],{"title":324,"text":325},"EN 50600-1 General concepts","Planning phases of a data center project; the strategy phase with IT strategy, data center strategy, and analysis of current utilization; construction with acceptance inspection; operation as handover to the owner; training of operations staff during acceptance testing at the latest (Clause 8)",{"title":327,"text":328},"EN 50600-3-1 Management and operational information","Data center strategy; change, configuration, and capacity management; operating parameters at the handover to operations and partial-load operation at the start of the life cycle; monitoring and event management",{"title":330,"text":331},"Certification according to EN 50600","Planning criterion for new builds, certification of existing data centers",{"title":333,"text":334},"Blauer Engel ecolabel for data centers","Certification as a planning criterion",{"title":336,"text":337},"ISO 50001","Certification of energy management as a planning criterion",{"title":339,"text":340},"Other certifications and criteria catalogs common in the market","Planning criterion for new builds and for existing data centers",{"title":342,"text":343},"Public tenders","Contract types and formal requirements (seminar content, not part of a standard)",{"source":345,"text":346},"From EN 50600-3-1, Clauses 4 and 5.1:","\u003Cp>The standard treats commissioning as a phase of its own: it is the one opportunity to test the infrastructure across all disciplines before the first productive operation, and the operations staff should be present. At the handover, operations receive the intended operating parameters for different loads, because the IT load is low at the start and grows with every migration step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you write testing, handover, and takeover by operations into the migration plan from the start, with a master list, reporting, and clear roles, you hand over a data center that is documented and whose operations team knows what it is taking over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This saves you rework after the move and protects you from a project closure in which knowledge stays with the project team instead of with operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",[348,351,354,357],{"title":349,"text":350},"Five days in person","Five seminar days in person. The first seminar day usually starts at 10:00, the following days at 09:00; the seminar ends at around 17:00, and at around 13:00 on the fifth day. Several trainers share the five days by topic.",{"title":352,"text":353},"Practice on a completed new build","A large part of the time is practical work: the report from a completed new-build project that the seminar works with, exercise phases on schedule and overall scope, a simulation game on planning a migration, and group work assessing migration paths and decisions; each topic block ends with a short knowledge check in the group.",{"title":355,"text":356},"Materials and exchange","You receive the seminar materials as a PDF in the language in which the seminar is held. Drinks, coffee, and lunch are included, and there is time to talk with the other participants and with the trainers, who have real project experience.",{"title":358,"text":359},"Exam and certificate","After the seminar, you receive the link to the online exam by email and have one week to take it. When you pass, you receive the seminar certificate, which does not expire and can be verified publicly; you will find the seminar materials and the certificate in DCE Campus.",{"summary":361,"text":362},"none","\u003Cp>Neither the Data Center Specialist training path nor any of its seminars is a prerequisite. Experience in IT operations, project control, or procurement helps, because the seminar works with real project examples; if you want to get to know the disciplines of a data center, you will find them in the seminar Data Center – General Principles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",[364,367,370,373,376,379,382,385],{"question":365,"answer":366},"Which migration strategy suits my data center: Lift & Shift, new purchase, or a parallel build?","\u003Cp>That depends on schedule, budget, scope, and risk, and on the architecture that is to run in the new build. Lift & Shift takes the existing hardware along, a new purchase replaces it in the new build, and a parallel build sets up a new architecture and migrates the applications step by step. In the seminar, you assess the three paths with their advantages and disadvantages using real project examples and derive the migration path for your organization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":368,"answer":369},"How do I plan a data center migration?","\u003Cp>As a project with drivers, goals, and a clear scope, with a layer model for the initial fit-out, a roadmap, a master list as the central data source, and reporting that keeps stakeholders informed. Add procurement and tendering, ordering, delivery, and installation, and testing, commissioning, and handover to operations. The seminar follows exactly this path in five days, with a simulation game and group work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":371,"answer":372},"Is it about moving the IT or about building the data center?","\u003Cp>About the IT: initial fit-out, migration of systems and applications, procurement, project control, and the transition into operation. The design and implementation of the building and the disciplines according to EN 50600 are covered in the seminar Data Center Design & Implementation. If you are responsible for both, combine the two seminars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":374,"answer":375},"Do I need prior knowledge or the Data Center Specialist training path?","\u003Cp>No. The seminar has no prerequisites; neither the training path nor any of its seminars is required. Experience in IT operations, project control, or procurement helps when transferring the project examples to your own project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":377,"answer":378},"Is the seminar suitable for procurement and public tenders?","\u003Cp>Yes. One seminar day is devoted to the procurement process: why procurement projects fail, roles and interests, phases and steps, specification of services and evaluation criteria, contract types, and the formal requirements of public tenders. The seminar is designed for cross-functional teams from IT, procurement, and project control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":380,"answer":381},"Is the seminar available as a live webinar or video course?","\u003Cp>Not at present. Data Center Migration is held as an in-person seminar in German, in English on request; dates, locations, and availability are shown in the seminar dates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":383,"answer":384},"Is the seminar vendor-neutral?","\u003Cp>Yes. DCE academy does not sell products and does not represent any manufacturer; no products are sold in the seminar. Its aim is to pass on knowledge and train people well, with experts who know their subject from ongoing projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":386,"answer":387},"Which certificate will I receive?","\u003Cp>After passing the exam, you receive a seminar certificate from DCE academy, which does not expire and can be verified publicly. You receive the link to the online exam by email after the seminar and have one week to take it. The certificate documents your qualification in data center migration, for example for future project assignments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":389,"description":390},"Data Center Migration seminar","Data center migration as a project: Lift & Shift, new purchase, or parallel build, procurement, project control, handover. 5 days in person, certificate.",{"durationDays":28,"formats":392,"formatsOnRequest":19,"isNew":19,"pathwayPosition":11},[16],[]]