From Serebra Learning Corporation
The Pharmaceutical Industry Overview Version 2 
Billions of people around the world depend on the pharmaceutical industry to help them live longer, healthier, and happier lives. However, the pharmaceutical industry is continually tasked with alleviating its own ailments, including slow growth and declining profitability owing to pricing, safety, marketing and regulatory issues. In order for companies to remain competitive in a highly regulated
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The Health Care Industry Overview Version 2 
There is growing evidence that the current health systems around the world will be unsustainable if they go unchanged over the coming years. The health care industry is under constant pressure to streamline operations and cut extraneous spending, while providing quality, safe, and cost-effective care to its patients. In addition, operating in a highly regulated environment, industry players need
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The Banking Industry Overview Version 2 
Can you imagine a world without banks? In the past, banks focused on loans and deposits, debits, and credits. Now, due to dramatic changes in the world economy, banking is a far more complex business. On a daily basis, the industry must deal with margin pressures, consolidation, and technological and marketing challenges, not to mention unforeseen financial and political crises. However, with cash
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The Manufacturing Industry Overview Version 2 
Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation. Companies in the manufacturing industry seem to be taking this lesson from the legendary management guru,
Peter F. Drucker, very seriously now. The manufacturing industry - the powerhouse driving many economies - has been reeling under the most challenging time in its history. Manufacturers are striving to be more innovative, compete
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The Retail Industry Overview Version 2 
Retail is one of the largest industries and one of the most visible to consumers. The retail industry includes businesses such as automobile dealers, retail gas stations, and department stores. Over the years, it has gone through various sales-channel shifts, from catalog sales to online selling. Yet, throughout these changes, the brick-and-mortar stores have remained strong. In today's retail
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The Telecommunications Industry Overview Version 2 
Connecting the globe, the telecommunications industry is an essential element of the modern business world. It is also one of the most volatile. Plagued by regulatory discord and economic uncertainty, telecom carriers have struggled to maintain sound footing and a competitive edge, all the while endeavoring to provide crucial, uninterrupted service to their customers. In an age of rapidly
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The Insurance Industry Overview Version 2 
The insurance industry has its share of risks and opportunities. While providing risk coverage to individuals and businesses, insurers are striving hard to manage their own risks in the wake of natural and human-made disasters, financial setbacks, and governance scandals. As margins are squeezed in the face of low underwriting profitability and the cushion of investment returns begins to shrink,
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Project Management Fundamentals 
The evolution of business strategies has increased the importance of management having a thorough understanding of the products they produce. More and more employees are getting promoted from within to become project managers as they fully understand what they are trying to produce and how best to meet the quality and quantity requirements set forth by upper management. Project management, as a
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Transitioning into a Project Management Role 
Many people find themselves thrust into a project management role with no formal training or experience. When this occurs, it is important to be prepared to deal with the significant changes in your role. Your responsibilities broaden from managing yourself to managing others, from short-term to long-term goals, and from tangible to intangible issues. Time and experience will develop and refine
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Initiating and Planning a Project 
Initiating and
Planning are crucial phases in developing and executing any successful project. Companies that are embarking on a new project initiative must assign people to gather facts and decide what exactly they want to produce and how they are going to produce it. This course examines which factors should weigh in during the project selection process and how to effectively plan a project from
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Managing a Project 
The factors of a successful project almost always end up depending on how much money and time is needed to create a product worthy of the customer. This course will help you manage the constraints of time, money, and schedules, and how they relate to the overall quality of your project and product. This course is targeted toward a diverse range of managers and staff members who wish to acquire the
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Troubleshooting and Closing the Project 
The factors that can affect a project are numerous and often hard to pinpoint. Conducting meetings and using advanced tools, such as formulas and graphs, allow the project manager to properly define the health or status of the project. This course outlines how to conduct effective meetings and presents some troubleshooting tools that can be used during the project life cycle. It also presents the
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Project Management for Non-Project Managers Simulation 
The likelihood an employee will be elevated to a position of authority within a project team increases as the employee gains experience and tenure. Yet experience alone is seldom sufficient to guarantee a smooth transition. Success is dependent upon a number of management and leadership skills that potential project managers must quickly come to master if they hope to fulfill upper management's
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Goals and Goal Setting 
...small, begin with an important first step: setting a goal. A clearly defined, attainable goal embodies a vision of what is possible. It's a guide star for those who navigate a course through obstacles to a desired accomplishment. However, the process of setting appropriate goals is often oversimplified or overlooked entirely. A well-constructed goal is challenging, yet achievable. It takes into
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Effective Listening Skills Simulation 
...g
Skills through various exercises, lectures, quizzes and small-group activities. The day's events will be guided by an instructor, and your fellow conference attendees will be business professionals from various fields and experience levels. Though geared toward bettering communication and listening in a business setting, the seminar environment is casual, offering a safe and stress-free forum
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Doing Business with the Government 
... diversity. Of the 20 percent of contracts designated for small businesses, one quarter are aimed at women-owned businesses and another quarter for small disadvantaged businesses or
SDBs. This course outlines how businesses of all types and sizes can identify contract opportunities within the government, market goods and services to the awarding government agency, and effectively manage the
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Project Management Techniques 
...projects undertaken to cater to these business needs have small life cycles so that they can be delivered to prospective clients before a possibility of a technological change arises. Projects have a small life cycle if they are completed in a stipulated time frame. This can be done by managing the activities that are performed in the project effectively. The student also needs to estimate the
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Win2000 Netwk Infra Design Internet Connectivity Strat 
...s the need for, and the role of, connection sharing for a small network. It also describes the configuration of connection sharing to provide services of
DHCP,
DNS, and
WINS for a small private network, as well as the different functions performed by
NAT in a network. It further describes the different components of NAT routing protocol: translation components, the addressing component, and the
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Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Administration 
To introduce students to the network planning and security issues involved in deploying Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Technical personnel at IT solution companies who wish to deploy Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 to small businesses and network administrators of small businesses
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Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Features 
To introduce students to the communication and advanced features of Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Technical personnel at IT solution companies who wish to deploy Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 to small businesses and network administrators of small businesses
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Getting Started with Wireless Networking 
To explain network concepts and components and to demonstrate the installation and configuration of a wireless PC card, wireless mini
PCI card, and access point
End users; anyone interested in setting up a wireless network for a home or small business
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How to Build a Computer Network 
