APC Data Center varsity updates curriculum

BANGALORE: American Power Conversion has introduced a

new set of courses and educational partners for its APC

Data Center University program, an online educational institution for IT

professionals, engineers and people involved in building or operating server

rooms and data centers.






The vendor-neutral courses focus on the critical technologies and best practices
that are relevant to leading edge, scaleable, modular data center

infrastructure.






APC Data Center University's on-line courses were launched in January this year.
Initially consisting of twenty courses in the subject areas of data center

design, build and operations, APC Data Center University recently added 15 new

courses, which for a limited time are available free online.






Topics for the new courses include: Calculating Total Cooling Requirements;
Advantages of Row and Rack-Oriented Cooling Architectures (Parts I and II);

Fundamentals of Cooling Architecture; Calculating Total Power Requirements;

Inter-System Ground Noise: Impact on Data Center Availability; Generator System

Requirements for Data Centers; Maximising RFID Network System Availability and

Specifications of Data Center Power Density among others.






In addition to maintaining its original partnership with IEEE, several leading
technology and professional organisations recently agreed to new educational

partnerships with the APC Data Center University programme including: the

Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS), the International

Facility Management Association (IFMA), the Illinois Society of Professional

Engineers and Building Industry Consulting Services International (BICSI).






In addition, State Engineering Boards from 18 different U.S. states will award
credit for completion of APC Data Center University courses toward maintenance

of state board licenses.






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