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The seminar starts from the data center as a system: which viewpoints, stakeholders, and needs determine the architecture, which infrastructure and personnel resources support it, and which concepts hold operations together. On this basis, it covers the operational and management processes according to EN 50600-3-1, the operator concept, the maintenance and change process, and the KPIs used to measure resilience according to ISO\u002FIEC TS 22237-31 and energy efficiency as design PUE.",[218,221,224],{"title":219,"text":220},"Months in construction, years in operation","What is decided in design and construction within months is carried by the operating organization for years: resolving incidents, approving changes, providing capacity, planning maintenance, reporting KPIs.",{"title":222,"text":223},"The processes of the standard","EN 50600-3-1 defines the processes for operation. A data center conforms to it only if it implements the operational and management processes of the standard and monitors the PUE. This is exactly where the seminar comes in.",{"title":225,"text":226},"Introduction with growing maturity","Anyone who introduces processes and KPIs into an existing organization does so step by step according to EN 50600-3-1, as a process of its own with growing maturity.","0e1fc15f-1376-44b3-90c1-386e46c85c0a",{"items":229,"note":251},[230,233,236,239,242,245,248],{"title":231,"text":232},"Operations managers and facility managers","of data centers who are responsible for processes, maintenance, and KPIs according to EN 50600-3-1.",{"title":234,"text":235},"Technical managers and administrators","of the data center infrastructure who approve changes and resolve incidents.",{"title":237,"text":238},"IT managers, IT operations managers, and ICT managers","who organize the interface between IT, facility management, and business units.",{"title":240,"text":241},"Process and service managers","in the data center environment who design SLAs, cost models, and reporting.",{"title":243,"text":244},"System architects and infrastructure planners with operational responsibility","who justify architecture decisions from an operational perspective.",{"title":246,"text":247},"Operators of colocation and hosting data centers, IT service providers, and public authorities","who demonstrate operation as a service to customers and users.",{"title":249,"text":250},"Auditors and certifiers","who assess operational processes and operating concepts against EN 50600-3-1.","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>We recommend the seminars Data Center – General Principles and Data Center Design & Implementation\u003C\u002Fstrong> or comparable knowledge of the disciplines, Availability Classes, and the structure of EN 50600; the simulation and the exercises assume this knowledge. 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The module leads from the viewpoints of system architecture through stakeholder analysis to needs analysis as the starting point of every system development.",[267,268,269,270],"Operational, functional, and structural viewpoints; abstraction, decomposition, and interfaces; system boundaries and levels of consideration from N-2 to N+2; the rule of seven for structuring complex systems","Stakeholders as external systems and influencing factors: identification through interviews, workshops, and market analyses, grouping and prioritization, representation in diagrams and hierarchies","Needs analysis: deriving needs from stakeholders, capturing, simplifying, formalizing, and tracing requirements; validation with the question “Have we built the right system?”","Tools for capturing needs in the exercise; iteration as a principle of analysis",{"title":272,"intro":273,"points":274},"Resources: infrastructure and personnel","Resources are finite; infrastructure and personnel must be planned, documented, and prioritized. 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The module connects the processes of the standard with ITIL practice, a simulation of service management, and the lean principles for projects in the data center environment.",[291,292,293,294],"Service life cycle with strategy, design, transition, and operation; the four perspectives people, products, processes, partners; collaboration of the IT, facility, and business organizations","Operational and management processes according to EN 50600-3-1: incident and change management as core processes, proactive capacity, availability, and security planning, transparent SLAs and cost models, continual improvement","Simulation of service management: making management processes tangible and measurable; service management as organizational development from “chaos” to “optimized”","Project management with lean construction: the five lean principles, commitment in the promise cycle, the Last Planner System with milestone and phase planning, six-week lookahead, and KPI analysis",{"title":296,"intro":297,"points":298},"KPIs: resilience according to ISO\u002FIEC TS 22237-31 and design PUE","Resilience can be measured: ISO\u002FIEC TS 22237-31, with its European counterpart CLC\u002FTS 50600-4-31, provides a common basis for assessing the operational robustness of a data center with KPIs. The module combines architecture, design, and operating parameters into KPIs and adds the design PUE according to EN 50600-4-2.",[299,300,301,302],"Dependability and its attributes: reliability, fault tolerance, availability; failure versus fault; the KPIs availability, reliability, and failure rate; tolerance of single and double points of failure","Calculating reliability and availability through series and parallel configurations (Boolean models); objective comparability of different designs","Application: comparison of variants and design assessment, weak point and risk analysis, SLAs based on measurable resilience metrics, capacity, spare parts, and prevention planning","Design PUE according to EN 50600-4-2: calculation method, relationship between IT load, UPS, cooling, and building loads, calculation steps and measurement points; benchmarking