This
WestNet e-Learning module reviews the major concepts presented in this course and shows how they work together in several real-world situations. You will also learn how one local area network (
LAN) connects to another, with particular attention to
Internet connectivity.
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Designing a Small Network 
The lessons in this module apply the network design process as we gather requirements, analyze, and design a small network for an imaginary company. The company in this example provides training for software, hardware, and
World Wide Web (
Web) development.
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Implementing a Small Network 
The lessons in this
WestNet e-Learning module follow the phases of the network design process, as we gather requirements, analyze, and design a small network for an imaginary company.
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Routing Table Protocols 
This
WestNet e-Learning module describes and compares the two major routing algorithms and discusses the dominant routing protocol based on each algorithm. We will also learn about several small, but important protocols created to solve special routing or transmission problems.
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VoIP Services 
...s benefits and potential pitfalls, and why private users, small and large businesses, and the industry press see this technology as the next great telecommunications revolution. We introduce the many components that make up a converged voice network, and examine their roles. We explore the market drivers pushing converged networks to the forefront of corporate and private communications. We
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Configuring Cisco Catalyst Switch Operations 
To discuss and implement specific bridging and
VLAN Catalyst switch configurations, which provide for scalability, security, and enhanced management of the local area switched network
Network administrators responsible for implementing and managing small and medium-sized business networks; network technicians who install network devices in small business environments; Cisco channel resellers who
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Routing in Cisco Networks 
To describe the different forms of routing and explain the concepts of distance vector and link state routing
Network administrators responsible for implementing and managing small and medium-sized business networks; network technicians who install network devices in small business environments; Cisco channel resellers who are new to
Cisco products and services
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Implementing Routing Protocols on Cisco Networks 
To describe the operation and configuration of popular modern routing protocols
Network administrators responsible for implementing and managing small and medium-sized business networks; network technicians who install network devices in small business environments; Cisco channel resellers who are new to
Cisco products and services
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Managing IP Traffic on Cisco Networks 
To describe and configure efficient network traffic restrictions and security using properly implemented access list management and address translation
Network administrators responsible for implementing and managing small and medium-sized business networks; network technicians who install network devices in small business environments; Cisco channel resellers who are new to
Cisco products and
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Extending a Cisco Network to a WAN 
To describe the implementation and configuration of the different technologies used on
Cisco devices to enable wide area connections
Network administrators responsible for implementing and managing small and medium-sized business networks; network technicians who install network devices in small business environments; Cisco channel resellers who are new to Cisco products and services
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Completing ISDN Calls on Cisco Networks 
To detail the operation and configuration of
ISDN and
DDR Network administrators responsible for implementing and managing small and medium-sized business networks; network technicians who install network devices in small business environments; Cisco channel resellers who are new to
Cisco products and services
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Cisco DESGN 2 0 Voice Networking 
To recognize the components and methods of traditional and IP voice networks, the
QoS mechanisms used to improve IP network performance, and design voice support for an enterprise network
Network engineers, network system analysts, and maintenance personnel responsible for designing small to medium-sized and enterprise networks; individuals seeking the
Cisco Certified Design Associate (
CCDA)
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Client Server Concepts 
...small organization with about twenty terminals, to the
World Wide Web, network-based computing dominates. When network-based computing was first introduced, computer networks were created using traditional networking technologies. However, with the advancement in networking technology, a new concept of distributed computing called client/server technology emerged. The dynamic features of the
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Electrical Electronics Introduction to Electricity 
The course content covers the concepts of electricity, current and electrical circuits. It also covers fundamentals of electric charge, potential energy, and units of measurement. The course is aimed at individuals working with machinery, maintaining machinery or involved in maintenance.
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Mold Awareness 
Many businesses and organizations, including government-owned facilities, can experience mold at their facilities at some point in their business life. A mold is a coating or discoloration that develops in a damp atmosphere on the surface of food or fabric. Not everyone is at risk from exposure to molds but certain groups of individuals, including infants and the elderly, are particularly
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QuickBooks 2003 - Getting Started 
QuickBooks 2003 is a bookkeeping program for home users and small businesses. This course introduces the
QuickBooks 2003 program, its features, and its interface. The course covers the
EasyStep Interview wizard, which is used to set up a company in QuickBooks 2003. Finally, the course outlines how to set up customers, accounts, and budgets.
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QuickBooks Pro 2005 - Setting Up 
...o 2005 -
Setting Up teaches how to set up
QuickBooks on a small business or home office computer and how to perform basic accounting functions using QuickBooks. It describes the QuickBooks interface elements, covers the procedure to set up a new company, and details the tasks that you need to perform when working with the
Chart of
Accounts. The course is primarily targeted to address the needs
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QuickBooks Pro 2005 - Basic Accounting 
This course throws light on some of the basic accounting features of
QuickBooks Pro 2005. It equips the learner to use
QuickBooks for working with forms such as invoices, credit memos, sales receipts, checks, purchase orders, inventory, and bills. Further, the learner is taught to create budgets and generate reports. The course also deals with the procedure for protecting, sharing, and backing up
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Home Networking with Windows XP 
...and home business. Windows XP facilitates easy setup of a small network. This course introduces the concept of home networking, the technologies involved and the various possible topologies. It then covers planning and setup of a home network, security considerations and firewall use and troubleshooting guidelines for the most common problem areas. After the course, the learner will understand
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Wireless Networking for Small Businesses 
This course covers the benefits and applicability of wireless networking to the small business. It covers wireless components and configurations. It provides guidelines (?) on planning, setting up and securing a wireless network for a small business. The audience for this course will be end users or small business owners.
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Marketing Your Business on the Web 
...ng
Your Business on the
Web course is meant for owners of small and medium-sized businesses who want to promote their businesses on the
Internet. The course describes possible goals and features of an online business Web site. It also describes the procedure for submitting a site to search engines and directories. Additionally the course provides an in-depth coverage of strategies for promoting
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WAN Technologies 
...small to medium-size networks. Lesson 1 discusses common telecommunications and
WAN terminology. Lesson 2 identifies the characteristics of High-Level Data Link Control Protocol (
HDLC) Point-to-Point
Protocol (
PPP) Integrated
Services Digital Network (
ISDN) frame relay xDSL Asynchronous
Transfer Mode (ATM) and SONET. Lesson 3 discussed modem communications for analog services as well as cable
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Point to Point Serial Connections 
... of several
WAN technologies and how they are utilized in small- to medium-size networks. Lesson 1 discusses common telecommunications and WAN terminology. Lesson 2 begins by reviewing serial connections and the High-Level Data Link Control Protocol (
HDLC). This lesson then discusses
Point-to-Point Protocol (
PPP) an alternative that is replacing many HDLC serial connections. PPP provides
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Lotus Notes 4.6 Mail 