between sites and concepts",{"title":304,"intro":305,"points":306},"Operator concept, maintenance, and change","Availability, risk, and costs depend directly on the operating organization. The module covers operator models and governance, maintenance as a strategic process according to DIN 31051 and EN 13306, and the change process without which no intervention in existing systems takes place.",[307,308,309,310],"Operator and organizational models: in-house and outsourced operation, roles and responsibilities, dependencies between Availability Class, staffing structure, SLA, and risk; governance with DCIM, KPIs, and reporting","Maintenance according to DIN 31051 and EN 13306: servicing, inspection, repair, improvement; reactive, preventive, condition-based, and predictive strategies","Maintenance plans with time windows and risk assessment; in-house and outsourced maintenance; documentation and follow-up for compliance and auditability","Change management: risk assessment and classification before every intervention, standard, minor, significant, and major changes, checklists, the four-eyes principle, link to maintenance and operational safety",[312,315,318,321,324,327,330,333,336,339],{"title":313,"text":314},"EN 50600-3-1 Management and operational information","Operational processes (operations, incident, change, configuration, and capacity management), management processes (availability, security, energy, product life cycle, cost, data center strategy, service level, customers), conformance conditions, introduction of processes and maturity; commissioning is covered in depth in the seminar Data Center Design & Implementation",{"title":316,"text":317},"EN 50600-1 General concepts","Design principles and Availability Classes as a reference for resources, operator concept, and resilience",{"title":319,"text":320},"ISO\u002FIEC TS 22237-31","Key performance indicators for resilience: availability, reliability, failure rate, single and double points of failure, resilience levels",{"title":322,"text":323},"CLC\u002FTS 50600-4-31","European counterpart of ISO\u002FIEC TS 22237-31 (Technical Specification, published in Germany as a pre-standard)",{"title":325,"text":326},"EN 50600-4-2","Power usage effectiveness (PUE) and design PUE",{"title":328,"text":329},"DIN 31051","Fundamentals of maintenance",{"title":331,"text":332},"EN 13306","Maintenance terminology",{"title":334,"text":335},"ITIL","Best practices for service management, supplemented by ISO\u002FIEC best practices (not specific to data centers)",{"title":337,"text":338},"RASCI, RACI, and DEBI matrix","Methods for assigning responsibilities",{"title":340,"text":341},"Lean construction and Last Planner System","Project method (not normative)",{"source":343,"text":344},"From EN 50600-3-1:","\u003Cp>Every change requires an analysis of its impact and, in case it fails, a plan to restore the original state; it is approved by a change manager or a change advisory board. Incident management classifies every incident by its impact and measures the time to recovery for each severity level; capacity management monitors whether overload costs redundancy, because a loss of redundancy increases the risk of failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you run operations this way, you can substantiate every decision to customers and auditors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This saves you unplanned outages caused by unchecked interventions and protects you from SLA violations that processes and KPIs could have prevented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",[346,349,352,355,358],{"title":347,"text":348},"Two formats, one price","Five seminar days, as an in-person seminar or as a live webinar. In both formats, you learn the same content at the same price; when you register, you choose the format that fits your schedule.",{"title":350,"text":351},"Seminar times and materials","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. You receive the seminar materials as a PDF in the language in which the seminar is held.",{"title":353,"text":354},"Exercises and simulation","Several trainers share the five days by topic. Part of the time is spent on exercises and the simulation of service management, in every format; you learn to calculate resilience KPIs and the design PUE step by step.",{"title":356,"text":357},"In person","In-person seminars include drinks, coffee, and lunch, and there is time to talk with the other participants and with the trainers, who have real project experience.",{"title":359,"text":360},"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":362,"text":363},"General Principles and Design & Implementation recommended","\u003Cp>We recommend the seminars Data Center – General Principles and Data Center Design & Implementation or comparable knowledge of the disciplines, Availability Classes, and the structure of EN 50600, because the simulation and the exercises build on it. Experience in operating a data center helps but is not a requirement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",[365,368,371,374,377,380,383,386],{"question":366,"answer":367},"Do I need to take Data Center – General Principles and Data Center Design & Implementation first?","\u003Cp>They are recommended but not mandatory. The simulation and the exercises assume that you know the disciplines, Availability Classes, and the structure of EN 50600. If you bring this knowledge from your own work, you can start directly; in the Data Center Specialist training path, Data Center Operations – Professional is the third of four seminars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":369,"answer":370},"What do I learn about operating a data center according to EN 50600-3-1?","\u003Cp>The operational and management processes of the standard and how they work together in daily operation: operations, incident, change, configuration, and capacity management, plus availability, security, energy, cost, customer, and service level management. You learn what operating concepts, operator models, maintenance plans, and change processes that support these processes look like, and how to introduce processes and KPIs step by step into an existing organization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":372,"answer":373},"Which processes does EN 50600-3-1 require of a data center?","\u003Cp>Operational processes such as operations, incident, change, and capacity management, and management processes from data center strategy to customer management; this includes monitoring the PUE. The seminar explains each of these processes with its KPIs and shows in which order an organization introduces them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":375,"answer":376},"How can the resilience of a data center be measured?","\u003Cp>With KPIs according to ISO\u002FIEC TS 22237-31 and its European counterpart CLC\u002FTS 50600-4-31: availability, reliability, and failure rate, supplemented by the number of single and double points of failure and a defined resilience level. The values are calculated from the resilience model of the infrastructure through series and parallel configurations; this makes it possible to compare design variants and to base SLAs on measurable values. The seminar teaches the method and its application.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":378,"answer":379},"Is the seminar also suitable for IT managers without a facility background?","\u003Cp>Yes. The collaboration of IT, facility management, and business units is part of the seminar, as is the role of the operator as a service provider. You should bring a technical understanding of the disciplines; for this, we recommend the seminar Data Center – General Principles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":381,"answer":382},"Is the seminar available as a live webinar, as a video course, or in English?","\u003Cp>As a live webinar, yes: the in-person seminar and the live webinar teach the same content at the same price, with the same exam and the same certificate; you choose the format when you register. The seminar is currently not offered as a video course. The in-person dates are held in German; the seminar dates show which date takes place in which format and language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"question":384,"answer":385},"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":387,"answer":388},"Which certificate will I receive, and what comes next?","\u003Cp>After passing the exam, you receive a seminar certificate from DCE academy. You receive the link to the online exam by email after the seminar and have one week to take it. The certificate does not expire, can be verified publicly, and counts as one of four seminars toward the Data Center Specialist certificate; you can attend the seminar Deep Dive – Power Supply & Cooling before or after it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"title":390,"description":391},"Data Center Operations – Professional seminar","Data center operations to EN 50600-3-1: operating concepts, service management, maintenance, change, resilience KPIs. Five days, in person or live webinar.",{"durationDays":28,"formats":393,"formatsOnRequest":19,"isNew":19,"pathwayPosition":14},[16,17],[],{"data":396},[397,408,420,425,434],{"id":398,"status":7,"sort":6,"slug":399,"position":400,"cv":401,"linkedin":402,"phone":403,"signature_email":404,"first_name":119,"last_name":405,"avatar":406,"profile":407},"9eff7954-eeab-4a8f-96d7-fd578be1b1b1","thomas-wawra","CEO","\u003Cp>Dipl. Ing. Thomas Wawra gründete 2007 die DCE academy und entwickelte Sie zum führenden Anbieter von herstellerneutralen Schulungen im Bereich Rechenzentrum basierend auf der Norm EN 50600. Als Sponsor unterstützt er aktiv die Internationalisierung der Norm zur ISO 22237 und referiert weltweit auf Kongressen zu Normierungsfragen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In den Jahren 2002 bis 2006 war Thomas Wawra Gesamtverantwortlicher für das Auslandsgeschäft der Venali Inc., Miami, USA. In dieser Zeit leitete er den gesamten Bereich Vertrieb und baute strategische Partnerschaften mit Unternehmen wie, Microsoft und SAP erfolgreich auf. 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","Wawra","0afd33cf-4d17-49f6-9dfa-f71b65dc15db",{"kind":152,"slug":399},{"id":409,"status":7,"sort":21,"slug":410,"position":411,"cv":412,"linkedin":413,"phone":414,"signature_email":415,"first_name":416,"last_name":417,"avatar":418,"profile":419},"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":152,"slug":410},{"id":421,"status":7,"sort":14,"slug":153,"position":145,"cv":422,"linkedin":147,"phone":11,"signature_email":423,"first_name":148,"last_name":149,"avatar":150,"profile":424},"dd1bebf0-6d1f-4262-9ec4-524ed59d3901","\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. Er übte in enger Zusammenarbeit mit der DCE academy die Referententätigkeit zu verschiedenen fachlichen Themen im Rechenzentrumsbereich aus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>IBM Site and Facilities Services plante und realisierte als Generalübernehmer schlüsselfertig sichere, hochverfügbare, modulare, skalierbare, innovative und energieeffiziente Rechenzentren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seit 2021 ist Herr Strate freiberuflich als Referent \u002F Dozent für die DCE academy tätig. \u003C\u002Fp>","juergen.strate@dce-academy.com",{"kind":152,"slug":153},{"id":426,"status":7,"sort":38,"slug":427,"position":428,"cv":102,"linkedin":11,"phone":11,"signature_email":429,"first_name":430,"last_name":431,"avatar":432,"profile":433},"e3ce035f-250a-427e-9219-ed262d272263","victor-dadson","Business Development Manager","victor.dadson@dce-academy.com","Victor","Dadson","9985058e-5846-4308-b2ac-66b60b9f2428",{"kind":152,"slug":427},{"id":435,"status":7,"sort":28,"slug":436,"position":437,"cv":102,"linkedin":438,"phone":11,"signature_email":439,"first_name":440,"last_name":441,"avatar":442,"profile":443},"398a42f3-c77f-4db0-b75a-d82a47ed9c3f","kelly-grispen","Sales","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fkelly-g-990229230\u002F","kelly.grispen@dce-academy.com","Kelly","Grispen","fc4d5b35-af11-48d3-b8c2-5b162ce02fe0",{"kind":152,"slug":436},{"meta":445},{"total":446,"page":6,"pageSize":6},0]