This course is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge of
Lotus Notes and discusses the relationship between database, documents, forms and views.
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Fundamentals of Flash 4.0 
As a web developer one of your prime responsibilities is to make the web site dynamic and interactive. Using
Macromedia's
Flash 4.0 enables the student to infuse dynamism and interactivity into your site with features such as animated logos and synchronized audio with animations. Unlike earlier
Internet technologies Flash 4.0 enables the creation of small files which require less bandwidth
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From 123-CBT Computer Based Training
Oracle9i Performance Tuning Optimizing Sorts Minimizing Contention 

The content of this course includes details about each component of an
Oracle database instance, such as data blocks, disks, memory,
CPU, and dynamic views. Students learn about migration and chaining, reorganizing indexes, optimizing sort operations, tuning rollback segments, managing automatic undo, monitoring activities, implementing the Oracle shared server, and troubleshooting. Learn To:
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Oracle8i Performance Tuning Optimizing Sorts Minimizing Contention 

...block size. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of small data block and large data block sizes. Identify the functions of the
PCTFREE and
PCTUSED parameters. Identify the guidelines for setting the PCTFREE parameter. Calculate and set the PCTFREE parameter when creating a table. Identify the guidelines for setting the PCTUSED parameter. Calculate and set the PCTUSED parameter when
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E-Commerce Implementation Issues 

... the cost and timescale requirements for
Bob's
Flowers, a small local florist that is to implement a small-scale implementation.
Identify the key factors that influenced the navigation and storefront design of
Toyo Toys' Web site.
Identify the main store management tools used by Toyo Toys.
Identify the main considerations that influenced the hosting decision of Toyo Toys.
Identify the
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Windows NT Server 4 0 Routing RAS - Part 4 

...ces that are suitable for configuring
RRAS in an intranet small-size office.
Identify the services that are suitable for configuring RRAS in an intranet medium-size office.
Identify the services that are suitable for configuring RRAS in an intranet corporate internetwork.
Identify the services that are suitable for configuring RRAS in an intranet branch office.
Sequence the steps to
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